Smile: Happier Marriage
"Another study, by Dacher Keltner, correlated the smiles that female graduates displayed in two yearbooks with later life satisfaction. It was found that the bigger the smile, the more satisfying later marriage and the greater their well-being."
"Women who displayed more positive emotion were more likely to be married by 27, less likely to have remained single into middle adulthood and more likely to have satisfying marriages 30 years later," said Dr. Keltner. ~cited here and here
Smile: Better than 2,000 Chocolate Bars
True! The British Dental Health Foundation cites research that "a smile gives the same level of stimulation as eating 2,000 chocolate bars or receiving £16,000 in cash. The results were found after researchers measured brain and heart activity in Scottish volunteers as they were shown pictures of smiling people, given money, and chocolate." ~read further here
Smile: Grow in love
"Smile at each other, smile at your wife, smile at your husband, smile at your children, smile at each other -- it doesn't matter who it is -- and that will help you to grow up in greater love for each other." ~Mother Theresa
Sent this way from "At the Feet":
"Browsing through the blog world, I found myself at Holy Experience... I happened upon 7 simple words. Yet, in spite of their simplicty, these words have been ringing through my mind.
"If you are saved, inform your face." ~Unknown
What does my face show? I really had to ponder this for awhile. Reluctantly, I succumbed to the truth that there are many times that my face is completely unaware of the amazing saving grace of Jesus that it has directly benefitted from." ~the entirety of Sonja's thoughtful post At the Feet
Smile: The Best Cosmetic
Fenelon :
"Those who are wholly God's are always happy...Happy are they who give themselves to God...Happy are they who throw themselves with bowed head and closed eyes into the arms of the "Father of mercies" and the "God of all consolation"....
"There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness." ~Marguerite, Countess of Blessington
Lord, help me put on the best make-up of all: that which isn't made up. Joy!
Related: Best Beauty Tip, Radiate Beauty , At Study in Brown: Gaze
Photo: Ann chosing true beauty
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