One busy morning this weekend, as I hurried with breakfast, the husband walked in cheerfully quipping his good morning. Too busy with the work at hand, I merely mumbled my response.
“The least you can do is smile this beautiful morning,” he said matter-of-factly.
“This morning, I feel like Victoria Beckham, I am just too ‘posh’ to smile,” I snapped.
Well, a little farfetched, right? I thought so too! But who said arguments had any sense of rationality?
The ‘Beckham’ caught Sid’s attention while he sat hunched over the sports page of the newspaper.
“But why doesn’t she smile?” he questioned.
“She does not wish to flex her seventeen-odd facial muscles to smile,” was the most intelligent answer I could muster.
Mrs. Beckham – Businesswoman, Fashion Designer, model, ‘Posh Spice’ and being wife of David Beckham, not smiling to the radiant smile of the inconspicuous cleaner at the mall food court when I gave him my thanks for cleaning up the table, only goes to imply that smiling has nothing to do with being wealthy or famous.
You might be sitting on a heap of worries or like me, have busy weekend mornings with hungry children and a husband awaiting breakfast, but Google has more reason than one to explain that even a fake smile can do you a world of good.
In a world where the ‘POUT’ is the new smile, extending your facial muscles to brighten your face with a smile is the cheapest way to boost your health, your mood, your longevity and even your success!
This morning I am dressed up in my best smiles. Are you?
Good Morning!
Smiling is a wonderful thing to do and often catches people by surprise, I cannot imagine myself pouting through life! Thank you for sharing your weekend with us, it felt like I was there!
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Good morning, Kim! Thank you so very much for being there and seeing me play the unsmiling VB. That morning taught me a very important lesson, that even a bad-hair day can turn wonderful with a smile!
Good day to you Kim!
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Thank you so much and hope this “Blue Monday” is full of smiles for you!
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Yes dear i am offering you the best smile in this morning…
Btwn i liked what you said, “i am too posh to smile”😂😂
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Haha 🙂 Good morning, Akhi! Thank you so much for that beautiful smile, I can see you do that in your DP and you are definitely brightening my day and the day of many others.
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the problem is you are trying to flex your facial muscles; try extending them. Things might just be easier-lust give it a try and let me know!
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Good morning,, Doctor. I have taken your advice seriously enough to have edited my write up from flexing to extending. Thank you, Doctor, for reading and leaving your very valuable feedback, always.
Good day to you!
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editing your blog will not suffice, you need to practice it too!
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Just missed mentioning that I feel super by ‘extending’ my facial muscles too! Will practice it too 🙂
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glad to know!
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😃😀😃
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Good morning friend and happy day and happy smiles to you to. Great post and posh people and their posh lives. We need not bother, enjoy.
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Good morning, Kamal. Absolutely, we are the ‘normal’ race of humans with simple yet beautiful life. Wishing you more smiles, happiness, and health, my dear friend!
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Yes dear friend and we are simple but have made ourselves complicated. So now we shall smile and be happy.
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Absolutely! 🙂
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Aha…… smile is the best accessory you can wear, which will go well with any attire. It just radiates to all around you. So never forget your smile. Lovely Pranitha. Keep smiling 🙂
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Oh yes Radhika, this will be my best reminder. Thank you, Radhika. Wishing you
Lots of smiles !!
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aha….beautiful……why mustn’t we smile……and well strengthen those 17 odd muscles by flexing them……..the world is your gym……why not sweat happiness….right?
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Absolutely, glad you agree!
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😀 😀
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Such a wonderful post 🙂 🙂 Yes I always smile, even if I’m not having the best day. Smiling always makes my day better. Smiles are so important, and needed in our world ❤ ❤ x x
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Thank you, Capili! It is the least we can do to brighten our day and all those around us too!
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Your most welcome 🙂 🙂 yes, so true ❤ ❤ x x
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Lovely post! I agree, smiling is the best gift you can give to yourself and those around you. Fake it till you make it! :-).
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Thank you so very much. Wishing you all smiles, yes fake it till you make it 😉
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“This morning, I feel like Victoria Beckham, I am just too ‘posh’ to smile,” I snapped.” This had me laughing so bad, I’ve never ever seen her laughing!
I agree smiling helps I don’t know how but it helps you and those around.
You have an engaging way of writing. Really like your blog😄
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Thank you! That is very kind of you to stop by and leave your feedback. You have an interesting blog too and some great posts, count me in your followers list!
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Same exactly the same. I love your blog because I love variety and your blog has that along with amazing language. Count me as your follower too😁🙌😄 thank you so much
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You made my day, my dear 🙂
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😆 I have weird teeth and a wide smile and smiling is what I love to do. Spread good in the world, a smile at a time. ❤
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Absolutely! Thank you, ,H!
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I think smiling is one of the best ways to be happy and make others around you happy as well. Just wrote a whole post about it myself! It creates a virtuous circle!
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Absolutely! Thank you for stopping by and leaving your feedback!
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Yes I am always smiling, when I meet new people or old friends.
It doesn’t just keep you going and your day but others too who make be having a tough day, the last thing they would want to cross is another grumpy face.
Well said dear, a lovely post to start the day.
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