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Daily Question, August 6

What might I do to help someone smile today?

  • Christina

    I have been so blessed–the recipient of many smiles from strangers. Why is it so difficult for ME to smile at others the way they do? Dunno. I’ve had the poker face so long, I don’t “know” another way to be. It feels false when I do smile. This has been bothering me for years.

  • Misty

    Acknowledge and thank people for their efforts and help. A small note and chocolate can mean a lot when it is not expected.

  • Serafina

    ☺

  • Serafina

    Thank you for bringing the ‘El Paso Challenge’ to our attention Jodi! Sending you blessings for blessing the world with your acts of kindness.

  • beckydriscoll

    Smile first!

  • Ian

    I can offer encouragement to the people I find myself interacting with today. Each person is filled with beauty and goodness but so often we have a hard time seeing that in ourselves. I want to help others see their own beauty and goodness by telling them the ways that I see those qualities in them.

  • Kat

    Give them my time, attention, and humor.

  • Rena Barker

    Be real and authentic.
    Take a deep breathe, give the person space.

  • Anita

    See them. Smile at them. Share laughter with them.

  • Debra

    Laugh together over something outrageously funny. One is sure to smile after that exchange. I am after that burst of energy that comes from laughter’s joyous release.

  • pkr

    Smile to all I meet today and be kind.
    Happy Day to All.
    ❤️??

  • Thankful

    Smiling at someone and saying hello is often such a simple gesture, but initiates a smile in return.

  • Journey

    Compliment someone.
    An act of kindness.

  • Tom

    Give them a deserved compliment or offer a simple gift. But in my experience I have found that if I smile at someone they will smile back…”doing” a smile almost always helps. Like laughter a smile is contagious. Here you go 🙂

  • GCharlotte

    I might cheer them with joy! I might praise them in God’s name. I might show respect for them.

  • Sheila

    When my Dad was in the hospital in Hospice and dieing, I was walking down the hall in the hospital and feeling so sad, my heart was breaking. A lady smiled at me and it meant so much, she was like an Angel. This was 14 years ago and I remember it so clearly. I will think of this and smile at everyone I see today. I love this Thich Nhat Hahn quote, “Because of your smile, you make life more beautiful”. ??

    • Serafina

      ☺

    • Samuel

      Sheila,
      Smiles are indeed contagious.
      Even if only for a moment or two sometimes…
      That smile, that day, meant the world to you when you needed it most…
      sb

      • Sheila

        Samuel, yes smiles are contagious and can mean the world and touch one’s heart! Thank-you for your kind reply! Have a good day!?

  • Samuel

    When you meet someone with no smile, simply give them one of yours to keep. We all have an inexhaustible supply of smiles for others…

  • Michele

    Start off by smiling:)

  • Kevin

    Greet them by name while smiling at the same time.

  • Antoinette

    Be present, open hearted with loving kindness and compassion to all beings everywhere. Let go of judgment and harsh criticism, and let the heart shine! Lead with a smile and grace to each person I meet. Happy smiles everyone .

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