Somewhere in my readings on Buddhism I came across this, There is kindness in a smile. It seems it takes fewer muscles to smile too. I meet many strangers on our expeditions and many good conversations start with a smile and a good morning. During my teaching career I used to regularly pass a person on the corridor who rarely smiled. He seemed never wanting to greet anyone he met on the corridor in the morning. He was known for this. He was something of a loner and his main hobby was fly fishing. He died quite young and unmarried. NLP and physiology has taught me how the body and mind are one. There is also the acting as if strategy. Many of the people I meet these days are outdoors people, walkers, cyclists and sport minded folk. The greetings and conversations are upbeat, usually about the weather but there is also a sense of gratitude which rises above the mundane. Purposefully I make it a policy to greet people with an initiating smile and positive remark which is usually about our dogs and there is more often than not a positive response. There is kindness and also sunshine in a smile.
Posted on: Tue, 02 Dec 2014 10:15:37 +0000
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