SEC S4-W3 | A Smile To Change The World

Hello everyone, nice to meet you again in the Steemit Engagement Challenge Season 4 Week #3 contest with the theme A Smile to Change The World at Comunidad Latina.

This is very interesting topic and I will try to participate in this contest. I invite my friends @msharif, @crismenia and @jyoti-thelight. First of all, thanks to @kouba01 for inviting me and all the Comunidad Latina teams who have held this contest.

A smile is a form of expression that has a variety of meanings that show a sense of happiness or a friendly form and an easy way to greet others around us.

A smile can not only explain the various feelings that are being felt by someone who will be read by the other person as a form of showing a sense of pleasure and happiness, but the meaning of a smile is more than just an expression of happiness.

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Not only as an expression of happiness, a smile can also mean an expression of disappointment, or even a fake smile that is only forced. This of course can only be judged by certain people who have knowledge such as micro-expression experts or other special people.

But in general we may assume that a smile is an expression of happiness that is very beneficial for ourselves and other people.

Why is that? Physiologically when we smile, our body will respond in the form of the production of neurotransmitters (dopamine and serotonin) which are two compounds of happiness that have the potential to improve mood.

Smiling will also cause the body to produce endorphins hormones that will make the body relax and can reduce pain, relieve stress, increase immunity and help us look younger.

What makes you smile?

Well, that's a good question. I am a person who smiles easily. For me, smiling is a habit every day.

I see life must be faced with a smile whatever the conditions because basically everything that happens to us is a necessity that is equally good for us.

We certainly will not feel satisfied if our lives run flat without dynamics. Of course it will be a boring moment. We need colors in life so that pleasure feels more enjoyable.

We can distinguish sweetness when there is a bitter taste or salty when there is a tasteless. Likewise with our lives, we must know how it feels to be difficult in order to feel the pleasure of feeling happy.

Keep smiling even though it's flooded

I can smile because of simple things like hearing good news for me and those around me, gathering with family and friends or other small things.

Togetherness with children and nephews

And the most important thing is that I can smile with pride and satisfaction when I can help and contribute to others. As a veterinarian who provides free animal health services for farmers, I am very happy and smile when people are happy.

Their happy and grateful expressions are sometimes shown by small things such as giving us drinks (coffee) or produce such as fruit when we carry out tasks that make me smile happily.

Provide animal health services to farmers

Importance of happiness

Feeling happy is something very important. Happiness doesn't mean we always get everything we want or we always stay in our comfort zone because we can't always get it.

We get a sense of happiness when we can manage whatever conditions we experience and can take lessons from existing conditions and situations.

So in my opinion, happiness depends on how and the efforts we make to get it. The smarter you are in finding happiness, the happier you will be.

The importance of keeping our feelings of happiness is so that our lives can be more meaningful. With a happy mood we can be more productive and of course our lives will be of a higher quality as I stated above.

As an ordinary person, I have experienced hard times in my life. I used to be a very optimistic and energetic person. All the things I want to do and I want to be able to do many things.

In 2004 (I am 29 years old) I experienced a great shock during the Tsunami in Aceh and I became seriously ill which prevented me from going to Australia to continue my master's education.

A doctor where I was treated gave this advice, "Sir, don't put a Globe in your head". The point is that not everything we have to do and we master. Try to live be more relaxed and enjoy whatever the conditions are.

Hearing the doctor's advice at that time I completely changed my way of thinking and my way of life became more relaxed and as a result I was able to recover from my illness.

And since then I have changed my paradigm in looking at life. I am more relaxed and smile a lot and live life in a relaxed yet focused manner.

Happiest moment of your childhood

Wow, another good question. I can assure you that the happiest moments for me were when I was a child in my hometown.

At that time I lived my childhood in a village with a quite natural atmosphere and fresh air. Even though the economy and facilities at that time were quite limited, we were able to find the meaning of happiness with simple things.

After school (in the 80s) I always played with my little friends in the river or in the rice fields. Sometimes we also play on the edge of the forest. We are fishing, play ball and various other traditional games.

My childhood games. source

The beautiful memory of when I was a child in my hometown made me now decide to return and settle in the place where I was born.

I want to feel again the rural atmosphere, the fresh air and the family atmosphere that I used to feel until my old age.

Happiest moment currently (no more than 2 years ago)

My happiest moment in the last two years was the achievement of my dream of returning to live in my hometown in the countryside.

Even though I had returned to my hometown at the end of 2018, at that time the house I had built was not finished, I had not finished building many facilities.

I have an obsession with making a comfortable home for me and my family. I often watch the TV channel “HGTV” which is my favorite show.

When the covid 19 pandemic hit Indonesia I had more free time at home and I started working on some of my fish ponds and made a garden in front of my house where I planted Japanese grass and flowers.

My Koi Pond

Even though I never had any carpentry experience, I was able to make a koi fish pond work at home by studying tutorials from youtube, and the fish pond has become my favorite place at home right now. This fish pond is proof for myself that I can do it. Even though when I do it my body hurts all over, I am satisfied that I can win this challenge.

If happiness were the color, with which would you relate it?

Yes, I chose blue to describe happiness because I think happiness is reassuring and makes peace.

Like the blue color of the sea that will make our minds at ease when looking at it. Even though the waves are shaking and rumbling, they still make us happy. Just like our life. Whatever shocks we face in life, we can still be happy.

On the beach for healing

Since childhood, I have loved the sea. I often go to the beach to watch the waves in the ocean when I'm feeling down.

What do you think is the secret to happiness?

In my opinion, the secret of happiness lies in your ability to interpret and find happiness itself. The smarter we are to interpret and seek happiness, the happier we will be. Everything is in our own hands.

The extent to which we want to be happy then we must seek it with our best efforts.

Regards

@alee75

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