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Smile: the world’s most powerful gesture -By Harvey Mackay There is a face-lift you can perform yourself that is guaranteed to improve your appearance. It’s called a smile. A smile improves your looks and takes years off your appearance. Who doesn’t want that? I learned long ago that one of the most powerful things you can do to have influence over others is to smile at them. It should be standard equipment for all people. Plus, it takes only 17 muscles to smile, but 43 to frown! Let’s celebrate the second week in August (Aug. 7-13 this year), National Smile Week. We are reminded to take the time to smile in a way to bring happiness to others as well as to ourselves. If you don’t start out the day with a smile, it’s not too late to start practicing for tomorrow. Mother Teresa said, “We shall never know all the good that a simple smile can do.” Smiling in the workplace can be misinterpreted as a sign of weakness. Nothing could be further from the truth. I’m a big believer in the proverb, “Don’t open a shop unless you know how to smile.” That’s why I never underestimate the value of a smile. You shouldn’t go to work without a smile . . . and that goes for your personal life too. The smile is “the symbol that was rated with the highest positive emotional content” concludes scientist Andrew Newberg. Smiling is the universal language. Everyone understands a smile, and it makes you more approachable. Smiling makes you more attractive, appear more intelligent and improves relationships. The shortest distance between two people is a smile. It’s environmentally friendly. Best of all, smiling is quick and easy
to do, and it’s free. The Broadway musical and movie “Annie” had a memorable song titled “You’re Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile.” I couldn’t agree more. Why did the Mona Lisa become one of the most famous paintings of all time? One possible answer is her unique smile. I’m still curious what she was smiling about! The benefits from smiling are enormous, starting with your health. A smile is a natural anti-depressant and elevates your mood. It can help your immune system, lower blood pressure and even serve as a pain reliever. Recent studies also show that smiling reduces stress and anxiety, similar to getting a good night’s sleep. Smiling just helps you feel better. Children smile on average 400 times a day, while the happiest adults smile 40-50 times a day. The average adult smiles only 20 times daily. Smiling can help you live longer. Ron Gutman, author of “Smile: The Astonishing Powers of a Simple Act,” said, “British researchers found that one smile can generate the same level of brain stimulation as up to 2,000 bars of chocolate.” Who would have ever thought that smiling can induce more pleasure in the brain than chocolate? In his book, Gutman cited a Wayne State University research project that studied pre1950s major league baseball cards. According to Gutman: “The researchers found that the span of a player’s smile could actually predict the span of his life. Players who didn’t smile in their pictures lived an average of only 72.9 years, where players with beaming smiles lived an average of almost 80 years.” In a similar yearbook study, women who had the best smiles in yearbook photos lived happier lives, had happier marriages and had fewer setbacks. Comedian Phyllis Diller said, “A smile is a curve that sets everything straight.” According to Harvard Medical School’s “Harvard Health Publishing,” optimism – which
is linked to smiling – is associated with a lower risk of early death from cancer and infection. Smiling encourages positive thinking. When you are dealing with a negative situation, a candid smile inspires positivity. It’s hard to think of negative things when you are smiling. Your brain is telling the rest of your body that life is good. I had one friend that always told me to smile because it will either warm their heart or make them angry. Either way you win. If smiling doesn’t feel natural to you, then practice. Look in a mirror and put a big smile on your face. Even a fake smile can improve your mood. Take a smile break. Remind yourself to smile at every opportunity. A good laugh helps too. Smiling is contagious. Help spread it around. Just think – you can help another improve their well-being by giving them a chance to smile back! Mackay’s Moral: Wear a smile – one size fits all. Reprinted with permission from nationally syndicated columnist Harvey Mackay, author of the New York Times #1 bestseller “Swim With The Sharks Without Being Eaten Alive,” “We Got Fired!...And It’s the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Us,” “The Mackay MBA of Selling in the Real World,” and “Use Your Head To Get Your Foot In The Door.”
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FRIDAY, AUGUST 5 • St. Peter’s Lutheran Church Pulled Pork & Corn Feed from 4:30-7 p.m. at the Swanville Lions Park. SATURDAY, AUGUST 13 • Upsala Heritage Day. Parade at 11 a.m. Borgstrom Museum Tours 12-4 p.m. See ad on page 7. • 34th Annual Grey Eagle Fire Dept. Corn on the Cob & Pork Feed from 4:307:30 p.m. at the Grey Eagle Fire Hall. See ad on page 5. SUNDAY, AUGUST 14 • Church of Seven Dolors Parish Bazaar starting at 10:30 a.m. in Albany. TUESDAY, AUGUST 16 • Freeport Lions Club Sponsored American Red Cross Blood Drive from 1-7 p.m. at the Freeport Community Center. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17 • Grey Eagle Senior Center Meeting, 10:45 a.m. at the center. SAT.-SUN., AUG. 27-28 • 14th Annual Central MN Heritage Club Heritage Days, Burtrum. SUNDAY, AUGUST 28 • St. Francis of Assisi 66th Annual Fall Festival. ALBANY TOWNSHIP • Meets the fourth Monday of the month
at 7:30 p.m. at the Albany City Hall. • Planning Commission meets the second Tuesday of the month at 7:30 p.m. at the Albany City Hall. BURNHAMVILLE TOWNSHIP • Meets the last Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m. at the Burtrum City Hall. BURTRUM CITY COUNCIL • Meets the first Monday of the month at 7 p.m. FEET FIRST CLINIC • Meets the 1st Tuesday of the month from 9 a.m.-12 p.m. at Holdingford City Hall. FOOD DISTRIBUTION • Ruby’s Pantry Food Distribution first Saturday of the Month from 10-11 a.m. at River of Live Church, Sauk Centre. FREEPORT CITY COUNCIL • Meets the last Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m. FREEPORT SENIOR MEETING • Meets the 3rd Thursday of the month at 1:30 p.m. with cards/Bingo/coffee/dessert. GREY EAGLE CITY COUNCIL • Meets the 2nd Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m. GREY EAGLE TOWNSHIP • Meets the first Monday of the month at 8 p.m. MELROSE TOWNSHIP • Meets the first Thursday of the month
at 7 p.m. at the town hall. MELROSE VFW #7050 POST/AUX. • Meets the first Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m. at the Melrose American Legion Clubrooms. MELROSE LEGION #101 POST/AUX. • Meets the 2nd Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m. at the Melrose American Legion. (Aux. Sept.-May.) STEARNS CO. HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY • Meets at 7 p.m. on the 2nd Monday of the month at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church, Albany. SUNSHINE CLUB • Meets every Monday, weigh in starts at 8; meeting at 8:30 a.m. at the Village View Apartments, Grey Eagle. ST. ROSA CITY COUNCIL • Meets the 3rd Monday of the month at 7 p.m. at the Community Park building. SWANVILLE CITY COUNCIL • First Tuesday after the first Monday of the month at 7 p.m. SWANVILLE TOWNSHIP • Meets the 2nd Tuesday of the month at 8:30 p.m. at the Swanville Fire Hall. UPSALA CITY COUNCIL • Meets the first Monday of the month at 7 p.m.
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Temperatures Date 7/27 7/28 7/29 7/30 7/31 8/1 8/2
High 75 70 77 84 81 75 90
Low 55 54 54 54 61 59 61
Friday
Sunny. High: 86 Low: 66
Weekend Weather Saturday
Partly cloudy. High: 75 Low: 59
Sunday
Partly cloudy. High: 76 Low: 54
