Why Smile?

 

Have you ever heard of 'angry smile'? Well, I haven't and I doubt they're compatible. Times without number I've tried to hold both (anger and a smile) at the same time but one ends up extinguishing the other. Really, whenever I'm able to force a smile and humm tunes when I sense anger forming a knot inside, the anger dissipates. Same with other negative emotions. You doubt it? Why not experiment it? Well, while you are busy at it let me share more of what I found about smiling.

They say it brightens your countenance, your day and your life; makes you look younger and  more attractive, causes an influx of positive emotions that reduce anxiety, relieve stress and even elevates the mood of those around you, helps you make friends easily and keep them.Then too, you can smile your way to happiness as it releases the feel-good hormones -- endorphins, dopamine and serotonin into your system. Really! Smiling is calming. So I put a handful of smile quotes together just for you. I hope they give you added reason to always have a smile handy, however tough things get.

"Nothing shakes the smiling heart."  Santos Kalwar

"Smile at strangers and you just might change a life" --Steve Maraboli

"People seldom notice old clothes if you wear a BIG smile." -- Lee Mildon.

"Life is a mirror. Smile at it and it smiles back at you."--Peace Pilgrim

"Your smile will give you a positive countenance  that will make people feel comfortable around you."-- Les Brown

"Smile! It increases your face value!"  --Robert Harling

"A smile is happiness you'll find right under your nose."-- Tom Wilson

Lighten up, just enjoy life, smile more, laugh more and don't get so worked up about things." --Kenneth Branagh

"It is more fitting for a man to laugh at life than to lament over it."-- Seneca

"Smile at every situation.See it as an opportunity to prove your strength and ability."--  Joe Brown

"Strong people are those who can smile for others' happiness."-- Veronica Purcell 

"If you are not using your smile, you are like a man with a million dollars in the bank and no check book."-- Les Goblin

"Your smile is your logo, your personality is your business card;how you leave others feeling after having an experience with you becomes your trademark." --

"Anyone can smile on their best day. I like to meet a man who can smile on his worst." Lauren Graham

"When a new day begins, dare to smile gratefully."-- Steve Maraboli

Yes! there are many languages, but a smile speaks  them all. So regardless of our background or journey so far, we can all smile. Sometimes bitterly painful memories can attempt to ruin our day but just that smile can lift that weary heart out of that ashpit. I sincerely don't find smiling easy, but there's no single day that breaks with not at least one thing to be grateful for. May gratitude for that one thing move us to take a smile with us wherever we go. So,together, let's fake it until we make it.