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You might ask me, why I walk every morning to work. Why no matter the weather I always prefer to walk? Not so long ago I used to take a cab every morning to work. To tell you the truth, it was fast and comfortable but still. Nowadays, I prefer to walk.

Why? Because I get the coolest feeling walking down the street, listening to my favorite tune on my super phone, having my black sunglasses on, singing along with the tune I’m listening to. On the way to work I look for peoples faces and expressions. Some are worried, some sad, some bitter, some happy, some laughing. It’s gonna sound stupid, but I try to give a genuine smile to the worried, sad or bitter faces. Sometimes I get a weird look back, but most of the time I see their faces light up, lips stretching, worries and bitter disappear and I get the same genuine smile back. How is this possible, that something so little as a genuine smile can make worries, bitterness, sadness fade away? By giving away so little, I’ve lighten up someone’s day, perhaps only by a brief moment, but it’s something. It’s like building up my happy mood on my way to work and it’s sometimes helping me go trough a hard day.

You might wonder why I started this…

Not so log ago, I decided to go see a friend of mine. He was very focused on something he was working on the computer and didn’t see me walking in. When I was a few feet away from his desk he became aware of me. He raised his head and I saw something I would normally take for granted, would not even notice: from the focused strained figure, his face lit up as he was recognizing me, and smiled. I can’t describe the feeling but it was like all was moving in slow motion and the poor illuminated room radiated from his smile. Everything shined for a moment as he stood up an rushed to shake my hand. He was happy to see me, I triggered his reaction. I’m 26 and it took most of my conscious life to learn why we smile, to realize how powerful and meaningful a smile is.

The society we live in teaches us to take a smile for granted. It teaches us that a smile is just a smile, a simple social rule, feeling and meaning less. A smile is just a smile …

No! A genuine smile is a response that is triggered by a deep reaction in the person standing in from of you, it’s offered because of real feelings and emotions and is not to be taken for granted. A genuine smile is more powerful than worries, anger, sadness. It offers you comfort, it reassures you that you’re loved, that he/she genuinely cares.

That’s it’s for today. In the background is one of the songs^[1] I listen on my way to work. I hope it brightens up your day. And here’s a genuine smile from me :D.

The Lion.^[1]

1. The song to this post is: Jesse McCartney – Feelin’ You. Open “Lion’s Radio” and scroll down to listen to it. [»] [»]