Smiling
Of all the things you could do to improve your life there is one that outshines them all. It is readily available no matter where you are and it doesn’t cost a dime.
It is an integral part of everyone we hold dear in our hearts. It is what we remember with fondness when they are gone. What is this incredible, inexhaustible, inexpensive piece of magic?
It is your smile.
I know, your first thought is “a smile? really?That’s like taking a baby aspirin to fix a broken leg”.
Is it really? Have you ever looked down into the crib of a baby and when that baby saw your face that baby smiled? What happened then? You smiled!
A sincere smile is always interpreted as something very pleasing by everyone in nearly every culture. What we often lose sight of is how a smile affects the person who is doing the smiling.
“Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.”
– Thich Nhat Hanh
There are countless studies showing the benefits of a sincere, not fake, smile. It improves our outlook, our immune system and our stress levels among other things.
Babies smile naturally. No one taught them. As we age we actually smile less and less. There are far more smiling babies than there are smiling senior citizens. Why is that?
The sad and simple answer is we learned not to smile. We learned to be serious. We learned that our smiling could get us into trouble or even be seen as a weakness.It was common knowledge that if we were smiling we were “up to something”.
It’s time to bring smiling back into your life. It is a truly magical remedy to what ails us. Try smiling while watching the news. Most of the news will seem preposterous. Try smiling while talking on the phone. It improves every conversation in a beautiful way. Try smiling when you are alone and watch your mood and thought patterns change. Smile before you exercise or before you meditate or cook or do a monotonous chore. It is a game changer!
Smiling changes everything for the better, anytime, anywhere. It costs nothing and at the same time it is priceless. Set a timer to remind yourself to smile a few times each day.
You said you wanted a better world. This is how it starts.
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July 17th, 2019 at 5:45 pm
That is lovely to read Patrick, thank you