...Measures of Happiness and the Secret behind Smile In his article, “The Science behind the Smile”, Daniel Gilbert focuses on the various aspects, reasons and measures of happiness. Happiness, as he explains has now become a part of science which was previously studied only by psychologists. Giving it a scientific view, an economist studies happiness to coincide it with the theory of ‘wants’. When he gets to know the ‘wants’, he’ll be able to assume the demand which in turn will also help him in assuming the supply and overall managing of microeconomics and macroeconomics. Then there are neuroscientists studying happiness from a medical attitude, helping themselves to come up with conclusions; but how every discipline measures happiness varies. Happiness might be measured on a rating scale or any modern technology such as electromyography that measures the activity of smile muscles in the face. But I personally think this kind of technology might end up in biased results. Smiling doesn’t always reflect happiness; it might be forcefully done, people might be forced to smile because it is part of their daily work to be gracious and pleasant, so we can’t base our results on one such factor as smile muscles rather there should be more than one factor taken into consideration while measuring happiness. Studies also report how forceful smiling led employees to distress and eventually quitting work. A research paper was published in the Academy of Management Journal, in which...
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...people believe that wealth in the form of money, precious stones or jewelries and other materialistic desires would guarantee happiness. They devote and spend most of their energy and time in obtaining it. For them, to be rich gives the feeling of infinite pleasure. They believe that the instant possession of lavish and signatured things content them and they could wish no more than having them at hand. But are they really happy? Have beautiful couture, huge houses, expensive cars and mouthwatering delicacies provide them an energy passing through vastly within their system? Factually, wealth does not give happiness. It just gives man the basic services and materialist comfort of life. What money could only give is a momentary and infinite smile of joy but not a spiritual and emotional satisfaction. For some, power and authority outsource happiness. Most of the time, man engaged to political affairs to seek happiness. While it is good to obtain power in the wheel of government since it’s the constitutional right of anyone to take advantage to, but one must not use such privilege to overpower others. Political influence could shed light and see delight within the hearts of all if there’s a firm underlying attachment of sound and harmonious relationship between the two...
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...The lady behind the painting By: Max Beagle I. Introduction A. The Mona Lisa was painted by Leonardo da Vinci’. B. The location of the painting is in the Musee du Louvre. C. The Mona Lisa was worked on for four years. D. Till this day there has been many debates and a multitude of theories in an effort to uncover the mysteries behind the Mona Lisa E. The two biggest mysteries are the identity of the lady in the paint and the nature of her smile. II. Who is the lady behind the painting? a. Most commonly known as Lisa Gherardini Giocondo b. Another rumor is she is to be da Vinci’s mistress, Duchess of Milan (Isabella). Da Vinci was the family’s painter. c. Others believe the Mona Lisa is a feminine version of da Vinci. Digital analysis reveals da Vinci’s facial characteristics are perfectly aligned with one another. III. The Smile a. The painting technique is referred to as “sfumato” meaning “vanished” or “smoky”. This technique leaves interpretation to the viewer’s imagination. b. When looking at the portrait it appears the Mona Lisa is smiling. When looked at closely, she is no longer smiling. The appearing and disappearing of her smile is an attribute to the viewer’s vision. c. The painting remains an enigma to art enthusiasts. d. Famous French artist, Luc Maspero jumped four floors from a hotel to his death. In his suicide not he said “I preferred death after years of struggling to understand the mystery behind the woman’s...
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...Smiling. Lighthearted. Life is good. No one would guess that all of this is fake. And do you want to know the thing that I wish most for people to do? I wish that they would see behind the mask. I wish there was someone who can see my true feelings. Who can see the depression in my smile. The anger in my silence. The weakness in my confidence. The frailty in my strength. The need in my independence. I need someone who can not only see these things, but is willing to talk to me about it. Whose willing to not just watch me wilt away and force myself to struggle on my own. I need someone who will tell me that I am not alone. I don't have to fight this by myself. I don't need to hide. But, there is no one like that. Not for me. All that people see is the happy, benevolent girl who always smiles at everyone she sees. I need someone who can see the expertly concealed anguish behind the constant, cheerful mask. I need someone to rip that smile away and show me that I don't have to hide. Yet, I fear for that person to come. I desperately need my mask to stay in place. I can't let people down. I can't let down their expectations. I can't show them that I really am not happy. I can't disappoint them. And so, I desperately wish no one will see behind my mask. It's a paradox. I need someone to see yet I fear for my life if they do see. I wish my mask would burn in...
