Reconnect with Your Inner Child

Smile and Laugh

"We shall never know all the good that a simple smile can do," Mother Teresa said. She reminds us that a smile has great power to connect, to heal, and to uplift. My daughter and I were driving to the store when she was 11 or 12 years old, and I noticed she was waving to every car around us. I witnessed her smiling, and I saw the people in the cars around us smiling and waving as well. When I asked her what she was doing, she replied, "The last time we went to the store, I waved at 25 people and 20 waved back. Today, I waved at 30 people and 30 waved back and smiled." For my daughter on this day, her success was measured in smiles and greetings. Aren't smiles and greetings the measurement for joy and success for all of our lives?