People should smile more

I bought an album a couple of weeks ago – from the dreadlocked Newton Faulkner – great album – he’s such a strong singer and not too shabby on the guitar either. Anyway, one of his songs is called ‘people should smile more’ and I concur. I think that the song is eluding to a state of being content with what you’ve got and thankful for the things we so often take for granted, which should lead to an inner happiness, evidenced through smiling and being joyful. I was watching people today as they were walking into work and I noticed that most people don’t smile – in fact most people have a frown or just a plain blank stare, almost zombieish. Even if it does look a little strange when people walk along smiling for no apparent reason, it is rather nice to be on the receiving end of a smile whether from a good friend, acquittance, or relative stranger. Next time you’re walking along deep in thought – try thinking about all the good things in your life and hopefully this will lead to a smile which may be passed on to passers by and transferred throughout the day. Ok so this rambling may not make all that much sense, but it’s late and I need sleep and I know what I’m talking about!

Fridays

How good are Fridays!!!  Besides the neighbours having a dinner party which is getting louder as the night goes on and will frustrate me more so when I try to sleep as my window is situated about 1 m away from their house….all else is good.  The Bulldogs are loosing their NRL game which makes me happy.  I don’t have to work for the next two days.  I don’t have any study to do, afforded by my completion of ‘part 1 of thesis’ (i.e. the assessment copy) this week.  Yep, life is good.  Actually, I’m supposed to be now figuring out what ‘life’ is all about.  There’s so much I want to do: read books, learn more, go out more, catch up with friends i’ve neglected, make new friends, relax more, learn sax, understand the bible more, watch movies, basically I need to merge myself back into reality.  So that being said, I’m off to enjoy my weekend like ‘normal’ people do, whatever that means!

Crowds

So I’m mentally preparing for crowds today as I’m going to head to the shops for some much needed retail therapy. The list of items I ‘need’ keeps growing and I’m sure will grow much more the more time I spent there. I hate crowds. I don’t mind people, I just hate it when they’re all together in the same place as me.  But in some twisted way, I hate being the only customer in a shop…go figure!

New Days

One day I’m going to figure out how to remove all guilt and pain that accompanies overindulging on chocolate. For now, a good night’s sleep will have to suffice. It never ceases to amaze me how every new morning brings with it a refreshed energy and for some reason, a forgetfulness of all the wrongs of the previous day(s). I’m so thankful that God’s mercies are new every morning. So here’s to sleep and God and chocolate!