Dec 22, 2014 – THE FEEL GOOD SMILE – Hey kids, “Be Happy! – Smile” Sometimes easier said then done!” Grandma’s been furniture shopping for her Birthday – you know it is coming soon. While she shops, I read the books that furniture stores use to decorate their displays. I came across one on “Behavioral Techniques” to use to avoid depression- avoid the “Frumps”. Technique #1 – “Be with happy people – Smiling people – People who clown around” (I found at least 40 more techniques that I will tell you of in future Blogs) – Smiles are really “Feel Good” universal icons – Witness the Smiley Face – Hey where did it come from – well here is one version of it’s history: In the 1994 Robert Zemeckis film, Forrest Gump stumbles into the history books as he runs across the country. At one point, he meets a poor T-shirt salesman who, Gump recalls, “wanted to put my face on a T-shirt but he couldn’t draw that well and he didn’t have a camera.” As luck would have it, a truck drives by and splashes Gump’s face with mud. He wipes his face on a yellow T-shirt and hands it back to the down-on-his-luck entrepreneur, telling him to “have a nice day.” The imprint of Gump’s face left a perfect, abstract smiling face on the bright yellow t-shirt. And thus, an icon was born.