{"id":60703,"date":"2011-07-09T15:13:15","date_gmt":"2011-07-09T15:13:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/wholeliving\/?p=60703"},"modified":"2011-07-15T20:42:14","modified_gmt":"2011-07-15T20:42:14","slug":"5-ways-to-smile-right-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/wholeliving\/2011\/07\/5-ways-to-smile-right-now.html","title":{"rendered":"5 ways to smile, RIGHT NOW."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/wholeliving\/files\/2011\/07\/boo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-60705\" title=\"boo\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/225\/2011\/07\/boo-204x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"204\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>1 ) Write a <strong>hand-written letter<\/strong> to someone you love, using different colored pens.<\/p>\n<p>2 )Look at <strong>pictures<\/strong> from your childhood.\u00a0 Bad hairstyles, florescent fashion, take it all in.<\/p>\n<p>3) Pop in the <strong>video\/DVD<\/strong> from your child\u2019s last recital\u2014or <em>your<\/em> childhood recital.<\/p>\n<p>4)Call your <strong>oldest friend<\/strong>, start a conversation with, &#8221; Remember when we&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>5) Do an updated version of that<strong> awesome thing<\/strong>, right now. Really\u2014grab your markers, or your bike, or your flashlight, or you video camera, and have an <strong>adventure.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>More ways to smile:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"What makes you happy\" href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/Inspiration\/2010\/05\/What-Makes-You-Happy.aspx\">What makes you happy?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"How to choose happiness\" href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/Inspiration\/2010\/08\/How-to-Choose-Happiness.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">How to choose happiness<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"10 ways to cheer up fast\" href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/Inspiration\/2009\/03\/Cheer-Up-and-Laugh-Out-Loud.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">10 ways to cheer up fast<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1 ) Write a hand-written letter to someone you love, using different colored pens. 2 )Look at pictures from your childhood.\u00a0 Bad hairstyles, florescent fashion, take it all in. 3) Pop in the video\/DVD from your child\u2019s last recital\u2014or your childhood recital. 4)Call your oldest friend, start a conversation with, &#8221; Remember when we&#8230;&#8221; 5)&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":269,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[114,113,5,57,63,7,112,1],"tags":[120,122,108,320,121],"class_list":["post-60703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-attitude","category-happiness-2","category-inspiration","category-joy","category-life","category-motivation","category-positivity-2","category-uncategorized","tag-attitute","tag-childhood","tag-happiness","tag-joy","tag-smile"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - 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