The Smiles I’m Still Thinking About

 Day 313 of 2026

Hi Friends,

Happy Sunday!

I usually try to write down three things I’m grateful for each day. Some days I remember, and other days I get to the end of the night and realize I forgot. This week, though, one of the smallest things I noticed kept coming back to me: people smiling.

Someone smiled at me at the grocery store. Someone else smiled at me outside the gym. Both were places I’d gone as part of my usual routine, and both smiles lasted maybe a second. But here I am on Sunday, still thinking about them.

There’s something nice about sharing a smile with someone you don’t know. You’re both in the middle of your own day, going wherever you need to go, and for a second you acknowledge each other. I think that’s what stayed with me. Those little moments made a regular week feel a bit warmer.

So if I sit down to write my list tonight, I already know what I’m putting first. I’m grateful for the people who smiled at me this week.

What’s one small thing you’re grateful for this Sunday?

Wishing you peace and happiness from my heart to yours!

Peace

Monita