this is happiness: simply smile

something my dad has been telling me lately is to smile more. smiling even when you don't feel like it is the best way to fake it till you make it. I think that smile lines are beautiful because they show that you have loved life. a smile can go a long way. it shows acceptance. it shows care. it shows that you want to be friends. one of my favorite parts of toy story 2 is when the barbie at the end is like can i stop smiling my cheeks are hurting. now obviously we would look weird if we were all smiling constantly but smiling does a lot for a person.

1. forcing yourself to smile can boost your mood

2. it boosts your immune system (maybe that's why so many people get sick during finals??)

3. smiles are contagious-- have you ever played the staring game and the first one to smile loses? the other person ALWAYS ends up smiling too!

4. smiling relieves stress -- another reason to smile during finals... smiling releases endorphines and endorphines make you happy "happy people just don't kill their husbands"

5. it's easier to smile than to frown

6. it's a universal sign of happiness

7. we still smile at work... just not as much. work would be better if we smiled more

8. smiles can use from 5-53 muscles... so it'll make you skinny!

9. babies are born with the ability to smile

10. smiling helps get you promoted because you are more social, friendly, and outgoing

11. smiles are the most easily recongnized facil expression

12. women smile more than men

13. smiles are more attractive than make-up... so if you have a bad morning just put a smile on your face and it won't even matter if you have toothpast smeared on your chin... right?

14. there are 19 different types of smiles

15. you smile in your sleep as a baby

beauty is smiling.

this picture makes me laugh everytime i see it. i took it the night that i said good bye to michael. obviously i was heartbroken but i was trying to hard to be happy and have fun that now it just makes me laugh and i did fake it till i felt it. it works!

friends!

how does this not make you smile? especially with ernest (my unicorn pillow pet) in the picture

TA DA!

we look attractive! and we are working off yougurt land by using 5-57 muscles to smile ;)

see this is my family's attempt at being serious in a picture... the effect is pissed off even though we just wanted a more serious picture... STICK TO SMILING PEOPLE!