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...Advance Communications Discussion Leadership Why the Reckless Survive These articles look at the behavior of people and try to understand the reason behind it. Why do people do what they do that effects every one and thing around. The reckless survive because they live with no regard and less stressed which leads to a happier life. Whereas those that have restrictions on whom they are. Typically, “the more reckless among us may have something to teach the careful about the sort of immortality that comes from living fully every day.” Why Women Smile Interpreting this article, women smile because it’s expected whether whatever mood they are in. Smiling softens the mood of everyone around them even at the expense of their own because it is expected. Or a women’s smile is not just because it is deemed innate with the species, but it is also a shield. Women smile because it covers up happiness, opportunity, and emotion. Paul Elkman has dissected 18 different smiles, “that show misery, compliance, fear, and contempt” called a Duchene Smile. However, throughout the article, many different smiles are examined that portray varies women emotion. Women’s smile seen on a scale from seductively, as eve that’s why they are veiled to the only smile deemed appropriate was the Virgin Mary’s However, art depicted women’s smile in a totally different light. Using paintings such as Leonardo Dicaprio to depict women’s roles in society with a monotone expression: Mona Lisa. Who...
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...eye. SARAH Oh my god. Chris- It’s wonderful! Her brown bangs fall across her face, hiding her left eye. She sweeps them away to continue inspecting the painting. CHRIS TAYLOR, 18, is lying on the floor across from her, stretched out on his side. His brown hoody has specks and smears of dried paint on it. So do his black jeans. One knee is shredded, and the other is just beginning to follow suit. CHRIS Well, it is yours. The eye, I mean. Sarah smiles to herself as she gazes at the painting. SARAH It’s a bit weird though isn’t it? I mean, my eye hanging on a wall somewhere, staring at me forev- CHRIS I never said you had to keep it. Sarah looks up at him, her mouth cracked in surprise, and her slim eyebrows raised. He avoids her glance by plucking at the stray white carpet fibers and then smoothing them back down. SARAH What? CHRIS I dunno. You just haven’t been all that into my stuff for a while. For a split second, Sarah looks guilty. Chris doesn’t notice. Then she narrows her eyes at him and smiles. SARAH C’mon you. Sarah jumps up with the painting. Chris gets up and follows. INT. SARAH’S KITCHEN - CONTINUOUS Sarah walks over the black-and-white tile floor towards a small TOOLBOX that sits in a pantry. Her shoes CLICK. INT....
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...Count your age by friends not years Count your life by smile not tears Good morning to one and all present here I S.Soundharya of standard 11-D1 here to speak a few words about happiness smile and laughter. Happiness is not readymade It comes from your own actions You will never be happy if you are searching for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life. Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it has happened Laughter is like changing a baby’s diaper; it solves a problem and makes things more acceptable for a while. Cheer up! A Dentist is the only person who is supposed to look in the mouth. Robert Frost observed, Happiness makes up in heights, For what it lacks in length The worst day that you can have is the day that you have not laughed. The optimist laughs to forget , the pessimist forgets to laugh.the only medicine that needs no prescription,has no unpleasant taste and costs no money is laughter. The smile is curve that you throw at someone and it always results in a hit.your day goes the way the corners of your mouth turns. I believe that every time you smile and even much more so when you laugh, you add something to your life. A smile is a cure that helps us see things straight. Janet Layne said, Off all the things you wear your expression ...
