Things I Like About Myself - Day 1
I like that I smile a lot and laugh easily.
When I was a young child I picked up a lot of messages that said that smiling and laughter are really important.
So I somewhat intentionally cultivated those things in myself.
To be really clear: my smile and my laughter are absolutely sincere, but I also believe there's a lot to be said for choice, intention, and practice.
My whole life I have gotten compliments on my smile. My favorite was once someone said I have a "magic smile."
I don't fully understood the having a nice smile thing, because I've kind of felt like people who apparently have less nice smiles are clearly just not trying hard enough. Or to be more accurate, they aren't being receptive enough to the joy and delight in the world. They aren't letting themselves laugh enough.
But I suppose there are some genetics involved in there too. Miela has a totally wonderful amazing smile. I like to think there's some of me in that.
I have also gotten a lot of feedback about being a good audience. I do consider myself pretty easily amused, receptive to being entertained, and very prone toward laughter.
I value these things a lot. I think being open and receptive and ready to laugh are really valuable traits for moving through life with joy.
So there you go. I like my magic smile and I like that I'm an easy audience.
And I don't know that I'm always going to write so much about the things I like, but I felt inclined to right now.
When I was a young child I picked up a lot of messages that said that smiling and laughter are really important.
So I somewhat intentionally cultivated those things in myself.
To be really clear: my smile and my laughter are absolutely sincere, but I also believe there's a lot to be said for choice, intention, and practice.
My whole life I have gotten compliments on my smile. My favorite was once someone said I have a "magic smile."
I don't fully understood the having a nice smile thing, because I've kind of felt like people who apparently have less nice smiles are clearly just not trying hard enough. Or to be more accurate, they aren't being receptive enough to the joy and delight in the world. They aren't letting themselves laugh enough.
But I suppose there are some genetics involved in there too. Miela has a totally wonderful amazing smile. I like to think there's some of me in that.
I have also gotten a lot of feedback about being a good audience. I do consider myself pretty easily amused, receptive to being entertained, and very prone toward laughter.
I value these things a lot. I think being open and receptive and ready to laugh are really valuable traits for moving through life with joy.
So there you go. I like my magic smile and I like that I'm an easy audience.
And I don't know that I'm always going to write so much about the things I like, but I felt inclined to right now.