Daymaker

"You just made my day!"

I don't know about you, but I utter those words to others constantly. Just yesterday I was having a rough afternoon and a friend of mine e-mailed me an array of photos taken of our girlfriends throughout this past summer. When I received them I said to myself, "she just made my day." Through that simple act, my friend became a daymaker.

What is a daymaker, you ask? David Wagner coined the term in his book entitled "LIFE AS A DAYMAKER: How to Change the World By Making Someone's Day." (http://daymaker.net/)

The beauty of it all is that anyone can be a daymaker. You or I can be a daymaker every single day of our lives if we so choose. It's easy. All you have to do is decide to make someone else's day. Despite what you may think, often times, it doesn't take much to make someone's day. A deed as minor as smiling at another could be enough to brighten their day. And what's more, when you brighten someone else's day, you inevitably brighten your own too. It's a known fact, when we do nice things for others, our own levels of happiness and joy increase as well.

Being a daymaker causes a wonderful ripple effect. When we make someone else's day and their mood elevates, that person's cheerfulness in turn may brighten yet another person's day. Poof! They have become a daymaker without even realizing it! And so on, and so forth, until as Mr. Wagner puts it, you have changed the world by making someone's day! (And the ripple continues....)

If you want to learn more about this brilliant way of living, check out the website listed above. I highly recommend it.

Go ahead, make someone's day!

Cheers!
Marissa