Fairy Dust – The Smile
I am one of those persons who says good morning to people no matter where I am. Usually my first public outing in the morning is at the gym. There are gyms where the rule seems to be that one should be seriously focused on getting fit. Greeting others, especially those not engaged in serious cross fit exercise, is verboten or, at the very least, frowned upon. The gym I most often use in the morning has a large group of people who are not doing cross fit. Many people respond when I say good morning. A few initiate a good morning with a smile which obviously has traveled from the heart to the lips and the eyes. It is as if one is being warmly embraced without ever physically touching although occasionally someone will put a hand on my shoulder or otherwise establish a brief, physical connection.
A morning smile genuinely sent from one heart to the next can infuse every part of one’s body with loving energy. It does not matter whether one knows the other person or not. Suddenly one is truly not alone and, in fact, feels connected as an integral part of the universe.
Of course, there are times when someone is experiencing grief so fresh that they dare not connect lest they fall weeping into the arms of anyone within falling distance. Others may be so involved with attempting to formulate a plan to deal with some tough personal or work-related situation that they miss any attempt to connect. Even then a smile sent from one’s heart will leave a layer of fairy dust in the very air that surrounds that person.
One smile sent out with love is all the proof that one needs for the six degrees of separation. Fairy dust left by a smile travels from one person to the next to the next, and then to the next.
Fairy dust covers the giver as well as the recipients. It cannot be effectively ignored, discounted or contained, nor should it be.
Not everyone has much, if any, fairy dust to share. Yet, I suspect that if each of us stops for a second to notice our head and shoulders we will notice a thin layer of fairy dust. Once acknowledged, it multiplies and soon spreads to others. If it is a sunny day one will notice the bright, tiny particles engaged in childlike play.
Written May 2, 2018
I am one of those persons who says good morning to people no matter where I am. Usually my first public outing in the morning is at the gym. There are gyms where the rule seems to be that one should be seriously focused on getting fit. Greeting others, especially those not engaged in serious cross fit exercise, is verboten or, at the very least, frowned upon. The gym I most often use in the morning has a large group of people who are not doing cross fit. Many people respond when I say good morning. A few initiate a good morning with a smile which obviously has traveled from the heart to the lips and the eyes. It is as if one is being warmly embraced without ever physically touching although occasionally someone will put a hand on my shoulder or otherwise establish a brief, physical connection.
A morning smile genuinely sent from one heart to the next can infuse every part of one’s body with loving energy. It does not matter whether one knows the other person or not. Suddenly one is truly not alone and, in fact, feels connected as an integral part of the universe.
Of course, there are times when someone is experiencing grief so fresh that they dare not connect lest they fall weeping into the arms of anyone within falling distance. Others may be so involved with attempting to formulate a plan to deal with some tough personal or work-related situation that they miss any attempt to connect. Even then a smile sent from one’s heart will leave a layer of fairy dust in the very air that surrounds that person.
One smile sent out with love is all the proof that one needs for the six degrees of separation. Fairy dust left by a smile travels from one person to the next to the next, and then to the next.
Fairy dust covers the giver as well as the recipients. It cannot be effectively ignored, discounted or contained, nor should it be.
Not everyone has much, if any, fairy dust to share. Yet, I suspect that if each of us stops for a second to notice our head and shoulders we will notice a thin layer of fairy dust. Once acknowledged, it multiplies and soon spreads to others. If it is a sunny day one will notice the bright, tiny particles engaged in childlike play.
Written May 2, 2018
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