Smile. what is the significance of a smile to a individual? to many, it is merely an expression to show gratitude, happiness, delight. To some, a smile is merely a mask, to hide feelings hidden within us. how many times, when what your friend said makes you uncomfortable, you just merely smile at him, to shake off the awkardness? besides this, how often do we smile? in my honest opinion, a smile goes beyond such superficial meanings. a smile. is worth immensely more than we would value it. people think i'm crazy, when i collect flyers while smiling at the person giving, a mere thank you with a flash of a smile, i give. friends give me that wtf look. but im already used to it. even my days as a flyer distributor, almost 1/100 smile at me when i give out flyers. for someone who is already so lethargic, and very frustrated, a smile can really change his day. its not worth much to me, its not that hard to smile, a genuine one. except when i'm really down, then i would not. But how often, are we caught in this web of depression? feeling so depressed, so sad, as if nothing mattered anymore. but yet, deep down, all we longed was for someone we really appreciate, to give us a genuine smile, a pat on the back perhaps, and some kind encouraging words?


genuine smiles should not be used strictly for the broken-hearted. genuine smiles should be used everywhere, when someone fails his test, let us all smile, genuinely, and not in a mocking manner, and encourage him, not jeer him. if there is one day, that everyone begun to think like me, and started giving a smile to everyone we see on the road, our society formerly touted as "ugly", will now be a society brimming with goodwill.


hope i live until that day, when it happens. i would then be able, to smile in my grave.