This Week has been quite an interesting week. I don’t mean to use the word ‘interesting’ as saying a ‘bored’ week but a ‘good’ week. I have met some many strangers this week. I have had a week off from work. So I guess you can call it a week of vacation. A holiday week. A thought crossed my mind. A smile that you give to a person like love. Giving someone a bit of love to brighten their day.
A smile is what makes people smile at you. What makes people approachable. This what makes strangers talk to one and another. This is probably the way people fall in love. Like that old saying ‘fell in love when I first saw you’. How cheesy. I think I’m going to puke.
The smile is the most important thing ever. I’m probably not making any sense as I am writing, blogging at 03:53am, where I should be fast asleep. But my thoughts keep talking, buzzing in my mind and won’t let me sleep. The only way I can, is to release a thought into a blog. Write it down, in scribbles, and then look back realising that it does not make sense because I cannot read my own handwriting. It becomes a writer’s block.
So, the smile. 🙂 Is the reason why strangers talk to each other. Am I correct? I believe so. This week I have met many people. My sister thinks I talk too much and waste my time talking to people whom I don’t know. She is probably correct. I guess this is because of all the years I have spent working in retail. A skill to have, having a great rapport with people. I just happen to click with people. To me, it is all about the journey of a person. For example, a person gets up one morning and goes to work, goes shopping, walks or drives home, spends time with family and then goes to sleep. The journey is where the person spends most of their time. Let me try and explain this better. A customer enters a shop, buys a product. They spend most of the time looking for the product. Their moods will change depending on the people they meet on the way. When that person reaches the till or checkout, if they receive bad service, their day will end badly. If they receive good service, their day, theoretically will end good. Hopefully, you see the picture which I am trying to paint with these set of no descriptive words. (I used to be once a good fiction writer. This I hope to get back to when I have time.)
A smile cheers people up. It is very attractive in human sapian view. (Apologies, if I can’t spell. I haven’t slept a wink yet. Lol, meaning laugh out loud not lots of love.) If a baboon smiled at you, it wasn’t because they are trying to be friendly. It normally, means a form of aggression, because they are baring their teeth and so on. So, in the animal kingdom, things mean different things. (Ugh, I’m getting bored of the word ‘things’..)
So, back to what I am trying to write about. Smiles. I’m the type of person who speaks to everyone and anyone. Even if I don’t know them. Why that is, I don’t really know. I met a man in the park, because his son was playing with my nephew. My nephew is a bit like me, speaks to any child, will ask them their name and he hasn’t even started school yet. From a parent view, you’re probably thinking “Don’t speak to strangers”, I agree. It’s great seeing, his bubbly character with other children. I met Adam, we had a nice conversation. We smiled and shook hands and gave our names. A nice formal greeting. Yesterday, I was speaking to the Spec Savers assistant about barbeques and the difference between lamb meat and sheep meat, which is pretty much the same. His service was brilliant. Again, a smile started off the conversation. A little smile can get you far sometimes. There’s a saying and I believe too, when you’re on the phone and you answer with a smile, the recipient can normally tell and get some sort of vibe, and it spreads happy vibes. Let’s sleep on that thought. Good night!
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