Smile

It is Saturday morning. I am walking towards the bus stop. I am not thinking in anything special, I am just in a blissful mood because I will meet Flor, a girl from my country. Suddenly, I run into a lady. I steel a quick glance at her eyes and I give her a little smile. And this is how all begin. She ask me if she knows me from somewhere. So I explain that I am an exchange student, from Argentina. And she starts to speak good Spanish. She has lived seven years in Mallorca, Spain. She lives now in Cologne, and she encourages me to visit the city. She is really missing the way that the people interact in Spain. Unfortunately, it is late and I have to take the bus right now. Before my departure, she says to me: I am here every Saturday. Hopefully I see you again. I pleasantly greet her and I leave.

Ok. That was more or less what happened to me on Saturday morning. And the point I want to get is in the cause of all the episode: a smile. A little and insignificant smile, which sparked a warm and confident environment from scratch.

It is well known that 'laughter is the best medicine', despite the fact that when we really need medicine, we are in no position to laugh about it, at all. But I am not talking about laughter. I am talking about Smile. Surely you know the difference.

If someone ask me what is my best quality, I think I would answer: my smile. I am the kind of person who smiles for no reason. And I know a lot of people who are going through dreamy times and they even don't smile. Their foreheads are always wrinkled. Since they are frowned all the time, they build up tension. So I think everybody should do it. All people have to force themselves to smile. Even if they are not feeling like smiling. This helps to relieve the tension, I swear it.

And the great aftermath of all this issue lies on the amazing things you can get only for it. Whenever I am feeling low and someone gives me a smile, it makes me think different. It is funny really, that I am really angry, boiling mad at something or someone, but I am physically smiling. And after a while my mood changes to far better. It works. I used to think that happiness brings out smile in people. However, now I have realized that a fake smile also brings up emotional happiness.

So... what are you waiting for? I am sure you are smiling right now. Cool.