Sometimes when my heart is sad
And my body is tired
When all the melancholy lands
With its very weighty presence
On my shoulders
I fall into a chair and sigh
I smile
On purpose.
At first it is gentle
difficult to do
but with determination
I sit with all of the hard things
And wait as my smile gives them wings
And eventually
The awful heaviness dissipates.
I go on smiling for a bit
Just to make sure
Because my mind doesn’t know my mouth is lying
It’s the body that keeps score.
*Smile. It confuses the mind.
I love your smile, Kate. It lights up the whole WordPress. Your eyes sparkle and that dimple in your cheeks is so endearing. Keep smiling.
Thanks Yassy that is so sweet ✨💕
My pleasure 🤗💕
yes, Buddhism has taught me to let go of bad, depressive feelings; they only weigh us down —and people soon tire of the lugubrious; find your happy space and smile 🙂
Our heads are so persuasive John, I do like to take the odd win over my thinking. 😊
Ilike your line about the power of a smile 🙂
Thanks John. Smiles are powerful things, they are also infectious – we can cause a completely random stranger catch one.
I get a little worn out trying to say the word ‘lugubrious.’ 😉
Love this, Kate. I smile at my mirror image as I start each new day 🙂
I’m so glad you do this Rosalienne 💕
Wow…I love this so much
Thanks! Glad you liked it
I agree that smiling loosens tense nerves and transports us to a better place. It might feel insincere at first but it works—I know it works.
It’s a good way to shift and conjure a more kinder world that starts with oneself and branches out to others. We all have a happy place we just need more practice getting to it by smiling more.
Did I say too much? Forgive.
I like people who smile.
I like this post. Thanks for sharing your thoughts: made me smile so thanks. Xo I bless you.
Hi Selma, of course you didn’t say too much! That’s what the comments section is for. I like people who smile too, it does work and happiness is so often a decision, and sometimes a very brave one. People forget or don’t know that they have this tool, the body over mind. Keep smiling 😊
Smile is the best medicine. Also I was captivated with the last line, “because my mind doesn’t know my mouth is lying, it’s the body that keeps the scores”
Thanks for reading ✨
Yeah, apparently your brain can’t tell if you’re fake smiling or real smiling so if you’re ever down smiling really does help make you feel better. Spending on the circumstances, of course.
But it takes my brain to remind me to do it 😊
It’s a cycle 😅
It’s pleasure to see the originality😊
Thanks Sanjay 😊
My pleasure Kate💕
I needed this instruction this morning, Kate. I am practicing while I type this… afraid the smile is more of a grimace right at this moment… 😉
Keep practicing! And add a few happy thoughts, it’s like balancing on a wire a 100 metres above the ground to begin with. The thoughts of negativity are so damn persuasive and habitual.