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Smiles Are Good for You

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“The world always looks brighter from behind a smile.” — Unknown

Does it make you feel good to smile? Here are a few facts about smiles that you might not only find interesting but they might make you smile.

Smiling helps us live longer – People who smile are generally happier. Smiling decreases blood pressure and released those nice endorphins. And smile wrinkles are always nicer than frown wrinkles.

Smiling is contagious – You see someone smiling you almost always smile back at them.

Smiling reduces stress – Researchers have studied smiling and concluded that if you smile, you’ll release those endorphines, breathe deeper and be able to have a calmer outlook and a better ability to cope with whatever is stressing you out.

Smiling can make you happier  – Again we have the reseaerchers who say that the act of smiling can trick our brain into believing things aren’t as bad as we might think. For sure, it’s worth a try. So, for you and for all those people around you, just keep those smiles coming and going.

¨What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but scattered along life’s pathway, the good they do is inconceivable.¨– Joseph Addison

Wednesday I promised one of you who commented on my post that I’d try to share a few smiles. So here’s a pass-around I got from somewhere who knows when, but I hope it will make you smile. I’m smiling while I’m typing and you know I do think smiling and thinking about you out there smiling too is bringing a little cheer to this chilly, rainy January night. And now you’ll know why I have that picture of 1685 Westminster Abbey Choir.

The top ten reasons men should join the church choir:

10. Rehearsals are every Wednesday night. Which means that for those few hours, you will significantly reduce your risk of contracting tendinitis from nonstop operation of a television remote control or computer mouse.

9. Because you wear a choir robe every Sunday, you are liberated from a task many men find quite challenging: finding clothes that match properly.

8. From your special vantage point every Sunday, in which you look out at the entire congregation from the choir seats, you will develop interesting new hobbies. Among these is a little guessing game called “Who’s Praying, Who’s Sleeping?”

7. On the other hand, sitting in full view of a church full of people makes it much less likely that you yourself will give in to a chronic lack of sleep. Although it has been known to happen.

6. If you think your singing in the shower sounds good now, just wait till you’ve been singing with us for a few weeks.

5. Singing in a choir is one of the few activities for men that does not require electronics equipment or expensive power tools. This could be good for the family budget.

4. For the fitness buffs, singing in the Choir is not only heart healthy, it’s soul healthy. But there are no monthly membership fees, and it’s a lot easier on the knees than jogging.

3. If you think you’ve done everything there is to do, and there are no great challenges left in life, try singing with us guys and staying on pitch.

2. Choir rehearsal lasts half as long as a professional football game, but is at least twice as satisfying. This is especially true if you are a long-suffering fan of a team that can’t seem to make a touchdown. (Don’t worry, though, rehearsals are on Wednesday, not Monday Nights.)

And the number 1 reason men should join the choir:

1. When people ask you whether you’ve been behaving yourself, you can say with the utmost sincerity, “Hey, I’m a Choir Boy.”

“A smiling face is a beautiful face. A smiling heart is a happy heart.”– Dr. T.P.Chia

I hope you found a smile while reading this.

What makes you smile?


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