Every year World Smile day is celebrated on the first Friday of October. This year it is being celebrated on October 7. American graphic artist Harvey Ball from Worcester, Massachusetts is the one who started this day.Smiling increases mood-enhancing hormones while decreasing stress-enhancing hormones, including cortisol, and adrenaline. It also reduces overall blood pressure. And because you typically smile when you're happy, the muscles used trigger your brain to produce more endorphins—the chemical that relieves pain and stress.
SMILE MEANS 1 : a facial expression in which the eyes brighten and the corners of the mouth curve slightly upward and which expresses especially amusement, pleasure, approval, or sometimes scorn. 2 : a pleasant or encouraging appearance.
Smiling not only offers a mood boost but helps our bodies release cortisol and endorphins that provide numerous health benefits, including:
- [1 Reduced blood pressure.
- [2]Increased endurance.
- [3]Reduced pain.
- [4] Reduced stress.
- [5] Strengthened immune system.
The researchers found that smiling frequently may actually make people feel worse if they're sort of faking it — grinning even though they feel down. When people force themselves to smile because they hope to feel better or they do it just to hide their negative emotions, this strategy may backfire.
HOW TO OBSERVE #WorldSmileDay. On World Smile Day, people worldwide are encouraged to do an act of kindness and make one person smile. Each year the Harvey Ball World Smile Foundation holds special events on World Smile Day. The day is wildly popular in Worcester, MA, the birthplace of the yellow smiley face.
The Power of Your Smile