Breathe, just breathe............As I race from project, to phone, to meeting and back to project, I find myself thinking, just that. Breathe. The smile that hovers despite this pace just doesn't seem to have any place else to go. It is irrepressible. Even as I walk into yet another meeting that I know will involve VERY GRUMPY people, the smile won't let go.
Do you know how badly grumpy people react to a person that just can't help smiling? Half way through the day, I can tell you - they do not get happier. They definitely get grumpier. So, now, I just keep thinking, breathe and hold. I know I can make it through the next meeting without breaking out in a beaming smile. If I concentrate on the breathing and just hold, then bolt for the safety of my office, where I can smile as much as I want without offending anyone.
What a shame to waste such a great mood. But if I can't lift the people around me up with the bouyancy in my step, than the least I can do is not help weigh them down. And of course, it helps not letting the blues dragging on their coat-tails drift over on to mine.
Of course, it is probably a grand idea for me to have the door closed, as I just realized that I am actually humming a bit too. It's these wonderful crisp autumn days. I wish they would infect everyone with the same joyful passion. Now that would be fun. Imagine a meeting where everyone couldn't hide the smile lurking there. I think we might just have something inexplicable and oxymoronic - a productive meeting!
Off to another...............Breathe, just breathe. I can smile as much as I want, in about 45 minutes or so.
You've come so far that we postpone even smiles...sad...
ReplyDeleteTrue - but if it helps keep others from IMPLODING - then we do the best we can
ReplyDeleteand then smile, smile, SMILE!
Question for you - how do I get to the English translation for your blog? I can get out to it when you post to my FB page- but then I can't comment - when I go through my blog to yours I can't get the translation - so I can't comment?