When we get focused on getting some place or doing something, we usually reflect our level of concentration in our face. We project o...
When we get focused on getting some place or doing something, we
usually reflect our level of concentration in our face. We project outwardly,
with our expression, what is happening on the inside. A grimace, scowl, frown
or smile sends a signal to those around us, and as a species we have learned to
read them well and react accordingly.
A smile has the power to change, not just how we look on the
outside, but how we feel on the inside. Lots of research supports the premise
that smiling makes us feel better and helps those around us to feel better too.
We are actually born smiling. It’s contagious for sure and smiling has got to
be the least expensive form of self-therapy. It unleashes positive chemicals
into our system and causes people around us to smile back.
To quote an article in Forbes a few years ago: “Why?” “Because
smiling is evolutionarily contagious and we have a subconscious innate drive to
smile when we see one. This occurs even among strangers when we have no intention
to connect or affiliate with the other person. Mimicking a smile and
experiencing it physically helps us interpret how genuine a smile is, so that
we can understand the real emotional state of the smiler.”
A smile is the currency of a happier life. So use yours and
create more smiles. It’s free and powerful and if you could see me this very
second, you’d see I’m smiling right at you. :)
Gary Szenderski, the Author of Szen Zone
