I'm sure many people will agree that somedays are easier than others, some of us struggle to get up and out, and some of us take the littlest things to heart, and some of us are particularly grumpy and rude.
I've been of the opinion for years about something that if you dont agree on you should at least take it into consideration if you are quite a grumpy and rude person.
have you ever stopped and considered just how far a smile really goes? i'm sure you all know, if you smile at a stranger, you may well make their day, then they smile at someone else and so on and so on, purely because you made a tiny effort and passed your positive mood on.
but then also think about this, if it is that easy to make someones day, it is even easier to ruin it, i know most of us are very busy people, either stressed with work, the kids, school or college, or maybe your just someone who thinks your mates will be so impressed if you laugh at a stranger,or you might just bump into them because youre in a rush, curse and tut making that person feel theyre to blame, maybe you've been to busy to notice the little elderly lady struggling around the super market to care when you push past her maybe knocking something from her hand, or perhaps you've starred, shook your head at a stressed looking mother trying her hardest to keep her patience with her excitable children, in that one look you have made her feel judged, maybe make her feel that she should be ashamed of herself, she might look like someone from a council estate, but most mothers havent got time to care about their appearance when they've got a mad brood to think about,
it is impossable for any of us to judge anyone from a glance, you cant stop and consider that maybe that elderly lady is suddenly learning to cope on her own, without her recently passed husband, or the elderly gentleman who has never looked after himself until he suddelny has to through no choice of his own, wandering about town trying to organise himself, maybe there is a teenager who you consider to be a yob or a hoodie, maybe that teenager is also alone, dealing with issues we know nothing about, maybe the stressed mother will get an unhappy welcome home because she forgot to buy her husbands beer, there are to many maybe's in this life to make judgement on who they are, maybe next time you are in such a hurry that you dont have a minute to live, or respect others lives, you could just take a moment to think.......
think of your grandparents, your parents, youre sister or brother, your teenage daughter, son, nephew or neice, i tell you what, just think, next time your'e in a hurry, maybe because you only have an hour for lunch (no amout of rudeness will get you served any quicker) think about how maybe you struggle to get out of bed in the mornings, and think that a smile could really make someones day, i know it always makes mine, but then i am an early morning dog walker, i can tell you the guaranteed time of day to recieve a smile and a 'good morning' from a stranger is when only the early morning dog walkers or nature lovers are about, but after 9am the grouches come out!

go on give me a smile xxx