My teacher gave me a lesson after 20 years

Recently I had the chance to witness the magic of a simple smile. I have always been saying and quoting all famous websites “Smiling makes the suffering in the world less”! But I have never imagined that I would be facing a situation where I can truly believe and witness what a smile can do.

Last night I had a car accident. Don’t worry people, it was a silly accident with no injuries at all. Here I am, alive and writing articles on MOD blog. However, since it was my first car accident I was in a mess! Luckily enough the other driver was such a nice lady. And even though her car was in a worse case than mine, she came out of her car and hugged me and was smiling all the time! I was shaking! But the minute I saw her smile something changed inside of me. Something relaxed. It’s as if she was telling me don’t worry my child, everything is ok. As horrible as any accident could be, such reaction from this lady made it easier for me. Now the funny thing about this story is that the lady turned out to be my kindergarten teacher, and when she knew me SHE WAS REALLY HUGGING ME IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET AND SCREAMING HER LUNGS OUT! 

Smiles are exactly like clothes we wear to reflect our character. And it is the first thing that people notice about you. Your non-verbal expressions may tell a lot more than your verbal ones about who you are. Some people may not feel like smiling, and it’s alright. Sometimes you are not in a good mood and you don’t feel like smiling, again it’s alright. No need to overdo anything. However I am a total believer of the saying “you've gotta want to be happy, in order to be happy” and smiling is the first step to be happy right? 

Today I posted this quote on Facebook MOD page “Never underestimate the power of a smile; it can ease the pain in less than a second”. And Now I can honestly say, God bless those wonderful people we have out there who are spreading such wonderful smiles even to strangers.

So smile. Smiling is contagious; infect others with such a wonderful disease! Spread happiness and relief in this world where even a little smile and a hug can change anything! And remember one thing “Smile and the world smiles with you, Frown and you would not be noticed”

This teacher gave me a lesson exactly after 20 years. No matter how old we get and how terrible situations we face, we can always come out laughing from them if we knew how to relax and handle them patiently. And believe me, Accidents are not a place to laugh in, but yesterday we laughed our eyes out just because of this lovely spirit of my teacher.

So thanks to my teacher who made me realize that the world always looks brighter from behind a smile.