When I was a child, I used to visit my aunt's house once a month. One of her neighbors was a young, strange woman named Mina. Whenever I saw her, I felt a killing grief in her eyes. Once I asked her, "Why are you sad?" "Because I do not like a happy life," she replied. I could not dare ask her why she dislikes a happy life, but her sentence made me curious about the reality of happiness and sadness. Regardless of various studies and debates among scientists and philosophers about the definition of both terms, I think our feelings and expressions can change others' grief into happiness.
All of us have one power that can make our faces happier. This is the power of a smile, which works miracles and gives positive energy to our lives. We do not need any money to buy smiles. If we do not know how, when, and where to smile, we should seek out people who always smile and try to copy them. This is the easiest way to learn to smile.
The positive role of a smile can be observed in societies where people do not live under stress, such as Scandinavian countries. According to UN reports, the Nordic countries are the happiest societies in the world. The tourists can easily observe their happiness by smiling and laughing. One of the causes of their happiness can be found in women's happiness during their pregnancy. Their children learn to smile and laugh from their mothers. The policymakers in Nordic countries realize the dark consequences of stress and tension for pregnant women, so they introduced various strategies to decrease pregnant women's stress levels to zero, ranging from parental leave to free childcare centers.
One who has the power of a smile is not only a happy person; he distributes happiness wherever he goes because
- A smile is like water upon fire; it relieves angry and sad people.
- Smiles cure diseases. If free smiles can make sick people healthy, you should not be stingy.
- A smile makes it easier to start talking with a sad person and makes him feel that you are the only person who can solve his problem.
- A smile conveys a message of integrity and sincerity.
- A smile is a symbol of love and respect.
- Smiles prevent children from committing crimes.
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