repost from @shawnachor From the #happinessarchive: "Hello Shawn, I was fortunate to see you speak at my work on 8/16 and a couple of things really stuck with me. I had signed up for my first 100 mile endurance run, the Cascade Crest 100, in Washington State. You said that if you were with another person looking at a hill it did not seem so big. I was fortunate to run with a friend and see the hills (mountains) that were not so big. I also practiced the simple act of smiling. I thought about what you said in how smiling can change your perception and I literally did smile for I think about 90% of the time I was out there going up and down thousands of feet for 29.5 hours straight. I have done runs in the past and felt awful and went to a dark mental states and I can honestly say I did not go there for this 100 mile run. I have been telling people how just smiling actually helped me through it. It was surprising and so effective. People ask me if I would do another 100 miler, I say yes as long as I am able to smile." Share your story too [link in bio] at the Happiness Archive. #happinessarchive #happinessadvantage #bigpotential #bettertogether #goodthink #rippleeffect #smile #powerofsmile #smiling (at UFitness Personal Training & Coaching) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bo9PMG6hqzI/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=kgtfh0ee5d3t