A smile can relax hundreds of muscles in your face, and relax your nervous system. A smile makes you master of yourself. All day long, we can practice smiling. At first you may find it difficult to smile, and we have to think about why. Smiling means that we are ourselves, that we have sovereignty over ourselves, that we are not drowned in forgetfulness. I’d like to oer a short poem you can recite from time to time, while breathing and smiling:
Breathing in, I calm my body. Breathing out, I smile. Dwelling in the present moment, I know this is a wonderful moment.