"Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy." - Thich Nhat Hanh
"If you smile you can change yourself, others and your future." - Japanese proverb
More interesting facts about smiling
1. It's easier to smile than to frown--it takes 43 facial muscles to create a frown, and only 17 to generate a smile (although you can use up to 53 for a really cheesy grin).
2. People are born with the smiling instinct; they don't learn it as a behaviour. Even blind babies smile.
3. Women smile more than men. (Could that be why they live longer?)
4. Research has recognised 19 particular types of smile used in various social situations.
5. If you smile, studies say you will be seen as more sincere, attractive, sociable, and competent.
6. Smiling makes you feel better due to release of seretonin
