SMILE =)

I was a little bored today between homework breaks and decided to look up something very random but fun... smiling =].

Bet you never knew these cool facts:

Smiling...
-releases hormones into your body to regulate your mood
-increases the number of antibodies that fight infection
-lowers your blood pressure
-boosts respiratory function
-exercises facial muscles, which keeps you looking young
-72% people think that those who smile are successful and confident
-86% of people are more likely to talk to strangers if they are smiling
-bosses are 12% more likely to promote people who smile alot

from: http://www.scribd.com/doc/13616/Secrets-of-a-Fake-Smile

Some quotes:

"I've never seen a smiling face that was not beautiful." ~Author Unknown

"Smiling is infectious,
You can catch it like the flu.
Someone smiled at me today,
And I started smiling too."
~Author Unknown

"Every day you spend without a smile, is a lost day." ~Author Unknown

"Everytime you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing." ~Mother Teresa

"A friendly look, a kindly smile, one good act, and life's worthwhile." ~Author Unknown

" A smile is something you can't give away; it always comes back to you." ~Author Unknown

Some of my favorites:

"Wear a smile - one size fits all." ~Author Unknown

"Beauty is power; a smile is its sword." ~Charles Reade

"A smile can brighten the darkest day." ~Author Unknown

**"It takes seventeen muscles to smile and forty-three to frown." ~Author Unknown**

Quotes from: http://www.quotegarden.com/smiles.html

And even the best man to ever live on the face of this Earth told you to smile...

The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "Charity is prescribed for each descendant of Adam every day the sun rises." He was then asked: "From what do we give charity every day?" The Prophet answered: "The doors of goodness are many...enjoining good, forbidding evil, removing harm from the road, listening to the deaf, leading the blind, guiding one to the object of his need, hurrying with the strength of one's legs to one in sorrow who is asking for help, and supporting the feeble with the strength of one's arms--all of these are charity prescribed for you." He also said: "Your smile for your brother is charity." - Fiqh-us-Sunnah, Volume 3, Number 98

So guys, why not smile!? What have you got to lose? =)

Ma'Assalama,
Hena