By Samaneh NazerianOne of the blessings God has bestowed on us is the smile.
If you have yet experienced it, you would well know that what a strong weapon we have. Nowadays, people smile just when they feel good or take pleasure in life. We can solve a great number of our problems and make others happy in a very simple way -- with a little smile!
Let’s take a look at some of its positive effects:
Do you know how relaxed we feel with a smile? It gives great comfort to us and others.
If someone gives you a sweet smile, you would definitely reply to him or her with a smile. This is a completely an unconscious reaction.
Today, it seems that people are less interested in smiling. They only manage to force a smile. Dealing with lots of problems has wiped the grin off of people’s faces.
Sometimes they refuse to beam at each other because no one wants to be regarded as a sensitive, perceptive, or vulnerable person.
One reason that a smile is effective is that through it we transfer a good feeling, kindness, and love to others. Do you remember once when someone gave you a little grin? How did you feel then, at that time? Save goodness, do you have any other feelings?
With a smile, we feel wonderfully relaxed and calm. It’s a certain calm. It heals and unites us. It makes us more attractive and builds up our self-esteem. It causes a domino effect of joy and amusement and sets off a number of positive physical effects, including reducing the level of stress hormones like cortisol, epinephrine (adrenaline), dopamine and growth hormone. It also increases the level of health-enhancing hormones like endorphins, and neurotransmitters.
Strengthening our immune systems, it helps us recover from illness and brings joy into our lives.
It shortens the distance between people, binds us together, lightens our burdens, and helps us keep things in perspective.
The main thing sapping our energy is the time, focus, and effort we put into coping with life’s problems. Bear in mind that we are human beings; our families, our friends, and our neighbors are not perfect and neither are our marriages, our kids, our in-laws as well as us ourselves. When we beam at each other, it can bind us closer together instead of pulling us apart. Even in the most difficult of times, a little smile can go a long way in helping us feel better.
The best smiles:
Do you know how relaxed we feel with a smile? It gives great comfort to us and others.
If someone gives you a sweet smile, you would definitely reply to him or her with a smile. This is a completely an unconscious reaction.
Today, it seems that people are less interested in smiling. They only manage to force a smile. Dealing with lots of problems has wiped the grin off of people’s faces.
Sometimes they refuse to beam at each other because no one wants to be regarded as a sensitive, perceptive, or vulnerable person.
One reason that a smile is effective is that through it we transfer a good feeling, kindness, and love to others. Do you remember once when someone gave you a little grin? How did you feel then, at that time? Save goodness, do you have any other feelings?
With a smile, we feel wonderfully relaxed and calm. It’s a certain calm. It heals and unites us. It makes us more attractive and builds up our self-esteem. It causes a domino effect of joy and amusement and sets off a number of positive physical effects, including reducing the level of stress hormones like cortisol, epinephrine (adrenaline), dopamine and growth hormone. It also increases the level of health-enhancing hormones like endorphins, and neurotransmitters.
Strengthening our immune systems, it helps us recover from illness and brings joy into our lives.
It shortens the distance between people, binds us together, lightens our burdens, and helps us keep things in perspective.
The main thing sapping our energy is the time, focus, and effort we put into coping with life’s problems. Bear in mind that we are human beings; our families, our friends, and our neighbors are not perfect and neither are our marriages, our kids, our in-laws as well as us ourselves. When we beam at each other, it can bind us closer together instead of pulling us apart. Even in the most difficult of times, a little smile can go a long way in helping us feel better.
The best smiles:
- Smiling with eyes is the most sincere kind of smile. Smiles are enjoyed best when they are friendly and honest.
- Many people want to seem more sincere, or simply want to be able to express themselves. When it comes to happiness, “smiling with our eyes” is of great importance to us and can be learned.
- Know that 90% of a sincere “smile with the eyes” is just getting the muscles of our face trained properly. When something really makes us happy, our eyes get brighter, taking on an excited shine or gleam. This is the exact opposite of “glassy eyes”.
- In order to achieve this goal, we will need to train our mind with practice, just as we trained our face.
- We have to learn to convince ourselves that what we are smiling about is really something we like and are excited about. If we can’t do this, we will have to practice quickly bringing to mind a memory or image that makes us happy. When we have to give our best smile (even if you don’t feel happy), quickly think of this happy thought and make the smile. Anyone watching will see a person smiling with their whole face.
- Some people are used to this. Others may take more time to get the hang of it. Take comfort. If you can’t pull this off to save your life, it just means you’re honest.
- We should try to avoid untimely smiling, and smiling at each other for the sake of ourselves in an attempt to feel better, not to receive others’ attention.
- Even when we are alone, and there is nothing making us happy, we can manage to bring a smile to our lips just for being still alive, well, and even alone.
- Let’s try it, and then enjoy life. It’s free, convenient, and beneficial in so many ways. It definitely makes good sense. Practice it now and see its positive effects on yourselves and others. It’s a free gift. We shouldn’t withhold it from others in the interests of ourselves
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