A trip to Delhi recently, made me realize the importance of Smile. Not only would I like to share my experience with readers but also to suggest it to make a resolution not to miss an opportunity to disseminate the infection of smile as far and wide as possible.
These are few incidents, where simply by smiling (helplessly and genuinely) things were laid straight. I was left at the Green Park Metro Station by my driver to walk to Siri Fort Auditorium all alone. Soon I realized that it was another gate of metro station and I was completely lost. Teary eyed I glanced sideways when my eyes caught sight of a kind Sikh Gentleman. I smiled and asked for way to the Auditorium and without even giving a second thought the Gentleman dropped me to the venue.
Secondly, on way from Karol Bagh to my clinic in Dwarka by Metro I was lost track what route to take and change and from where. I even forgot all about the special ladies coach and went into the one before me full of all kinds of males. I was panicked beyond limits when my Cell Phones network got lost. I looked around to find a South Indian Gentleman sitting beside me. I smiled helplessly and from thereon he guided me all the way to my Clinic.
I carried a huge laundry bag to my Conference which I had to hand over to my driver. To wait for him I had to remain at the security check at gates. This time there was a female security officer. I simply smiled and it was enough to break the ice. She asked me to keep my bags with her at the check post and proceed to the function. When I returned an hour later I found that she was scolded at least thrice for those bags. This time she smiled and said it was okay.
In a city like Delhi for the first time that too all alone, surviving such situations would have been impossible if those people hadn’t helped and had I not smiled to break the ice. So, I have resolved to smile, whenever and wherever possible, this New Year. What is your resolution for 2012?
