Reduce Your Worry, Reuse Your Smile & Recycle Out The Negative
Did I just use the 3 R’s referring to the safety of our planet for the title of this blog? Yes, yes I did. I hope it was either so cringe for you that you smiled or that you thought I was such a clever duck for coming up with that. Let me explain the 3R’s in the terms of this blog.
Reduce Your Worry
I often get referred to as an easy-going person, that it takes a lot for me to get upset or that I am just “such a happy person.” While yes, I agree with this….it was something that I’ve learned over the years. There were points in my life that I’ve been so “easy-going” that people used me as a doormat because they knew I wouldn’t get upset over something they did or would do because I would forgive so quickly. Lord I look back on those days and I just want to shake myself. Life is too short to hold grudges yet, but there are limits and boundaries you absolutely need to make for yourself.
Sweating the little things or things that haven’t even happened yet makes you just worry over something twice (or 3,4..10 times ;)) One thing I take into consideration is that someone who wants to be in your life, will make it known and won’t let your doubts consume your thoughts. Well to the best of their ability. I don’t get mad over someone not texting back fast enough or why plans aren’t following through on their end. I don’t get mad, I just lose interest. The best medicine for a case of the worries is to let life happen. Let those people who were meant to stay temporary, leave when they should. Let them not put in effort so you can put in effort in someone or something else. Continue living your life despite their disappearing acts.
My love for travel and living in a third world country has allowed me to experience and witness people who are literally living in a roof made of rocks and their playground is the communities landfill, but you know what? Those people are the most CAREFREE, POSITIVE AND LOVING humans I’ve ever experienced. They don’t let the worries of what someone is wearing or what someone is doing/not doing affect their life. Seeing that has changed my entire perspective on how to treat others. Love is power y’all.
Reuse Your Smile
Do you know what’s amazing? Your smile can be reused. That same smile that happened because your nephew told you they loved you, that same smile that watches your best friend have their first dance with their husband, that same smile that was the effect of someone telling you you look beautiful today. Use your smile so that someone can reuse theirs. Your smile could be the sole reason someone smiles. Let’s not get so caught up in our career and negativity that we forget reasons that make us laugh, dance or the reason why we want to get up in the morning.
The most handsome smile I’ve ever seen
Make it a priority to smile today. Challenge yourself to be the reason why one single person smiled today. Just like watching someone yawn makes us yawn, smiling has the same effect. It’s flippin contagious!
Recycle Out The Negative
How many times do we actually see what the stuff in the recycling bin turns into? We know that it’s used for better but where exactly does it go? We don’t need to know that. We get to discard things into a bucket or bin to be recycled into something new again. Think about that. What if we used that for ourselves? Why don’t we put things away that are causing us pain, anger and tears somewhere else that could be used for better? Somethings just aren’t to stay permanent in our lives. It taught us something, no matter what the outcome was but that doesn’t mean you can’t part with it. Whether that be a friend or someone that has burned us too many times, it’s okay to let them go. Let them go so they can be better. You may never know, they may come back at a better time :)