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...long thin appendage into a button on the elevator panel. The doors slid shut, and it leaned against the back wall, breathing a heavy, rattling sigh. The doors slided open, revealing a dark lobby, illuminated only by the street light that poured in through its glass doors. It sprinted through the lobby, leg after leg taking two meter strides, its black legs seemingly stretching infinitely into the darkness. The Terror hit the doors full force, but went right through like a ghostly apparition, moving through the door’s glass pane without damaging it. It took to the streets, looking up and down Main Street, which was lit up by dimming yellow street lamps. It began to sprint again, down the right of Main Street, and leaving an inky black trail behind it as it ran. However it’s run for freedom was short lived, and The Terror immediately disappeared in a plume of black smoke as it hit the town’s...
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...buy it. He had also board the thing women’s true lover most, but en secret He soar a red jacket, and begin to smile, it was the same as she had warned to lunch today he remembered. It was the third time he had joined together with this girl, it had gone very good as always. She was blond, had long legs and with hard blue eyes. She was not to thin or fat, but somewhere in between. They had met first time to a dining party. They had just looked one another. After the dinner, the men exude themselves and went into to the office behind closed doors. She had smiled the most beautiful smile with her white teeth and said: “call me” and then walk right down the stairways with her high heels and gone out in the night. The days after he could only think about that girl and rang her so they could meet. They had seen one another every day they had the time. Yesterday they just lay on the beach until the stars were up. He felt like to scream his happiness out, tell everybody how wonderful and who this amazing girl was, that make him so happy. His smile fainted because their relationship but not for long he knew. Soon it was history he thought, and looked up in...
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...Can a Picture Be Worth a Thousand Words? The Smile Train: Changing The World One Smile at a Time advertisement and photo is a sure way to tug at the emotions and empathy of the reader; forcing them to contribute to their cause. The photo alone makes your heart ache for the little girl who is in need of cleft surgery. The little girl appears to be no older than 2 years old and of a Hispanic or Middle Eastern decent. Her small face and the area around her mouth is all you see. Big brown eyes staring back at you pleading for help. The use of her handicap in the photo makes the reader feel sorry for the child. There is nothing in the background to indicate her location or where she could be from. The area behind the little girl is fuzzy or clouded proving to be non-important. The photo is only her face, large enough to get the full effect of her handicap. The lower section of the ad is set aside for donation information and statistics of cleft and palate defects. The advertisement was published in the January 23, 2012 issue of News Week. In choosing an audience, Smile Train chose a well-known magazine that is typically read by educated, middle to upper class people. The audience is one that would have the means or funds to make a contribution. Most of the folks who read News Week are concerned with current events and what is going on in the world around us. Seeing this photo and advertisement informs the audience of the growing need for cleft lip and palate surgery...
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...bringing a full blown smile to her pale face. Years worth of words and thoughts were caught in her throat, unable to escape her lip. Ned gave her a kind smile, but he had no realization that the worn and almost lifeless woman was once his love, Alice Hindman. “I wasn’t looking where I was going. I’m truly sorry, Miss,” Ned apologized once more. Alice remained silent in shock, expecting him to recognize her. A few awkward moments past with neither of them speaking. Ned looked at Alice as if she lacked proper etiquette. Ned opened his mouth once more with his eyebrows slightly furrowed before a voice called after him. “Ned, dear! Wait for me!” a feminine voice called out from behind him. A women came running up to Ned and Alice. She wore a cheery expression with her soft hazel eyes and dazzling smile. Her golden curls bounced as she scurried to Ned’s side. “You can’t just go and leave me like that!” “Right, right. I’m sorry dear, I thought you were following me from behind,” he said sheepishly. “Well, it’s obvious now that I wasn’t,” the youthful women sassed in a playful manner, “Who is this lady you are talking to?” Ned looked at Alice once more and shook his head slightly. “I just bumped into her while walking, Eliza,” Ned explained and looked back to Alice, “Once again, I apologize for bumping into you.” The woman, whose name happened to be Eliza, bowed her head humbly. “I apologize on my husband’s behalf as well,” she offered a sympathetic smile, “Ned, we ought to be...
