Send love and laughter into the world

Spread joy around the world.

We are so busy being mad all the time, at long lines, at slow

waitresses, at late buses, at picky bosses, at troublesome kids, at

the world in general, that we forget to create joy.

Vow to make one person smile today, and every day. Just one person.

If you get stuck standing in a line, talk to the person next to you.

Make a joke. Compliment their hair, or shoes, or bright yellow

sunglasses. Share a thought. Like what a pretty day it is outside. Or

how cool it is to watch the rain through the store window. Or how

funny the hat with the golf ball on it looked.

Instead of railing at the slow waitress. Enjoy the extra moments you

are spending with friends. Watch the birds play in the trees outside

the window. Watch the couple holding hands and smile, they are

bringing love into the world.

Or play with your food and laugh at yourself. Be silly, and never mind

the rest of the world.

Spread joy every place you go. Especially places where you don’t see

joy.

Wear something goofy next time you go out. And joke about it with

people you encounter. Laugh at yourself and get them to laugh with

you.

Paint a yellow star on your cheek, and tell total strangers with a

straight little kid face, “I was a good girl today. I got a gold

star.” Watch them snicker.

Hold a door open for a stranger.

Chip in the pennies when someone in line in front of you is 5 cents

short.

If you have an extra umbrella, go out on a rainy day and stand at a

busy corner, and pick a stranger and give them the umbrella. As a

gift. And tell them your goal is to make one person smile today, and

today they are it.

And go for the tough ones, people who hardly ever smile. You’ve really

accomplished a lot if you can crack one of those nuts into a smile.

Go for it.

Spread joy around the world.

Make somebody smile today 🙂