I used to share so much in songs, but I do not sing anymore, outside of my head, so I wanted to write the song in my head.
It started with his smile she wondered how this man could be so happy, how everyone around he seemed to glow.
She tried to hear the words he spoke, but all she heard were cries for help around her saying, "Why did it have to be me?"
Anyway, as I was trying to recall why I wrote it, I thought about the instruction at the Temple Open
house. It was that we should smile. Why, what's the big deal? The other day, I was at the temple, myself, and I saw a woman who just beamed. I kept wondering why she was so glowy. Later, I overheard two women talking and the one asked the other,"Do you think she just has a permanent smile?" I mean, why would someone purposely smile so much? In elementary school. I was told that if you wanted to improve the world, smile. Because, people will always smile back if you smile at them, so, each smile you make improves the quality of life for others and the world will be better.
When I was a teenager, I had just started a program of setting goals, with a clear objective, when the program was changed. I got upset, and my leader said, "Melissa, it looks like you need to focus on choice and accountability." So I did.I found what looked like the easiest goal, to write about my day every day for 14 consequetive days. Easy, huh? Well, there was a tiny, life changing stipulation. You must decide to be happy.
I did not know your mood was your choice,so I thought this would take a long time to have 14 consequencially good days.but, that became the greatest lesson I learned. Regardless what side of the bed I woke up on. Being happy was my choice. I learned that even if the world gives you lemmons, decide to make lemonade! and although, that lady likely had no reason resulting from her dull duties, she was smiling and Improving the whole world! I want to be like her. Smiling makes anyone pretty!
That was probably why I wrote that song, a smile can trigger good regardless of our surroundingsthe good is there waiting to be seen. I know I originally wrote it to be about a feeling generated of Love and genuine compassion for others all because of a smile.
It started with his smile she wondered how this man could be so happy, how everyone around he seemed to glow.
She tried to hear the words he spoke, but all she heard were cries for help around her saying, "Why did it have to be me?"
Anyway, as I was trying to recall why I wrote it, I thought about the instruction at the Temple Open
house. It was that we should smile. Why, what's the big deal? The other day, I was at the temple, myself, and I saw a woman who just beamed. I kept wondering why she was so glowy. Later, I overheard two women talking and the one asked the other,"Do you think she just has a permanent smile?" I mean, why would someone purposely smile so much? In elementary school. I was told that if you wanted to improve the world, smile. Because, people will always smile back if you smile at them, so, each smile you make improves the quality of life for others and the world will be better.
When I was a teenager, I had just started a program of setting goals, with a clear objective, when the program was changed. I got upset, and my leader said, "Melissa, it looks like you need to focus on choice and accountability." So I did.I found what looked like the easiest goal, to write about my day every day for 14 consequetive days. Easy, huh? Well, there was a tiny, life changing stipulation. You must decide to be happy.
I did not know your mood was your choice,so I thought this would take a long time to have 14 consequencially good days.but, that became the greatest lesson I learned. Regardless what side of the bed I woke up on. Being happy was my choice. I learned that even if the world gives you lemmons, decide to make lemonade! and although, that lady likely had no reason resulting from her dull duties, she was smiling and Improving the whole world! I want to be like her. Smiling makes anyone pretty!
That was probably why I wrote that song, a smile can trigger good regardless of our surroundingsthe good is there waiting to be seen. I know I originally wrote it to be about a feeling generated of Love and genuine compassion for others all because of a smile.
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