I wonder what life would be like if no one ever smiled.
There’s a strange divine power in a smile that changes perception, moods and situations. Why do we smile? Or rather why do we frown? (I’m one to talk, coz my art director once asked me “Zakk how come you never smile?” lol). I remember reading somewhere that it takes about 43 muscles to frown but only 17 muscles to smile. So, why frown, when it’s so much easier to smile? Are we as humans sad by default? The statistics go somewhat like this, on an average more people frown, than smile and in between the two, we have the expressionless look. Which means that we somehow, we subliminally choose and give an effort to not smile.
There’s a strange divine power in a smile that changes perception, moods and situations. Why do we smile? Or rather why do we frown? (I’m one to talk, coz my art director once asked me “Zakk how come you never smile?” lol). I remember reading somewhere that it takes about 43 muscles to frown but only 17 muscles to smile. So, why frown, when it’s so much easier to smile? Are we as humans sad by default? The statistics go somewhat like this, on an average more people frown, than smile and in between the two, we have the expressionless look. Which means that we somehow, we subliminally choose and give an effort to not smile.
Well a lot of you would be asking why blog about a smile? And to be
honest I never really gave it much of a thought until recently, when I met
someone who had the most beautiful smile I’ve ever seen.
I had had a very bad day at work, deadline missed on a project, and
ten thousand other things, plus the feeling of helplessness. I was so mad I
could have stabbed Bambi that day and had the Smurfs for dinner. All I wanted to
do was go home, plug-in my guitar, put on some Pantera, have some beer (read
Jamie) go crazy and watch this new Van Damme flick I had downloaded - "Dragon Eyes". (Sound’s
good doesn’t it?)
Anyhow on my way home, I remembered I had to meet this girl I had
known for a while but never actually met. I didn’t really wanna go, coz I was
in such a bad mood, but hell I had nothing to lose, already felt like shit and
nothing could actually make me feel worse. So I went drove an extra 20
kilometers to meet her.
Boy oh boy, how my plans flipped when I met her. Lol. The plan was I’d
fake a smile, chit chat a lil bit and be on my way home to enjoy my awesome de-stressing
plan.
Most of you would be quick to
judge and say “he’s in love again”, but NO, it’s far from that. I’ve been down
that road before, and it’s over now. Don Juan has left the building! She’s a good friend who happens to have the
most charming, beautiful and innocently naughty smile. I was mesmerized with her smile; it
somehow made me happy and forget that I had a really bad day. I ended up having a great
time with her, went home put on some Nora Jones and ended up watching
Bambi. (No I didn't)
Now what I realized and started to think about is this. Both happiness
and sadness are very contagious, and it’s very important for us to choose which
one we choose to project. We should always remember that we directly affect
other people’s moods with ours. And just because we have had a bad day, doesn’t
mean we spoil others too, when a smile is all it takes to change things.
Now I have learned how valuable or powerful a simple smile is. I’ve
started to smile and forced myself
to smile a little more than usual and have seen some really refreshing changes
in me as well. Why just
a few days back a colleague said "Zakk you have a beautiful smile"J. It made my day! Smiled all day long!
I’ve been an angry kid for a long time now, and it hasn’t brought me an
ounce of happiness or satisfaction. So maybe this time, I’ll try to get by with
a lil help from a smile and see how it goes. J
3 comments:
am glad u realised u have a brilliant smile... flash it more often.. we all need it :)
my wife sometimes tells me i smile too much and i should be more serious to project a more stern image ( or sth like that). maybe its because i'm too lazy and automatically smile to avoid using all those extra muscles needed to frown :)
@Yesha: Thank you Yesha, you will be seeing a lot more of it lol.
@Ruolngulworld: whoa seems like I woke the sleeping giant ;p welcome back again. was wondering where u disappeared to. And I guess you are one of the lucky happy people by default.
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