Strange Question by a Fourth Grader

Today, I experienced a peculiar state of thought when a 4^th grade girl asked me in an annoyed tone "Why are you smiling all the time?"

I once watched a lecture on the different types of generations that are being brought up by the world with the events and circumstances we experience. If a country were to be focused on war, the younger generations grew older to become more orderly and more attentive, but be very restricted from thoughts and creativity. If another country were to focus on freedom, the younger generations learned more of themselves from free will and to express their true nature, but be very sporadic in terms of personality types, which can be seen as chaotic to some.

But near the end of the lecture, the professor pointed out that if we wish to see what our future generation looks like, go and talk to an elementary teacher, for they will be the first people to know how a generation will turn out to be.

So when this little girl had asked me this question, I was puzzled in a sense that when I was a child, I was always happy and someone had to make me unhappy to not be happy. So I asked in return "Because I'm happy. Aren't you happy?". As she looked away and down at the floor, she met with my eyes once more to respond in a doubtful voice "Yeah, but I don't normally see adults smiling"

By sharing this experience with you, I am not saying we all ought to be more happy and be smiling more, but take away the fact that our actions will impact our future generations for they will learn from what we do, not what we say; since it's very easy for parents to tell their children to be more kind and be humble, and moments later, we catch them doing the exact opposite of their own teachings and in that consequence, actions speak louder than words.

If one thanks the mailman for delivering a package rain or shine out of sincerity, the mailman will feel good. In turn, he may then decides to compliment the following neighbor for his nice blue shirt. The man feeling good about the shirt, he then donates some of his other blue shirts to the poor. As the poor family receives them, a child watched a complete stranger give him and his family clothes to wear. In turn, the child later grows up to run a highly successful charity program to provide for the need around the world.

(I once read a book that said if we wish to see if we were good parents as mothers or fathers, watch how your grandchildren grows up.)

Know that what we project out to the world, will determine our own future whether it'd be good or bad; It's up to you on how you would like it to be.

"You must be the change you wish to see in the world"

-Mahatma Gandhi

What changes can you make starting today for the change we wish to see in the world?