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I placed the items on the moving belt. Slowly my packages moved towards the cash register.
The cashier was tired. I could see it on her face. It was towards the end of her shift. She had no doubt been standing and ringing the cash register all day. I know the cash registers don't ring anymore, they are computerized, but when I worked as a cashier, they rang.
My two-year-old son, Josees, was with me.
She performed her job with all of the speed-tired muscles and weary spirit could summon.
Josees stood in front of her across the belt. His tiny frame was inches below the top of the moving belt. I don't know what made him move away from me and stand there. Children can at times move more on instinct than logic.
He stood there looking up. Sensing something.
She looked down.“Oh my God, look at that smile!”she exclaimed.
She changed. The tiredness left. The dreariness left. She appeared as fresh as if she had just walked through the door.
Josees continued standing and smiling. She continued to revived.
I saw not the power of a child, but the power of a pure smile.
Remember, you have the same power.
Each day you will meet someone who is tired, weary, and dreary. For many, the tired, weary, dreary person you meet will be in the mirror.
Even in the mirror, the power of a smile still works.
When you smile, the muscles of your face contract on a special gland in the brain which release a hormone in the brain that eases stress and causes a slight euphoric high.
Smile real big right now and see if that gland is in your brain too.
She was still bubbling as we walked out of the store.
Josees never said a word. He only smiled.
Remember Josees when you meet your weary person each day. Remember someone needs smile.
我把選購的商品放在傳送帶上，慢慢地，我的東西移向收銀員。
收銀員很疲倦，我從她的臉上就看出來了。她換班的時間要到了，毫無疑問，她已經站在那裏摁了一天的收銀機。我知道，收銀機全部是電腦化處理的，不再響鈴了。要知道，我做收銀員那會兒，收銀機還是響鈴的呢。