A smile can do a lot

I want to say thank you for all the people who wanted to read my first blog. I love hearing that it made people happy. The whole point of doing this is to help myself to be a better person and hopefully help one person who is having a bad day and turn that bad day into a good day. Sometimes I struggle to have a good day and rely on friends or family to help me get out of my funk. A smile can go a long way. It can even make a frown go upside down and then you start smiling and that funk is not there anymore. 

So, for blog number two, I want to talk about how something simple can really impact on a person. When I was little, my parents would aways make their priority to make me smile or laugh. Sometimes they would tickle my feet or do a funny face to make sure I was happy and not feeling sad that I wasn't with my birth mother. If people don't know my mom, she has one of the biggest smiles that you will see. I always thought when I was younger that her smile was going to fall off one day because it was so big and beautiful. Some examples of her with her huge smile would be, water skiing, golfing, doing a triathlon, but the biggest smile would be her being a mother. She always has a smile when she sees us, and I would smile back. In that smile back to her she knows that I'm doing good and am happy. Trust me, mothers know when you're not doing well, and they will do their darndest to get a smile out of you, even when you don't want it. 

As a little kid, I made sure to always smile at someone even if I didn't know if that person was going to take the smile as good or bad. It was in the person's hands on what they want to do with that smile. I always wanted to make sure it was for good. This is a memory I have when I was younger. My mom and I volunteered to work at the Dorothy Day Center. This place was for people who were homeless and needed food. I had the most important job. It was to pass out the desserts. You know why that was a great job for me? I could taste test all desserts just to make sure they were extra good and not bad. I remember this gentleman, he was the last one in line, and he waited so long for his food. He then comes to my station, and I put the desert on his tray, and I just smiled at him, and he went to go sit down to eat his food. When he was done eating his meal, he came over and said to my mom and me, "Your son saved my life today and thank you". My mom replied and said," Thank you and that was very nice of you to say that." The gentlemen walked out the door and he went on his way. I remember thinking at that time that little me just helped someone. I will cherish that memory forever.

Now that my 2nd blog is over, a smile can do a lot of good things for someone. Even if you're having a bad day and someone is smiling at you, try to take that as the positive of someone making sure you're okay. Maybe what we could do together is smile at a complete stranger and see where it takes off. You might even be friends forever or even be a hero for that person for helping them when they had a bad day. I hope everyone has a great weekend!

Tim  

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