CTS - Choosing to Smile

There's something to be said about those select individuals who choose to be happy.

You see them all the time:

The woman who always waves to you as you walk into work.

The guy that allows you to cut in front of him in the grocery line even though he has less items to scan.

The countless people that hold the door for you or "bless you" when you sneeze.

Today, I salute you and your longstanding fight against unhappiness.

Too often we let ourselves live in a world of checklists and routines, saying "These are the things that need to get done today," and everything else we push to the side thinking we will get to them eventually. But then life comes by unannounced and makes us add even more to our list and our "eventuals" become "nevers" because we can't make the time or effort to let them occur, causing disappointment and sadness.

I think we need to be more like our aforementioned friends and crusade against those natural feelings. They say happiness is a choice. So I challenge you to a day of CTS (Choosing to Smile)!

Think about it: If one smile can change your mood, what can it do to others? If you smiled to 3 people and they smiled to 3 people, who's to say we can't start a chain reaction of happiness that spans worldwide?

So be the spark that lights the fire! Choose to smile! :)