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’cause if we just smile.

What’s a song that always puts you in a good mood? Smile by Johnny Stimson There’s a song I keep coming back to whenever life feels like too much: Smile by Johnny Stimson. As someone who overthinks just about everything, there are moments when the noise inside my head becomes overwhelmin, anxious spirals, unanswered questions, worries about things I can’t control. When that happens, music is usually the first thing I reach for. Not to distract myself, but to actually settle down. Smile does that for me in a way few songs do. The opening verse hits so close to home: When my heads is full of questionsAnd the sky is full of rainWhen I’m worrying about what I can’t changeI take a look in my reflectionAnd try to make a funny faceAnd for a second all my sorrows melt away It’s such a small, human act, making a funny face at yourself in the mirror. But there’s something quietly profound about it. It doesn’t solve anything. It just reminds you not to take the …