Saturday, November 3, 2007

Final Project -- SMILE

Before I doing this final project, I thought that's not a big deal for me to smile at a stranger. I thought it's just a smile, nothing more nothing less than that. But after I'm doing this survey, I realised that it's really hard for me to smile at someone who I don't know them totally. I wonder why and how I should smile at a stranger. At the end, i found that is really meaningful for us to smile at strangers after this final project have done.

As far as I concerned, I found that when someone says "he or she doesn't mind to smile at strangers" normally the strangers they refer to the cute girl in the corner, or a handsome guy in front of them. The point is they are willing to smile at the people who they have good first impression. Rarely do people smile at those who actually need it or someone they have bad first impression.

So, here's the challenge for anyone who seriously want to do this, smile at the people that they have bad first impression of and smile at them who are really need. Actually try to smile at the people who we would normally stray away, is not easy.

As we know, an honest look into someone's eyes and an encouraging smile will raise spirits in both of them. It is quite possible that the receiver of a smile will feel wholly better about themselves and perhaps cast off a worry for a while.

And yes, your smile might be the only sunshine they see all day. To you, maybe your smile is just a smile, nothing special. But to them, your smile is very valuable because your smile maybe light up their life. Besides of this, your smile also showing no discrimination to them.

According to a research I found from internet, a person commit suicide every 14 minutes. If everyone smiled at 3 strangers a day and meant it, maybe that number would be one suicide every hour. So, a smile from a stranger might just have saved one's life and saved the life of one's family.

No one is asking you to send 2000 pounds to Bangladesh to saved their life. All you need to do is just smiling at strangers. However, it's possible that this simple action of smiling at strangers will spark conversation. This is because smile, is the shortest distance between 2 people. There's no telling, unless you try it.

A smile never cost anything, you don't have to pay for a smile, even 1 cent. It's cost nothing, but gives much. A smile takes only a moment, but its memory may last a lifetime. Smile brings happiness to the home, cheers to the discouraged, sunshine to the sad and smile is nature's best antidote for trouble. Smile is so valuable, and yet it cannot be bought, begged, borrowed, or stolen.

For smile, it is worthless unless until it is given away. If you see someone without one of their own, then send them one of yours; for no one needs a smile so much as he who has none to give. We should always bear in mind that smile to the world and the whole world will smile back to you!

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