Why are you smiling all the time?
This was the message that I received in my Facebook Messenger the other day. It really caught me off guard at first and then I thought about it. I went back and looked at my post on Facebook and Instagram and I realized that in probably 99% of my "Selfie" pictures, there was a smile on my face. Well, she had a legitimate question! I had never realized it or thought about it. She was right. So I had to think and ask myself, "Why are you smiling all the time?"
This was my response......
It's a choice!!! I choose everyday whether I am going to get up and get my workout done and there are times when there is not a smile on my face when I start my workout. At the end, there is a smile because whatever had me down and out before hand was now dealt with and was gone. Most of the time it was because I was not awake yet and I had not had a cup of coffee yet! Snapping that smiling selfie every single day is a choice. I see and hear and talk to people all the time about life circumstances and it makes me realize that I have so much to be thankful for and I have a real reason to smile.
Let's take a look at some reasons WHY you can smile...... I am not taking any of this lightly because these are real thoughts and circumstances in some lives of the people that we know and love!
I could say that I don't have anything to wear when I have an entire closet of clothes.
I could say that I don't have anything to eat when I have an entire pantry of food.
I think about the sore muscles that I have and make up the excuses not to workout and remember there are those who would give anything to get up and go for a walk.
I think about the complaining that I do because I had rather stay at home today and not go to work but I think of those that are loosing everything because they have lost their job.
I could complain about my friends and family but I remember that there are people that have lost their families/friends and they are alone.
So when I think about this and put things into perspective and I can choose to smile in the midst of circumstances because there are others that would love to have my "problems".
So, YES, I am smiling in 99% of my pictures because I have made the choice!!!! You have a choice just like I do. What will your choice be the next time that you want to complain? It's all about perspective!!!
