S M I L E S
Wednesday 11 August 2010
    There are all kinds of smiles.
    A smile can be a combination of the eyes, lips, facial muscles, position of the body, clothes, etc.
    It is nice when there is eye contact and the smiling lips and facial muscles and body language.
    And sometimes along with the complete smile there is the shaking of hands, or a hug too?
    Some smiles are from babies. Some from older children. Some from teen agers. Some from young adults. Some from seniors. And some from very old people.  And some of the older people with lots of wrinkles really know how to smile.
  And at times a person smiles because of joy in seeing a beautiful rainbow, sunset, water fall, and others miracles of nature.
    And who has not smiled at a new born baby?
    Some smiles are with the mouth open showing a little teeth, some with a wide smile, a grin, and almost all the teeth showing.  Some with no teeth.
    Some are friendly smiles. Some are hostile smiles. Some smiles are deceitful.
    And some smiles are smiles of pain.
    Some smiles are quick and brief. Some are warm and long.
    Some smiles have eye contact. Some do not.
    And some have the love from their heart and soul shine through in their smiles. Nice.
    Some smiles have a wink. And some winks are just friendly winks. And some are flirting winks. And so on.
    Some smiles come with laughter and joy.
   Some smiles have naturally thin lips. Some smiles have lips that are fuller. And some smiles are very artificial and contrived.
    Some smiles are NOT honest and are meant to deceive.
    And there are those that wear a smile like a mask. I have a problem trusting those people.
    I prefer the honest smiles.
   When I wear my straw hat from Australia with two coloured ostridge feathers and one tall blue and gold feather in the center... I get lots of smiles from people of all ages.
    And children and teenagers and older people have come up to me and told me that they like my feathered hat. Some say cool. And some lady drivers from their moving car shoult at me and say "Nice hat fellow!"
    Smiles are great.
    All the other hand there are people who smile that are not happy. Their smile is a very painful smile. And some I think would be very unhappy if they were not unhappy! Strange but true.
    A smile from a stranger early in the day helps the day off to a great start.
    And sometimes after giving a smile to a stranger day after day... they start to return the smiles. Nice. Make their day.
    Some smiles are without teeth. They know but they are happy and smile any way. Great!
    Practice your smile in front of a mirrow from time to time.
    And smile at yourself too.
- Pastor William