smiles
(Dedicated to Smiley.. the girl who just can't stop smiling..)
The reason why so many people suddenly voted for Sylvester in Singapore Idol, besides his voice- his smile. Y and I were just talking about how cute his smile is, how we defected from the other finalists we supported just to cast our votes for our new Idol Sly.
To quote Ken Lim, one of the SI judges, "Now you realize what a smile can do." Well, a smile has won him over thousands of fans (including one nut right here). And like the saying goes, your smile can make someone fall in love with you. The gift of a smile makes people happy, it makes them feel good about their day, however shitty it was.
Yet it costs nothing. Isn't it strange, how we spend so much money on material items, buying presents, trying to please someone, when maybe all they really needed was a smile from us just to say that everything's ok.
But I think we have become so suspicious and forgetful of the goodness of human nature, that when we receive a smile from someone we don't know, we immediately become cautious and think the person is a weirdo. We may even cast furtive glances behind us to make sure the strange smiling person isn't following us home to rape us and steal our money.
So what we have here is a society full of uptight, unbelieving people who cannot even smile at one another, so we become wrapped up in our own lives, neglecting that of those around us. We have become selfish, where we think a smile costs more than a boob job, and is probably more painful too. But perhaps we have a reason for not trusting the smiles? It's just too out of the ordinary to be simply accepted.
A smile can say so many things. A smile makes a dreary day seem cheerful. A secret smile, a smirk, a giggle, an outright laugh-out-loud. A smile brings people together. It transcends all boundaries all languages all cultures. Smiling makes someone else happy, which makes you happy in turn. Spread the smiles.
Laugh lines- because they're worth it.
