Rex Trulove
I have a tendency of greeting almost everyone I see with a “Hello” and a smile. However, I saw a man today who seemed intent on not smiling. That got me thinking of the worth of a smile. How often do you smile?
It is a proven fact that although a smile costs nothing to give, it releases endorphins in the brain that buoys a person’s mood, lowers blood pressure, and slows both respiration and heartbeat. In other words, a smile has been proven to be good for your health.
What’s more, the endorphins are released in both the person who is smiling and the person or people who are seeing that smile. A smile is also contagious. That has also been proven by researchers at UC Berkeley. A smiling person entered groups of non-smiling people and within two minutes, a large portion of those crowds were also smiling.
Other findings: People were 80% more likely to react favorably to something said by someone who was smiling.
About three-quarters of people are more apt to trust a smiling person than a person who doesn’t smile.
People are much more likely to want to be around people who smile a lot than those who don’t.
People are more likely to be considered beautiful or handsome if they smile a lot.
People who smile a lot tend to have fewer illnesses, especially headaches, than those who don’t.
This one is somewhat surprising: People who smile a lot tend to make more money than those who don’t.
If you want to improve your health while also brightening the day of others, start smiling more often.
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How often do you smile?
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Very often
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More often than not
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Not often
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more often in private than in public
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only when something amuses me
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rarely. I tend to be a grumpy person.
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I smile very often…
That is a very good and healthy thing to do.
I smile as often as possible, it makes me feel better. 🙂
Now you know why it makes you feel better. 😀
William James (the founder of the School of Psychology at Harvard and brother of Henry James) postulated in the late 1880s that smiling helped people.
https://www.nytimes.com/1989/07/18/science/a-feel-good-theory-a-smile-affects-mood.html
Frued said James was wrong.
So no one tested that theory until the 1960s. It has been tested many times since. Never found to be wrong.
Smiling makes you feel better about yourself!
That is true and it also makes others feel better about you. I’ve seen many people who would be undeniably beautiful, except that they didn’t smile.
It is incredibly true – smile and the world smiles with yoU!
The sad thing is that so many people don’t know the value of a smile and have never even thought about it.
Freud dismissed the theory as misguided. It took 80 years for people to move past that and even consider it. (William James theory on smiling)!
I smile a lot and laugh out loud to keep me sane and my way of life
It is a good thing if you smile often!
All the time, when I am with people I love.
You don’t smile at other people, like at the store or such?
I am not a smiling-face person but I really smile when there is a reason to.
If someone smiles at you, do you smile back?
I am always alone so if anything can make me smile it is something I read online or watch or listen to.
Maybe it would be a good idea for you to get out more often?
That’s just it. I have to get out more but I would feel better if I had someone to go with me.
I try to keep a positive attitude and smile even at strangers.
I especially smile at strangers. The interesting thing is that they usually smile back.
My wife laughs all the time, has beautiful white teeth.
I’m more frowned upon.
It is something that a person can be trained to do, though, through simple practice.