The Americana Coast

Bill Filipiak (00:00)
I'm just waiting on the right wave

You're right

Hello from El Porto, California. It's your daily pep talk. Did you know you can trick your brain into feeling happy by faking a smile? It's true. I've tried it. I'm not kidding. When you're in a grumpy mood or just not feeling great and you're just kind of, ugh, fake a smile and your brain will instinctively think everything is hunky dory and everything is grand.

And eventually, you'll start to feel happy just by faking a smile. Isn't that funny? And the brilliant thing about it is when you're smiling, especially if you're interacting with others, if people see you smiling, they see you as being in a good mood, and they then instinctively will start to smile themselves. It's just like a yawn. It's infectious. So out there, try it. Try it for a day. Just consciously force yourself to smile even when you don't feel like it and see if it doesn't make a difference.

Meanwhile, be good to each other, be kind to each other, love on each other, and we'll talk to you next time. I'm just waiting on the right wave to ride