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Thought for Today - Renewal
Original Content  |  April 01, 2010
People smiling in a store Photo: Comstock/Thinkstock


Play Interpersonal Pingpong

If you serve up a smile to people, they usually bounce it back. Hit them with a snarl and watch them scowl instead.

You can use the infectious effects of a grin to jump-start an optimistic outlook in yourself by sending others what you want them to lob back at you. A kind word to the man behind the deli counter can get your day bouncing in the right direction.

Lise Funderburg, O, The Oprah Magazine contributor
Printed from Oprah.com on Wednesday, June 19, 2013
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