ALTERNATIVES TO GRUMPING 

[WARNING: The following information may be beneficial to your health]

• The obvious. A smile. Give the gift of your smile.
  
• Wear anything with a smile: clothing, hat, buttons, your face.

  • Add one or two smile breaks to your day. [If you hate smiling, call in grumpy and take the day off.]
    
  • Send a funny email to friends. Encourage them to forward it.
    
  • Make smile cards. Give them to hospitals, nursing homes, or our military. They need a smile.
    
  • Pick 5 names at random from the phone book. Mail them a smile card.
    
  • Make joy baskets.
    
  • Call or write someone you haven’t spoken to in a long time, just to say you care.
    
  •  Visit a lonely person. [Adult or child]
    
  •  Deliver fresh baked cookies to city workers, senior centers, police stations or shut-ins.
    
  •  Collect goods for a food bank.
    
  •  Make a pizza and use toppings to make a smile face.
    
  • Sew, knit or crochet comfort items for the police trauma unit or a children’s hospital. Pediatric patients appreciate small quilts or stuffed animals for cuddling.
    
  • Include a note or joke in your child’s lunchbox or slip a note or joke into your spouse’s pockets. 

        
These students are standing on a corner, smiles in hand, commiting a "Drive-By-Smiling." The cars loved it. They waved, smiled or honked in their appreciation of a stress-busting moment.