- By Milan K Sinha
If you happened to visit a dentist, you might have noticed the picture of a beautiful girl smiling to show her teeth, with this caption below – "Smile enhances your face value. Isn’t it?"
And rightly so. Smile is a magic band on our face which is a sure shot way to spread the message of friendship and brotherhood. In all negotiations this instrument has made distinctive difference towards happy ending.
It is a known fact that animals can't smile. It’s a priceless gift of God only to us mankind. But, are we able to use this natural and effective tool for the well-being of ourselves, individually and collectively? In the name of being too busy or for some other hackneyed reasons, most of us have slowly forgotten to look for and enjoy an opportunity to smile.
Lee Giblin puts it this way: "If you are not using your smile, you are like a man with a million dollar in the bank and having no cheque book."
Nobody can dispute and deny what has been reiterated by many, known for their extraordinary wisdom including the anonymous writer in these lines: A smile costs nothing but gives back disproportionately. It enriches those who receive without making poorer those who give. It takes but a moment, but the memory of it sometimes lasts forever. None is so rich or mighty that can get along without it and none is so poor but that can be made rich by it. It creates sunshine in the home, fosters goodwill in business. And it is the best antidote for trouble and yet can't be begged, borrowed or stolen, for it is of no value, unless it is freely given away. Some people are too busy to give you a smile, give them one of yours - for the God knows that no one needs a smile so badly, as he or she who has no more smiles left to give.
To say it precisely in Denis Waitley's words, "A smile is the light in your window that tells others that there is a caring, sharing person inside."
Genuine smile, not a fake one, has a definite de-stressing impact during a taxing time which in turn, as researchers have found out, is very good for keeping the heart healthy. Studies do corroborate this view that smile acts as a natural medicine because smiling releases endorphins, serotonin etc.; the effect of which makes us feel better.
It is a common saying that it takes 17 muscles to smile but 43 to frown. Truly, one smile can let you run a mile. The more you smile the more you look young and charming. People like to have friends who can smile and let others provide the opportunity to smile. It makes both the giver and receiver feel the beauty of being a true human being, not in terms of money but surely in terms of lots of joy. Mother Teresa thus tells, "Let us always meet each other with smile, for the smile is the beginning of love."
Finally, smile and enjoy my two-liner:
जिंदगी के झमेलों में भी जो मुस्कुराते रहे
वही इस कलयुग में भी आदमी बने रहे ।
# Published in Patna Daily.com
And rightly so. Smile is a magic band on our face which is a sure shot way to spread the message of friendship and brotherhood. In all negotiations this instrument has made distinctive difference towards happy ending.It is a known fact that animals can't smile. It’s a priceless gift of God only to us mankind. But, are we able to use this natural and effective tool for the well-being of ourselves, individually and collectively? In the name of being too busy or for some other hackneyed reasons, most of us have slowly forgotten to look for and enjoy an opportunity to smile.
Lee Giblin puts it this way: "If you are not using your smile, you are like a man with a million dollar in the bank and having no cheque book."
Nobody can dispute and deny what has been reiterated by many, known for their extraordinary wisdom including the anonymous writer in these lines: A smile costs nothing but gives back disproportionately. It enriches those who receive without making poorer those who give. It takes but a moment, but the memory of it sometimes lasts forever. None is so rich or mighty that can get along without it and none is so poor but that can be made rich by it. It creates sunshine in the home, fosters goodwill in business. And it is the best antidote for trouble and yet can't be begged, borrowed or stolen, for it is of no value, unless it is freely given away. Some people are too busy to give you a smile, give them one of yours - for the God knows that no one needs a smile so badly, as he or she who has no more smiles left to give.
To say it precisely in Denis Waitley's words, "A smile is the light in your window that tells others that there is a caring, sharing person inside."
Genuine smile, not a fake one, has a definite de-stressing impact during a taxing time which in turn, as researchers have found out, is very good for keeping the heart healthy. Studies do corroborate this view that smile acts as a natural medicine because smiling releases endorphins, serotonin etc.; the effect of which makes us feel better.
It is a common saying that it takes 17 muscles to smile but 43 to frown. Truly, one smile can let you run a mile. The more you smile the more you look young and charming. People like to have friends who can smile and let others provide the opportunity to smile. It makes both the giver and receiver feel the beauty of being a true human being, not in terms of money but surely in terms of lots of joy. Mother Teresa thus tells, "Let us always meet each other with smile, for the smile is the beginning of love."
Finally, smile and enjoy my two-liner:
जिंदगी के झमेलों में भी जो मुस्कुराते रहे
वही इस कलयुग में भी आदमी बने रहे ।
So, keep smiling. Will meet again with Open Mind. All the Best.
Every man dies. Not every man really lives. So smile and seize the day.
ReplyDeleteThanks for reading & sharing your point of view. All the Best.
DeleteA smile can do wonders. A magic band that possesses the power to bridge differences. Make someone happy, take away his/her worries, convey a warm feeling, create a cozy environment and makes one's day happier. So, SMILE. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for reading & sharing your point of view so nicely. All the Best.
DeleteIt's true that a good smile can do wonders.Smile can relax our stress too.So smile and enjoy the life beautifully.
ReplyDeleteThanks for reading & sharing your point of view so nicely in few words. All the Best.
Deleteabout forty years ago the village people had natural laugh through jokes between certain relations socially permitted for this purpose e. g.dewar-bhabhi,bua-bhatija.but nowadays we have lost this and we are are laughing artificially in the parks. The society has lost natural laugh.Nietzey said-Man alone suffers so excruciatingly that he was compelled to invent laughter.Thus laughing balances sorrows.G .P.Tripathi.BOI aminabad Lucknow.
ReplyDeleteThanks for reading & sharing your views. Yes, we have little time to smile in a natural way. All the Best.
Deletea guy asked me once..."isn't that we have forgotten to laugh now a days..." i told him at least you can SMILE... :)... enjoyed reading... best wishes... Rimi
ReplyDeleteVery rightly said. Thanks a lot. Keep smiling. All the Best.
Deletea smile can solve most problems faced in life....
ReplyDeleteThanks for reading & sharing your views. Keep smiling. All the Best.
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