Don’t Smile

It takes sixty-four muscles of the face to make a frown, and only thirteen to make a smile. Why work overtime? – Old saying

The best way to wake up with a smile on your face is to go to bed with one already there. – Richard C. Miller

Smiling is the second best thing you can do with your mouth. – Bumper sticker

If you’re trying to be miserable, don’t smile. Some people are smiling on the inside, but they forget to tell their face. A clever bumper sticker says, “Put a smile on your kisser, and someone may put a kiss on your smiler.” (I think I’ll put that on the bathroom mirror and see if my wife gets the hint.) I read in the paper that it’s a psychological fact that smiling on the outside makes you feel better on the inside (if it’s in the paper, it must be true). People who are happy walk with their shoulders back and their heads up. If you want to be miserable, slump your shoulders, look at the ground, go to your unhappy place, and whatever you do, don’t smile.