smile quotes

From the book "Never Act Your age" by Dale Anderson...

"Grinners are winners!"

"It's better to have laughed and leaked than to have never laughed at all!" :)

Just a few reminders to myself regarding the value of lightening up... And apparently laughter induces endorphin release within our systems, therefore laughter is healing... Even when Faked!

Another goal to add to my daily living...

Looking in the mirror I recalled that the expressions we carry on our face throughout our lifetime, those are the expressions that get etched into our faces...

It's time to lighten up and let that show in my countenance... If my mouth isn't smiling, then let my eyes smile often... Let me be soft, gentle, and welcoming. :)

Outlook

Instead of "Being positive" or "Being negative" I prefer the idea of "Being Open to all the potential possibilities," and having faith that I have the inner fortitude to fully experience whatever comes my way in each moment...

There will be moments of bliss... There will be moments of sorrow... Each add to the beauty and experience of life. Each intensifies its counterpart....

Inner Goals...

Exploring what lies latent within me... while shedding the images of self... the images I attempt to project outward, those built up self-images seeking outward approval...

Letting go of ego... relinquishing protection of ego and being okay with what is... No fighting to prove I am this, or I am that... Instead trusting in whatever is already there within...

Letting go of perceived prices on actions... I want to get to the point where I feel no one owes me anything... I want my actions to be actions I did "Just because." Well, more like "Just because I care." I want to be free from tit for tat. I want to love, I want to act... just because I can... just because I want to... just because those around me are important to me...

I want to be more magnanimous...

I want to be free of self-concern, because no matter what happens... everything will be okay so long as I can get out of my own way...

In releasing looking at myself inwards too much... I hope to be free to look outward... To see others more clearly... To understand with clarity their wants, desires, concerns, their needs at a given moment... Energy expended on myself during self-absorption can be shunted and projected outwards...

Trust... Courage... Strength... Faith... To Love... This is what I pray for... My deepest wishes...