You know the concept that if you smile even when you don't feel like it, that you'll end up smiling for real, or just feel happier anyway? They may have scientific mumbo jumbo on it, but I don't all the way buy it. I've faked a smile too many times in the past to believe it. Smiles on the outside don't always mean smiles on the inside.
Real smiles begin with happiness and fond memories and people we care about or who care about us. So this week, my goal is to make a list or a computer folder of things that make me smile. The websites that post pictures of adorable kittens that make me squeal, the people who always make me happy,--that doesn't include people who you get upset with sometimes, this is a permanently happy list--pictures of my favorite animals, my favorite books, favorite episodes of my favorite tv shows, etc. So, Goal 10, Week 11 is to make an entire list of things specific to my happiness....and Goal 11, Week 11 is to smile for real after I've had a lousy day or I've gotten upset, with a little help from my new list.
-M.
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