Our little one can do some things, as they all can, that will cause you to want to yell and scream. However, he has this little silly smile that you can't help but smile and laugh back. You know what I mean, you want to be stern but it is difficult when you are laughing.
He will do something like pour a box of cereal out in the floor. The moment you ask, "What are you doing?" He turns with this little smiley grin that seems to immediately turn anger to laughter. Now, once the laughing has subsided, I usually squat in front of him and try to explain that his actions are inappropriate. I am sure he wonders how inappropriate they were, considering the laughs he got. We'll have to work on that.
Today's word is a thought a I had that says, "The problem with smiling is it's contagious. Give someone a smile - get one back."
Have you ever noticed how quickly voices rise and tempers boil when one person yells at another? It doesn't take long for a simple discussion to escalate into a shouting match when cross words are lobbed. However, the exact opposite is often true, too. Smiling at someone usually seems to calm things and produce a smile from the other party; the power of a smile is amazing.
Next time you find yourself in the mullygrubs, try smiling at someone. It might just surprise you at how contagious it can be.
Be Blessed,
Mickey T
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