People were forever asking me how I got to be so darned happy. So I started speaking
to school groups and blogging about choosing to view life more optimistically.
Smile. Be happy!
Ruth Kaiser
When do we ask for help? If you’re like most people, you only ask once you’ve considered all other options. And, then in choosing whom to ask, you once again consider all options. You’ve thought through all the scenarios and all the pros and cons before you reach out and ask for help. That’s why, […]
Really. I’m not crazy, just optimistic. Just genuinely, thoroughly optimistic. Many people think crazy and optimistic go hand in hand, but they’re probably all pessimists who think that, which I know is a really lot of people, but just ’cause a really lot of people believe it doesn’t make it so. Smile. Be happy. Be optimistic! Ruth P.S.: […]
Read the full article and noodle all around the incredible Brain Picking website. Just like going to the TED Talk website, here too you can get happily stuck for hours learning amazing things. Discover and share the wonders curated by the talented Maria Popova.
I had such a joyful Sunday, made special by strangers, that I wanted to share it with everyone. My beloved Oakland A’s are surging, as the season ends, into a spot in the playoffs. It’s been 6 long years since we’ve made it there, so you bet, final weekend of the season we were there, […]
As my children became older and my responsibility to drive them to more and more places shifted from after school hours to evening ones, many people joked that I’d surely be glad when they were old enough to drive and I no longer had to be on the road late at nights. How far off […]
Yesterday I was thinking T.G.I.F. Woke up today thinking T.G.I.S.. Bet you can guess what I’ll be thinking tomorrow. Yep, T.G.I.S. again followed by T.G.I.M.. Really, I’ll be thankful it’s Monday. Everyday is great! It is if you decide it is and decide to make it so! Why not give it a shot? Smile. Be […]
Anyone who follows my blog knows I am a believer in uni-tasking. Every time I see someone multi-tasking, I also see someone stressing. True, they may get a few more things crossed off their To Do list than I off of mine, but good grief is it worth it? NO. NO. NO. I love my […]
Happy Birthday to the modern emoticon. Shout to Smiley Captain Marie Mullineaux for submitting this article!
LOVE this rendition of the Beatles’ Hey Jude! http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=tUO91nzpuJo
This segment for the CBS Evening NEWS was filmed in December of 2009 (VIDEO BELOW). Spontaneous Smiley has really grown since then! Maybe Katie will have me on her new talk show! Here’s to dreaming BIG! Katie, Hey, I just met you, and this is crazy, but here’s my number, so call me, maybe? ~ […]