Knotted Faces are Contagious

It's so true.

I just got back from an afternoon of shopping with my son. When we left to get a few things done, we were both in great spirits, smiling and joking.

First stop... the dollar store. Keep in mind that I'm between graduation and a job and probably shouldn't be shopping anyways.. at least not happily. I digress.

So my son and I are meandering up and down the aisles and, out of nowhere, this lady comes up from behind me and bumps into me. Then she looks at me and gives me the big "HARUMPH" as if it was my fault she walked right into me. Naturally, I apologized.. being that I'm the one with eyes on the back of my head. Ok.. so along we continue with our meandering.

We continued on our trek through the store, walking up and down each aisle.. looking at things.. and joking... amidst stares from people who thought we'd lost our minds. I kid you not, so many people looked down their noses at us, you'd swear they were all 7 ft. tall.

After about 1/2 an hour of browsing, it was time to go. I needed to pick up some food. BAD idea. I go to Maxi's and everybody is in a hurry and all rushing for the same parking spot. Some people are yelling, others making obscene gestures and others just sitting and fuming in their vehicles. I thought I was going to lose it and we weren't even out of the car yet.

Without going into huge detail about our shopping expedition, let's just say that it was not pleasant. We were scowled at, pushed around and cut off and not once did anyone utter an 'excuse me', an 'I'm sorry' or a 'thank you'.

That should have been enough to tell me it was time to call it a day but it wasn't until I got in my car after our little experience that I realized just how bad it had been. My heart was pounding, I was scowling and frustrated. I know I got 5 more grey hairs and a new wrinkle and I felt like I couldn't get out of the parking lot fast enough.

I left alright.. but not before throwing a few nasty comments and gestures myself.

I'm going to lay down for a nap. I need to get rid of this nasty bug. My parting words to you.... when you're having a bad day and you have a knot in your face, it's not just going to affect you but all of those around you.

Loosen up.. smile... even if you don't feel like it.

Last I heard, smiling was contagious too.

Just my two cents.

~~ Peace, LOVE and happiness ~~