Smiling is a practice.

Confidence is a practice.

Growth is a practice.

Joy is a practice.

Compassion is a practice.

PRACTISE something long enough, and it becomes a “soul” within us: the smiling one, the confident one, the joyful one, the compassionate one. Some days these souls are already present. Other days they are missing, and one small practice invites them back.

TODAY’S PRACTICE: Smile with gratitude, on purpose: at someone you meet, at the sky, and at yourself when you notice you are reacting to something. Then once more.

A smile on the face is also a quiet greeting to a part within:

You are seen.

You are creating this day with me.

In 1000 Souls in Me, the joyful one in us does not have to smile all the time. Joy that walks with honesty does not wear us out. When something inside is not okay, we see it, listen to it and care for it.

When a smile only covers what hurts, proves that we are fine, or skips over what we truly feel, that same smile can become what exhausts us.

We do need to smile to cover what is true.

We smile to make enough space to see what is true — and still choose life.

Wish you smile from within, each day.

Love and gratitude from Jen.

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