Friday; June 21
Do we forget to smile? Through the years, we have been told that smiling does us good because there seems to be some connection between the decision to smile and our attitudes. Now, did you notice that I used the world “decision” – but, isn’t smiling an inadvertent response to feeling good? Well, maybe so, but I have noticed that unless I make a conscious effort to smile I tend to walk about with a scowl on my face more often than I’d like to admit. Even those times I am not upset or sad, I may not look happy. (Just ask my family about the pictures I am in – not a lot of good ones of me smiling.) I don’t think of myself as a grouch, I just don’t smile as much as I could or should. What if I made it a point to look happy (smiled), would that translate into an emotional happiness? By setting out to look the part, maybe I could experience the feeling. The next time we see a picture of ourselves or look into a mirror, let’s look for the smile. If it isn’t there, maybe we should t