From times to times, my six year old daughter can be one grumpy girl. Not a proud thing to confess, but she is.
And she's also been blessed by the power of speech. More or less, the gift enables a certain feature which talk back, reversing logic, remembering all past ruling I've made... To put it simply, sometimes I do beg her to stop *shamefaced* Am at her mercy. (I think most humanly mother will, because this situation is normally coupled with the other kid demanding attention, and the phone rings, or the water spills... Mother knows best).
What I observe, and I told her too, is that normally if she's calm and happy, things flow smoothly for her.
Quantitative proof comes in forms of abacus homework. (Abacus is a form of calculation method using series of beads, and the homework is not for the faint hearted. Simply tons of it) Whenever she does the problems in foul mood, there will be tons of mistakes.
I think for a kid, this is a good visual proof. So our little lawyer does agree with me on my above theory.
Then recently she told me that she forced her friend to smile. (Things that they tell you after works are still fascinating at this stage)
Me : Why?
Her : Because when we smile, other people will smile back to us!
After some probing, turns out that she observed a passing lady smiled a lot, bless her, and many people smiled back at the lady.
So there you go... smile... expect the best from life and from the world... and they will smile back right at you. :)
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