Today's quote for the day is from Mother Teresa. She says: "We shall never know all the good a simple smile can do."
A friend gave me a compliment yesterday and, besides deeply appreciating it, I almost cried because I realized how starved I am for positive gestures of all kinds (this isn’t a plug) and it is not just me. I see the glow come over our students when they know they have done something above and beyond and we celebrate with them privately with a compliment or publicly by suggesting they write it on our “Good News Board.”
A smile given, even to a stranger, seems to lighten up my world and hopefully there’s. I can’t cite the study, but I read that serotonin levels (the feel good hormone)in our brains actually elevate when we act kindly and ALSO just by observing an act of kindness. I feel better already just thinking about it. Have a joyful day.
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Colleen Christopher
Proud owner of Study Depot Learning Center
About Me
- Colleen Christopher
- Carlsbad, California
- I am the owner of Study Depot Learning Center, a tutoring service helping students in the San Diego North Coastal communities for over 8 years. I have been an educator for 25 years and, prior to that, a marriage and family counselor for 15 years. My husband, David, and I have two great children, Phillip, who is a graduate student at the University of Michigan and Alexandra in her first year at UCSB. Our family has lived in Carlsbad for over 20 years.
