Tuesday, June 18, 2019

Smile



    Maybe we’re just simply lazy people.  It only takes 6 muscles to frown, but it takes 10 muscles to smile.  Maybe this is the reason we don’t see more people smiling instead of making frowns.

     Others may come up with the excuse that “there’s nothing to smile about”!  That can’t really be true.  At least, I hope it isn’t.  These must be people who have never seen kittens playing in the window sill while a faint beam of sunlight stretches across the floor.  It seems these kittens can simply amaze themselves with the activity of trying to catch the dust particles as they see them shimmer through that ray of light.

     Or perhaps they have never had an opportunity to watch a small child try to take those first steps!  That babe will lift themselves up from the floor with the assistance of a chair or coffee table and then very meticulously try to balance themselves before they get the courage to lift one of their feet and make a forward motion.  Often this action only ends with them making a big “plop” right back down to the floor.  But they bravely try it all over again.

     Some may take an issue with the fact that with all the terrible things that are happening in their lives personally they have no reason to smile.  And it’s true that many people have to deal with things that shouldn’t be taking place.  Especially is this true with young people.  But surely we can take a moment and think of something that would bring an impish grin to our faces!

     You never want to forget that when you put the extra effort into putting a smile on your face - - Remember those extra 4 muscles that you are going to use - - you may be helping to bring a smile to the face of another person.  It may simply be the act of smiling yourself that might give another person the courage to use their extra muscles and put a smile on their own face.  And if there is no other reason:  Having a smile on your face might simply make others wonder what must be happening in your life to make you so happy!
QUOTE TO CONSIDER


THOUGHTFUL GEM

"When you smile, 
people can only guess what you're up to!"


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