While I was growing up as a boy, back then in the 60s, I got to know a man whom I regarded as an enigma. We used to call him Uncle Hakeem.
Come rain come sunshine, he was always smiling. Not only was he poor, but he also had a very troublesome and nagging wife, yet he was always seen wearing a smile on his face.
He was a puzzle to us. He appeared happy despite everything he was going through. Several years later, now all grown and a man going through the travails of life, I began to understand why Uncle Hakeem was different from most of the other people around town.
I realized that he had learned the Secrets and Power of a Smile.
11 secrets and Power of a Smile:
1. Have you ever found yourself in an emotional crisis or dilemma? Put on a smile. A smile is the stitch in time that saves nine: your smiling face will reduce that tension, assure people that you come in peace, help you in no small way to overcome your dilemma; because a genuine smile preaches humility, tactfully extends an effective Olive Branch and puts out the fire of hatred.
2. A genuine smile is a positive force. It gathers to itself nothing but positive attention. It crushes negative emotions. When you are in the habit of always lighting up your face with a genuine smile, you are attracting to yourself positive vibes
3. A smile will win friends for you and reduce the number of your enemies. It makes you a likeable fellow: it has a voice of its own saying in loud and clear signals that you are harmless and approachable
4. Goodwill is one of the foundations upon which success is built. A smile attracts goodwill to you. You are seen and accepted as a well-wisher. It says loudly that you can be trusted with a responsibility, and it softens people's heart towards you.
5. A smiling face easily attracts compassion, mercy and familiarity. It readily places you in a position to receive help, mercy and kindness etc. from other people.
6. A genuine smile is a natural magnet for attracting favor. It is a beacon of light in the darkness: it generates beams of favor from people and from all its surroundings.
7. A smile is like the biblical rod in the hand of Moses that divided the Red Sea and created a breakthrough for the Israelites to escape from the pursuing army of Pharaoh. It creates breakthroughs by demolishing emotional and physical barriers and establishes an enabling environment for the achievement of success
8. A scowling face is a problem all by itself and can only worsen matters. A genuine smile, on the other hand, performs magic, resolves knotty issues and ensures restoration of peace during volatile disagreements.
9. Do you desire to be happy always? Learn to put a genuine smile on your face always. We all know that Happiness is a mindset - a function of the mind and not of material condition or status. For example, you might have the best material comforts of life yet be unhappy. A smile speaks not only to your mind, but also to your entire body. When you are in the habit of smiling, you lift your own spirit and mentally and subconsciously you rise above your actual physical condition or status because you have found happiness from within yourself.
10. Have you ever thought of having a handy fire extinguisher to deal with an emergency fire out-break? Put on a smile always. A genuine smile is a natural fire extinguisher which effectively douses the flames of life's travails, an antidote against poisonous relationships, and a neutralizer against hostility, making a pathway through obstacles and creating roads of opportunities for the achievement of success.
11. For a married couple, nothing can be compared to a regular exchange or interaction of sweet loving smiles - at all times if possible. It sets the plot of love, creates a Melody of soul mates in an unending dialogue of togetherness, and constantly provides the fuel for peaceful co-existence, understanding, familiarity, crisis resolution, mutual friendship and an enduring relationship.
Conclusion:
One of the most effective and functional tools to achieve success in life is a genuine.
A smile is a miracle of God. It can demolish walls of Jericho, transform a hostile atmosphere into a friendly one, turn enemies into friends, and bring joy to a sad heart.
And it costs nothing to smile.
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