A Smile

I can't recall since when I started to enjoy(or noticed I enjoy) helping people. Maybe after the earthquake at Japan, maybe since young.

After graduating college, I've always been thinking of my future and what my dream job is. Last month, I bought a book about Job-Hunting and Career-Changing (I'll mention its title when I write about the book next time), and in it, the author encourages us to get to know ourselves better before looking - or even thinking of looking - for a job. He said, think of the things you enjoy doing.

Every time I try to think of the things I enjoy doing, apart from the obvious ones, helping people in need always comes to mind (but I have no idea, yet, what I am going to do with it - especially when I hope to help people even if they don't have the money, but charity won't earn me money, ey?).

I feel that

Anyway, the main point of this entry is, I guess we've been forgetting a very simple thing we can all give. It doesn't cost us money, and people who need it don't need cash to get one - well, I hope.

While reading an article online, about an Australian man who saved many lives by stopping suicides, I came across this;

A smile cannot, of course, save everyone; the motivations behind suicide are too varied. But simple kindness can be surprisingly effective. Mental health professionals tell the story of a note left behind by a man who jumped off San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge. If one person smiles at me on the way to the bridge, the man wrote, I will not jump.

Then, it hit me. A smile! It may only be a smile, but sometimes, that's all somebody needs.

So somehow, since then, I thought we should put on a smile when we meet people. Not only because we have to (you know, at those events with lots of people), but also because we can.

Jeez. Do I sound kind? I've never liked to sound like a saint, or even just like a kind person. That's wrong, isn't it - I mean not liking it? It's suppose to be a good thing, but nowadays perhaps people might think it's odd for somebody to be so nice. :D I'm not saying I'm nice, but well.. it feels funny to be writing this.

Or maybe I'm only feeling weird because I'm not used to revealing this side of me to others, not even my family.

Anyway, stay well, be happy and SMILE. :D