Smile

Smiling. It's terribly underrated I think. I've been accused (accurately) of not smiling in pictures. To the point that a lot of my friends assume that I'm constantly brooding and moody (not accurate).
So I've been thinking, why don't I smile more? Its like when I see a picture of myself smiling, my perception gets all wonky. I see crinkles and lines and imperfections that I don't get when I don't smile. However, here's what I've realized. The more I smile, the better I feel. Who wants to go though life all moody and sad? There really is no point in it. Life is meant to be lived. And smiling is a part of that.

We choose happiness. We choose sadness. We may not be able to control some things that happen to us. However for the most part, we choose how to react to those things. And I choose to smile. It gets better. Always. Remember that.

Jake