Smiling is very important. If we are not able to smile, then the world will not have peace. It is not by going out for a demonstration against nuclear missiles that we can bring about peace. It is with our capacity of smiling, breathing, and being peace that we can make peace.

---Thich Nhat Hanh


If in our daily life we can smile, if we can be peaceful and happy, not only we, but everyone will profit from it. This is the most basic kind of peace work.
---Thich Nhat Hanh


It is remarkable that Krishna, whom the Hindus worship as God himself, is always shown to be with a gentle and mischievious smile.

The Buddha too is shown to be smiling.

Perhaps there is an inherent message in this, as taught by Thich Nhat Hanh.

A smile indeed costs nothing , but gains a lot.

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You yourself are your only friend. You yourself are your only enemy.

---Krishna ( Bhagavad Gita )


“You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.”

---Buddha


The most formidable weapon against errors of every kind is reason.

---Thomas Paine

That is so very true i always try to smile at people i don't like or doesn't like me at work it makes them think what i am up to

I agree things are so much better with a smile thanks for that post.

Smiling is a good relaxation and enables more people to respond...

We Baha'is also value being happy... Happiness and smiling are of course related.

It is also related to felicity and peace:

When love is realized and the ideal spiritual bonds unite the hearts of men, the whole human race will be uplifted, the world will continually grow more spiritual and radiant and the happiness and tranquillity of mankind be immeasurably increased. Warfare and strife will be uprooted, disagreement and dissension pass away and universal peace unite the nations and peoples of the world. All mankind will dwell together as one family, blend as the waves of one sea, shine as stars of one firmament and appear as fruits of the same tree. This is the happiness and felicity of humankind. This is the illumination of man, the glory eternal and life everlasting; this is the divine bestowal.

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"it benefits us to be thoughtful, not of the glory of our minds, but rather, above all else, of the glory of God."
- Johannes Kepler

I believe that the simple act of smiling can make someone's day. It costs nothing to give away, and you get much back in return. It is great exercise for your facial muscles. And those smile lines that everyone is worried about are not wrinkles but a badge of honor for trying to spread love and happiness where ever you go.

That's right just like Big Kenny says ::


Love Everybody

And Jesus:
Be exceeding Glad : )

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May your awareness be perfection