While browsing through the internet I came across an interesting quote of Mark Twain:
“Eat a live frog first thing in the morning and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day.”
It was used metaphorically to indicate that the things you despise the most should be done first in the morning.It will make you feel good and you will be energised to do the other not so hard tasks.
It was used metaphorically to indicate that the things you despise the most should be done first in the morning.It will make you feel good and you will be energised to do the other not so hard tasks.
Some people say that you should do meditation ,yoga or hit the gym etc. to make you ready for the tasks ahead. Poetic people recommend taking inspirations from sun and moon who have been doing their tasks from the time immemorial.
These all suggestions sound good and may be applicable to many of us. Its a different story when everything is going very well. But sometimes situations might not be good. We might not be in a right frame of mind emotionally or mentally. We might feel all our energies are being sucked out of us even though we have just woken up!
So what is the one thing that you could do to lift yourself up?
I recommend perhaps the simplest of all things:
Just go and look yourself in the mirror and "SMILE".
Smile on yourself, smile on the situations, smile to the new day, smile to god and thank him for giving you this day. It might feel the hardest and the most stupidest thing to do , but just do it.When you smile, you get an instant relief from the weight on your heart,you get strength and belief that you can handle this situation, you feel a sense of understanding of yourself and of your circumstances. Where you are surrounded by negativity and hopelessness , a smile is perhaps the only positive.
This positivity will give you the strength to SUPPORT YOURSELF and affirms your love for yourself. And in this world,where there are already nine hundred ninety nine people who are ready to make your life a hell, please dont make yourself the thousandth one. You will get the strength to move on despite the challenges. Moving on is important. Because when you move, you follow the law of wheel , according to which its important to keep moving in life. You stuck , you stagnate and you decay. You move you leave the bad times behind and you give yourself an opportunity to change your situations.Remember that good old time has gone, bad time is not permanent either.
Hence, I believe that SMILE is a pleasant way to begin your day. :)
SMILE , it uses only twenty muscles and costs nothing.
