SMILE )))))))
Good Day fellow bloggers & Happy World Smile Day.
World Smile Day is held on the first Friday of October each year and is a day dedicated to "good cheer and good works". The catch phrase for the day is "Do an act of kindness-help one person smile".
Harvey Ball, a commercial artist from Worcester, Massachusetts created the smiley face in 1963. That image went on to become the most recognizable symbol of good will and good cheer on the planet.
As the years passed Harvey Ball became concerned about the over-commercialization of his symbol, and how its original meaning and intent had become lost in the constant repetition of the marketplace.
Out of that concern came his idea for World Smile Day.
Smiling is infectious so let it spread today.
Donal 'Smiles' Mc Sharry
Smiling is infectious,
ReplyDeleteyou catch it like the flu,
When someone smiled at me today,
I started smiling too.
I passed around the corner
and someone saw my grin
When he smiled I realized
I'd passed it on to him.
I thought about that smile
then I realized its worth,
A single smile, just like mine
could travel round the earth.
:) nice post Donal, well done!Sarah
Thanks to Donal for a refreshing and original post! It's interesting to learn about the origins behind the smiley face.
ReplyDeleteHappy blogging :)
Aislinn