You can't let adversity get you down.
Keep smiling.
--Violet Hensley
Smiling is first an attitude and then an action.
I don't have to be bubbling over with inner happiness to smile.
On the contrary, if something is bothering me, I may discover it will not loom so large if I focus my energy on smiling at a friend or even a stranger.
Some would label it miraculous how changed a problem seems when I decide to put my energy into smiling at the passersby in my life.
The separation I feel from others is what often gives rise to my problems, regardless of their details.
Giving a smile and getting one in return diminishes my sense of separation.
Problems diminish, too.
