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A Smile Is A Curve That Sets Everything Straight

2/23/2021

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The simple act of smiling has a powerful effect on your life. As you face life's challenges, make smiling your secret ingredient for maintaining a happy life and a positive mindset.

It turns out that smiling and happiness are intertwined. When you feel happy, your brain releases serotonin (regulates mood), dopamine (regulates pleasure), and endorphins (relieves stress and pain) which then transmit a signal to your face to trigger a smile. When these chemicals circulate through your system, they help to lower stress and anxiety, they help to regulate heart rate and blood pressure, and they take your nervous system out of fight and flight mode. 
 
Now here’s the fun part… when your facial muscles contract into a smile, a signal is fired back to the brain creating a feedback loop of HAPPINESS!
 
Simply put:
  • When you feel happy, you smile.
  • When you smile, you feel happy.

You have a happiness controller in your hands! You can turn a bad mood around by simply smiling. You can cheat the system and make your brain release feelings of happiness.
 
So, be mischievous and smile that devilish grin! Make people wonder what you’ve been up to. 
 
 
“A smile is a curve that sets everything straight.”-Phyllis Diller
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    Kelley Gallop

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