96 September 2013 www.womanthismonth.com she says by SAMAR SADULLAH It is something we have all heard of, but how often do we really do it? I’m talking about a smile that you present from the inside – a smile that reflects our soul. Smiling is a completely natural way of boosting your spirit. It can be achieved through so many means. A joke (whether funny or not) can make you laugh to the point of tears, and let’s be honest, we all love that feeling! With long work hours, that often entail every busy element under the sun, it’s imminent to make time for laughter, channelled with a positive inner being. Smiles and laughter are keys to survival. An ear-to-ear smile isn’t just something that looks and feels good on the outside. The health benefits are endless. It’s beneficial to the respiratory, central nervous, muscular and cardiovascular systems. Laughing can boost your immune system to incredible levels, helping to prevent the common cold and the flu, which are elements that can often slow us down and interfere with our demanding, fast- paced lifestyle. A lot of us can find it hard to drop a smile or two when under pressure at work. There are so many ways to counteract this cycle. Believing in growth and talent can make you smile from inside. Believe me; a whole-hearted smile will leave a grin to be envious of. I can recollect a time when my work load piled up and with that came the common attributes of paying rent, working until the early hours on that one evaluation that could not wait, all accompanied by my feeble attempt at keeping some sort of social diary. The one thing I realised was that amidst of all the chaos, it was so important to keep myself happy. I enlisted the trust of my good friend to meet me with a compilation of photographs from our bachelor days and hey presto! It’s amazing how much looking back on the days of being ‘wild and free’ can unveil a seamless, unashamedly genuine smile. So in the words of Charlie Chaplin, from the movie Modern Times: “Smile and, maybe tomorrow, you’ll see the sunshine come shining through for you.” Go ahead ladies and smile! Flash a Smile
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