Don’t Forget to Smile
Martha was a divorced mother of three living in poverty. On and off welfare rolls, she’d recently moved hoping for a new start. She had interview after interview hoping to find a job, any job, but she was never hired. Why? She had all the skills, her health was good, she had a desire to work and she was dependable. Then she learned something which changed her life. Something simple, but powerful!
One evening after a long day of fruitless job searching, her daughter asked, “Mommy, how come you’re always frowning? Are you angry all the time?” Looking in the mirror, she realized her daughter was right. She always wore a frown as if the weight of the world was on her shoulders (which it certainly felt like). From that point on, she promised herself she would smile, put a pleasant look on her face and become a pleasant person.
Right away she found a job; one that paid her two dollars an hour more than her last job. Martha ceased being desperate, sour and dependent and became a valued employee. She’s certainly not rich, but she’s a long ways from where she was.
Too often we spend more energy worrying about what’s going wrong than making things right.
Sometimes all it takes is a smile.
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