![]() Simple things like opening a door, carrying a package, giving them your seat. Thank them for something they’ve done for you.Explain how not everyone does what they do. ![]() Give them a real compliment that comes from your heart.Here are ten things that may make someone smile: He says even a practiced smile can help you feel happy and more relaxed immediately. Leo Widrich tells us to stand in front of a mirror and smile. The teacher had to settle the heated issue and explain to the children that I actually had an Uncle Sam who dressed up like that but that it wasn’t him in the poster. I saw a poster of Uncle Sam saying, “I Want You.” I told the children in the class that the man in the poster was my Uncle Sam. One year he dressed up as the United States Uncle Sam and walked on stilts, probably for a costume party. He could use ventriloquism and throw his voice so it sounded like some dogs were right outside the door. My Uncle Sam Bruffy, PaPa Bruffey’s brother, made me laugh (notice they are brothers and spelled their last name differently). One time I asked her, “Mother, do you believe when people die they go to heaven?” Her answer, “Some do and some don’t.” She said wise things that surprised me and therefore brought a smile to my face. I don’t believe that was her intention, but she did it seamlessly. She picked up what she thought was a bottle of spray perfume. For instance, one time she got a new black coat. She was even able to laugh at her own foibles and humanity. My grandmother on my father’s side of the family, Mother Meyer loved to laugh. On a girl’s picture he would put, “So beautiful, she would make a bulldog break his chain.” One year he was a judge for the Miss North Carolina contest. He went to the Miss America contests and took pictures there. He took pictures of them and sent them prints in the mail with little drawings and words that would make your heart sing. My PaPa Bruffey loved to make people smile. One way to help people look at things differently is to be the reason they smile. My personal mantra is to encourage others on my path in life so they do not give up on themselves. “Be the Reason Someone Smiles Today” by Joan Y.
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