Itislovethatmakestheworldgoround．Anditisalsolovethathassuchpowertoovercomealldifficulties．Sowesay:“Lovewillfindaway.”Assmileisafacialexpressionshowingpleasure，affection，andfriendliness，itisthecommonestwaytoshowourgoodwillperfectlywithoutsayinganything．AChinesesayingruns:“neverhitapersonwhoissmilingatyou.”Itisatime-provenfactthatthesmileisalanguageallitsown—auniversallanguage—understoodbythepeopleofeverynationintheworld．Wemaynotspeakthesametongueasourforeignneighbors，butwesmileinthesametongue．Weneednointerpreterforthusexpressinglove，happiness，orgoodwill.

OnedaywhileshoppinginasmalltowninsouthernCalifornia，itwasmymisfortunetobeapproachedbyaclerkwhosepersonalitycontradictedmine．Heseemedmostunfriendlyandnotatallconcernedaboutmyintendedpurchase．Iboughtnothing，andmarchedangrilyoutofthestore．Myangertowardthatgrewwitheachstep．Outside，standingatthecorner，wasadark-complexionyoungmaninhisearlytwenties．Hisexpressivebrowneyesmetandheldmine，andinthenextinstantabeautiful，dazzlingsmilecoveredhisface．Igaveinimmediately．Themagneticpowerofthatshiningsmiledroveawayallbitternesswithinme，andIfoundthemusclesinmyownfacehappilyresponding．“Beautifulday，isn’tit?”Iremarked，inpassing．The，suddenlysomethinginsidemesentmeturningback．“Ireallyoweyouadebtofgratitude，”Isaidsoftly．Hissmiledeepened，buthemadenoattempttoanswer．AMexicanwomanandtwomenwerestandingnearby．Thewomansteppedforwardandeyedmeinquiringly．“Carlos，henospeakEnglish，”shevolunteered．“YouwantIshouldtellhimsomething?”InthatmomentIfelttransformed．Carlos’smilehadmadeabigpersonofme．Myfriendlinessandgoodwilltowardallmankindstoodtenfeettall．“Yes，”myreplywasenthusiasticandsincere，“tellhimIsaid‘Thankyou!’”“Thankyou?”Thewomanseemedslightlypuzzled．IgaveherarmafriendlypatasIturnedtoleave．“Justtellhimthat，”Iinsisted．“He’llunderstand．Iamsure!”Oh，whatasmilecando!AlthoughIhaveneverseenthatyoungmanagain，Ishallneverforgetthelessonhetaughtmethatmorning.

Fromthatdayon，Ibecamesmile–conscious，andIpracticethediligently，anywhereandeverywhe