Ya know that saying, "an apple a day, keeps the doctor away"? How about, a genuine happy smile can keep the negativity away. I believe when you smile it makes life that much better. Smiling at a stranger, makes you feel better, even if they don't smile back. At least, when I smile at people, it makes me feel better. It is a subtle way of spreading joy on. There are not many things in this world that you want to spread to others, but joy and happiness are two things that are easily spreadable and ultimately positive.
A smile can brighten up a room, a smile can change a whole person's demeanor, a smile can win hearts and sometimes change minds. Smiles are powerful.
I have become so self conscious of my smile and feel like it is truly embarrassing to smile with my whole mouth. Now, I either cover my mouth, smile with my mouth closed, or both. At the beginning I tried to do the red carpet "sly smile", you know that smile that they do with their lips pursed together like Sylvester - the Pooty Tat and looking out to the cameras like they have Tweety bird in their mouths - Yeah, that wasn't me and I looked really silly doing it. I went back to smiling with my whole mouth (to see if I got over the ugliness of my braces) - showing all of my hardware - I realized, that only scared the children and myself! So, then I tried the shy smile like a Geisha (with my hand in front of my face, which is what I did before my braces, at times), that makes me look like a repressed Asian woman with no confidence. Bingo! I found my smile... It works well.
A smile says a lot about a person. Whether they are confident, pretending to be confident, shy, ready to take on the world, happy, sad - yes a smile can show sadness as well, a smile can also show hardships, it can show a life lived, it can brighten someones day, or make someone afraid, you can smile to persuade someone, or to make someone feel comfortable. A smile truly is worth a thousand (million) words!
What ways can you make the most of your smile?
A smile is a donation from the heart, use it whenever you think it is appropriate and where it will make a difference. It costs nothing to smile at others.
Look out World... By December 2012, these braces are coming off and you won't be able to wipe this free donation off my face! ;)
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