Wearing A Good Smile

Many of the good things of life are without price, yet their effects and benefits are priceless. One of such is a true smile. You do not pay to smile, but what you can create by smiling is beyond question. When you go out in the morning and smile to someone, there is a high tendency that they will smile back at you. This means that when you smile, you sow a seed that will come back to you in multiple form. More so, it is far better to smile that to force yourself to be sad. So wear a good smile.

A few weeks back, I was discussing with a friend about the benefits of smiling and he made one very thoughtful statement. He said that there are some illnesses that can be prevented just by being happy and smiling. At first, I did not understand it until he explained things to me. He told me that in the past, he used to be very sad about life and even when he talked to people, he would frown. It was not long and it became part of him. He went into depression and began to suffer from one thing or the other. It lasted for a while until he finally decided to turn a new leaf. He decided to make away with sadness and find reasons to smile. When he began that, his life got better and he was free from depression.

It serves more benefit to smile than not to smile. Apart from the health benefits, it also has cosmetic effects. If you look at the mirror while giving out a true smile, you will be surprised how good and adorable you will look. This is the reason why people smile while posing for pictures - to enhance their beauty. There is a kind of cosmetic benefits that a good smile can give to one. Just by smiling, it makes you more attractive and of course, you appear good to others. Even you, you will agree with me that you are more likely to be attracted to someone that smiles a lot than someone who always carries a frowning face.

In addition to making you attractive, smiling also makes you appear more friendly and people will like to make you acquaintance. People will feel at ease being friends with someone that carries a good smile. Trust me, no one has the time to consider what you have in your mind. Even if you are very good on the inside, you will still be judged by how you appear. So help people to judge you goodly by looking good - having a good smile. You may not even have your problems solved and you may have obvious needs, but it should not stop your smile. Do not allow your situation to determine when you will be happy, rather be happy to prove that you are on top of the situation.

If life does not give you the reasons to smile, then create one for yourself. At first, it may not be easy, but keep smiling and it will become part of you. One of my mentors once made a very insightful statement: "keep smiling; even if you have to fake it, then keep faking it until the smile becomes real." What he meant was that even if you have to force yourself to stay happy and smile, then do it. When you consider the benefits of smiling, you will not need extra motivation to do it. I remember one of the very close friends I have. The first thing that drew me close to her was the way she smiled. It was so adorable that you can literally feel her spirit from her smile.

A lot of people that you see smile made a choice to do that against all odds. Not because life is fair to them, but because they made the right choice. It is worthy to note that being happy or smiling is not a gift, neither is it what someone is born with, but a lifestyle that someone consciously chooses for themselves. Over the years, I have understood something - if you want to be happy and to smile, you will see reasons to. In the same way, if you want to be unhappy and frown, you will still see reasons to. It is all dependent on the choice you have made.

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