Got my smile back

I know it sounds weird, but I was just walking and smiling today. Lot's of times I've put on a smile, but today it's on my face with no prompting - as if now there's some joy behind it! I noticed it particularly because while walking along the sidewalk people were smiling back at me.

During the last few months I've sometimes felt like a ship battered by a storm. Now I have these periods in which I feel like I'm coming out of it and seeing calm waters.