Smiling is the best medicine

I remember some one claims that smiling is the best medicine. When we smile, our hearts feel pleasant. If we start to smile to our colleagues, family and friends, everybody would smile back to us, thus everybody would be fonder, our relationships could be improved. The one who smiles a lot would definitely gain more friends. In school, we should start smiling too, especially to our students. Lets the students feel pleasant to come to school. The students who start the day pleasant may feel pleasant for the rest of the day. This may lead to less discipline problems. I used to experiment this to some stern looking students. I smile to them every morning. To my surprise they started to smile back every time they met me. I smile and greet my colleague, they too smile back and greet me. I always start my day feeling very pleasant, or at least if I encounter any problems at the end of the day, the problems would be less burden.
We always complaint about some of the students being rude to us, "They never greet us..." Why not we start smiling to them and greet them first, this is call teaching by role model. I used to smile to the students who came to see me and found that its easier to break the barrier between us.
Many parents complaint that they couldn't communicate with their children, especially the teens. My advice is why not you start smiling to them.Just look into their eyes and smiles. You'll found its easier to communicate. Smiles need not have a reason. Your smile is a silent signal that you are approachable. I used to smile to my children and they like to talk to me. Don't always start the day with a stern face and make them feel like they're guilty. You are going to spoil their day.
So start smiling to every one. Smiling is the cheapest medicine to realise stress.