Butterfly Rose's blog: "Somethings I want to Share"

Hey, like it or not, we are all 'state' inducers.

Whenever we have an interaction with someone, even if it's

just a hello, we leave them with a definite feeling. 

What do you think people feel about us when we're walking

around with a sour puss on?  

No one wants to be around that.

Do you?  

Do you go out and search for the complainers?  If you do,

notice the topic of your typical conversations.  Are they

usually centered on what's wrong, who said what rotten

thing, what someone had the gall to ask you to do?  In

short, whining sessions?

Look, you are what you think.  You get back what you put

out.  If you put out cheerfulness, then that's how people

will treat you back.

Did you ever hear the centuries-old story about the old

man who sat next to the road and greeted people who entered

and exited just outside his small village? 

When travelers came in, often they would ask what kind of

people were in the town.  The man responded by asking them

what the people were like in the town they just left.  If

the traveler said the people were terrific, the man told

them that he'd find the people in this town were much the

same.

If the traveler said the other town had horrible people in

it, the man said that they'd find the people here much the

same.

It kind of goes right along with another Your Day To Win

that talked about running from your problems.  The thing

is, you bring yourself with you wherever you go.  And since

you are what you think, the only way for you to escape your

problems is to change your attitudes.

If you understand that you induce states of mind in the

people that you meet all day, it brings it right to the

front of your consciousness, doesn't it?  People respond to

you whether you like it or not.

To my way of thinking, it's better to bring a smile than a

frown or pity or disdain.  Better than nothing either. 

What the heck!  It doesn't cost anything at all.

Just one person a day that you make smile will do

something amazing for them and...

...inside of you.  

I would like to challenge everyone to reflect on this message…