If you happen to visit a dentist, you may notice the picture of a charming person smiling to show the teeth, with this caption below – Smile enhances your face value.
Interestingly, a smile is the happiness you will find right under your nose. So true. In fact, a smile is a magic band on your face which is a sure shot way to spread the message of friendship and brotherhood. It is also the best way to make a good first impression. As such, in all important meetings and negotiations this instrument has been making a distinctive difference towards a nice beginning and a happy ending.
It is a known fact that animals can't smile. It’s a priceless gift of God only to us mankind. But, are we able to use this natural and effective tool for the well-being of ourselves and our society, individually and collectively? In the name of being too busy or for some other hackneyed reasons, most of us have slowly forgotten to look for and enjoy an opportunity to smile. Lee Giblin puts it this way: "If you are not using your smile, you are like a man with a million dollars in the bank and having no cheque book." Anyway, have you smiled today? If yes, ask yourself how many times so far? If you have not smiled today till this moment, just go before the mirror and smile at least for a minute. You would look and feel better. Remember to do this every morning after you leave your bed and feel the magic of the golden saying “well begun is half done.”
Nobody can dispute and deny what has been reiterated by many, known for their extraordinary wisdom including the anonymous writer in these lines: A smile costs nothing but gives back disproportionately. It enriches those who receive without making poorer those who give. It takes but a moment, but the memory of it sometimes lasts forever. None is so rich or mighty that can get along without it and none is so poor but that can be made rich by it. It creates sunshine in the home, fosters goodwill in business. And it is the best antidote for trouble and yet can't be begged, borrowed or stolen, for it is of no value, unless it is freely given away. Some people are too busy to give you a smile, give them one of yours - for God knows that no one needs a smile so badly, as he or she who has no more smiles left to give. To say it precisely in Denis Waitley's words, "A smile is the light in your window that tells others that there is a caring, sharing person inside."
Genuine smile, not a fake one, has a definite de-stressing impact during a taxing time which in turn, as researchers have found out, is very good for keeping the heart and brain healthy. Studies do corroborate this view that smile acts as a natural medicine because smile releases hormones like endorphin, serotonin etc.; the effect of which makes us feel better and thereby enhances our ability to perform well even in adverse situations. Truly, one smile can let you run a mile.
It is common knowledge that it takes 17 muscles to smile but 43 to frown. So, the more you smile and smile like an innocent child with others, the more you look young and charming. It is an effective facial exercise. People also like to have friends who can smile and let others provide the opportunity to smile. It makes both the giver and receiver feel the beauty of being a true human being, not in terms of money but surely in terms of lots of joy. Mother Teresa thus tells, "Let us always meet each other with a smile, for the smile is the beginning of love." (hellomilansinha@gmail.com)
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