"A smile is the light in your window 
that tells others 
that there is a caring, 
sharing person inside."
- Denis Waitley

Hi there friends. I'm smiling as I write to you. I hope it comes through.  
 

There are many quotes and much evidence about the beauty and the benefits of smiling. I'm tempted to add some here, but you already know many yourself. 
 

I'd like this touchstone to be, not about smiling, but smiling itself. 
 

Today, let's experience smiling, mindfully. Whether we are home alone or out in the world - wherever we are -let's smile, often. Let's smile when we feel grateful, when we feel disappointed, when we feel...no matter how we feel. In fact, let's smile when it seems we have no reason to smile. Let's smile at birds, trees, clouds, the world...ourselves. Let's smile at fellow human beings. 

Let's open up our hearts and let the sun shine in and then let that light beam back out into the world as smiles.

Smiles. They're contagious. Let's spread them today.

Smile. And watch what happens.

With love and joy,
Charlene