Goal for the Day: Make Someone Smile

Each of us has the power to bring joy into the lives of the people around us. The beauty of this is that you don’t have to be “the class clown” or put on a big extravagant display. Sometimes all we need to do is offer and kind word or a pleasant manner.


When you go to a store and the clerk is sour, how do you respond? Usually, it’s quite off-putting. A visit to the doctor is never a fun experience, but it’s certainly less so when the nurse is sulking and petulant. We can’t deny what we feel each day, but we don’t have to share our pain with those around us. We always hear that “laughter is contagious.” Well, so is sorrow.

So, today, try to make someone smile. The simplest possible way to do that is to smile at someone. By extending that effortless, easy display of positivity, you’re giving an invaluable gift to someone—a gift that, hopefully, they’ll pass on to the person they see next.