September
22, 2012

SMILE, It's Good For You!
LAurel House, QuickieChick Editor


Do you ever just wake up in a foul mood that you just
can’t seem to shake?

Instead of sitting at home and sulking in your misery,
suck it up, put a smile on your face and be social! It’s good for you…
literally!
I know… sounds hard to
accomplish.

But sometimes something as simple as a smile
from someone else can flip your frown upside down (as trite as it
seems).

I remember one morning I woke up one morning- the day after my
boyfriend had broken up with me, and all I wanted to do was marinate in my
misery. After a few hours I decided to pry my butt off the bed and go for a
walk.

Along the way I crossed the path of about 200 exhausted
marathoners on their last mile. Sweat streamed from their pores and their faces
articulated more agony than even I could imagine. Since I had no water, energizing
foods  or a finish line to take the pain away, I looked at one
particularly pathetic runner in the eye and smiled- hoping to at least tell her
in my own way that she was doing an awesome job.

Her expression
instantly softened and she responded with the most genuinely thankful smile. And
her smile somehow instantly lifted me out of my own funk.

I am thinking
I'd like to share 7
reasons why smiling is good for you, so listen up and show
those pearly whites! What a waste to hide that beautiful
smile!