Smile a while and give your face a rest.
Raise your hand to the One who loves the best.
Then shake hands to your nearby..
And greet them with a SMILE!
Before the pandemic, we usually sing this song in the church for welcoming each other and our visitors. It is a happy song and I am reminiscing the happy faces I see. Oh I how I miss the church gatherings, now we still have church time, but in the new normal.
S-M-I-L-E
A 5 letter word that we usually hear when having photo shoots or pictorials and even when we cheer up someone that is so down.
In Meriam Dictionary, SMILE is defined as a facial expression - the mouth corners are curved upward and eyes are brighten. This facial expression can express amusement, approval, pleasure or even a scorn. Furthermore, it is defined as pleasant and encouraging appearance.
Here are some interesting fun facts about SMILE according to Gentle Smiles of Colorado:
Children smile more than adults. Do you agree? Kids smile up to 400 times a day and adults with only about 20 times per day. See the difference? This might be because adults have more things to think of, the work, the bills, the payables and more while kids, they just love to play.
Image from Pixabay SMILE needs less effort than FROWN. It takes about 50 muscles to make a frown and only about 13 to make a smile. So imagine, the 37 muscles you saved when you SMILE? Turn that frown upside down, to make a SMILE around.
Image from Pixabay Babies, even the newborn ones have the ability to smile. Have you tried looking on a newborn baby smiling while at deep sleep? they seem to have good dreams. Babies usually smile while they watch other people smile at them, or they are the ones making the smile first. Babies that are born blind have also the ability to smile. One of the stress reliever is really my baby's smile. After a day of work, when I see her smile as I come home, the tiresome day would really be lighter.
Image from Pixabay SMILE is a universal facial expression. Do you agree? I have gone into different places and when you show people a smile, they will also smile. Smile is one of the most recognized facial expression that shows your happy. Regardless of nationality, race, religion and culture, almost all of them knows how to smile.
Smiles are of Different Types. 19 different types of smiles is identified by a researcher at UC San Francisco and categorized it into two: Polite "social" smiles and Sincere"felt" smiles. Are you making use of this two? we usually do the social smiles when there are gatherings, conferences and we usually don't know the people personally. On the other hand, the sincere smiles are usually given to our loved ones, special someone.
Let's look on what SMILE can bring to people.
SMILE can lighten the burden. When somebody is in deep despair and you offer them a SMILE, it can somewhat lighten the burden.
SMILE can change the mood. I experience this, I am really in a bad mood, then I see someone smiling to me, I smiled back. Well, that smile is contagious.
SMILE can help you find a special someone. How many of you started the relationship with SMILES? Smile is a way of showing attraction to someone. If you smile to someone you like, and that someone smiles back, well, the feeling might be mutual.
Image from Pixabay SMILE can make us attractive and look good. WHY do we smile in a pictorial? Of course, because we want to look good, attractive in the photo. This only shows that smile has a positive vibe in our photos, but it should not only be in picture but also in the real one.
SMILE can make a big difference. Maybe someone has a burden, your smile can make a difference in his/her life, greet him at least with a SMILE.
So have you smiled today? Remember that you can save at most 37 muscles when you smile rather than frown.
Image by Kranich17 from Pixabay
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Sending you lots of love and smiles today, sis!