smile, darling

Over the past couple weeks, I have been doing an experiment that I call "Operation: Smile". Let me tell you what exactly the experiment is; You know those times when you make awkward eye contact with a stranger then quickly look away? So instead of giving a dirty look or quickly looking away, I smile. And not a half, courtesy smile, a REAL, genuine smile.

Want to know the results? There are two results. I will first tell you the results I saw in other people, I was rather surprised. I'd say about 7/10 people DID NOT smile back. They did the whole quickly look away thing or they'd throw me a dirty look. About 2/10 would give a fake courtesy smile and about 1/10 would give a real, genuine smile back.

When did it become weird to be nice? I am ashamed to say that I have been one of those people who don't smile back. But I am happy to say that I now DO smile back. Because want to know the second set of results?

I was SO MUCH HAPPIER. My days are so much better, even if I don't get smiles back, smiling just makes you happy.


So here's the deal, if you would like to take part in my on-going experiment, here is a little inspiration:

happy smiling everyone :):)