As I stated in an earlier post I have just started reading the New York Times Bestseller "The Happiness Project". One of Gretchen Rubin's, author of the book, twelve commandments is to "act the way I want to feel." Gretchen goes on to say that this commandement summed up on of the most helpful insights that she had learned throughout her research for this book: although people presume that we act because of the way we feel, in fact we often feel because of the way we act.
I read that and just had to sit back and think about it for a minute. It seems like I very simple thing, but when you really think about if you were to consider this and put it into practice perhaps you could have more control of your feelings and how you are perceived by others. I think this is really important to think about especially when you may be feeling like you are in a funk and unable to climb your way out of an emotional hole.
In the book Gretchen goes on to say that studies show that people who use Botox are less prone to anger, because they can't make angry faces. To think that maybe something as simple as smiling more can put you in a good mood seems like a quick and easy fix to some problems. Smiling makes a difference.
So lets all see if we can try that. If you fee like you haven't been happy in awhile then try acting happy. Smile more. Be friendly. Be nice to people. Who knows it might just make a difference.
Lets all try to act the way we want to feel for a month. Just one month. See how your feelings change over the month and let us know.
--Krystal
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