They say to the children, “You can be whoever you want to be.” That might be true, because for a child, life is filled with possibilities. But little do you know.. it is also true for everyone. You can be whoever you pretend to be.

Did you know if you lift your cheeks, you will feel happy after awhile? Yes, I’m talking about fake smile. There’s so many times I want to rip my face off after smiling.. when I didn’t really want to smile. However, society has forced people to give a positive outlook.

If you are at work, and you’re feeling down and you give people the feeling that you’re down.. well, let’s just say you won’t be very well in that company. They want happy people at work. Not some downers. Even if it means you have to mask your emotions and pretend to be happy.

Smiling could trigger happiness.. but is it true happiness, or is it just another mask you put on in order to get by?

I’m very used to smiling at work. People look at me and I’ll smile back. And I don’t mean just lifting my mouth and cheeks, I go all the way and have smiles in my eyes as well! Is that acceptable now? Is that good enough for you? Is that pretentious enough? May I get on with my work?

I would keep the smile as long as I can feel the person is still looking. But loses it as soon as I’m by myself again. I don’t want artificial happiness. I don’t want to be a faker. I want my smiles to be seen by the ones who can truly make me smile.. and I don’t want to take that away from them.

“This is Sol. He’s really quiet so he won’t be bothering you anytime soon.”

That’s how I was introduced to this new coworker. Despite that introduction, I became pretty close to that coworker and would hang out with him, much more often than I did with anyone else in the office.

Why do people feel like pointing out the seemingly obvious.. and doing so in such a light manner? Is it funny? Does it do anyone any good? Is it an attempt at humour?

Well. It’s not funny to me.

Let me try your method.

“Hey, this is Wendy. She’s like 300 lbs so you’d better get out of her way.”

“This is Shannon. She has a funny accent. Every time she speaks, I still have to ask her to repeat everything she said twice to make out what she’s saying.”

See what I mean? Why point out the obvious like it’s something smart to say? Introverted or quiet people have feelings too.