Act Happy

AA wrote: Putting on a BiG smile now :)

Act Happy

If you don’t feel happy, pretend to be. Even if you are depressed, put on a smile. Act happy. Genuine joy will follow.

Rabbi Nachman of Breslov

On cold, grey days we often feel the urge to escape, and so we do. Into music, movies, dreams, frenzied work - anything not to feel uncomfortable. We live like empty shells, like zombies, hurrying through a reality that we reject. The truth is, we’re not living, but merely existing. And look into our faces: tense, stressed, sad...

Let’s turn the whole thing around! 

Put on a smile, act as if you were happy.  Smile to yourself in the mirror. Say something nice to your neighbour, try to remember a joke to tell your partner, invite your colleague for lunch. Do it with all your conviction, and you will see how things change. Genuine joy will follow! :-)