My horoscope today said “Smile, that’s all” and I wondered if it’s something “that’s all” type simple.Coincidentally few days ago over a cup of tea I was talking to a friend of mine and I mentioned to her that one of the first things that people would notice about her was her smile. Then she told me something interesting that she had actually done a study where she observed people travelling with her and found that almost everyone has this very serious expression on their faces all the time and people hardly smiled. I found this very interesting and for the next few days I saw that, yes people around me have a default non-smilie expression. Smiling is one of the simplest things to do but yet it’s one that most forgotten and most taken for granted activities. Yet its one the most beautiful things created. Just imagine that toothless grin of a little child. Doesn’t it fill you with an endearing feeling? The way your heart does a summersault when that special someone smiles at you. That’s the magic of smile.
Now I am not going to tell you why you should smile as by now you have heard and read about it a lot. But what I am going to tell you are reasons why you shouldn’t be smiling. Firstly, if you are source of income for those cosmetic manufacturers whose bread and butter is the wrinkle free cream on your face then you shouldn’t be smiling. Don’t believe me, alright then read on. When you smile you put just 4 facial muscles to work while during frowning or tensed or serious, you have 40 muscles active. This leads to wrinkle formation taking away the young fresh look for which you pay when you could simply smile your way through.
Secondly, if you tired of getting lot of attention from the opposite sex and want to avoid that, my advice is don’t smile as smiling makes us attractive. We are drawn to people who smile. There is an attraction factor. We want to know a smiling person and figure out what is so good. Frowns, scowls and grimaces all push people away but a smile draws them in.
Next, if you enjoy being sad and melancholy then again smiling aint your thing as it’s a handy tool to keep your mood. Next time you are feeling down, try putting on a smile. There's a good chance you mood will change for the better. Smiling can trick the body into helping you change your mood.
Here is something that smiling can get and you would definitely not want is “promotions”. Smiling makes you seem successful. Smiling people appear more confident, are more likely to be promoted, and more likely to be approached. Put on a smile at meetings and appointments and people will react to you differently.
And this is the final thing why I wouldn’t recommend smiling as it helps you to be negative. Try this test: Smile. Now try to think of something negative without losing the smile. It's hard. When we smile our body is sending the rest of us a message that "Life is Good!" Stay away from depression, stress and worry by smiling.
Friends, I am sure that if you are still reading this blog you are not one of those people who wants to look old and unattractive, doesn’t want to be successful nor wants to sad and negative. If your answer to all these questions is yes then now is the time when you should look up from screen and the first person that you see, give an eye contact and a warm smile and am sure that person will smile back as smiling is contagious which lightens the environment and brings happiness. So all I have to say is “Smile, that’s all”.
Now I am not going to tell you why you should smile as by now you have heard and read about it a lot. But what I am going to tell you are reasons why you shouldn’t be smiling. Firstly, if you are source of income for those cosmetic manufacturers whose bread and butter is the wrinkle free cream on your face then you shouldn’t be smiling. Don’t believe me, alright then read on. When you smile you put just 4 facial muscles to work while during frowning or tensed or serious, you have 40 muscles active. This leads to wrinkle formation taking away the young fresh look for which you pay when you could simply smile your way through.
Secondly, if you tired of getting lot of attention from the opposite sex and want to avoid that, my advice is don’t smile as smiling makes us attractive. We are drawn to people who smile. There is an attraction factor. We want to know a smiling person and figure out what is so good. Frowns, scowls and grimaces all push people away but a smile draws them in.
Next, if you enjoy being sad and melancholy then again smiling aint your thing as it’s a handy tool to keep your mood. Next time you are feeling down, try putting on a smile. There's a good chance you mood will change for the better. Smiling can trick the body into helping you change your mood.
Here is something that smiling can get and you would definitely not want is “promotions”. Smiling makes you seem successful. Smiling people appear more confident, are more likely to be promoted, and more likely to be approached. Put on a smile at meetings and appointments and people will react to you differently.
And this is the final thing why I wouldn’t recommend smiling as it helps you to be negative. Try this test: Smile. Now try to think of something negative without losing the smile. It's hard. When we smile our body is sending the rest of us a message that "Life is Good!" Stay away from depression, stress and worry by smiling.
Friends, I am sure that if you are still reading this blog you are not one of those people who wants to look old and unattractive, doesn’t want to be successful nor wants to sad and negative. If your answer to all these questions is yes then now is the time when you should look up from screen and the first person that you see, give an eye contact and a warm smile and am sure that person will smile back as smiling is contagious which lightens the environment and brings happiness. So all I have to say is “Smile, that’s all”.
This is a very important article for all those who have stopped enjoying their lives. Pause and think about your life, I am sure at one point of time you will realize that you are one of those lucky ones who have the leisure and have got everything that one needs, but still we find something missing in our lives. Guys its very important to value what you have in life and if not happy then at least SMILE. All the best
ReplyDeleteMr. Optimistic
very well written, i must say :)
ReplyDeletePeople do frget to smile amidst their woes and stress.. smile is a nice, handy, easy to use tool to help u get rid of stress, but we seldom remember to use it that when it is needed the most.