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Sep 05, 2004 :: What's Your Excuse
Love one another right now!
In Las Vegas last week, I joined about ten Chinese people on the elevator and headed up to my room. It was late at night; the jingling of the slot machines was still in my mind. The two hours of book signing was still in my thoughts. I was glad it was time for bed. When I turned to get off the elevator at the eleventh floor, I was shocked to see all ten Chinese people smile and wave and say “good night”. I suppose that is what you do when someone is leaving. I had a frozen grin on my face all the way down the corridor.
The next morning, I entered the elevator and there were four Americans heading in the same direction as me. I greeted them with a “good morning”. Only one responded. When we got off, I wished them all a “good day”. This time two responded.
As the song suggest, “Come on people now, smile at your brother”. Very often a stranger’s smile will put a broken heart on the mend.
