The Muscular Smile

--by brighteyes, posted Dec 30, 2008

Today's lesson is short and sweet:

Just wrap a smile in a blessing and send it forth.

Today's exercise:

Close your eyes and smile. Now let that smile spread throughout your body, saturating every organ, every muscle, every bone, so that it soaks into your pores until every single ounce of you is smiling.

Just imagine that every cell and molecule that makes up your body, even your DNA strands, are all happy and smiling and filled with well-being and joy.

Just smile all over and let yourself really feel it. Now mail it out into the universe, wrapped as a blessing, and know that just like a ray of sunshine, it will go forward to warm the heart of the recipient.

Today's Life Affirming Wisdom:

Did you know that there is quite a bit of data from encyclopedias, journals, and newspapers that say it takes more muscles to frown than it does to smile? After doing this exercise, it's up to you to tell us the answer!

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Posted by brighteyes
Dec 30, 2008
Comments (10)

Readers Comments

Tammymay wrote: That is a wonderful, uplifting encouragment to a day... thanks so much for sharing! TAMMY

mitu915 wrote: thanks for helping me this morning! i really tried to work on my smiling! :) :)

MakeSomeoneSmile wrote: Thanks brighteyes. May life treat you well always!

AURELIA wrote: Thank You Bright, I am all tingly because my whole body is smiling :0) ~Aurelia

jaya wrote: Many Many thanks Bright... this is really wonderful and rejuvenating. God Bless you and have a wonderful day :o)

nila wrote: Its really nice Brighteyes..Made me feel cheerful whole day at work

tenderheart wrote: sweet. thanks. I wish you plenty of smiles in your life.

hoopie wrote: Thank you, brighteyes. I'm going to keep remembering to do this throughout the day(s). As i did it just now it reminded me of laughing yoga.

LOAS wrote: Thank you for this. I am going to make this my new meditatin practice! :)
Loas

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