Life is a selfie,
smile!
What a smile can achieve!
Today, while walking on my way to the gym, I was crossing a driveway, when a car backing out of the building obstructed my way, and then it stopped right there. Not sure if it was because of me, or some other reason it had stopped, I stopped too.
Should I go behind it and cross, or should I wait for it to move, I kept looking for the driver to notice me or to give me some indication. But none came, and after a few seconds, the car started to roll out again.
I tried to look at the driver when the car crossed before turning into the street. I was frowning as the driver, he or she had not even bothered to look for any pedestrians behind the car.
I was a bit annoyed and ready to say something rude, but then… as the car was turning into the street, the person sitting on the passenger seat, an older woman, looked out, her face beaming with a huge smile, she waved at me, like a queen waving at the waiting subjects, lining up the road.
And I couldn’t help but wave back at her, and I noticed, I was smiling too!
When I got to the gym, I smiled at the person in the lift, and waved, deciding not to travel by the lift, and took the stairs.
At the gym, I also didn’t mind when someone cut me to the equipment machine, that I had been heading towards for my workout. I just smiled, and lo, behold, the person suddenly stopped, smiled back, and moved to some other equipment, leaving my intended goal clear for me to grab.
Yes, what a smile can achieve! It goes a long way!!
It is infectious, and it is hard to frown at someone smiling at you.
But we still don’t smile enough!
I have read something which many of you might have too, that a smile takes almost one-fourth of the face muscles to create this sunny aspect on our face, as compared to a frown, that takes many more muscles to create this shadow on us and those around us, and makes us look and feel old. Not sure if someone has proven this mathematics wrong by now, but a frown does take more effort and the lines, the wrinkles make our skin sag in an uglier manner.
Whereas the smile lines actually make us look as if we had, and we are having a lot of fun, and when we smile at others, they want to join in!
I keep telling myself too!
Recently, I had a bit of a disappointment about something, and was not able to smile, at least for a few hours, till my mirror told me,
“Aye! you, life is a selfie, and we have to take it ourselves, so, smile!
And I smiled!!
I want to give a shout-out to all of my fellow writer friends who always bring positivity through their writing. Even though, sometimes, they are sharing their grief, their sorrows, and worries, but in such a positive manner that their writing always brings me joy, and a smile to my face, starting a cycle of smiles. One of them Vidya Sury, Collecting Smiles has been busy in collecting and then spreading these around, like lollies!! 🙂
I don’t mean to exclude others, but here I am tagging 4 of them
The Greatest Gift One Can Give. Love | by Joe Merkle | Promptly Written | Feb, 2022 | Medium
Optimism. A LITERARY IMPULSE CHALLENGE | by Harry Stefanakis | Literary Impulse | Feb, 2022 | Medium