Why do we say "Good morning"

I would always say good morning with a smile to someone if they look my way. You might be the only person they see that day.

I like going out around the area that I live. I cannot walk very far without making a stop to rest, I can go on without the stops then I become immobile. When I stop I will chat to anyone as they pass me by. I have met lot of nice people this way. Remember a small quotation that I learned a few years ago. "Strangers are just friends that you have not met yet." Be positive invite people into your circle, smile and say, "We don't get many strangers around where I live."

You do not need to say much, Hello, Hi, morning, afternoon, greetings, nice day, be friendly smile when you meet someone. A way to break the ice when first meeting someone is to compliment them. You may see a person with a dog walking toward you, say Hi to both dog and the dogs walker (not all dog walk ers are owners). Always try to be positive, smile and be cheerful. Pay compliments about the dog, your dog is well behaved, looks nice, I have not seen one like that for a long time.

Being nice to people, being friendly costs little more than the time it takes to acknowledge them. Some of the people you see when you are out are lonely, have few or no friends, no one to say good morning to at home. So by not giving them a greeting of good that morning/afternoon, has been a lost opportunity for you to give out a little happiness to a fellow human being. A Hello or Good Morning maybe insignificant to you, but to the isolated folk in our society it can mean a lot.

Some elderly, lonely or disabled people see no one, have no one ,their circumstances isolate them. The ones with Free Bus Passes, may make several journeys to and fro the shops to save on heating, but often they get on the bus for company to be with people, disguise the emptiness they feel inside. On days like we have today, cold, snow covered lands, roads and pathways, temperatures showing a minus before the number, remember those in our community who have no one. Often the first and last person they have contact with is the Bus Driver or Taxi Driver that takes too and from the shops.

I will say Hi or whatever to everyone that I pass by, you ask why we say do this. I cannot speak for everyone, only me. I do it to fill the spaces in someone else's emptiness, to make them feel part of the community, no longer without a friend to greet them.