No matter how sad you are, a genuine smile from someone you care about is all it takes to melt your heart and put you in a good mood. If you ask me, nothing makes me more happy than to see someone holding up a big honest smile on their face.

Not only is smiling super healthy, but it's also super contagious. Heck, even fake-smiling is healthy! The reason for it being so contagious is that our brains mimic the facial expressions that we see in front of us as to better understand the other person's emotions.

Research shows that just seeing someone smile can decrease heart rate and blood pressure as your brain signals your body to realease the 'feel-good' hormones such as dopamine and serotonin, which are the same chemicals released when you feel loved.

But even if fake-smiling is just as healthy, there is something incredibly extraordinary about a genuine smile, something which a fake smile could never replicate. That begs the question, 'What makes a genuine smile?'

Innocence

Ever seen a baby fake a smile? Me neither. Even though it's true that babies do learn how to fake a smile if given treats every time they do, it's also true that babies display more genuine smiles than adults as they are yet to discover the real world.

What this teaches us is how precious innocence is and why being occasionally carefree is so important in life even if things don't go as you planned and it all starts to stress you out.

Fulfillment

We all know that with success comes happiness, but the traditional interpretation of success doesn't take into consideration the rather small yet significant achievements we make in our daily lives.

Try remembering the last time you made an achievement that made you so happy that you couldn't stop smiling. For me, it was just a few days ago when I won my first contest on Steemit. You really don't need a heavy reason to smile. In fact, you can just smile for the things you're grateful about in your life. It really is that easy.

Wonder

Whether it's something as significant as love, or something as little as chasing butterflies as kids, we've all been blessed enough to experience the pure feeling of wonder in our lives.

That feeling when staring at something is all you want to do, may it be your crush or stargazing, is nothing but absolute bliss. The fact alone that something can be so dearly beautiful that we can't keep our eyes off of it is a miracle in it's own way.

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