can deny that the master key to all
human hearts is simply a little smile!
A simple calm smile that is not only
pasted to your lips but also shown in
your eyes and your facial features too, this smile tells everyone that you're glad
to meet them, and subsequently gives
them the same gladness and approval
when seeing you.
Have you ever seen a dolphin closely?
Do you know why they are so cute and
lovable? All dolphins have a capturing
smiling face, pure sparkling eyes that
tell you in a universal language: you are
welcome my friend!
Have you ever seen anyone who does
not like dolphins?! The smile may be the only good deed I
know that gives its feedback directly
right after you do it! It has a real
magical effect on all people no matter
what! A smile makes your face relieving
and trustworthy, and it sure gets you
through the first and the hardest
threshold in any social contact.
Try to give the first person you meet in
the morning a nice friendly smile and
see what happens. This person will
automatically smile back at you and may
also follow that by a short greeting. I tried it on my baby, my one year old
baby; I looked at him and gave him a
big welcoming smile. The result was
really surprising; he laughed out loudly,
stood up and came running to my arms
for a big hug!
As a child he spontaneously used the
only action he knows to express love for
me at the very moment he received my
smile. In less than a second I won that
much of his love just by a simple act, it
cost me nothing, but I gained so much
out of it. The lovely result I got allowed me to
make it a habit, not only with my child
but with other children too, and that is
the secret – for those who wanted to
know – that all children love me!
The adorable thing is that my baby has
got the idea, and whenever he sees me
a little busy or distracted he gives me a
big cheerful smile knowing that I will
never be able to resist that!
Another story happened to me when I
was eleven years old; we had a lady
neighbor who was so silent that I don't remember ever hearing her voice
before! She also used to keep a grumpy
face at all times which got me to be a
little intimidated by her, and not only
me, a friend of mine lived in the same
building felt the same way, I remember
that we used to avoid her by all means,
holding on to the idea that this lady
should be mean and unkind though we
didn’t even know her name!
One morning I entered the elevator and
there was she inside, I couldn't escape
of course but my heart started pounding
as she closed the elevator’s doors feeling that I want to scream! In a
desperate action I gave her a big smile,
and that exactly when I’ve been struck
with a huge surprise! She actually
smiled back at me kindly and said:
“Good morning honey, how are you?! “
It was so astonishing that I remember
moving back one step; it was the first
time I hear her cute voice in my life!
After that day I discovered how nice she
is! How kind, sweet and really likable
she is! But all that was hiding behind
the grouchy mask which used to give us
the fright before.
What does this little facial expression
As children we all used to draw evil
people with grumpy faces and good
people with cheerful smiling faces;
didn’t we?!
Until of course we watch Snow-white
and know for sure that not all grumpy
people are evil! Especially if they were
dwarfs living in a forest!
It is written inside our minds that
smiling people are good and friendly
while grumpy ones are otherwise. So when you do smile to new people you
actually print your name in their minds
with "friendly" label as a first
impression, this gives you a very good
chance to actually be their friend.
But do not keep smiling all the time;
this can indicate lack of confidence and
seeking approval. A nice smile in the
beginning of the conversation would be
enough if followed by relaxed facial
expressions and a little smile whenever needed.