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The Surefire Way To Make Yourself Happy
June 16, 2009 |
The best and the most surefire way to make yourself happy? Bring a smile on other people’s face!
By making other people’s day a little better, putting a smile on someone’s face is surely the best way to put a smile on your face too. Besides, it really doesn’t cost you anything nor much time to do that. And oh ya… this little joy and smile may “spread” beyond one person and light up some others as well.
At a lost on how to get started?
How about trying each of these 20 ways :

1. Send your partner her favorite flowers at work.
2. Bring a friend out to lunch at his favorite restaurant.
3. Tell someone how much you missed them.
4. Compliment a friend or work colleague on how they look, their new clothes, new shoes etc.
5. Donate something to charity.
6. Make a surprise telephone call to your partner at work, just to say hi.
7. Hold a door open for someone walking behind you.
8. Hug your partner for no reason.
9. Leave a joke on a friends answer machine.
10. Send a card to a friend letting them know what a good friend they are.
11. Give up your seat on the train to someone (not limited to pregnant women, old folks or the physically disabled).
12. Help shelter someone with your umbrella on a rainy day.
13. Ask a friend if they need anything while you’re out shopping.
14. When it’s raining, plan an indoor picnic with your children.
15. Leave a love note somewhere where your partner will find it.
16. Send someone an unusual and unexpected gift like chocolate, flowers or a fun toy
17. Tell your child you love them and you’re proud of them.
18. Tell someone you thought about them the other day.
19. Cook a surprise meal for your partner one night, especially if they normally do the cooking.
20. Tell everyone you love that you love them.
Heck, it only 17 muscles to smile, but 43 to frown! So why take the effort to frown? Besides, smiling really makes you more handsome or pretty!
( try more smilies in your emails too! )
Fun facts about smiling that’ll keep you grinning cheek to cheek :
1. Women smile more than men.
2. Smiling releases endorphins that make us feel better.
3. We are all born with the ability to smile, it’s not something we learn from others.
4. A smile is a universal expression of happiness.
5. A smiling person is thought to be a more pleasant, attractive, sociable, sincere and competent than a non-smiling person.
So…since smiling is the easiest and cheapest way of improving your looks, do start smiling alot!
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