Watching Pharrell Williams perform Happy on the Oscars, you can’t help but smile.  As he engaged the audience with stars like Amy Adams, Lupita Nyong’o and Brad & Angelina, you could feel the energy come through the television screen into your own living room.  That energy is what makes up the entire universe.  The good vibration energy and the low vibration energy.

YOU ARE ALWAYS IN TRAINING FOR GOOD!  Just as an incredible artist, craftsman, performer hones their craft, you have the rest of your life to do just that.  Practice having more good.

If you’re going to make a decision to take control of your life, have the things you want, do the things you want, be the person you want to be, and live the way you want with the people you want, there’s something you must know.  You are in charge.

At this point in your journey do you know when you are creating greatness in your life and when you are sabotaging your success.  This path is a life-long endeavor.

You can Deliberately Create prosperity, security, health, freedom, joy, aliveness, ingenuity, independence, fulfillment and a natural state of being the way you were meant to be . . . as simply as smiling.

“Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.” – Thích Nhất Hạnh

SMILING.  Such a simple act yet so profound.  Science now tells us that the simple act of smiling is not only good for your health it also makes you happier.  Research also evidences that “happy” people make more money.

So when you feel out of sorts, just smile and your brain does the rest.  You don’t have to wait for something to smile about, starting smiling to create oxyitocin in the brain.

The most basic kind of peace work is peace within your own soul.    A smile creates happiness in the home, fosters good will in business, and is the countersign of friendship and nonviolence.  A smile not only improves your looks, it improves your outlook, and when your outlook improves, it is much easier to be at peace.

Today share a buttery warm smile with at least three people, knowing that your smile contributes peace to your and everyone around you.

Think about it:

What keeps you from smiling at others?

 Take Action!

Identify a person to whom you would normally not smile (i.e. someone from a different race, neighborhood, or class).  What gets in the way of a smile?  What might happen if you smile at them, either good or bad?  Experiment several times, then write or draw about your experience.

Major Do: 

Start your day with the intent to look for positive things to smile about.  Then intend to find them.

Major Don’t: 

Don’t live for the end result, saying “I can’t feel better until it happens.” Smiling makes it so.

Words to live by: 

I smile to the world and the world smiles to me – Sister Chan Khong

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