11 Good Reasons To Smile
“It takes 43 muscles to frown, but only 17 to smile”
There are no official research found about how many muscles it takes to smile or to frown, but the most popular saying is “It takes 43 muscles to frown, but only 17 to smile.” One thing obvious for sure, it takes more muscles and energy to frown than to smile.
Some people may assume when you frown you consume more energy and burn more calories. That might be the case, but I think the amount of calories you burn so small, that if you’ll frown all the time, you don’t even loose a pound.
If you still debating whether to smile or frown, consider in addition another top 10 reasons to smile:
- Smiling Makes Us Attractive
- Smiling Changes Our Mood
- Smiling Is Contagious
- Smiling Relieves Stress
- Smiling Boosts Your Immune System
- Smiling Lowers Your Blood Pressure
- Smiling Releases Endorphins, Natural Pain Killers and Serotonin
- Smiling Lifts the Face and Makes You Look Younger
- Smiling Makes You Seem Successful
- Smiling Helps You Stay Postive
"Top 10 reasons to smile" By Mark Stibich, Ph.D., About.com
I hope 10+1 good reasons to smile enough to remind everyone about benefits of smiling for ourselfs and for the people around us.
I smile for other people inside it hurts.. it hurts like a blackness a shroud until I need not smile for anyone because they simply disappear even though their still very near…Maybe they smile with the same intent as I..I often thought this and tried to concidered why? I disappear they do? I do but you smile anyway..right..right.
I don’t currently have a website published. It should be published soon. My favorite topic is “ways to get others (and yourself) to smile” The positive results of smiling have been proven, more than once. I am a special education teacher of 27 years, currently on medical leave following back surgery. When you are able to get student with special learning needs to smile, you are also able to open their mind to learn something new. I think that works for all people, not just special needs students. I consider myself a “The teacher as the student, what we can all learn with an open mind”. This is the title of a small book that I wrote a few years ago in honor of one of my students that died from a disease that his mother was the carrier of. She did not find this out until her third child was born with Hunter’s Syndrome. She became my best friend after I became the teacher of her children. I had the honor of attending the funeral of all three children. Knowing this family, and spending time with these students, gave me a different perspective on life. She and I are still “best” friends and we share a common bond that has changed my life forever. (In a positive (way)
Smile For Appreciation