<p style="text-align:left;"><a href="http://judythewriter.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/smiles2.jpg"><img class="alignleft  wp-image-4195" alt="???????????????????????????????" src="http://judythewriter.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/smiles2.jpg?w=221" width="133" height="180" /></a>We smile for pictures. We smile at  babies.   <a href="http://judythewriter.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/faith-and-me.jpg"><img class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-4200" alt="faith and me" src="http://judythewriter.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/faith-and-me.jpg?w=147" width="147" height="150" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align:left;">And puppies. <a href="http://judythewriter.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/toby-me.jpg"><img class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-4210" alt="???????????????????????????????" src="http://judythewriter.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/toby-me.jpg?w=124" width="124" height="150" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align:left;">We smile politely at friends or strangers.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">Which smiles are genuine and which smiles are fake?</p>
Here’s a <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/mind/surveys/smiles/">quick interactive quiz</a> from BBC to test your ability to spot the difference between a real smile and a fake one.

It'll only take a minute. I'll wait right here.

How'd you do? I'm sure once you figured out the secret, it was easier.

Crinkly eyes = a real smile. No wrinkles around the eyes, the smile's a fake, or the result of too much Botox.

It's true that intense fake smiles sometimes produce lines around the eyes . The cheeks will bunch up, making it look as if the eyes are contracting and the smile is genuine.

However, according to the experts when a smile is <em>genuine</em>, the eye cover fold - the fleshy part of the eye between the eyebrow and the eyelid - moves downwards and the end of the eyebrows dip slightly.
<p style="text-align:center;">That’s the key to recognizing a genuine smile, check the eyes. <a href="http://judythewriter.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/genuine-smila.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4197" alt="genuine smila" src="http://judythewriter.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/genuine-smila.jpg?w=250" width="250" height="300" /></a>Isn’t that a genuine smile if you ever saw one?</p>
Fake or genuine I believe smiles are powerful. They spread optimism, happiness and joy. Most of all smiles are contagious.

<strong>Leo F. Buscaglia </strong>says,

"Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, <b><span style="text-decoration:underline;">a smile</span></b>, a kind word, a listening ear, and honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around."

<strong>YOUR TURN:</strong>  Go spread some smiles.