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...in the Indian sitting position. After sitting down Kenny and Wesley will both extend their right hands and grab a flower by its stem. While holding the flower they will bend their arm and raise their hand up to their nose to inhale the scent. (Exaggerate the smelling of the flower) While inhaling the scent Kenny and Wesley will smile with their eyes close. After a few seconds they open their eyes and begin looking out in front of them taking in the beauty around them. SUDDENLY they see two girls. So Wesley and Kenny get up. First they put their left hand on the floor next to them and left foot comes out while their right knee on the floor and push themselves up using their left hand. They will then look at each other with excitement on their faces. They then will throw the flower in their right hand to the ground. Then they will clench their first with their elbows bent and bring their arms towards their body, then when that finishes they will bring their arms down towards their sides and start walking towards the girls. Wesley will wave at the girls really fast and nervously with a big smile on his face and Kenny will wave slowly with a small smile, so Kenny is more calm and composed. (During this dancing scene the girls should look completely normal as possible laughing or smiling) The...
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...Report in Humanities *Characters Mckeever as XANDER Jewelle as AGNES *5 characteristics of Agnes - jolly / naughty – Jamaica - cold / serious – Pamela - the genius one – Mae (eyeglasses) - talented – Lyra - Beautiful one – Shenna (heels) *Props White door Curtains (for changing the set) Recorded voice for “thoughts” Speaker School Uniforms for reporters [FLOW OF THE STORY] -at the apartment- Xander was finally home from his school, and he looks like having a big problem. He blew a deep sigh then dragged his body to the sofa leaving his bag on the floor. He intently stared at the ceiling as if there’s a scene happening there. His eyebrows were about to form a line because of his creased forehead. He then hit the sofa with his right hand and face palm because of frustration. MCKY: How can I appreciate those arts, if I don’t have any idea of those? (talking to himself) He blew a deep sigh again when his phone vibrate. He grab his phone from his pocket then look who texted him. IT WAS AGNES... his BESTFRIEND / CLASSMATE “Hey! Do you have any plan now for our project? I was about to call you but it so noisy here. I was worried to you as our professor done discussing our project for this sem. Your face was like “ What the hell. I don’t like arts”. So are you okay? Alexander Grande III ?” He then reply to Agnes “I’m okay, don’t worry Agnes Calay” He waited for the reply of Agnes. And he started playing COC to kill the boredom. He put his feet on the table then...
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...creaked as I opened it, but no one paid me any attention except the guard, Markus, standing just inside the doorway. His brown hair hung low over his glazed eyes. He gave me a customary glance, and as I was about to pass him, he grabbed my arm, shooting me a seedy smile, gaze lowering towards my chest. He pulled me aside roughly, pinning me between his figure and the wall. Markus’s fingers pinched the flesh at my waist and I gasped. The sound drew no attention to us. “Whatcha looking for tonight, sweetheart?” His smile oozed attempted charm, but his mouth reeked of alcohol. I shallowed my breathing to avoid the pungent odor, trying to stifle the rage stirring...
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...receiver, and involves listening and responding. Communication is around us every day and having effective communications skills will help a conversation flow properly. Demonstrative communication can be in the form of facial expressions, gestures, body language and posture, eye gaze, blinking of eyes, and lips or mouth. Facial expressions are a big part of nonverbal communication because a lot of information can be given away with a smile or frown. Most facial expressions of happiness, fear, anger, surprise, confusion, excitement, and sadness are the same all over the world. Gestures can be waving and pointing and some gestures might have different meanings all over the world. A clenched fist and indicate somebody is angry, a thumbs up and thumbs down can mean approval or disapproval, the “okay” symbol can mean “okay” in the United States but can mean different things in other countries (Ikeda & Tidwell, n.d.). Body language and posture can be from leg-crossing, arm-crossing, standing with hands on the hips, clasping the hands behind the back, finger tapping or fidgeting, sitting up straight, and hunching forward. Crossing the arms can indicate that a person is feeling defensive, self-protective, bored, or closed-off. Crossing the legs can mean dislike or discomfort. Standing with the hands placed on the hips can mean a person...
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