A Smile

Its amazing, the power of a smile.  I've noticed lately.  I've been looking people in the eye and smiling at them (not like a creeper smile, but a friendly one).  Many of those who will actually look at me (there are so many people that refuse to make eye contact, I was surprised) return the smile while most of those who would not look at me (as though if looking at me would violate my personal space or something) did not smile.

Through all of this, I noticed something interesting: people who are smiling are far more attractive.  It was a universal effect.  It didn't matter if someone is old or young, rich or poor, well dressed or fashion illiterate - everyone looked more attractive.  Not necessarily sexier.  Models as the walk down the runway are trained to keep a straight face and are molded to look impeccable so that they have what has been named "sex appeal."  They have been made "perfect" through a series of unnatural processes so that on a base physical level they are the epitome of desirable.  But that's not what I mean when I say attractive.

There is some underlying quality about people that we see and have assigned the name of attractive.  What makes up the components of this attribute varies from person to person but we all have seen someone that we call attractive.  Some might call it cute, other beauty, but the name isn't really that important.  For some people it is based more on physical perfection or being fashionable while for others it has more to do with the person's aura.

If you go beyond the basal, the pure physical, and move to a higher level, then the best "make over" that you can get, the best fashion choice you can make, the best beauty routine you can have is simply to smile.  We all inherently want to be happy and we are attracted to those who we perceive as being happy.

So go ahead... make yourself more attractive...

Smile