Even on a rainy day you can find a ray of sunshine

Lately I’ve been feeling a little down about all the small frustrations in my life.  This morning I woke up to find that I had infected the rest of my family with my blues.  My normally even tempered husband wasn’t smiling, my teenage son was set to face a day he was sure was going to be terrible and I…well I was right along with them.  Until, something nice happened.

As is the usual morning ritual for me, my phone dings incessantly making me crazy with the constant stream of junk emails that I receive spamming me with all the latest “stuff” I randomly sign up for.  So this morning when I checked my phone for the tenth time I found a surprise.  I received an email alerting me to a Facebook post of mine that someone had shared.  The day before I had posted some info about the relaunch of my second book Take Me Home which had sluggish sales.  A friend of mine, out of the blue, shared my post with others and also encouraged her FB friends to check out my book.  I was so incredibly touched by the unexpected gesture, that for the first time in the last several days, I actually smiled.

Kindness is such a wonderful thing and can really turn someone’s day around.  If you do nothing else today, on this rainy day, try to find one simple act of thoughtfulness to do for someone you know, or even for someone you don’t!  It will make their day, and yours, too.  Happy Friday!