practical life lessons

What's Your Billboard Advertising?



Did you know that your FACE is your Billboard ?  Yes, you heard me right, I said your FACE is your Billboard .  That's what I call it anyway. 



We all know that Billboards are created to place advertisement on, and we all "LOOK" at the advertisments that are on the Billboards.  We may never get to actually go to the store the billboard is advertising, buy the item the billboard is advertising, see the celebrity the billboard is advertising, or visit the destination the billboard is advertising.  We do, however, look at what they're advertising.  So, if you think about it, the only thing we have to judge that "THING" that's being advertised on the billboard is, by what we "SEE" on the Billboard.  No more and no less.  Just by what our eyes can see.



For some people this is a VERY SCAREY concept.  Have you seen some of the expressions on people's faces as you pass by them?  Now, I'm not talking about someone that is sitting at a funeral or in an emergency room waiting to see if a loved one is going to be ok or not.  I'm talking about people at a concert, walking through a store, on a cruise ship, looking at a newborn baby, sitting in church, who just got a raise, who's been told they DON'T have cancer, who are walking in a beautiful garden, or any other number of things that should put a happy expression on their face.  Yet, they look like they just took a great big bite of an unripe persimmon, or ate half a lemon.



It's horribly sad, that living in such a privileged nation, we can't "SHOW" on our faces the "Attitude of Gratitude" that should be prevalent in each of our hearts.  No matter what we may go through, we still should hold on to our "Attitude of Gratitude," and display it freely and with pride to everyone we come in contact with.



If you've never thought much of what your face looks like when you are out amongst people, look in a mirror as you're walking through the store or the reflection in a window.  You need to "SEE" what everyone else "SEES" when they look at you.  YOU MIGHT BE SHOCKED AT WHAT YOU SEE LOOKING BACK AT YOU!



Your "Billboard" might be the only one they will have a chance to see that day.  Do you want them to see you advertising grumpy, grouchy, whoa is me, hatefulness, miserableness, unhappiness, and depression?  Or do you want them to see you advertising happiness, joyfulness, peacefulness, encouragement, comfort, postiveness, love, cheerfulness, and kindness?  Either way, people will "SEE" what you're advertising whether you want them to or not.



You have a CHOICE  as to what you advertise on your Billboard.  Just like everyone does.  Who knows, if you CHOOSE to change your Billboard's advertisement, others around you might do the same thing.  It could become contagious.  We need to constantly ask ourself in ALL situations, "WHAT'S MY BILLBOARD ADVERTISING RIGHT NOW?"