Happy Day

I feel energetic happiness today.  Creativity is flowing too so I consider this a great day.  I want these days to be more consistent...not few and far between.  It has been another busy week at my full time job, however, it has not been as overwhelming as usual.  The workload is more bearable for a short time and I am savoring it. I am excited about my new business ventures and the more I focus on it, the more creative and excited I get.  I feel almost 100% healed.  My face doesn't feel strange or stiff as often when I am tired or feeling stressed.  The symmetry of my facial features is almost back to normal.  I am learning to face fear.  

Taking care of myself is a priority so other priorities and tasks are shifting.

Today I took a late lunch break to catch some of the beautiful day outside.  Stepping away and going out for a lunch break is atypical for me but I am trying to make it more of a habit.  I went to buy lunch and then went to browse for birthday gifts for my nephew and my niece.  The sun was bright and it was warm but not too hot.  I found fun, unique gifts.  I

 also bought scented markers and a drawing book for myself, along with a little ball that looks like a globe.  I realize now how I can find delight in childlike times.  I found scratch and sniff stickers in all sorts of scents.  Delightful.  I bought some for me and some for my niece...and then some.  

I went to the checkout area and waited for an associate.  A teacher approached with her hands full of school supplies.  Her hair was falling out of her ponytail.  She look frazzled.  I let her go ahead of me on the line after I saw she had placed a few other items on the counter earlier.  The associate asked, "What school do you work at?"  The teacher responded, "Oh, it's called Misery."  I said, "Really?  I work there too, but it's not a school."  We all laughed.  She finished paying and thanked me for letting her go ahead.  The kind gesture seemed to calm her a bit.  I paid for my goodies and went to my car to eat my lunch.  I returned to the office with one package of scratch and sniff stickers in hand.  I decided to share them.  I went to five different coworkers (after my work was done, of course...) and let them choose their own scratch and sniff sticker.  Each person was in the middle of pressure and frustrating work.  One woman was teary eyed because of a family situation she is also dealing with.  One woman hadn't slept for days because her one year old hasn't been sleeping much. Two were almost buried in paperwork, racing against the clock to solve problems before a deal closing.  Several of those women also have sleep deprivation.  Every one of them had a great big smile when I offered them a sticker.  I let them take one for themselves and one for each of their children.  I remember how much fun stickers used to be, and how almost every child likes them.   We quickly shushed our own laughter because there have been reprimands about laughter where we work.  I went back to my desk, thankful that I was able to bring joy to the people around me.  A small token to say, "I'm thinking of you" made a difference in the day for all of us.  

We went back to the grind but we felt a little stronger....a little lighter.