November 4, 2009

gratitude:: day 3 of 30

3::30 today i'm grateful for smiles. smiles that greet me casually on the street, smiles of friends, smiles of loved ones. smiles of all kinds.

today, why do you smile at a stranger? one of two great things will happen - they will smile back...or they will wonder what you've been up to. *laugh*

and not that forced kind of smile either where your teeth are bared and you're ready to snarl. flash those pearlies in a true happy smile. go on....i dare you.

22 comments:

  1. I love this post. : D

    Smiling unexpectedly is the best way to brighten your mood. And someone else's.

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  2. yup, customer smiles really don't count for much! the genuine smiles RULE!

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  3. Smiling is so cheap...its free!
    It's amazing what a smile can do for another person, not to mention for your own self. I've smiled at strangers and they actually looked shocked that I did! It's that aweful? It's like people have forgotten how to do it!

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  4. I love this image, the muted colors, the joy spilling out! The hay stack, so sweet!

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  5. ohhhh... those are the triplets and they are fabulous !!

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  6. They sure are cute, Yes we all need to smile more, have a great day.

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  7. This is such a joyous photo! I'm smiling:)

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  8. My dad and I were just discussing how it feels when a stranger on the street smiles at you...it's nice.

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  9. Smiling.

    It makes the world go round.

    When I returned to work after being sick, many of my co-workers told me the same thing. And that was that they missed my smile.

    I must smile a lot. I just hadn't really noticed it!

    Cool photo. Love that processing, too.

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  10. Oh what a sweet photo, and such beautiful processing! The other thing about smiles is they make US feel better too when we give them to others... :)

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  11. We like waving at strangers or saying hello. Even if the do look at us a little strangely. I think being given a smile, laugh or a wave can put a spring in your step for the whole day.

    This is a nice project.

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  12. How come it's hard for people to smile at one another (myself included)?

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  13. a smile can mean so much ...at all ages, now this is a triple threat!!

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  14. Happy photo!...Trying to get my grandson's photo when he is smiling is a challenge I give myself whenever I'm with him with a camera...if I ask him to smile he has an awful smirk...not the real thing:)

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  15. That little one with half her face hidden? OH MY!!

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  16. Joy and exuberance just oozes out of this photo! Smiles cost us nothing, but the paybacks are tremendous!

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  17. I'm grateful for your posts. You make me smile!

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  18. i'm going to try it. tho' the danes will just think i'm drunk or insane. one or both of which might be true, depending on the time of day. ha! :-)

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i feel as if each comment was between us as we sat and sipped something warm....i love to hear what you're thinking.