What makes you smile
Name: Janine A. Lacson
School: Philippine Science High School – Cagayan Valley Campus
A Curve That Sets Everything Straight
What is something that you show without much thought? There a lot of facial expressions that a person can make. Some seem more common and the more subtle differences are lost in different traditions and cultures, but the most universal facial expression with same meaning across all culture is indicated by an upward curving of the corners of the mouth or simply, a smile.
I smile knowing that smiling changes my mood. According to psychologists if you smile for a minute, no matter how fake or forced it feels, your body releases hormones such as serotonin which tricks the body into making you feel happy. Every time I am feeling down, I always try to put on a smile. Smiling also prevents me from looking tired. When I am stressed, I take time to put on a smile. The stress I feel is being reduced and making me able to do more useful things. And also, studies have shown that smiling releases endorphins, and natural pain killers. Together, these make us feel good thus; many people consider smiling as a natural drug. Whenever I am having a conversation with other people, I try to smile, smirk, laugh a little on every phrase, sentence, greeting, or even when saying goodbye. It will lighten up other peoples’ day and make them want to talk to me more. In that way, I gain more acquaintances that I can rely too.
I smile because there are no reasons to be sad. Life is full of obstacles that we encounter every day and these obstacles make our life unhappy but I do not take these obstacles negatively, unlike others, I optimistically find the good in these obstacles so that I will not feel gloomy. I face these obstacles with a smile knowing that there are good things that await me through this difficulty. I do not consider the word “problem” to get in my mind, instead I take it as a challenge that I cannot lose to. But in cases that I would feel
School: Philippine Science High School – Cagayan Valley Campus
A Curve That Sets Everything Straight
What is something that you show without much thought? There a lot of facial expressions that a person can make. Some seem more common and the more subtle differences are lost in different traditions and cultures, but the most universal facial expression with same meaning across all culture is indicated by an upward curving of the corners of the mouth or simply, a smile.
I smile knowing that smiling changes my mood. According to psychologists if you smile for a minute, no matter how fake or forced it feels, your body releases hormones such as serotonin which tricks the body into making you feel happy. Every time I am feeling down, I always try to put on a smile. Smiling also prevents me from looking tired. When I am stressed, I take time to put on a smile. The stress I feel is being reduced and making me able to do more useful things. And also, studies have shown that smiling releases endorphins, and natural pain killers. Together, these make us feel good thus; many people consider smiling as a natural drug. Whenever I am having a conversation with other people, I try to smile, smirk, laugh a little on every phrase, sentence, greeting, or even when saying goodbye. It will lighten up other peoples’ day and make them want to talk to me more. In that way, I gain more acquaintances that I can rely too.
I smile because there are no reasons to be sad. Life is full of obstacles that we encounter every day and these obstacles make our life unhappy but I do not take these obstacles negatively, unlike others, I optimistically find the good in these obstacles so that I will not feel gloomy. I face these obstacles with a smile knowing that there are good things that await me through this difficulty. I do not consider the word “problem” to get in my mind, instead I take it as a challenge that I cannot lose to. But in cases that I would feel