Celebrate World Smile Day: Know its history, significance, and more
In a world where negativity often dominates, World Smile Day reminds us of the power of kindness and the joy a simple smile can bring.
World Smile Day: How did it originate? Know its history, significance, and more
World Smile Day is celebrated every year on the first Friday of October. This year, on World Smile Day, on 4th October in the year 2024, the common man is urged to smile and enact good deeds to remind mankind that a simple smile can change the world.
Origin of the World Smile Day
World Smile Day was founded by Harvey Ball, a commercial artist in Massachusetts, who designed the yellow smiley face in 1963. A rather simple design, it gained its significance as a symbol of happiness around the world. But with the passage of time, as the popularity of the smiley face grew and the commercialization of the very same started, Harvey Ball felt that the original meaning behind the smiley face was being lost. He instituted World Smile Day in 1999 with a motto: “Do an act of kindness. Help one person smile.”
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As Harvey Ball thought, a smile can indeed bridge languages, politics, and geography, a gesture that all human beings understand and respond to with good will. On its actual establishment, World Smile Day was marked all over the world, spreading joy and encouraging acts of kindness.
Importance of World Smile Day
It is essential because it reminds people of small acts of kindness in their daily life. A smile is free, effortless, and a global feeling, but its impact is capable of being extremely profound. One’s smile not only uplifts the person receiving it but also improves the mood and well-being of the one offering it.
On this day, one can encourage smiles, distribute random acts of kindness, do all that can be done in contributing to making the world a better place. It creates happiness and positive energy regardless of its magnitude.
This can take place through sharing smiles, doing good deeds, or helping in many other ways. These could be volunteering to compliment that person or maybe just smiling at someone passing by. Small acts make a big impact.
In a world dominated by negativity, World Smile Day also reminds us of the goodness that comes with such kindness and joy in a simple smile.
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