It was fun and light hearted and a nice reason to smile.
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An Honest Smile
It’s easy for me to look at myself and find one way or another that I’m off kilter. My latest “trick” happens when I try to jump in with someone who monopolizes conversations. Basically I stutter the first word I want to say. I don’t think it’s a “real” stutter–it never happens anywhere else. Really, I’m just getting to practice jumping in so I can get better.
I have this horrible solitaire head game that I play. “What’s wrong with Bill?” It try to identify a disease label for any of my personality features, feelings or quirks. If there’s more than one label, all the better. Uck! Why do I put myself through that?
I’ve started a new game: “What’s right with Bill?” Kind of an opposite-to-emotion action to weaken that negative game.
One what’s right with Bill is that I have an honest smile. When I see someone, I smile broadly and am not faking it. It’s rarely wrong to smile at someone. I like to see people in the grocery store smile back at me. It’s almost a reflex for people to smile back.
I love to laugh. Having a momentary silent conversation with someone as we smile at each other is wonderful.
Smile! It will make you feel a tiny bit better.