A Bad Week

Hey there!
Just thought I'll share some of my thoughts. I had a really bad week... was tiring, hard, brought lots of bad news and disappointments, and on top of that, I was sick. I know I say that little thins make my day, but this week, believe me, was extra bad. Two days this week, I woke and could find no reason to go to school. One day I was just really horribly sick, but I was too proud to tell my parents that, because I'd been fighting with that over the weekend. I pulled myself out of bed, and was torn between having a free day at home, and having to catch up with my work if I was absent from school. But not making a decision meant I had to go to school, and in the end I was glad I had decided(against my better judgement) to go to school. I didn't have a great day, but I was happy that I had stuck it out and gone through the day, however bleak it looked. Sometimes the person who needs the most convincing about your strengths, tolerance and capabilities, is yourself.

Nowadays I find it really hard to find a reason to smile. My life seems to be going just nowhere. I know I sound ungrateful, and whiny, and like a grumbly seven-year-old bored on a rainy evening, but I can't help it.
So if you're feeling like me, let's cheer each other up: This is a poem from the Chicken Soup books. My favourite of all the Chicken Soup books is Chicken Soup For The Soul: Tough Stuff. That book was.. okay, I'm drifting, and thankfully I realized it before I type so much I don't have the heart to delete it.
The poem is about a smile, and though I know that this poem most likely is not a true story.. it's really wonderful. let's face it..why do we all love fairy tales? Because they start with 'Once upon a time' and have princesses and castles and plots that seem unlikely, but always end well. Just read the poem, and feel the 'awesomeness'.
She smiled at a sorrowful stranger.
The smile seemed to make him feel better.
He remembered past kindnesses of a friend
and wrote him a thank-you letter.
The friend was so pleased with the thank-you
that he left a large tip for lunch.
The waitress, surprised by the size of the tip,
bet the whole thing on a hunch.
The next day she picked up her winnings,
and gave part to a man on the street.
The man on the street was grateful;
for two days, he'd had nothing to eat.
After he finished his dinner,
he left for his small dingy room.
(He didn't know at the moment
that he might be facing his doom.)
On the way home he picked up a shivering puppy
and took him home to get warm.
The puppy was very grateful
to be in out of the storm.
That night the house caught on fire.
The puppy barked the alarm.
He barked 'til he woke the whole household
and saved everybody from harm.
One of the boys he rescued
grew up to be President.
All because of a simple smile
that hadn't cost a cent!


Never frown, 'cause you never know who's falling in love with your smile.


Hoping for a better week,
--Sunny

Quixotes

Hi.
Sorry I post rarely. I'm in my final year at school, so you know the gig - loads of pressure and so less time. Four weeks a month is never quite enough.
This one's for Anwesha. Hey there, and thanks for your comments, they keep me going.
I'm posting a collection of my favourite sayings and catch-lines, along with my thoughts. Hope they brighten your day. And if they're too cheesy to repeat - well, please forgive me. :) 
And if you have some new ones, and I'll add them to my next collection.
Are you one of those fanatics who loves to change your desktop every other day to something interesting, something inspirational, yet not cliche-ic? Are you like me, who loves scribbling 'quotes' everywhere among my school books so that I stumble across them at the unlikeliest of times and bring a smile to my face? You should try it sometime. Its interesting the comments you get when you unknowingly lend your books to friends too. Luckily, I have landed among friends who are also 'quote-fanatics' like me, so not a day passes when we don't discuss stuff like this. Okay, I'm drifting again, ain't I? Getting back to business...

When the odds are a million to one...

Be That One.

Today, a person told me - Your life, is what you make it. There might be others who care, others who love, others who chide, scold, cry for you. But the one who lives your life, is you. 

It is the first of the sun rays that transform the raindrops into the shades of a rainbow.

Sometimes the smallest act of kindness can leave you changed forever. It's not about the magnitude of the act that you were 'generous' enough to commit, but that tiny satisfaction inside that says, "Yes, I did something today that made me happy, and the other person happy." We forget the moments in days or hours, and when we look back, we get just the feeling of contentment. There is something just outside the reach of your mind, lending you support, joy, hope- that deed u did. You may forget, but it won't.

You know, it's okay to feel down. But what matters is that you understand that the day doesn't end there. Try not to concentrate on 'continuing' to feel miserable. Sometimes I find myself doing that and then I feel bad that I'm trying to feel sad. Why would you want to waste even a minute of your life like that? Sadness is not worth the sympathy, or self-pity it brings. Said Mother Teresa "When you feel sad, smile, and God shall give you a reason to smile" If you don't believe in God, aren't you the kind of person that believes in happiness. It does not matter what you believe in. It matters that you believe. 

Live more.

Love more.

Smile more.

Have a nice week!!

till next time,

--Sunny