the power of a bird can fly the power of a seed can grow the power of wind can chill the power of a pet can bring joy the power of anger can range until it tears apart... but the power of a smile can heal a persons heart
"Beauty, unaccompanied by virtue, is as a flower without perfume." -- French Proverb
Virtue is an "old-fashioned" term that means moral excellence or goodness. A virtuous person possesses certain character traits, or values, that society considers worthy of admiration. Honesty, compassion, courage and kindness are some of the values that make us good in the eyes of others.
Like a flower with an pleasant scent, people who exhibit virtue in their daily lives attract admirers. They are respected by their friends and family, valued by their employer and embraced by their community. They make the world a better place. People who are beautiful on the outside may be pleasing to look at, but people with inner beauty leave a sweet fragrance in the lives of everyone they meet.
Of all the different values a person can possess, kindness is a special quality that generates tremendous power. It uplifts heavy hearts, brightens dark situations, heals hurt feelings. Hatred and anger are no match for the power of kindness. And perhaps best of all, every act of kindness gives you a warm glow in your heart that nothing else can match. You are best to yourself when you are good to others.
Being kind doesn't require much effort. In fact, the smallest acts of kindness often mean the most. Letting someone go ahead of you in line, writing a note to a discouraged friend, offering to do a simple chore for a family member - kindness is a gift of great value that costs you very little.
Remember, kindness is an excellent measure of your smile power.
Do all the good you can, By all the means you can, In all the ways you can, In all the places you can, At all the times you can, To all the people you can, As long as ever you can.
Like a flower with a pleasant scent, your smile can draw people close enough to see inside you. That's Smile Power. A smile has the power to radiate the qualities that make you beautiful on the inside - kindness, friendship, honesty, respect, patience, and self-control.
Give smiles away like flowers. Let your smile be an invitation for others to get to know the great person behind the smile. Then let people see that your smile doesn't stop at your mouth. It goes all the way to your heart.
Be like a flower. Let your Smile Power bloom!
Dr. Fulton recognizes that patients have greater needs than straight teeth. She and her team are committed to letting each patient know that he or she is more than just an orthodontic case. Every patient is treated with respect, compassion and sensitivity to his or her individuality.
Through her personal interaction with her patients, Dr. Fulton emphasizes the importance of personal excellence. She is especially devoted to promoting positive qualities of character in children - an expression of inner beauty she calls Smile Power.
Young people are exposed to millions of messages about who they are and how they should relate to others. Many of those messages do little to encourage the development of characteristics such as kindness, courtesy, honesty and self-control. In both words and actions, the people in Dr. Fulton's office seek to exemplify Smile Power while encouraging patients of all ages to do the same.
Dr. Fulton and her orthodontic team work to promote a family atmosphere in her office that makes each patient feel valued. Children enjoy the warmth and personal interest that Dr. Fulton and her assistants demonstrate. Adults appreciate the personalized care they receive as their case progresses. A commitment to serving the patient with excellence and understanding is the cornerstone of Dr. Fulton's practice.
It is time to start working with your heart now. First, you will feel the difference between using your head (brain) compared to your heart. So let's do the following exercise :
1. Think of something serious for about 1 minute. Do you notice that after thinking about serious for a minute your head, especially your forehead area, feels a bit heavy or you feel pressure in that area? This is caused by using your brain. When the brain is used seriously, you feel pressure and your head is heavy.
Do you also notice that you are aware of this more than you usually are?
2. Assume that you are right in front of the person whom you love the most. Feel how happy you are by being close to that person
Are you aware that the happy feeling you are experiencing is not coming from your head, but in your chest? This is because the center of feeling is not your brain, but your heart. We are talking about the non-physical heart here, the center of happy feelings. The heart is the center of positive feeling only. All negative feeling such as anger, hatred, sadness and so forth, do not originate from the heart, but from the emotional heart, commonly called the solar plexus.
So, there is something else within you, something that is very important for the better quality of your life. Although your brain is essential in helping you perform your tasks, without your heart you will never be really happy, and without being happy your life is empty. The heart is crucial for your sense of happiness and well being.
(taken from The book of "REIKI TUMMO" An Effective Technique For Health and Happiness" by Irmansyah Effendi. Published by Yayasan Padmajaya Press)
Emotion is an energy and affects our physical body directly. Negative emotions decrease willpower, turn down efficiency at work, and adversely affect health and mind. We smile in physical layer by contracting 15 difference face muscles and in turn moving more than 230 from 630 total face muscles. Based on a research, smiling motivates brain to release endomorphin which slows down infections, relieves pain, inhibits stress hormone, and increases heart beat and blood circulation. Three minutes of smiling has the same effect as upper body exercises. Five minutes of smiling has better results compared to five hours of high intensity exercise. Ten seconds of smiling has the same result as paddling a boat for three minutes. Smiling is a really wonderful exercise.
You are happy because you are smiling…
Smiling is a way to express divine happiness in you heart. Everybody smile when they are happy. So how can we smile without a reason? Does it not feel weird or unnatural? We will change our way of thinking for a while. Aside from smiling because of a happiness, actually we can be happy because we are smiling. SMILE TO INVITE HAPPINESS. A research has shown that just by pulling both ends of our lips to smile will incite positive biological reaction in our body.
