The Unseen dimensions of Pretentious SMILE in our life

Just suggesting a few ways of smiling when the real one seems far-fetched.

- Ankur Rastogi

We all understand the relevance of a smile in our life. A real smile reflects joy within you, no two opinions about it. However, if I say that a smile that is pretentious/fake can also add-on to your well-being, and sometimes these smiles work as goodness cookies that balance out your positivism even in adverse stages of life. I am sure your first reaction will be a visible chuckle in denial!!.....but trust me it’s true.

I agree that the common notion about a pretentious smile is mainly associated with deceit, fake, and flaunting. However, if we add one more dimension into it - “Situation or Circumstances”, then one will start realizing the magnanimity of virtues a fake crescent brings to all of us.

Thich Nhat Hanh, a Vietnamese monk, well describes the unseen dimension of this smile. He states that your joy is the source of your real smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy…and this part of the smile that sources out joy are the unseen side of pretentious smile … wondering HOW?

Well, it’s nicely narrated by our hormonal anatomy, an essential character playing a part in our body chemistry. Let’s open a stage for this character to introduce.