The smile is the color of the day

The day starts with the big smile from the sun that pokes its head into the bedroom. He crawls to the kitchen with a sleepy mind, and the coffee smiles at him, “The day is ahead with tasks and meetings”. Even the car he slides into gives him a smirk.

The traffic lights are winking as he is driving to work. Here is the computer greeting him with a fake but big smile as he checks his email.

But the clock on the wall does not agree to join the party of smiles. It is there as a strict and gloomy schoolteacher promising no early lunch or escape. This schoolteacher constantly reminds us that time is money and laughter is luxury.

Zoom meeting starts, and he smiles to himself; he hopes to look interested, engaged, and oh-so-motivated. But wait - everybody smiles! He looks at the timer; it does not smile back; it creeps along as a drunk snail. He looks at the boss. No luck- no way to finish the meeting early and go back to work to smile at the coworker whose face is somewhere between “I need coffee” and “ I dream about the beach and sun”.

But let’s give the honor to the smile that comes naturally, comes unrehearsed and without effort, as you witness a nice gesture, a cute couple, delve into a warm memory, a moment of breathtaking beauty, or irreplaceable quietness. This smile will definitely color someone’s day because it radiates warmth and light. This smile will beautify the silence and shorten the distance.

Even if the day starts and goes in the colors of coffee stains on your desk, grey and blue hues of serious meetings, flashing red reminders of deadlines, still make sure that the yellow smiles are there to soften the intensive and powerful colors of business life.

Let’s decorate the day with the big yellow smiles and celebrate the moment we can smile at something truly deserving one.