Smile!
Have you ever noticed that there are days you need to live
life light? Those days when you aren’t feeling your best, other people are
getting on your nerves, when you feel like the world is becoming a much more
scary place?
Live life light on those days and smile.
Living life light means bring your thoughts to a happy
level, don’t think so deeply on things. My mom used to admonish me when she
noticed I was sitting at the kitchen table or on the couch with a pensive look
on my face. “You’re thinking too deeply about something,” she would warn. In other
words, stop worrying about whatever you are worrying about! And she was almost always right. I was
worrying about something.
Living life light doesn’t mean you don’t care about life or
don’t take anything seriously. But honestly, there are days when we just need
to sit at the stoplight and stop being mad at the bad drivers, maybe us
included, stop being mad at the world for raising tyrants and ego maniacs. We
need to remember that God is in charge of everything. We can pray and ask for
help, but wringing our hands, worrying and moaning and groaning won’t get Him
to listen to us any more than having a cheerful smile and saying, “Okay, you
got this, Lord.”
So try it. Sit there
and smile. Come on. Think of puppies
running over that little kid on that soda commercial, think of Bill Crosby
saying “JELLO”.
When I’m thinking too deeply I remember the video of me
tripping down the steps at my sister’s wedding! Or how the bears I knit make me
smile. Or the joy on the face of that little
kid down the street trying out a new bike the day after Christmas.
Begin a list: Smile list:
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