Every
year for the past several I have dressed up to play Santa Claus for my
neighborhood toy drive or play the Easter Bunny for my Optimist Club Easter Egg
Hunt. I have enjoyed dressing up like
Uncle Sam for the 4th of July neighborhood picnic and I decorate and create a
haunted house for Halloween that usually hosts hundreds of neighborhood kids.
Why? Am I
a crazy or just an unfulfilled actor?
Perhaps both, yet I do all these things because I get the earn the
greatest currency in the word. A smile. A ray of sunshine that erupts from a child or
parent when you create a special moment.
You get to give something of value to others without being forced to do
so. You get to create a bit of pleasure
in a world often filled with discontent and unhappiness.
Doing something nice everyday to make others smile creates a positive emotional bank account that compounds daily. Everyday I look for opportunities to get one person to smile. It can be as simple as opening a door for someone or saying, "thank you.”
Doing something nice everyday to make others smile creates a positive emotional bank account that compounds daily. Everyday I look for opportunities to get one person to smile. It can be as simple as opening a door for someone or saying, "thank you.”
On a flight from Denver to Seattle I brought my trash up to the Flight Attendant and said, "Can I be your first customer?" Laughing she said, "Yes and gave me the bag and said why not do them all." Not thinking I would do it, I began to walk the aisle where she laughed and caught me, saying," I was kidding." Doing small, seemingly insignificant acts of kindness makes others appreciate you and makes them smile more. Besides, it's fun. So ask yourself, have I made someone smile today?
