Tuesday, March 9, 2010

the power of smiling

today i had play practice and was pretty bummed; i wanted to go shopping with mom and party, you know?
but i had to go, so i went.
turns out we were learning choreography to a new song! whoopee! (that's sarcasm, btdubbs).
so we're starting out learning these moves which are kinda like charleston moves (but def not as cool as this lady is) so that's pretty cool.
so we're dancing dancing dancing and the choreographer girl was like "GUYS! you all look like you wanna go jump off a cliff, come ON!" i realized i hadn't smiled once. how pathetic.
so i made eye contact with my friend (who wasn't in this dance) and threw on the cheesiest smile i could muster. by the end of that run-through my whole mood was completely flipped. i was happy and smiley the rest of the night all because of my cheesy smiles!

the moral: the next time you are feeling glum and you're like "no, that's stupid. you're stupid. everyone's stupid!!" just suck it up and pretend to be happy, it might really work!!

TURN THAT FROWN UPSIDE DOWN!!

and as my YW leader says: "a smile is a girls best accessory. and it's FREE!" heehee

1 comment:

  1. This is so true. I read a couple of studies that showed that if you just nod your head while listening to something you'll agree with what's being said, and if you shake your head you'll disagree. A simple head motion can control our opinions!

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