April 4, 2004
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THINGS THAT REFRESH MY SOUL
Faces
Have you ever had the experience of walking along in your daily life and passing someone who looks right at you with the most open friendly smile, maybe just when you’re feeling a bit down yourself? You’d remember it if you did, because it really doesn’t happen all that often in this bustling stressed-out world we live in. Mostly faces are turned away at some angle or another, lost in their own thoughts, or if they look at you the look is suspicious, antagonistic. I treasure those moments of connection with the smilers. I call them Salt-of-the-Earth people. Faces tell us pretty much everything, even if a person is guarded. There are frown lines and laugh lines. There are the wrinkles of aging and of suffering. There are calm faces of those who have somehow found inner peace. There are children’s faces, not yet showing the loss of innocence. (The photo is my daughter in her early Haight-Ashbury years.) There are the faces of lovers of any age regarding each other with confidence in that love. There are angry faces, lonely faces, sad faces, frightened faces. There are faces of different colors. There is your own face looking back at you from the mirror. Hopefully, you like your face and it has served you well. I hope you will smile and look right at someone today with it.
Deep Thought: It’s funny that pirates were always going around searching for treasure, and they never realized that the real treasure was the fond memories they were creating.
Today I am grateful for: Cosmetics
Comments (5)
yes, i remember that exact moment a few months ago…it meant a lot to me!
I always walk looking down. Not sure where I picked that up or when. I think I miss a lot of the world going by though… Great blog.
there’s a lackof smiles today,but i usually tend to find them in the morning.
I long ago got into the habit of not looking at anybody’s face, in the hope that if I didn’t look at them they wouldn’t see me. I’m sure I miss a lot that way too.
While I dislike my own face & avoid mirrors, I do try to say hello to people when I pass them or wave at babies & animals.