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#93 A Smile Doesn't Cost A Thing

posted by Vaike Neeme on May 8, 2009, in postcode 2021

This experiment inspired me! So simple, so cheap, so immediate. And it will make me happier as well as all the rest! Basically I will commit to smiling and saying 'Good Morning' to everyone I pass on the way to work/school each morning...and see what happens...

as michael jackson would say...

...'i'm starting with the man in the mirror (yeah)'...

interesting challenges to this deceptively simple experiment:

1. i'm shy

2. it's not only about the reaction you may get from others when you smile at them; it's also about remembering to smile yourself when you're not feeling like it

 

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Picture of user chrisgaul

I was walking to work in the morning and I got a big smile and a hello from Vaike. It was lovely :n)

Chris Gaul 13 May 2009 at 17:15
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Picture of user vaike neeme

feeling quite introverted this week so i fear i have forgotten to smile on my morning journeys. until today. on bus ride, i was deep in journal writing and plugged in to ipod when i felt a tapping. elderly lady in front of me needed help to zip up her bag. which i did. and we exchanged a smile. and i remembered this experiment! thanks lady :)

Vaike Neeme 22 May 2009 at 12:31
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