Rocktober Music Fest and other October Oddities – 2019 – World Smile Day and James Taylor

Posted on October 4, 2019 by scr4pl80

Today happens to be World Smile Day.  I found out about the special day last year after the fact.  I was determined not to let it get by me this year because, after all, my blog is called Janet’s Smiles and my business is A Smile 4U from Janet! 

I wondered how I was going to incorporate this with Rocktober so I started looking through my music videos and came upon this one:  Your Smiling Face by James Taylor.  We saw him in 2017 with Bonnie Raitt in San Francisco at AT&T (now Oracle) Park.

Here are our smiling faces:

And some other people smiling:

Bonnie Raitt

Bonnie Raitt and James Taylor

This one makes me laugh.

So, the premise of World Smile Day is exactly what I try to do every day.  Make at least one person smile.  It actually began in 1963 with Harvey Ball, a commercial artist who designed the first “smiley face.”  His goal was to dedicate one day a year to smiling and performing acts of kindness.

The celebration of the day started in 1999 on the first Friday in October.  No matter what bad things are happening in the world, today is a day to share some compassion, to help lessen the stress and brighten someone’s day.  Try it and see what happens.  It won’t hurt, I promise.   🙂

Here’s a bit of James Taylor singing “Your Smiling Face” from the concert:

Pass those smiles out freely today.  See how many times you can make someone smile back at you and let me know!  Here’s mine. 

Did it work?  Click the link to go to Mary’s site and see what she and the other #RMF rockers are talking about today!

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I'm a 60-ish, married, mom to 3, creative soul looking to make the world a better place one smile at a time.
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13 Responses to Rocktober Music Fest and other October Oddities – 2019 – World Smile Day and James Taylor

  1. Mary B says:
    October 4, 2019 at 1:56 pm

    Very Cool. I don’t know that I would have thought to pair James Taylor with Bonnie Raitt, but it does sound like it would be a super fun concert!

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  2. Ally Bean says:
    October 4, 2019 at 12:57 pm

    How sweet it is to be *smiled* by you! Happy day here where I am. Gorgeous fall weather has finally arrived and with it many smiles.

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  3. Retirement Reflections says:
    October 4, 2019 at 12:02 pm

    Thanks for the smile, Janet. I’ve passed it around and have received wonderful smiles in return. I’m sending them back your way!

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  5. James J. Cudney IV says:
    October 4, 2019 at 9:50 am

    Great smiles and photos. Happy World Smile Day.

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  6. songbird1329 says:
    October 4, 2019 at 8:51 am

    I love what you did here. Keep smiling!

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