Discover something amazing about your emotional wellbeing by Googling the science of a smile.
The obvious part from your research will reveal that it is the choice to smile, and not having a good reason to smile, that releases feel-good hormones into your brain.
Therefore, a physical smile, even without good reason, raises your mood and overall sense of wellbeing.
The not-so-obvious part is that this confirms that our thoughts and decisions precede the chemical response from our brain.
The reason this is critically important is because it confirms that the chemical balance in our brain does not predict our emotional disposition, or our mood. It reflects how we feel.
Don’t believe me? Research it for yourself, and you’ll discover that there is no science to support the theory of chemical imbalance being the cause of emotional duress.
Your emotional duress is due to a legitimate experience that weighs you down.
The moment you blame chemical balances for how you feel, you give up your ability to own your emotions, and to own your life.
The difference between being a victim of life and being grateful for the life that you have lies in understanding why you feel the way that you do, rather than judging yourself for being inadequate for not having a happy or content disposition.
Change the way you see yourself, and the way you experience your life will change.
It always starts with you.
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A simple smile is all it takes
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A sweet friend shared this with me recently…hope it makes you smile/laugh/cry as much as it did me…I’ll always miss her when I see this…needed a smile, so I played it again…
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Awesome!
Drakensburg mountain range in KZN (South Africa) The only word that comes to mind when trying to describe the view I recently took in on a mountain pass through the Drakensburg range is what my 5 year old daughter used to describe every awe-inspiring thought, sight or experience she was exposed to. Awesome! What wasn’t so awesome was stepping back and looking at the litter strewn across the ground as a token of appreciation of the beauty that we have around us. Consumerism sucks. And it’s permeating our lives to the point where we’re totally oblivious to the massive imbalance between what we consume versus what we contribute.
This balance is not only important to the environment, it’s ever more critical for our sense of well being. Trouble is, most of us have barely experienced a wholesome life style at all, so it’s almost impossible for us to realise that there’s so much missing to begin with. Stop for a minute. Try to notice something ordinary that’s extraordinary. Stop being so nonchalant about the beauty in the simple things in life so that you can appreciate it while you have the health and presence of mind to do so, rather than wait until you’re too old and feeble to enjoy it and you’re left staring at it from afar because your limbs just can’t carry you there anymore.
Life is being wasted while we’re amusing ourselves with our own ingenuity. What we take for granted today, is almost always a source of intense regret tomorrow. Don’t be part of the crowd on this one. This is one time when standing out is not about your ego, or public image, but about enriching your life in simple yet profound ways.
Quick hit list to be less jaded:
- Smell the coffee in the morning, don’t just drink it because you need a boost
- Close your eyes and absorb the relief you feel the next time an unexpected breeze brushes past your face, or blows through your hair (If you have no hair to blow through, then you need this more than ever!)
- Appreciate the quirks of your partner, and remember what attracted you to them, rather than growing irritable and annoyed at the fact that they don’t always get what you’re saying
- Smile at yourself, even laugh if you really did something stupid enough to warrant it. You don’t have to have it together all the time.
- Be human
- Be unpredictable
- Be original
- Be true to yourself
- Be sincere
- Be you, and stop trying to be someone you think others will like
So back to appreciating the beauty around us. If you don’t appreciate it now, there’ll be hardly any left for your kids or your grand kids to appreciate later. Wouldn’t it be sad if all they have to remember the bounties of nature is well constructed computer animations or photos that their grand parents took back in the day?
I’m sure ‘someone’ else will come along to pick up after me, huh? If you have no inclination to appreciate what beauty abounds in nature, at least do no harm to it so that those that follow will not be left with your tainted view of the world.
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Not Quite A Shakespearean Sonnet
Love’s sweet embrace How do I love thee?
I cannot count the ways.
Not the fluttering in my heart,
Nor the shortness in my breath,
Nor the lightness in my step,
Not even the sparkle in my eyes at the thought of you,
Or the elation in my soul at the sound of your sweet smile,
None of this will ever truly hint at how much I love thee.Perhaps a hug,
No, an enshrouding embrace with a lingering caress of your lips
may shed some light into the depth of my love.
But even then, the truth of my love will still remain untold.For I love thee like I’ve loved no other,
And I live for thee, which I’ve never done for another.
So you must love me,
And you must cherish me,
And you must hold me,
And never leave me.
For if you do, it will destroy me,
And neither you nor I will ever be blessed with such a love again. -
I Live For Her
Words often fail me when my heart is overwhelmed. It seems that only my arms could ever express my true yearning for her, and only my lips would be able to provide an indication of the passion that I feel when I think of her. She is, and always has been, from the moment I first laid eyes on her, my one and only true love. I thought I may have been in love before, I thought my heart had experienced love before, I thought that in my three lifetimes I must have experienced everything I needed to in matters of the heart…I was so wrong.
She has taken me to heights of happiness and absolute enchantment that I didn’t dream existed in this world. I thought that this kind of love and beauty only existed in fairytales, or the movies…but I know differently now. I live for her, I ache for her, I yearn for her, and I feel incomplete without her. I feel the warmth and beauty of her smile when I speak to her on the phone, even though I haven’t seen her for a lifetime. And despite not having any assurance that we could ever be anything more than we are now, I cannot live for anyone but her. She is my love, she is my angel, she is my all…and my everything. I live for her, and I love her.
