So I was walking down the street the other day and smiled at a man walking towards me. I am pretty sure he was caught off guard as he smiled back at me in a sarcastic way.
I kept smiling and asked how he was as we approached closer. He stopped, turned behind him and looked back at me. He pointed to himself with a questioned look on his face.
I smiled back and said, “Yes, how are you?”
He said, “Oh, um, good.”
I said, “Great! Have a nice day.”
Our arms barely touched as we crossed by one another.
He no longer smiled, yet I still beamed.
I could hear a “Humph?” coming from his direction as our steps grew distant. But that was not the last thing I heard him say….
“How are you today?” he said…to the next stranger….
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Today’s call: Smile at a stranger.