SMILING IN THE DARK

Have you ever thought about it? ....smiling in the dark? Do you do it?

I do.

I caught myself the other night after I had fallen into bed. I was tired. I was distracted from all of the day's happenings. It was pitch black. 

And I was smiling.

The smile came from a joy inside....a good peace.

So now I am writing about it and remembering a song that I sang when I was a little girl:

So let the sun shine in, face it with a grin.
Smilers never lose and frowners never win.
So let the sun shine in face it with a grin
Open up your heart and let the sun shine in.

Maybe there is more to a smile than I ever knew. I found a blog today that talks about the science of smiling. The writer says:

"Once the smiling muscles in our face contract, there is a positive feedback loop that now goes back to the brain and reinforces our feeling of joy."  

(click on the above quote to see the whole article on the blog.)

So, which comes first, the smile or the joy? Sometimes one and sometimes the other.

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