“There is no way to happiness. Happiness is the way.”

We tend to think that the happiest people are the ones who have it all – money, looks, health, love, friends, success, shiny cars, big beautiful houses  – but is that really true? I have met so many “poor” and “rich” people while traveling around the world.  I can tell you that often the people who had less seemed more at peace and more happy than the people who had it “all”…

Today I want to share with you a really beautiful story that comes with a remarkable life lesson. Enjoy 

World of Smiles

About ten years ago when I was an undergraduate student in college, I was working as an intern at my University’s Museum of Natural History. One day, while working at the cash register in the gift shop, an elderly couple come in with a little girl in a wheelchair. As I looked closer at this girl, I saw that she was kind of perched on her chair. And then I realized she had no arms or legs, just a head, neck and torso. She was wearing a little white dress with red polka dots.

As the couple wheeled her up to the counter, I was looking down at the register. I turned my head toward the girl and gave her a wink. As I took the money from her grandparents, I looked back at the girl, who was giving me the cutest, largest smile I had ever seen. All of a sudden, her handicap was gone and all I saw was a beautiful little girl, whose smile just melted me and almost instantly gave me a completely new sense of what life is all about.

She captured me – a poor, unhappy college student  – and brought me into her world; a world of smiles, love and warmth. That was ten years ago. I’m a successful business person now and whenever I start to feel down and think about the troubles of the world, I remember that little girl and the remarkable lesson about life that she taught me. ~Author Unknown

~love, Luminita💫

Are you living in a world of smiles, love and warmth? Do let me know by commenting below or by posting your lovely comment on the PurposeFairy Facebook Page. And if you’ve enjoyed reading this post, feel free to share it with your loved ones – Sharing is Caring and Wisdom Never Decreases by Being Shared 

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