Appearing unfrightening

I don't really have any serious problems with my appearence. Rarely have I been called handsome, often open, pleasant-looking, expressive and friendly. I pay more attention to the way I look nowadays than say, few years ago. Maybe it has got something to do with lifestyle and situations. Few years ago I was going to study forever, now I'm trying to finish my studies, work close to six months a year in Moscow, and am moving forward to new things.

Now, there is one thing people universally agree on: I am not, and do not look the least bit frightening. Pretty much the very opposite. This could be surprising, considering that I am big (not tall, I'm only average height for Finnish men my age, which is 180cm (5' 11''). Heavily built) bearded, hairy guy, all which could be considered frightening. I guess it has to be in my demeanor and personality then.

My host-mother in Yaroslavl once said, that I would make a good doctor, because there is not the slightest bit of aggressiveness in me. Many people would not agree with this. I can be very assertive, and quite aggressive when I get into arguments. Still, physically aggressive I'm not, and my demeanor tends to be calm, when I'm not overtly excited.

The funny thing is, my aura of trustworthiness, non-aggression and security seems to extend both to animals, and small children. Children are rarely frightened of me, and usually grow fond of me very quickly (I remember some occasions when this has happened over ten years ago, when I was hardly a teenager).

As for animals, one example was the dog of my host-mothers, which had a somewhat traumatic history, being in the streets and with bad owners. Because of this, she was highly distrustful of men, and didn't accept them at all. Except me. Within few hours. Also seems to work with wild animals. Rabbits in Jyväskylä hardly bother to make way for me, when I find myself walking late (or very early). They wait until I get pretty close, then seem to remember, that it's polite for smaller animals to make way for the bigger, hop a bit to the side, and look at me thinking: "Well, happy now?".