Day 2  ~  January 31st  ~   Smiling                                                                            
Members at Edmonton Peace Day Celebration
Quote
"Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy."
~ Thich Nhat Hanh
Reflection
A smile creates happiness in the home, fosters good will in business, and is the countersign of friendship and nonviolence. A smile not only improves our looks, it improves our outlook, and when our outlook improves, it is much easier to be at peace.
Affirmation
Have you ever felt your heart warm and open, felt resistance soften, felt any sense of isolation vanish, simply by receiving someone’s sincere smile? Today scatter smiles freely, knowing this is the simplest form of peacemaking.
Daily Action
Today smile…a lot. Share a sincere smile with everyone you meet. Smiling is the most basic form of peace work. Know that your smile contributes to peace – it’s the greatest of all gifts.
Foundation members at the Memorial Evening
Gandhi Peace Pole Project on display at Edmonton's 2016 Works Art Festival
Anagha Anil Hirlear, age 14, India
Peace Pals International
Action for Teens
Smiling is a way to establish a heart to heart connection and to create a peaceful outlook. Smile from the heart. Today, smile and make eye contact with people. Notice how they respond to you.

Action for Children
Greet people you meet with a smile today and see what happens.

Quote
"A smile costs nothing, but gives much. It enriches those who receive, without making poorer those who give. It takes but a moment, but the memory of it sometimes lasts forever....
 ....None is so rich or mighty that he can get along without it, and none is so poor but that he can be made rich by it. A smile creates happiness in the home, fosters good will in business, and is the countersign of friendship. It brings rest to the weary, cheer to the discouraged, sunshine to the sad, and is nature's best antidote for trouble. Yet it cannot be bought, begged, borrowed, or stolen, for it is something that is of no value to anyone until it is given away. Some people are too tired to give you a smile. Give them one of yours, as none needs a smile so much as he who has no more to give."
~ Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch