Smile: To have or take on a facial expression showing pleasure, amusement, affection, friendliness, irony, derision, etc. and characterized by an upward curving of the corners of the mouth and a sparkling of the eyes.
Shorty and I were talking about a couple of social issues today, wondering how we make a difference in an impossibly large arena. We decided that all we could do was to change our own behavior for the better and hope that others would notice. This is in sharp contrast to my inherent interest in changing other people's behavior after hours of haranguing and lecturing.
I'm impatient and grandiose and don't want to burn up any energy unless I can change everything all at once on a global scale. This is why I never took that journey of 1000 miles. I never took the first step.
If I want to make the world a better place than I should smile at the next person I see. I was so busy day-dreaming about the public ceremony announcing my 10 million dollar contribution to open the Horseface Steve wing of the children's hospital for 3rd world orphan survivors of war, poverty, and abuse, that I couldn't be bothered to be nice today, right now.
Smile, Horseface, Smile.
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