ONE SMILE FITS ALL

ONE SMILE FITS ALL  SIMILAR TO THE EXPRESSION "ONE SIZE FITS ALL" AND YOU KNOW THAT DOES NOT HOLD TRUE TO CERTAIN CLOTHING ITEMS. BUT A SMILE FITS ALL BECAUSE IT TOUCHES THE MIND, HEART AND SOUL. A MEMORY OF THAT CERTAIN SMILE WILL MAKE YOU SMILE WHEN YOU RECALL IT. THE PHRASE  "CERTAIN SMILE"  ARE TITLES FOR SONGS, AND BOOKS . A SMILE MUST HOLD A LOT OF POWER THAT  VERY FEW OF US ARE AWARE OF. HERE IS A STORY OF A PERSON THAT KNEW THIS POWER OF A SMILE.
SEVERAL YEARS AGO, I STOPPED IN THE CONVENIENCE STORE TO GRAB A CUP OF COFFEE ON MY WAY TO WORK. THIS DAY SEEMED LIKE EVERYONE IN TOWN DECIDED TO CONVERGE ON THIS STORE FOR THEIR COFFEE. IT WAS EARLY AND NOT ALL THE EMPLOYEES FOR THAT SHIFT HAD ARRIVED "ON TIME". SO THE LONE CLERK HELD DOWN THE FORT AS THE LONG LINE OF CUSTOMERS ONE BY ONE CAME TO THE COUNTER AND PERHAPS HEAR THE COMPLAINT OF WHY SUCH A LONG WAIT AND THERE SHOULD BE MORE CASHIERS!
BEING AT THE VERY END OF THE LONG LINE, I FELT LIKE I WAS WATCHING A SHOW. EACH PERSON IN THE DRAMA ACTED THEIR PART. SOME WERE PLEASANT, SOME JUST HANDED  THE MONEY WITH NO HUMAN INTERACTION AND OF COURSE, THE GRUMBLERS.
THE CLERK SMILED TO EVERYONE ALONG WITH A PLEASANT THANK YOU. FINALLY, FIVE MINUTES LATER I WAS UP ON STAGE. I STATED TO HER HOW I WATCHED HER DEAL WITH THE LONG LINE OF PEOPLE ALWAYS HAVING A SMILE NO MATTER WHAT. HER REPLY WAS SIMPLE AND TO THE POINT.  ONE SMILE FITS ALL.
I HAVE ALWAYS LIVED BY THE BELIEF A SIMPLE HELLO OR A SMILE TO THE PERSON THAT LOOKS LIKE THE WORLD IS ON THEIR SHOULDERS JUST MAY MAKE THE DIFFERENCE AND TAKE THEM OUT OF THEIR WORLD INTO A LITTLE SUNSHINE. YOU NEVER KNOW, YOU MAY JUST HAVE STOPPED THAT PERSON FROM COMING SUICIDE.
IT WAS AFTER THAT EXPERIENCE WAITING IN THAT LONG LINE AND WATCHING THAT CLERK SMILE AT EVERY PERSON NO MATTER THEIR ATTITUDE.  HEARING HER WORDS DANCE IN MY HEAD "ONE SMILE FITS ALL" I STARTED TO SAY "THANK YOU FOR YOUR SMILE" TO THAT PERSON THAT GREETED ME WITH A SMILE.
"THANK YOU FOR YOUR SMILE" EXPRESSION MAY SOUND SILLY. IF YOU STOP AND THINK OF HOW A PERSON'S SMILE MADE YOU FEEL OR MAYBE, HOW IT TOOK YOU OUT OF YOUR HEAD OF FEELING DOWN.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SMILE"
IS  SIMPLY GRATITUDE WITH AN ATTITUDE.



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