People Should Smile More

I guess I hadn't realised that I stopped smiling until recently I had reason to start again.

It is so easy to get caught up in the day to day list of work related chores and the to do list of doom, and because that is full of things that I have to do as opposed to wanting to do them it is harder to complete them with a smile.

Don't get me wrong, my life has not been miserable recently and I've had a lot of giggles, especially over drinks after work, but however much I love my job permitting it to be the only dominating force in my life was a mistake.

It was only when I took the time out for a few days just to step away from the endless busy hectic nature of my daily life and spent some time chilling out and focusing on things that I love and want to be a part of that I realised how much I had missed smiling.

Yesterday I could have spent the bank holiday working, instead after an hour or two I switched off the laptop and wrote instead. For hours and hours. And I loved it.

So today as I travel to work I'm taking the time to think and I'm smiling. Possibly to the point other people might think me strange, but you know what: I don't mind. Because people should smile more, and take the time to appreciate the things in life that really matter.