Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for January 30, 2023

Some are happiest when they are unhappy.

Smiling to force happiness doesn’t work; you need the real thing.

Being mindful may the part of the equation Pig is missing. What reason do you have to smile and go from there…

I have certainly known folks who prefer to be angry/upset and who go looking for ways to get there if they’re not.

Only a dentist could like this development.

Grrrr

Edgar Allan Poe wrote an essay about that. He said that all you had to do was mimic someone’s expression and you’d start feeling what they were feeling.

Showing others your grinding teeth is different from smiling.

Rats in reality have to continually gnaw on things to keep their teeth from growing too large, so Rat is just doing what comes naturally!!

“Let a Smile be your Umbrella”!

Imagine trying this at a funeral.

Unfortunately, a lot of people use rat’s technique

Rat doesn’t smile. He smirks.

Fake it till you make it!

I’ve been accused of having a resting smile. Then people wonder what I’m up to.

How to be happy Step I: Select a decent book, such as LOTR, Plato, Shakespeare, and the like. Step II: Open book. Step III: Read book. Step IV: Imbibe knowledge from book. Step V: Mission Accomplished.

I know one person who had a facelift that gave them a permanent smile. Creepy!

Smile needs Duchenne lines to work.

Yesterday was Curmudgeon’s Day… I wonder if Rat celebrated?

Talking through gritting teeth is not becoming, guys! ☺️☺️☺️

I had no idea Rat could get any angrier!

It takes fewer muscles to smile than to frown. But it takes no muscles at all to sit with a blank look on your face.

A frown is just a smile turned upside down=Momily.

Walk around with a smile on your face at work and people will wonder what you know that they don’t! It will drive them crazy -:)

That’s not an angry face. That’s an “I’m really scared and I’m gonna make a fake not scared face hoping no one can smell my fear even though I just soiled myself from the terror I’m feeling” face.

Rethink your paradigm: why be arbitrarily happy when you could notice how you really are? (Then do something about it if yo don’t like it.)

I’m still wondering why the mouse is called “Rat”… :P

Rat is the perfect antidote to Pig’s unrestrained optimism….