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By jacobkuttyta



"Make one person happy each day, and in forty years you will have made 14,600 human beings happy for a little time, at least."        -Charley Willey

Have you ever heard the old story of the old man who sat near the gate of his village and greeted people who entered and exited in his village.  When travellers came in, very often they would ask what kind of people where in the village.  The man responded by asking them what the people were like in the village  they just left.  If the traveler said the people were good and nice, the old man told them that he would find the people in this village were much the same.  If the traveler said the other village had horrible people in it, the man said that they would find the people here much the same.

The moral of the story is that we take ourselves with us wherever we go.  We meet the same kind of people everywhere.  If you want to meet good people, you have to change your attitude towards others.  Try to see the good in others. 

It may be happened with you... When I reach my home late, wife would be there to attack me,  when I say something witty, she will start laughing with children. Tension would ease and  we will have a nice evening.  On the other hand, if I shot at back with the same tone, there would be tension and we would spoil the evening. 

Making one person happy a day, it is better to bring smile than a frown.  It doesn't cost you at all.  Try this, smile for the next 60 seconds.  Just sit there and smile. Don't do anything else. 

I'll wait.

Aren't you feeling good?

Didn't you sense a physical feeling inside you every second you start to smile?  The physiology of this is that when we smile, we are literally programmed to feel good.  If you think you have to feel great to smile, you are mistaken.  Smile first and you will feel great.  It is impossible to feel bad when we are smiling. 

You are doing a good thing if you make it your mission to make at least one person smile per day.  The feelings that you are feeling right now as you reading and grinning is exactly what you will be doing for everyone that you make smile. 

Remember the story of the house of 1000 mirrors.  When a happy little dog learned of this house of 1000 mirrors, it decided to visit that place.  He climbed the stairs to the doorway of the house and looked through the doorway to find that 1000 other happy little dogs.  He smiled and was answered with 1000 great smiles.  He thought it is a wonderful place and wanted to visit again.  In the same village, another little dog, who was not quite happy as the first one also decided to visit the house.  He slowly climbed the stairs and hung his head low as he looked into the door, he found 1000 unfriendly looking dogs staring back at him.  He growled at them and was horrified to see 1000 little dogs growling back at him.  He left that place and thought that this is a horrible place and decided never to go back there again.

All the faces in the world are mirrors. What kind of reflections do you see in the faces of the people you meet?

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jesusmyjoy profile image

jesusmyjoy  says:
3 months ago

Thank you for reading my hubs. I'm so glad you enjoy them and pray you will continue to be blessed through them.

Yangtze profile image

Yangtze  says:
3 months ago

You make people happy when you smile to them to tell your happiness. Thanks for your wonderful hubs. I am quite happy and smiling after reading it.

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jacobkuttyta  says:
3 months ago

Thanks for your comment.

VioletSun profile image

VioletSun  says:
3 months ago

Ooh, I love these stories, and yes, I tried smiling for a few seconds, sat in front of the computer with a silly grin. LOL. Wonderful message and good reminder for us all!

Thumbs up!

\Brenda Scully  says:
3 months ago

brilliant, i like good positive hubs

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jacobkuttyta  says:
3 months ago

VioletSun and \Brenda Scully,

Thanks for your comments, May God Bless you...

lyricsingray profile image

lyricsingray  says:
3 months ago

So True! Thanks for reminding me-great write! Kimberly

kartika damon profile image

kartika damon  says:
3 months ago

I agree and think that laughter is the key to some level of sanity!

shamelabboush profile image

shamelabboush  says:
3 months ago

True my friend, smile is is an effective remedy for the soul... it prolongs life it keeps you healthy. Nice hub.

Carmen Borthwick profile image

Carmen Borthwick  says:
3 months ago

A wonderful hub! I hope many people take it to heart as you have.

jacobkuttyta profile image

jacobkuttyta  says:
3 months ago

Thank you all for your kind comment

Philent profile image

Philent  says:
3 months ago

Lovely! Thank you for making me smile...I feel good. I never realize that when we smile we will automatically feel great and that we don't need to feel great before we smile.

jacobkuttyta profile image

jacobkuttyta  says:
3 months ago

Thanks for your comment Philent!

wavegirl22 profile image

wavegirl22  says:
3 months ago

jacobkutta . .smile at the world and the world smiles back at you . .thanks for reminding me and thanks for the smile you put on my face when you came by and visited :)

travelespresso profile image

travelespresso  says:
2 months ago

Hello jacobkuttyta

What you say here is so true. Thanks for writing a lovely hub.

Thank you for making nice comments about my hubs too. cheers.

RevLady profile image

RevLady  says:
2 months ago

Okay, it worked, I smiled reading this hub. Every thing you wrote is true, at least in my experience. When I laugh, others laugh, or at least smile. Same is true over the phone. Laughter and humor is indeed medicinal. You feel a little better. I have a friend who told me the other day that when he receives our monthly newsletter, the first place he goes is to the humor section which immediately brings a smile to his face. It uplifts. So often we neglect this purposeful gift from God. Can you imagine life without smiles?

DeBorrah K. Ogans profile image

DeBorrah K. Ogans  says:
2 months ago

jacobkuttyta,

Wonderful! It is much more inviting as you say to meet a "smile". It actually takes more facial muscles to frown.

I enjoyed this; Very Good! And yes I am smiling:-)Thank you for sharing, Blessings!!!

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jacobkuttyta  says:
2 months ago

Dear all

Thanks for your comments.

jacob

maryladd profile image

maryladd  says:
4 weeks ago

A very beautiful hub. Thank you so much for writing this.

LizzyBoo profile image

LizzyBoo  says:
2 weeks ago

Smile- such a lovely hub. I do sometimes forget to use it.

Mark Rainer profile image

Mark Rainer  says:
10 days ago

Ah yes so true I'm always smiling, Sun Libra you see.

I leave you with a little excerpt from that Charles Chaplin song Smile

Light up your face with gladness

Hide every trace of sadness

Although a tear, may be ever so near,

That's the time, you must keep on trying

Smile, what's the use of crying?

You'll find that life is still worthwhile,

If you'll just....smile.

Smile

jacobkuttyta profile image

jacobkuttyta  says:
7 days ago

Thanks all for your visits and comments

Rishfa profile image

Rishfa  says:
4 days ago

So so true... I am a girl who is working in a local airline office at the reception :) and I face lot of faces each day. I can see most of them are happy when they see me and they will give me a compliments that i got a lovely smile. Keep smiling! And some foreign staffs who work here call me smiley girl and they give me much attention then the other girls. Sometime those girls ask me why I am getting so much attention, and I will be having only one answer. And it is others will treat you same how you are treating them :)

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jacobkuttyta  says:
4 days ago

Rishfa, You are right and keep it up.

Thanks for your very elaborate comment.

May God bless you

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