The pass of life

A close friend told me about his job-hunting experience: he stood on the threshold of an interview with five competitors, and his written test results lagged slightly behind the other four, but he was miraculously admitted because he had a sunny smile on his face. This is necessary for the position he is applying for. Do you know? My father once said to me that no matter what happens, you have to face it with a smile. I know this honorable father in the photo: weather-beaten face, deep eyes, the most moving is the sincere smile, my friend is inheriting this ray of sunshine from my parents. This is the most precious wealth he left to his children, and this ray of sunshine from his parents has become a passport for him to embark on his career road smoothly.

Two boys fell in love with a sentimental girl at the same time, everyone thought that the girl would choose a boy with a similar character, but the girl unexpectedly chose the boy who loved to laugh at the sun. I hope there will always be a ray of sunshine shining on me in the dark days, she said. The sunshine from life is the pass for the boy to embark on the road of happiness.

I was moved by the smiling faces of the special teachers in primary schools. Almost all of them had Buddha-like or Bodhisattva-like smiles, which were naturally formed in the long-term teaching process with children, and were not similar to those professional smiles in the business world. It is as if the mountain spring is silently overflowing, as if the spring breeze is quivering on the flower branches, full of kindness and warmth. It is a pass to achieve inner harmony by carving the soul at the beginning of man.

If I ask you: will you laugh? Most people would disagree. But someone told me that it took him 20 years to learn to laugh, and it was not until he was 40 that he realized the true meaning of smiling: when suffering comes, it is called courage to smile. When setbacks come, smile and face, it is called unyielding; when others misunderstand you, smile calmly, that is called demeanor.

In an article commemorating his mother, Hu Shi wrote: the most contemptible thing in the world is to show an angry face to others. Because he and his mother had lived under the pollution of the elongated face of a sister-in-law, so that they could not be relieved later. Of course, the most popular people in social situations are people who are smiling and making people feel like a spring breeze. As the saying goes: smile for less than ten years, a good mood is often a panacea for longevity, a harmonious heart, a healthy body, good self-cultivation is like the fragrance of roses, that is a charming smile. Smile is the golden sun in your sky, with it, your life will be colorful; smile is the pass of life, with it, your life will be a green light all the way.

Author: Lu Yifeng