It’s not often that I post more than once in a short amount of time. But as I stated in a recent blog, I travel alone a lot, and am often afraid that at any moment I will lose this ability to think. So here you go…

I’ve discovered two helpful habits that will improve your life greatly both today, and with anticipation for tomorrow. I believe that if you take this advice to heart, and begin to let it affect your life…you will live better. No joke. I guarantee it.

First: The Transitional Gum.

After a meal, it is common for someone to ask for a piece of gum. This is mainly to rid ourselves of the bi-products of halitosis what we’ve eaten offers to us. (to get rid of bad breath) But may also be due to our oral fixation, and need to always be doing something, if you’re like me. In either case, I’ve found a way to improve the overall post-meal gum chewing experience: The Transitional Gum
Most of us who ask for gum after a meal, have already been chewing gum before the meal also. When you sit down for a bite to eat, instead of swallowing, throwing away, or wrapping your gum in your napkin…set it on your plate, off to the side to prevent accidental inclusion in your meal. (Be sure not to place it on a soup bowl, bread or salad plate, as these are often removed without warning by the servers.) Once you’ve finished your meal, recover your pre-chewed gum, and begin chewing.
Remember how to clean up after using play-dough? You take a large piece, and stamp it around where the pieces lay; it absorbs and cleans up the area. This is the idea behind the Transitional Gum. It will absorb any bits of food, and the full brunt of your bad breath, leaving only small amounts of either behind. After you’ve chewed this Transitional Gum for several minutes at least, and feel it has absorbed as much as possible; get rid of it. Now your mouth is ready for a fresh piece of gum, that will last you as long as it was intended. Your gum chewing experience will be an altogether better experience if you become purposeful about it.

Second: The Happy Old Man/Woman Face

I’m sure that I’m not the only one who knows a person over 65 who you either love to be around, or are afraid of; simply because of the expression that is forever imprinted on their face. What most of us don’t take the time to realize is the fact that those faces didn’t just “happen”. They were developed over time. Years and years of practiced smiling or grimacing that gives people over a certain age a permanent face of joy or suffering.
With any truth, when we are faced with it, our lives change. When faced with the reality that right now, we are forming the faces we will have when we’re 70, we are moved to action. Do you want to infect the nurses at the home with your overwhelming joy? Or do you want to scare all the little kids at family reunions?
Me? I want to have a Happy Old Man face that people can’t resist but smiling back at. When I’m so old I can’t talk, walk, or wipe myself….I want people to look at me, and think….man, he must have lived a happy life. What a nice old man he is. As opposed to, “I wonder if he needs to go to the bathroom.”
Smile often, and smile big. Your face will freeze that way ultimately.

So there you go. Practical and true. Free of charge. Thanks for listening.

(and remember to jiggle the handle)

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