World Smile Day 2022: Simple real-life situations that can make everyone smile, so smile please

Smile is used to express a range of emotions like happiness, amusement, excitement, positivity, pleasure, and friendliness. A person who smiles often is seen as a pleasant and cheerful personality.

When we smile, feel-good hormones like dopamine and serotonin get released in our body which are responsible for happiness and reducing stress, thus the experience of pleasure.

Smile has a double effect as it makes the receiver happy too along with the person who is smiling. It improves relations, and communication. Smile is always conceived as a kind gesture.

As it is said and believed that 'simplicity is the key to happiness', on this 'World Smile Day', let us take a look at simple real-life situations that can make everyone smile:

• Playing with an infant or a toddler

• Bursting a soap bubble

• Helping an old person cross the road

• Teasing a friend or a relative on seeing a silly picture of theirs

• Cooking your favorite meal

• Getting the exact outfit/ accessories/ book/ stuff that you were looking for since long

• Small kid playing with your hair and doing hair styling

• Trying an adventurous ride

• Listening your favourite music

• Dancing on a playlist of your favourite songs

• Watching 'Tom and Jerry' cartoon

• Giving and receiving a hand-written letter to closed one

• When your closed ones- friends or relatives tell you how much you mean to them

• Looking at your childhood pictures with your family

• Creating a gratitude list

• Watch a comedy video

• When you are late, but still manage to catch bus/ train because it got delayed

• Getting a promotion

• Getting appreciation from your boss and colleagues for your work

• Your cooked meal is liked by your family members

• Giving a part of your earned income for charity purpose

• Holding hand of an infant

• Buying gifts for your family from your first salary

• Getting a hug from your loved one

• Receiving your favourite chocolate

• Helping a needy person- money/ efforts/ time

You can add more to this list, but what's more important is your smile, so keep smiling always.