Something I learned today (and possible something an old co worker told me once)- no one has power over your mood. You are the only one who can control your mood. If everyone surrounding you is in a bad mood, that doesn't mean that you have to be in a bad mood too- bad moods are contagious- but then again, so are good moods. And wouldn't it be nice if everyone was just in a pleasant, overall good mood, all the time? That would be amazing. I want to fly a flag over the entire city of New York that just says "Smile a Little."
If you just smile- for 20 seconds, to yourself, alone, while you read the rest of this paragraph, turn the frown upside down, I can guarantee that whatever bad mood you are in, will change in 20 seconds, to something better. People in New York frown too much. The number of girls I past on the street and in the subways with a huge frown on their faces makes me sad. Their lives can't possibly be so bad that their face is stuck in a frown.
Now stop- how does your mood feel? Any better, happy? More happy? I hope so
If the frowning people smiled, it would become a domino effect, people would be a little kinder, look nicer, and not put up this sign on their forehead that says, "Look out, I am a raging terror." Being in a bad mood, and complaining about your bad mood, just isn't attractive.
So lesson learned, trial day 6: Its just easier to smile- so why not do it? Everyone is prettier with a smile instead of a frown. Even if you have to practice at it every day, life it too short to have a frown on your face and let others dictate you mood.
Peace, love and forever smiling,
B
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