5 years ago I was in a car accident that screwed up my jaw pretty bad and ruined my teeth. Between money issues and health concerns, it seemed like I would never be able to smile again. But today is the first day in 5 years I have been able to smile.
You never realize the impact a smile can have on people. Having looked like I was frowning for the past few years, I've learned that people have weird reactions when you should be smiling but aren't.
But I never realized just how big of an effect smiling had on me, and people I don't even know.
As I walked out of the dentist today, and across campus, I made a point to smile at everyone I saw. Every single person I passed got a huge smile from me.
Normally as I walk, my head is kind of down, or my gaze is wandering, and people look at me and look away, or scowl because it looked like I was scowling.
But with every single smile today I got a smile back. At least four of those people looked like they weren't in the mood to smile before I smiled at them. At least two of those people were already smiling, and their smiles got bigger as I smiled at them.
I passed one of the people who didn't look in the mood to smile, about twenty minutes later, and they were still smiling.
The power of smiling is amazing. It may be something you don't realize until you lose it. I know it bothered me a lot more than I would admit when I couldn't smile.
Take care of your smile, and use it! Brush, wear a seat belt correctly, and go to the dentist.
And smile. Smile all day, smile when you don't feel like it, smile when you walk, smile when you talk, smile always. From now on I know I will be.
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