I've been looking at some of the quotes I have stashed around the computer waiting to be used for something.  I was hoping it would jog my mind into writing a post.

Unfortunately, there were too many choices.  So I'll just go eeny, meeney, moe and pick one.

I've written before about smiles and smiling.  Let's consider this quote by Mother Teresa:
"Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to the person, a beautiful thing."

I love smiling at people.  For me it is an act of love.  I give a little bit of myself, as a gift, to people.  It pays off sometime with a smile in return.  And sometimes it seems to make the other person more sad or mad or something negative.

I can't say I have not been one of those people, frowning and glowering at people as I walked past.  I used to think I had all kinds of problems and that people didn't like me.  I suffered from such a lack of confidence for the first 35 to 40 years of my life.  I drank too much to give myself that feeling of being more likeable.  I realized eventually that it didn't.  In fact, it made me a lot less likeable.  That's when I began to wake-up and get with the smile program.  

I feel sorry for people who don't smile.  It takes such little effort and it makes you feel so good.  They might see it takes away some of the sadness or madness that they are feeling.  I always rejoice inwardly when someone smiles back.  I've seen people coming towards me who at the last minute smile.  I know I've struck a nerve and I hope it gives them a better day.

One of the nurses at the cancer center calls me sunshine.  I asked her why.  She said because you are always smiling no matter what.

So smile.  Give it your best and make someone call you sunshine.