I've learned that it's often those little moments strung together that allow us to fully breathe in the happiness of life.

I'll never forget the time when it seemed I was having a bad day minute-by-minute. I was entering a Target store when a mother carrying her young son passed me on the way out.

He looked at me with the biggest and moist innocent smile and waved at me. It was a small moment in my day, but the joy that he shared caused all of my troubles to melt away in an instant.

That was a few years ago but I still remember it. So whenever I'm going through difficulties, I take a minute to relive that moment and allow the stress to recede. There's joy in life, we just have to be open to it, and sometimes we can see it through the smile of a child. :)

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