Sunnier Skies While Unemployed

“…knowing that, in the grand scheme of things,
we live in a world where rainy days
eventually give way to sunnier skies.”
Jason Rogerson

While on our unemployed journey, Jason Rogerson’s quote is worth repeating to ourselves constantly.

I know right now we are only focusing on what is not happening instead of the fact this is just a small portion of our lives. A day, month or year is just a blip in our lives.

Think back to the time when you were working, complaining about your job and wishing you could take a vacation. Now we look at that time as the sunny skies and today being unemployed as the rainy days.

It is all a matter of perception. How can we change our thinking and focus on the sunnier skies instead of the rainy ones?

Let’s start by taking small steps.

Are you up to playing a little game? It is called the Smiling Game.

• Walk out your front door and go to the nearest coffee shop.
• Walking into the coffee shop, put a smile on your face. You don’t have to mean it just use those smile muscles. It is a scientific fact when you use your smile muscles your body has no clue if you are smiling it just feels better.
• Make eye contact with the first person you see with that smile on your face.
• Continue smiling and making eye contact with everyone you see.

Eventually your smile will become natural, people will start talking to each other and YOU will feel better.

A smile costs you nothing and lightens up the world.

Let's make Monday "Smile Day" and bring a little sunshine into everyone’s day.

Starting today we will play our little game.

Please let the Love Yourself – It Matters Community know what happened as you were playing the Smile Game.

I am looking forward to hearing from you.

Helen