Spreading Sunshine

How many days do you wake up and feel a sense of dread?

By dread, I mean your head instantly goes into overdrive with thoughts of everything you have to do today…

• Meetings,
• Appointments,
• Errands, and
• Household chores.
  
  

This feeling of dread makes me want to hit the snooze alarm and go back to bed.

Last week, while traveling for business, I had an exciting experience on my last day of travel. This is how the first 2 hours started…

• The hotel shuttle bus driver, who was happy and excited to pick us up, played Frank Sinatra music as he drove us to the airport at 4:20 am.
• A colleague who had already passed through TSA security offered to stand in line for coffee and buy me a latte.;
• The flight attendant who offered the person seated in the middle seat next to me an alternative seat so that we all had more room.
• The pilot who laughed and said, "I can hear those seat buckles unbuckle all the way up here, and we aren't even to the gate yet. But I still love you! Buckle up!"

Too often, we wake up dreading the day ahead with the stories we tell ourselves. However, these seemingly small "spreading sunshine" gestures made me realize how much a simple act of kindness can brighten a day and even set the tone for the day. These small gestures reminded me that my "dreading the day" story is a bad habit that must stop.


Instead of dreading the day, what if we spent the first 10% of our day spreading sunshine instead?


It doesn't cost anything, so let's make spreading sunshine contagious!


What small act of kindness can you offer this week? How can you brighten someone’s day with a simple gesture?

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​WEEKLY MINI-SOUND BATH