smile_at_strangers
unhinged
in
my
crazy
holiday
travels
this
year
,
my
smile
meditation
came
to
life
. tsa agents, gate agents, ticket counter
people
all
seemed
relieved
to
find
a
smiling
person
standing
in
front
of
them
. (
not
to
mention
that
they
were
much
more
helpful)
smiling
is
the
best
antidote
to
stress
.
yesterday
i
bought
an
antique
prayer
box
with
some
of
the
gift
money
i
got
this
christmas
.
i
chatted
up
the
store
owner
a
bit
and
thanked
him
profusely.
we
both
left
the
exchange
with
big
smiles
.
i
try
to
say
thank
you
to
people
as
much
as
possible
; cashiers,
bus
drivers, waitresses/waiters.
it
is
amazingly
simple
to
bring
a
little
light
into
someone
else's
life
most
of
the
time
.
a
heartfelt
smile
and
thank
you
.
who
would
have
thought
?
(
maybe
it
is
considerably
easier
for
me
to
smile
these
days
because
my
own
suffering
has
been
lessened greatly.
ever
since
he
taught
me
how
beautiful
my
smile
is
,
it
is
one
more
thing
i
can
do
to
remind
myself
of
him
)
090110
...
past
sometimes
they
smile
back
090110
...
...
talk_to_strangers
090111
...
unhinged
now_would_be_a_good_time
091013
...
cr0wl
and
compliment
them
about
something
you
like
about
them
.
100107
...
unhinged
unfortunately,
life
is
convincing
me
otherwise
at
the
moment
.
i
need
to
go
to
meditation
group
in
the
morning
100108
...
PeeT
happiness
120130
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