People help the people...

As I've been having a few days where I haven't quite felt the best, I have been more sensitive to people’s behaviour, words and feelings. Almost like my heightened feelings have made me more aware of others. The teacher I work alongside within the other Year 4 class is going through a stressful time with workload so I have been trying hard to cheer her up and help her regardless of the way I was feeling. I like to make people feel happy and bright. 

While I was away, Miss Aussie was having a down day unbeknownst to me. I kinda sensed she was a little homesick but hadn't realised the extent. Knowing this I tried hard to make her smile and be a positive influence. Sometimes I find all you need to do is make someone smile and you see them visibly lift. From saying something nice and kind, can make all the difference. You can really help someone more than you think. I informed Miss GG today that I may be too unwell to join her birthday night out on Saturday and she replied with:

" Aw, I hope you can come. You're the only one I care about being there."

These two sentences made me smile and feel good about myself. Two little sentences was all it took to make my day.

In such a busy world, we sometimes forget how easy it is to make another person smile with a simple sentence. People CAN help people by just being nice and giving a compliment and a meaningful compliment! On the topic of helping people I would like to introduce you to a site from my good friend TexaGermaNadian. It's based on the premise of nobody need wait to make someone’s day and called, 'Nobody Need Wait'. She is wanting to collect a mix of stories about how we, as people, make can make each others day. Pop on over and have a look around, submit a story even and be sure to follow.

Click *here* to go to site...

I am going to leave you with a pretty great song which I am loving at the moment. It is a cover of a Cherry Ghost song called 'People Help The People'. Hope you like it. 

 


Has someone helped you lately and made you smile? How?

Smiles...

Tonight I had the pleasure of Miss Faux Fur's company. As she has been away it was the first time we've had to properly chat and see each other in a while. We talked about a lot of things... things which confuse us, things which upset us, things that are a little crazy and things that just weren't meant to happen to us or people we know. How can this post be smiles if we've just talked about things which we're finding rough? Well, we managed to laugh at ourselves, the situations and just generally find happiness in things we really shouldn't. If you can try and find happiness and make your friends happy then things, for a brief moment, don't look so bad. After all, that's what friends are for.

How very grown up of us ...

It's the little things...

Sometimes, it's the little things which matter. I've been rushing around so much the last month and still haven't managed to catch my tail.However, one of my kids made me smile today... she came in and gave me a little present.

Cute or what?!

There is nothing nicer than a homemade gift from kids. It really shows that they respect and like you as they have taken time out of their own night to make something for you. For some this may just look like a little laminated card but to me it made me smile and gave me that extra boost when I feel like giving up. I am so lucky that in my job you can be having the worst day ever then a child says something funny or is thoughtful and makes you just smile :-)

What made me laugh the most was...

 

This was something which I was thinking about this morning while painting my face to look more awake at work! After reading a discussion about what makes you happy on 20 Something Bloggers website, it really stuck in my mind. I was able to come up with 2 things which really made me laugh  in the past month. Now I’m not talking about a little giggle, a short laugh which leaves you feeling elated...no...I’m talking about the type of laugh which flaws you, makes your mascara make a break for it down your face and leaves you unable to speak.

Smile!!!

My first was when I was playing a game of Trivial Pursuit with my sister over Christmas and I mis heard a question and came up with the most ridiculous answer which was just impossible. I started to laugh and literally went on for like 5 minutes! I was at the point of tears with laughter for something which was nothing really.

My second was when I was looking at a friend’s photo on Facebook. Two people were in the foreground in the snow and he was in the background walking up a hill with his sledge towards the camera. One person had commented how he looked like a borrower and then I was gone. Again, the crazy laughter. 

When I was at work today, I decided to get the kids to finish: “What made me laugh the most was...” and they came up with some answers only kids could:

“When my Dad started crying cause I beat him 6-0 on Fifa 11.”

“When I had something in my hand and I didn’t know.”

“These names: tricky lickey, chicken little, zirke lirke.” (How cute?! Lol!)

And my personal favourite was whispered to me as the boy thought it was too rude:

“Your eyes are so attractive; they look like wee holes in the snow.”

Hahaha! Now if you’re not familiar with some British phrases then you may not find that as funny as me. Basically, when someone is extremely drunk, people may describe them as having “eyes like piss holes in the snow”. He said his Dad had said this and he thought it was funny!

You’re probably thinking, well neither of the moments I spoke about sound that funny let alone being 'making you cry funny' but you just had to be there. This made me realise that sometimes these moments come from nowhere and are unplanned. When I thought back to both times, I realised that on both occasions I was feeling a little low and worn out. This made me wonder if these moments are sent to make you, in that moment of tiredness, sadness etc pull you back from the brink and make you smile through your tears. As the classic song says: “Smile and maybe tomorrow, you'll see the sun come shining through for you.” Nat King Cole.

So what was the last think that made you laugh so much you were crying?

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