How You Can Make the World a Happier Place Today

Sometimes you make a huge difference without realizing it

At a cousin’s funeral several years ago, a relative asked why I wasn’t smiling. I’m usually up for a good laugh, but not that day. She said it was her first time seeing me without a smile.

The service troubled me — which is the same way I’ve felt for weeks.

We sat in church and watched as men brought my cousin’s body to the front. It was in a see-through casket, heaved on their shoulders. The horrible decaying smell made me cover my nose.

The attendees’ attention turned to the rear of the church. About twenty men dressed in black suits, black shirts, and white gloves seemed to float down the aisles. They reminded me of mimes as they grasped at the air like spooky spirits coming for his soul.

“What are those?” Concerned, I asked my most spiritual cousin.

“Demons,” she responded.

The creepy men hovered over the body, making weird wavy motions with their arms, and then they exited the building.

The post that washed away troubles

Much of what’s going on in the world is as weird and uncomfortable as my cousin’s funeral. It’s been that way for a long time. Yet, I didn’t know why I was more troubled in the last few weeks.

Was something different in the air? If so, I needed a de-polluting gadget because I felt like a stranger within myself.

Then I read a short and sweet post that Trista Signe Ainsworth wrote about her son getting free of his cast. Two sentences in the post gripped me. I sat with her words for several minutes, rejecting every attempted disturbance.

The sentences seemed to have a cleansing effect. They wiped away the troubling sensation that blanked my smile. They answered my prayer before I prayed it.

Her post cut me out of a cast. Oh, happy day! I called my sister and convinced her to stop multi-tasking for one minute. It’s hard for her to listen without scrolling through her phone. I read:

“Every day I follow my excitement to create what I want to see in the world. It is the secret to abundance and fulfillment, and this feeling lights me up.” –Trista Signe Ainsworth

Create what you want to see in the world

Trista’s words affected my sister the same way they did me. “Her writing has something calming on it,” she said after several sounds of ouuu and ahhh.

We often talk about the energy, feeling, spirit, or whatever you want to call it that your words produce. “Read it again,” my sister insisted. “I’m writing it down”.

I realize that I must create what I want to see in the world. When I don’t, I’m unfulfilled and out of balance. Abundance stifles. My light grows dim. My smile turns off.

Creating what I want to see is a tool I should always use, especially when I’m inundated with what I don’t want to see.

What you create means more than you may ever know

Sometimes what you write affects others in amazing ways. For me, this was one of those times. Thank you, Trista.

My cousin’s memorial service was one I wish I could un-experience. Trista’s post reminds me to create what I want to see in the world and not allow the world’s events to put me in a cast. Doing so helps me release my troubles and keep my smile.

I believe it can do the same for you.

Do yourself a favor if you haven’t already. Let her post inspire you. And create something today. Your creations bring smiles to our faces. Your creations make the world a happier place.