After more than 5 years on Hive, it's sometimes difficult to find topics to write about. I don't want to write stuff just for the sake of writing or of earning some hive through upvotes. When I write, I really want to give an added value to the reader.
I'm reading a lot of books and with every book, I learn new things that I tend to remember a couple of weeks before I kind of forget them. I decided to kind of remember these things by writing posts about them. Thanks to Hive, I can come back to these posts and remember the great things I've learned. I also believe that if these things matter to me, they might matter to other people as well.
We all want to make our lives better
Are you happy with your life? If you are or are not, you certainly always want to make your life a little bit better. Some small things can make a big difference in this respect. Today, I would like to show you how smiling will improve your life and the life of the people around you...
Smile – it doesn't cost anything
You probably know this feeling. You get up in the morning and you start to think about all the things that need to be done, about the issues that are worrying you, about the conflicts with other people, about the problems of the world and more. Unfortunately, all these thoughts are rather negative and they often prime you for the day.
People who met you, will see all these thoughts on your face and they will recognize the same state that they are in. Let's say both of you probably will not be smiling. Worst case any interaction might end up in a conflict because you just needed a little bit more ngegativity to explode.
You will agree with me that it's not so much fun to live your days like that. A smile can change that.
Cheat yourself
When I don't feel so well, I try to cheat myself. I go in front of the mirror and I force myself to smile for about 30 seconds to 1 minute. Scientific experiments have shown that smiling actually produces hormones that will make you feel happier. In addition to that, a lot of muscles are triggered when you smile and the smile sets in after forcing myself like that.
Smile to everybody
Whenever I meet somebody, I try to do so with a smile on my face. I don't always manage I have to admit but I try and I realize that over time, people start to smile back at me. I often go to a restaurant to have a coffee next to my house. People working there are somewhat dull and are rather down, not enjoying their work much. But each time, I come, I see a smile forming on their face and they greet me. I get the smile back from them and we both feel a bit better from our mutual smiling.
The great thing is that whenever there is a kind of action in the restaurant, they will be sure to inform me and I would thank them a lot for their attention.
Smiling doesn't cost anything but it can make the life of the others a little bit better. When you smile to somebody, you show them that they matter to you. You will get these smiles back in return and you will feel better as well.
It's something very easy to do and I promise it works. Try it out, make your life better by smiling every day!
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