A New Day

Boy what a difference a day makes. After a few difficult weeks of being in doom and gloom mode I'm finally starting to see the sun again, both figuratively and literally. It was a beautiful day here in Shreveport, and while most of my day was indoors, I still feel like I enjoyed it. I think I'm finally over the last of the mini cold I had the last couple of days, in fact most people remarked that I seemed to look much better. I know this is partially due to the fact that I caught myself smiling once again. Now don't get me wrong I'm a very pleasant person and I don't go around with a sour face all day, but when you put on that public image that you like to show to the world the smile doesn't really have any joy behind it. It's more of a facade, a defense; opposed to when you have a genuine grin and are feeling happy. Now I often find that I can have a severe look on my face whenever I'm in my head and thinking, my eyebrows have a tendency to furrow, and my mouth closed naturally has a slightly pursed look. Today I was at work, I was all alone, and I was listening to music completely absorbed in what I was doing and I'm not sure how it dawned on me, but my face in it's completely relaxed and unconscious position, was smiling, and that single revelation had a tremendous effect on my entire day.