Reason To Smile

I said “Smile, please, while I take your picture.” This is what I got. Can’t blame her, I guess. The house is much to small for a growing family, the kids are not tidy, and I caught them in the midst of a trying day. Come to think of it, I’ve never seen an Owl smile, so I took the picture anyway.

Smiling on cue can be hard, but there are some things that seem to bring out a smile immediately….like: good company at a good meal, refunds on my income tax, when the scale says I lost two pounds, walking through a garden with my camera, putting words together in a poem, knowing love and giving it away. What makes you smile? Make a short list and then smile at it.

I apologized to Mama Owl after taking her picture with the kids. Didn’t seem to help much. But sometimes you just have to smile your way through the tough times. Try a smile or two today…if for no other reason than you have been given the gift of another day and you are accompanied by the Presence of Joy. Reason to smile!