I wonder how tough it is for people to smile. Is it so hard? I mean really. I know of a neighbour at work- lets just call him Mr. I-cannot-smile-for-nuts. Well you know, people in this country are very friendly. Its not uncommon to encounter the "How's it going?"s and the "Wassup?"s. I have definitely come to imbibe the practices here- just like every other mortal who has landed here after 20 odd years of their life. May be I expect too much, but I have been trying to see a smile on this person's face for close to three months now- and well- the statistics show a perfect Zilch! I wonder why Mr. I-cannot-smile-for-nuts finds it so hard to respond to friendly Hi's or Hello's or even a nod when we happen to bump in to each other in the hallways (which happens every now and then by the way). I mean - yeah- we all have our bad days- days when we have to pretend to be all happy and self content- when in reality - our hearts are crying out for comfort, sympathy, affection and what not. Anyways- so coming back to the point, the fact is- A smile uses only 17 muscles and a frown 43! Hmmm- Wonder why it's so hard for some people? People of the world - SMILE - for all that it is worth! You dont lose a thing! And guess what? It really really is infectious!! Its wonderful to have people who are pleasant and cheerful. Agreed- you cant be happy all the time! But again - life has its quirks- get over it! Doesn't hurt if you give yourself some credit! :)
Mr. I-cannot-smile-for-nuts...if at all you're in to blog hopping - Hope you're reading this :)
3 comments:
...mebbe someone told him abt the muscles factor....& mebbe that made him think ...y strain 17 muscles unnecessarily....;)
May be - "that is the way it is in the current environment u are in" - and you are expecting a lot - "being used to a different society!"
He must be a russian then :p
- Jassim
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