Sometimes smiling can be a rough thing. We all go through hard times in life and it may seem difficult to keep smiling and look up and move forward. Sometimes it just seems easier to sit still and pout until something comes along to make us happy. My Mom had a simple cure for those days where I just wanted to give up.
"Just Grin and Bear It"
Sometimes just putting a smile on your face can brighten things up. When things aren't going your way, smiling can make them better. In fact, science says that just slapping a smile on increases the chemicals in your brain that make you happy. Pretty neat. Almost like God created it that way hmmm?
We're here to be happy. Sure there will be down days, disappointments, and discouragements, but rather than let those things weigh us down, how about we do away with the frownies and turn those lips upward? Our attitude towards opposition will decide whether the trial was a lesson or a burden. We can either grow from it, or let it weigh us down.
I encourage each of us to "Grin and Bear It". I know that doing so will turn our burdens into blessings. Besides, if the Bears can do it, we can do it also. They Bear it all day (sometimes not so much grinning as growling though. But hey, nobodies perfect!).
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| Bears Courtesy of Prankster that took them from Black Bear Diner and stuck them in the church parking lot |
2 comments:
They look like a happy gang to me. "I love smiling, smiling's my favorite;" and it can really turn your day around.
Of course they're happy! They're obeying God's commandments by going to church! Smiling is also one of my favorite passtimes. :)
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