The Power of Smiling

Smile is what takes to improve your mood, energy, and health. Having a smile shows your confidence and enthusiasm to win all your battles gracefully without complaining about hardships, this is the power of smiling

It is One smile that help someone have a better day.

It is One smile which is needed to make a difference in this world.

One smile can make a powerful impact that ripples past our immediate surroundings.

When you smile your neural network gets activated, which improves mood and reduces stress. Brian Luke Seward’s paper, Managing Stress: Principles and Strategies for Health and Well-Being discuss how smiling stimulates neural connections which lead to stress reduction.

 Smiling cause a surge in the mood boosting endorphins, dopamine and serotonin, leading to feelings of happiness. Smiling not only induces a positive impact to mental well-being, but also contributes to improved physical health as smiling has also been shown to lower high heart rates and blood pressure.

It does not just improve your personal health and well-being, but also significantly impacts those around you. Your smile is literally contagious! In a study published in the Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, Automatic mimicry reactions as related to differences in emotional empathy, when participants were shown images of facial expressions of various emotions, the images of a person smiling triggered the participants naturally to mimic the facial expression and smile as well. When you smile at someone, they are likely to start smiling as well. Not only is your smile boosting your mood, but also making a positive impact on another person.

The power of a smile must not be underestimated. A smile shares hope, affection, and peace. A smile has the power to bring light in the darkness, to bring positive energy in the day, to reduce stress in life and to bring greater happiness in the world.

It is just one smile that makes you different from others. Give it a try. Smile. Watch how suddenly, you will feel its immense power and impact in elevating your mood and well-being. In an instant, you will have changed your life, your career, and someone else’s too. So, before we conclude this article, “let’s smile” and show the world, the power of smiling.

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