tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31982896.post9156483526014554462..comments2024-01-27T06:18:24.648-08:00Comments on A Merry Rose: Mimihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13429722263321739095noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31982896.post-36892679341291698192008-02-14T08:13:00.000-08:002008-02-14T08:13:00.000-08:00Hi Hadias and Buffy,Thanks for your comments. I l...Hi Hadias and Buffy,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for your comments. I like what you said Buffy about how important it is to remain happy unless we have a real cause to be sad.<BR/><BR/>Hadias, it' so true that sometimes our facial expressions can be forbidding even though we don't realize it. Ordinarily, the face mirrors the heart. But, I read something a few years ago that has really made me think. As we age, our faces drop a bit, which can create a frown around the eyes and a grim look around the mouth unless we work at keeping our face looking cheerful. The article said that young women are often intimidated by older women, because they think the older women are looking at them with disapproval. I thought about when I was young and how I sometimes felt like that around older women. So, now that I'm not quite so young, I think from time to time that I need to make sure I'm not sending the wrong message with my facial expression. That's especially true since I wear contacts and also have allergies that affect my eyes and sometimes my eyes will look a bit droopy.Mimihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13429722263321739095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31982896.post-50845010394355359362008-02-12T05:26:00.000-08:002008-02-12T05:26:00.000-08:00Cheerful and positive people are such a blessing.I...Cheerful and positive people are such a blessing.<BR/><BR/>It is important to remain happy unless we have a real cause to be sad. However, much of the time we are unhappy it is for a trivial reason.<BR/><BR/>Your post provides a good lesson for me as this is something I need to work on!Buffyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00632534063802295379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31982896.post-26816791103845388672008-02-06T16:05:00.000-08:002008-02-06T16:05:00.000-08:00A couldn't agree more. Cheerfulness is something t...A couldn't agree more. Cheerfulness is something that I had to work at, and it wasn't until my husband brought it to my attention did I realize that I wasn't cheerful.<BR/><BR/>I had the same countenence that my mother and aunts had, and didn't intitally realize that it was a problem until my husband and children told me that I always look angry. I was taken aback.<BR/><BR/>After that I began to monitor my facial expressions and what i was feeling and began to focus on the scriptures throughout my day. <BR/><BR/>This brought about a drastic change. I began to see my husband and children approach me more and more without apprehension.<BR/><BR/>We must be concious of our thought by not indulging in negative attitudes. I am so glad that I learned this lesson early on in my marraige.The Proverbs Wifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10950651949803175572noreply@blogger.com