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When was the last time you did or said something to lift someone up, without expecting anything in return? Did you regret it?
When I started working in retail, part of my training was to greet and say hello to every person I encountered during my day at work. I had never done this before. I remember working in the hospital and walking down a long hallway with one other person coming toward me and neither one of us acknowledging each other. This happened all the time and now looking back, I am so mad at myself for not being the one who took the initiative to say hello. Why didn't I just do it?
Now, I find myself greeting everyone I encounter all day, every day and everywhere. It has trickled into my everyday life: at the gas station, at the hair salon, at the vet. I am throwing out hellos and smiles like I am getting paid $1000 for each one. I do not give one thought to wanting something in return. Some people do not respond back, some people look at me like I have lost my mind and some people give me all the feels with a smile of their own.
I have never regretted smiling, saying hello or giving out a compliment to a complete stranger or someone I know. Everyone is going through something, and even though I have no idea what it is, I know am going to be a second of positivity in their life at that moment and lift them up.
#Freedom | #EmbraceTheHellYeah
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