January 27, 2012
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circle time
I’ve been thinking about circles recently. It’s interesting though how my thoughts have changed. A week or so ago, my circle theme was concentric circles of pressure pounding into a tiny sphere (yes, I know that I’ve switched perspectives, but I am not 2 dimensional much). Pushing until the ball condensed to nothingness. I was going to write about it. I was going to paint it. And then I didn’t.
Perhaps I didn’t “do” that circle theme because of the expanded version of circle that is my new theme. I’m not so set in how I see my new circle. Maybe a planet, even though that’s pretty trite stuff and I do dislike being predictable (even if I am.) Ok, now I’m laughing at myself. I had the funny, ridiculous, completely egocentric mental image of my being the sun. Because it’s all about me.
Can I just talk about it that way, with the full understanding that I KNOW I am not the center of the solar system? No. Nevermind. No.
Because there we are. All interconnected. Overlapping circles. The kindness that someone shows me is connected to the kindness someone had for them. The amazing feeling of someone saying that I inspired them to write something (oh my golly!!) is directly related to my having been inspired by someone else. And yes, I want to pay it forward. Perhaps I already do in my own way, but imagine what can happen if I’m intentional about it. A few weeks ago I was a little bit humbled or awed (not sure which way I need to go with that). I went into my close-by gas station and just smiled at the guy behind the counter. Nothing big. Might have said a word or two, but really just smiled. And I could see it in his face that my smile did something. I do not know what was happening in his mind or his life at that moment, but the fact that I walked in and moved my face around in a way that is very easy for me, made his day a little better. And 6 degrees from Kevin Bacon (or however many it is), just think about where that smile that brightened the day of that random guy at the gas station ended up. And, yes, I’m being a dork, it was just a smile. But it’s amazing to think about how I’m a microscopic part of something so much bigger, but yet that I’m as close to some other microscopic part hundreds/thousands of miles away as I am to my empty cup of coffee.
Comments (23)
Smiles are powerful tools to spread love
I bet the guy was just stunned at the beauty and warmth of yours ^-^
a smiling dork you are. but a very nice smiling dork, and that is okay.
: D
@xXxlovelylollipop - pshaw.
@plantinthewindow - you’re a little bit nice yourself. smiling though? hard to tell in the DARK!
@promisesunshine - dark and mysterious. btw, did you paint your profile image? or did one of your chilluns do it?
a smile is your part of the arc of the great circle. lets get concentric.
and it ok to be the center, there is plenty of room
Smiles are wonderful….
I might need to stop running around in circles though. It just might help me think straighter! 
@plantinthewindow - all depends what you think of it.
@armnatmom - i haven’t thought straight in days at least. possibly years.@the_love_emporium - all i know is i’m spinning.
@promisesunshine - officially, it’s very nice.
@plantinthewindow - what d’ya mean “officially”?
HUGS!
@AdamsWomanFell - yay on YOU! you are possibly the yay-est and
- est person on this planet or any other and you make me grin like the dork that i am. little people hugs right back.
@promisesunshine - I just think all the good stuff should be celebrated…even if it’s small stuff!
Ha! 
For example, I was the kid who had birthday parties for my stuffed animals growing up! 
And other such things! 
@AdamsWomanFell - small stuff is what i do. you wouldn’t believe the stuff that gets me. microscopic.
‘s and yay’s. Huge. HUGE.
but big stuff too. like your
Never underestimate the power of a smile.
@Bricker59 - i suppose this is true. thanks for visiting.
There is a commercial on tv for some insurance company that has that basic message. Some person helps another person – by letting them go ahead of them, picking up something they dropped, holding the door. Just some little thing. And someone else sees that kindness and does something kind for someone else. If we all keep doing that, the commercial says, the world would be a better place. Not sure how that connects to what they’re selling, but the sentiment gives me warn mushy fuzzy feelings.
We are all connected, and not just to kevin bacon.
@leaflesstree - i have no actual connection to kevin bacon. i don’t even like bacon.
that’s a lot of
up there in adamswomanfell’s comment. So many, in fact, I completely lost my train of thought.
@ordinarybutloud - she does that, doesn’t she? it’s raining
, hallelujah. no comment necessary. i think we’ve bonded enough today. 
The power of a smile to a person who feels they have no use in this world can make the difference in whether or not they live another day.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Smile !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@roscoes_farm - makes people wonder what you’re up to.
@Grannys_Place - your comment made me stop. you ever seen that commercial with the thought bubbles above people’s heads as they go through a normal day so you know what they need? people don’t come with signs.
you’ve given me a lot to think about. i’m not sure my comment makes sense. but thanks for the ponderable stuff.