Cheese Therapy

I can only speak for myself on this subject based upon my environment, but where i live there are plenty of angry men surrounding me. It amazes me the way individuals can stay angry for such extended periods of time. However, I was once (years ago) one of these individuals, so there is a level of understanding there.
I see frowns and vicious glares so often that these expressions no longer bother me. I also know that many of the men who wear these on-going masks aren't really vicious and mean individuals. Yet there are plenty of them here whose characters match the 'mug.'
It takes energy and effort to maintain a grimace.
"Your face is going to get stuck like that if you keep on frowning," a caring mother might have said.
The energy and effort it takes to keep that piercing mask in tact could be used for other things. The facial muscles grow used to such an expression and the outward characteristics of ones face, over time, can get "...stuck like that..."
There are also, mainly older, individuals whom I know that have deep frown-like indentations lodged into their faces. Many of these individuals are actually pretty friendly people. But the years of frowning have taken their toll.
Frustrations, stress, and any number of situations could cause a frown on someones face. The amount of time we allow frowns to remain on our faces is the determining factor when it comes to ultimately having a viciously menacing mug permanently attached to an otherwise pleasant, non-intimidating face.
Also, the angry glare additionally affects our attitudes, or reflects our attitudes. And this is when 'Cheese Therapy' can come into play. When an individual smiles brightly before the camera at some event or on some occasion, a crowd, or the photographer, might just yell:
"CHEESE" or "SAY CHEESE!"
This therapy has personally done wonders for me. Cheese Therapy actually consists merely of showing the world 32 white teeth, your teeth. Smile, beam, Cheese for the world. I'm as serious as an angry mug on the face of a so-called thug; smiling, using Cheese Therapy has changed my life!
Smile when you're upset. Smile when you're frustrated. Smile when everything is going wrong. Smile while speaking. Smile when being spoken to. Smile on a sunny day. Smile on a rainy day. And watch how it changes people. Watch how Cheese Therapy changes your own attitude.
And if ultimately your face is forced "...to get stuck like that....," let the way it gets stuck be in a brilliant beautiful smile.
Say, "Cheese!"
It's therapy. It works.