OK, i know i bang on about stuff on happiness i have seen on tv but...

Apparently smiling at stragers is good for us.

It makes us feel good (because they automatically smile back)

It makes them feel good.

But does it work?

Go on you lot... go out there and smile.... then report back. Does it make youfeel better?

I have done it and have had it done.......it does make you feel good.

me too

i really like the idea of deliberately setting out to do it as a dliberate attempt to make us and the peope around us feel better

I'm gonna do it tomorrow and will report back!

I almost always smile and say "hi" to anyone I see. If someone I encounter seems particularly hateful, I try to say something complimentary to them, it tends to take the wind right outta their sails....then again, if I'm having a bitchy day, no one gets a smile lol

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I like the bed I'm sleeping in, just like me it's broken in; it's not old -- just older.
Like a favorite pair of torn blue jeans, this skin I'm in it's alright with me; it's not old -- just older.....Bon Jovi

I do it all the time. Some smile back. Others look at you like you're a nut.

But I am still smiling.

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Life is too short not to love and be loved....preferably multiple times in one night.

I think men talk to women so they can sleep with them and women sleep with men so they can talk to them. ~ Jay McInerney

I try to smile and speak briefly to people I meet. It seems to make both of us feel better, especially if they smile back. For some people, my smile may be the only happiness they experience all day, so I do the best I can.

I know that when I'm down, if someone smiles at me (especially if she' pretty ) then I seem to start feeling better.

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"Sex should be friendly. Otherwise, stick to mechanical toys; it's more sanitary". Lazarus Long in Robert Heinlein's "Time Enough for Love"

I'm waiting on your report

my court case comes up next week

i decided to smile at a guy... just for a change... and we ended up talking about his rather splendid Toyota sports car.

I did feel good about this.... i don't normally talk much to guys

some great tales here folks... and oldfart definately made melaugh