Yesterday I was walking down Church Street and actually wasn’t in the best mood. I had been trying to get some work done and I just wasn’t able to focus, so I wasn’t in the best mood. As I was walking along I saw a young, relatively unkept Deadhead type guy sitting on his backpack holding a sign. I figured the sign was going to ask for money or help, and at that moment I wasn’t particularly in the mood, though I do enjoy hanging out with people who hold signs to just see what their story is. Anyway, so I took a quick look at his sign, and in really clear, big letters it said — SMILE, YOU’RE BEAUTIFUL!
It was totally great, and exactly what I needed at that moment. I absolutely couldn’t help but smile, both because it was so nice to see a sign that says that, and also because it was absolutely unexpected that it would say that. I smiled at the guy holding the sign and he smiled back. I think that’s all he was after – just trying to influence the energy of the day in a positive way. Pretty sweet.