The Doorstep Smile Inducer

We all like to be made to laugh or smile. So you turn up at someone's doorstep and chuckle at the funny doormat you're about to wipe your feet on. How great is that?

But that doesn't happen most of the time, for the obvious reason that most people don't have such a humorous welcome mat waiting there to greet you at their door. Maybe you could suggest they go get one since it's a fun thing to do.

How Do You Feel?

Next time you go and visit someone else's home, stop on the doorstep and think about how you're feeling just before you ring the bell. You might be experiencing one or other of the following aspects of your mood:

• Are you in a nonchalant mood, not feeling any kind of emotion whatsoever?
• Are you feeling apprehensive because the person you're visiting scares the life out of you for some reason or other?
• Are you feeling sad and it has nothing to do with the person you're visiting?
• Or are you feeling sad because it does have something to do with the person you are visiting?
• Are you feeling angry about something?
• Are you frustrated because of something that has recently happened to you?
• Are you feeling resentful toward someone or something?
• Are you smiling to yourself because you just saw something funny?

Now of all the previous emotional states, I'll bet a dime to a dollar you would probably prefer to be experiencing the last one, right? Sure you would!

Printed Doormats to Wipe Your Feet On

You (or anyone else for that matter) can buy a great doormat that can lift the mood of most people with a silly, clever or witty slogan or image that brings a welcome smile to their faces when they arrive on your doorstep. You can buy them online in a huge variety of designs with a vast array of different, humorous captions.

Of course, not everyone will think this is a good idea. You might think it’s a great idea, but what about some people who might visit your home? Not everyone will find something as funny as someone else.

Here is where you are going to have to remember that you can't please everyone all the time. No truer saying has ever been said, as far as I can see.

Most people opt for the bland approach with a bland, nondescript doormat that is simply there for guests to wipe their feet on. It's the easy solution to a problem that, for most folks, doesn't even exist.

Do What Makes You Feel Good

The simple answer is for you to go ahead and do what makes you feel good. If that includes giving your house guests reason to smile when they get to your front door, then buy a funny doormat and enjoy making most of them laugh!

You can read more on this in our article that talks about how to amuse your guests with humorous doormats or take a look at some of the examples that you can buy online in the right hand column on this page. All in all, it’s a good idea if it appeals to your sense of humor, which for most folks is the way it should be!