Wake up smiling

November 22, 2025

And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.

Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

Recently I’ve become an ardent believer that you can get almost anything you want. Yes, I’ve read The Secret (just last year for the record). No, I’m not crazy. I just believe you can sail through life when you believe that what you really want is what you’ll eventually get. All in good time. When it’s meant to be.

Call it attraction, call it abundance, call it manifesting. It doesn’t matter, but I’m here to say that it absolutely works. The universe is listening, and she’s on your side, despite your best efforts to think or believe otherwise. I go through life smiling at strangers, saying good morning to everyone I see, and keeping my eyes up and ears open. I find that the more I give, the more comes back to me.

I wake up smiling because it becomes a default state for how I live my life. People treat me differently when they see the smile. They soften, if only for a second, and in that softening, is a reminder that we’re all connected. And in that connection, there is only unending potential.