Written piece
Smiles
Adi Pandey
India
About this piece
My submission is about smiling and its potential to bring humans from different countries and cultures together.
Smiles and laughter bring human beings together. Smiling is contagious, and it spreads across the room faster than anything else. It breaks the barriers of language and geography. It doesn't require any words. It acts as a global thread that brings people together. A smile is capable of establishing a feeling of warmth between two humans who don't speak the same language.
Certain moments bring joy to human beings everywhere, irrespective of their nationality or culture. Seeing a newborn baby for the first time, or a pet dog that comes running towards you after a hard day at work, or buying a new house, these are moments that give humans immense joy. If we look at the things we smile and laugh about, we'll realize that we are all very alike.
In front of a smile, all the words in the dictionary fall short.