Smile
| Never underestimate the power of a smile. You’d be surprised at how powerful a smile can be when used properly and in the presence of people who long to be understood. A recent study revealed that women smile more than men and this fact alone might have something to do with why they also live longer. Smiling releases endorphins which function as the body’s natural anti-depressant, so its kind of hard to smile and not feel better; which is amazing when you think about it because people are always looking for ways to feel better about themselves but they never consider how easy it is to get there. We are never as far as we think we are, and what we want out of life is never as impossible as it seems. Half the struggle in life is finding the |
But there is something else. Smiling relieves you of the responsibility to respond to stupidity and keeps you from becoming petty and small. When you smile you say to people that you’re in control, you tell them that they can’t make you respond to their foolishness. Your smile tells people that you brought your joy with you and there’s nothing that they can do about it.
I believe that you ought to be able to smile at least half as long as you’ve cried. Never let your struggles separate you from your joy. And I know that smiling won’t fix all of your problems; and it won’t make everything better overnight but it can remind you of whom you are. The simple act of smiling has the power to create within us a single spark of joy which might to our surprise set the totality of our lives ablaze with passion and self-confidence. You’d be surprised at you can do with a smile; but perhaps most of all, you’d be surprised at what a smile can do for you.
Great Article. Very meaningful and real solution. You make it very simple to understand the secret of feeling good about yourself. In addition to feeling good about yourself, you illustrate how a smile can control situations and viewpoints of others. Fantastic.
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i think you're right D. Bell. life is rather simple when you think about. we are often the ones the make it complex and confusing. keeping it simple is something we should all strive to do and when you know that something as simple as a smile can change a life makes you think about what elese you can chang.
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