Release your emotions by smiling
Our brain is not meant to process two separate information at one time. We cannot be happy and sad at the same time. We are only be able to be happy or sad but not both. This is a protection mechanism by which our brain prevents ambiguities which potentially damage our mind. What to do if you want to smile while experiencing negative emotions? Initially, you might feel tense because of the emotions. However, try to smile and you will experience a miracle. Negative emotion will just go away and disappear.
Smiling is not just simple movements of face muscles. Smiling affects your life positively. It is not easy to smile when we are faced with hard situation, but try to pull you lips. And you will soon realize the negative emotion will disappear by a smile. Try to smile everyday and see the difference on your face. Realize the continuous change to a better way. Don't people say that smiling invites fortune?
Smile even when you are on your own. The Smile of your deepest heart is always there, trying to surface. Happiness and the joy are our divine nature.
Dalam kesehariannya orang lazimnya menghadapi emosi dengan cara berbeda, yakni dengan ekspresi atau represi. Emosi negatif tidak hilang hanya karena kita menekannya, sebaliknya hanya akan tersimpan di dalam otak sebagai memori emosional, yang akan keluar dalam bentuk ledakan amarah atau penyakit fisik. Mengekspresikannya keluar emosi masih lebih sehat daripada menahannya. Akan tetapi ledakan emosi keluar akan meninggalkan jejak yang sama kuat dan bertahan lama di dalam jiwa. Lalu harus bagaimana? Mungkinkah kita berinteraksi dengan sesama tanpa beban emosi menyertai? Maka pada kesempatan ini kita akan sedikit mengulaskan tentang bagaimana mengontrol emosi tanpa menekan atau mengekspresikan emosi tersebut.
Semoga bermanfaat bagi anda semua.
Kekuatan Senyum
Emosi adalah energi dan memiliki pengaruhlangsung terhadap tubuh kita. Emosi negatif akan melemahkan kemauan, menurunkan efisiensi dan daya tahan tubuh juga daya pikir kita. Kita tersenyum pada tingkat fisik dengan mengkontraksikan 15 otot terpisah pada wajah serta menggerakkan 230 dari 630 total otot lebih. Menurut penelitian, tersenyum merangsang otak untuk melepaskan endomorphin yang menghambat infeksi dan mengurangi rasa sakit, menurunkan hormone yang terkait dengan stress, serta meningkatkan denyut jantung dan sirkulasi darah. 3 menit tersenyum memiliki efek sama dengan latihan tubuh bagian atas. 5 menit tersenyum lebih baik dari 5 jam kerja keras. 10 detik tersenyum sama dengan mengayuh perahu 3 menit. Tersenyum adalah benar-benar latihan yang luar biasa.
Anda Bahagia Karena Anda Tersenyum…
Tersenyum adalah cara mengungkapkan kegembiraan sejati dalam hati anda. Setiap orang tersenyum bila merasa bahagia. Lalu bagaimana tersenyum tanpa alasan? Apakah tidak terasa aneh atau alami? Kita akan membalik cara berpikir kita sejenak. Alih-alih tersenyum karena bahagia, sesungguhnya kita mungkin menjadi bahagia karena tersenyum. TERSENYUMLAH UNTUK MENGHADIRKAN KEBAHAGIAAN. Penelitian menjukkan bahwa hanya dengan menarik kedua sudut bibir membentuk senyuman akan memacu reaksi biologis positif di dalam tubuh.
Lepaskan Emosi Anda Melalui Senyum
Otak kita tidak dirancang untuk menangani dua macam informasi pada waktu bersamaan. Kita tidak bisa merasa bahagia dan sedih secara serentak. Kita bisa secara bergantian merasa bahagia dan sedih namun tidak sekaligus. Hal ini merupakan mekanisme pelindung yang digunakan otak kita untuk mencegah kerancuan yang melumpuhkan kecerdasan kita. Apa yang terjadi jika anda ingin tersenyum sedang terperangkap dalam emosi negatif? Pertama-tama anda mungkin tegang akibat emosi yang saling bersaing. Akan tetapi, cobalah tersenyum lebih lebar dan Anda akan segera mengalami keajaiban. Emosi negatif akan lepas tersingkir dan menghilang.
Senyum bukanlah sekedar gerakan sederhana pada otot wajah. Senyum memiliki kekuatan yang sesungguhnya mempengaruhi kehidupan anda secara positif. Memang perlu diakui, adalah sulit untuk tersenyum ketika dihadapkan dengan situasi yang sulit atau menyakitkan. Namun cobalah menarik kedua ujung bibir anda. Anda akan segera melihat lenyapnya emosi negative oleh kekuatan senyum. Cobalah tersenyum tiap hari dan lihatlah perubahan wajah anda. Amati terjadinya perubahan konstan yang lebih baik. Bahkan anda akan memperoleh keberuntungan.
Senyumlah walaupun sedang sendirian. Senyuman batin terdalam Anda selalu ada di sana, berupaya untuk muncul ke permukaan. Kegembiraan dan kebahagiaan merupakan kondisi alamiah sejati kita.
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