Whenever you pick up a newspaper, watch the TV or log on to the Internet all you seem to get these days is bad news, particularly regarding the economy.  House sales are down, infrastructure spending is down, commercial foreclosures are at a peak, banks and high street businesses are going to the wall and of course all of this has an effect on us, both personally and in our working lives.

Being at the helm of a manufacturing company is no exception and tough decisions have to be made daily to keep the company on the right track, satisfy the shareholders and protect the people who make up our great company ~ Hanson Building Products. It is no easy task in this environment.  I know it brings stress and anxiety to everyone who is part of the organization and at times I know we all feel unmotivated and just down right miserable.  Well you know what?  There is one thing we can all do at any time, through it all, to make things seem brighter.  It is easy.  It is free.  It takes no time at all …

SMILE

A smile is a facial expression formed by flexing those muscles most notably near both ends of the mouth.  A good smile can normally be detected around the eyes as well.  Smiling, it is said, has no language barrier and is a means of communicating emotions across the entire human race.  Biologists think the smile originated some 30 million years ago as a sign of fear (incidentally monkeys and apes still do this) but in humans it has evolved over the millennia as an emotional communicator of love, happiness, pride and pleasure.

Come on guys and girls let’s all do it. 

Smiling, doctors say will actually improve your health, stress level and your attractiveness.  It can also change your mood. If you are feeling down, try putting on a smile or two, chances are your mood will change for the better.  It is also contagious; when someone is smiling they lighten up the room, change the mood of others and generally create a happier atmosphere.  It is a fact also that smiling will boost your immune system as well as help lower your blood pressure.  Smiling is also a natural drug.  When you smile it releases endorphins, natural pain killers and serotonin, but perhaps more importantly, it lifts the face and makes a person appear younger and I am all for that (my birthday is just around the corner …).  It also makes people appear more confident, more approachable and more positive.  So come on guys and girls let’s all give it a try, right now.

SMILE

There have been some great SMILE quotes over the years:

Today, give a stranger one of your smiles.  It might be the only sunshine he sees all day.  H. Jackson Brown Jr.

A smile is a curve that sets everything straight.  Phyllis Diller

Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been.  Mark Twain

If you smile at someone, they usually smile back.  Andy Rooney

Life is like a mirror, we get the best results when we smile at it.  Unknown

Wear a smile and have friends, wear a scowl and have wrinkles.  George Eliot

The shortest distance between two people is a smile.  Unknown

A smile is the universal welcome.  Max Eastman

All the statistics in the world can’t measure the warmth of a smile.  Chris Hart

Smile.  It increases your face value.  Unknown

Most smiles are started by another smile.  Unknown

So there have been many quotes about this easy, free, emotional expression and the above are just a few of my favorites.  From now on each morning see if you can greet the first five people you meet with the biggest smile, the blues will disappear and the sun will shine.

I want to leave you with my most favorite SMILE quote ever ITHOE:

A smile is the light in your window that tells others that there is a caring sharing person inside.  Denis Waitley

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