| OPINION
| November 9, 2004
Guest Column
Open Your Mouth
A smile opens the window to personality
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| The Shorthorn: Lung Lin |
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Ladies, graceful in all your ways, I petition
you with deep concern from the single guys.
There is something you could do to increase your chances of finding
Mr. Right. That simple thing is to smile.
I am a single guy myself and a firm believer that beauty is not
only skin-deep. The influence behind your smile is more powerful
than you may realize. With all the qualities that women possess,
such as intelligence, honesty and innocence, I feel a smile can
reveal your character.
Guys, imagine getting to school, not finding a parking space and
being late to class. So far, your day isn’t going well, and
all you want to do is go home. After class, you rush to the library,
fight for a computer to check your grade and find out it’s
bad. You leave the library in a fiery rage, not caring about anyone
in your path, and suddenly, like a cool fresh ocean wave, she smiles.
The anger fizzles away.
There is something about a smile that feels good. Despite popular
belief about males, when I see a girl, the first thing I notice
is her face. You see, expressions are windows to personality.
A girl’s attitude, the way she carries herself, even how she
holds her cell phone — these behaviors magnifies her demeanor.
I am personally turned off by a girl when she is grimacing or the
look on her face isn’t pleasant. No matter how pretty a girl
you are, an angry look can make you unattractive.
If you are of the opinion that you can grab a “good guy”
with looks alone, then let’s dissect relationships. A guy
could use you simply for beauty and not your brains. He could fail
to express a deep concern about your feelings, neglect deep, meaningful
conversation or forget about trying to understand you and your future
plans. He might not even have a plan for himself or for the relationship
and only want to spend “quality time” to get “quality”
from the night. Let’s face facts. Beauty without a smile yields
loneliness.
Women deserve a better image than what is presented in the media.
If you’re searching for more meaningful relationships, then
don’t give up and just look the other way. Your character
will outlast your days of physical attributes. That’s why
it is so much more important to let someone of the opposite sex
see the inside of you. We just feel that from a distance, a happy
face is the best way to convey it. Ladies, you are beautiful. All
we ask is that you let the world see it through your smile.
“Keep a smile on your face, and let your personality be your
autograph,” Leo Daniel
— Marland May is a nursing junior; Chris Cunningham is a microbiology
senior
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