It's Time To Smile!

Right now, our lives

are a perfect example

of today’s special day. 

There’s not much going on

 that we can celebrate

right now…

in fact, everything

is up the proverbial creek

and no one seems

to have a paddle. 

We’re being swirled away

in the currents,

riding the rapids and

 hoping like nothing else

that we make it through

the other side

as fast as we can. 

And yet,

with all of this going on,

I have smiled each day. 

Today is

Power of a Smile Day.

Jokes and stupid,

ridiculous pictures

have kept me going.

The Power of a Smile

has kept me going. 

 

There is research and “proof”. 

Endorphins are released

when we smile. 

Endorphins are happy messages

– chemical messages that travel

 down our spine

and around our body

– spreading the happy message. 

A simple smile

can reduce our pain,

our anxiety, our stress…

Apparently, endorphins

are as powerful as morphine!

(It’s just easier to get

your hands on endorphins!)  

The Power of a Smile

is not something

to be dismissed lightly.

Use today as a reason

to smile at everyone you pass.

You never know how much

they may need one.

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