It is amazing how something as simple as a smile will greatly shift your perception.  As a bonus you shift the perception of almost everyone you smile upon. 

You do not need to get heavy and somber about perceptual shifting.  Enjoy yourself.  Enjoy life.  That is what it is all about.

Try this.  Stand up straight for a moment and notice how you feel.  Then put a small frown on your face and notice how you feel.  Finally put a small smile on your face and notice how you feel. 

Wow.  A smile will shift your perception.  Feel that subtle difference in your energy.  Practice today smiling at people and see how many smile back at you.  See how many perceptions you can shift today! 

Now you know why I love great smilers.  I love the energy the give and the shift they cause.

As Michael Gilman says, seek to hold an inner smile at all times.

I wrote about posture several posts back.  This post on smiling reminds me that we need to place more attention on the body and how the posture of the body affects the flow of our energy and the shift of our perception. 

Put a smile on your face and hold your chest out with your back straight and your energy flow will be greatly improved.  You put more love into the world and more comes back!

You can check out a free ebook by a Taoist Master called the “Way of the Inner Smile”  http://www.scribd.com/doc/7304237/Inner-Smile

There is a post on youtube concerning the smiling meditation.    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVaR1fxJQL0&NR=1