“Smile!”, they say. Despite whatever you’re feeling, just keep smiling. Even when you’re feeling the very opposite of it, you just keep smiling. That way you will avoid the negativity of the air. Because of course laughter is medicine, right?!

Is it though? Sometimes, I feel like laughter is plastering your wounded and rough emotions inside and putting the smoother ones to the outside world just to avoid attention and even help from others. Not only that, it’s also to
avoid judgement and snarky comments from the society. Who loves grumpy face anyway? So, like the many things in the world right now, a true smile is rarely found.

Here’s my argument though, what if we let our emotions to be seen? The true ones. What if we don’t always have to cover ourselves in the fake masks we build? As a society, what if we learn to show our emotions? What if that’s
the help we need? Rather than becoming superficial and pretenders, can we give ourselves a little break? May be we could even use the energy for mending ourselves more than breaking our soul in to pieces.

So, don’t just smile! Don’t show me your teeth for my own pleasure. Because when people insist on showing them your teeth, it’s not about you. It’s about the unpleasantry they want to avoid from their eyes. Try not to fall for that. Let your face to do whatever it likes to do. Relieve it from its contraction and relax. Let your smile be the genuine one from the heart!