Quotes about thinking of someone and smiling

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Take advantage of the chance to brighten someone's day. We all need a reason to smile. Let's be honest, life is tough. Everyone needs some form of escape from everyday chaos. That's where smiling comes in. We all have different ways of seeking out things that make us smile.

Even though there are drastic differences between human cultures and the way we express ourselves, psychologist Paul Ekman discovered that facial expressions have a degree of universality that transcends time and place. Each of these thousands of ways of moving the muscles in our faces, serve to express and reinforce one of the six basic emotions: anger, disgust, enjoyment, fear, sadness, and surprise. Smiling is universally considered to be a way we display joy. It can communicate our internal world to people on the outside, and it can be a welcoming sign to new people. In some cultures, such as parts of Asia and the former Soviet Union, in some contexts, smiling is considered dishonest.