Smile! ☺

We lot have found ourselves in the midst of great people in our time on mother earth. Through thick and thing, one thing that stands us out is the smile that never leaves our faces.

As arrogant as can be and as humble as  can be imagined, a smile never leaves the face. The smile that breaks barriers, the smile that communicates to people that you are one of them and ready to blend in, the smile that equally tells the onlooker that he doesn't belong close with you, the smile that makes you new friends and the smile that makes enemies of acquaintances.

A great number of times, this same smile has got us into trouble because in as much as we mean well with our smile, there is always that moment when our smile is misconstrued.

We smile when we are sad and we smile when we are happy. That way no one knows the true state of ouir selves unless we  say so. We have on numerous occasions had issues with people who think our smile during serious discussions is  a lack of seriousness. A lot have come to understand that the smile is a way to relax the nerves and stay positive. After all what is the use of frowning over a broken down car in the middle of nowhere. We'll rather smile at how we managed to get ourselvesd in such a situation. We shouldnt cry over spilt milk, we'llrather smile and wonder how we managed to spill the milk.

Growing up, we have had people chastise us for smiling when we are being scolded. It is seen as a sign of disrespect. But we don't see it that way. We smile because it is the way we are, we smile because we have learnt to see the positive side of things no matter the situation. We smile because no amount of frowning, distortion or disturbance can change the way things are. We smile because we know whatever is happening at that moment good or bad is temporal. And as we develop, we have noticed that our smile opens doors for us, makes people drop their guard and be at ease with us because a smiley face means no harm.

Even though there are times when that smiley face is to cause harm, it always ends up for good because at the end of the day, we'll smile to wonder how we got beaten by that smiley face that caused us harm.