Enlightenment (启发) is a strange thing. It comes in unexpected moments (时刻). I received a moment of enlightenment just recently from the mouth of a little girl. I was heading into the local post office to send a letter. I saw a young woman who was my neighbor. On her back was her little daughter who was no more than three. After talking for a few minutes she shared a story of her high school days with me and we both smiled. Just then her little girl pointed up to the wrinkles (皱纹) around my eyes.
"What are those?" she asked. I smiled again and said they were laugh lines. She looked at me for a second and then said, "You must laugh a lot!"
On my way home that funny, enlightening moment stayed in my mind.
"Yes, " I thought to myself. "I have laughed a lot over the years. And if my heavy wrinkles are a sign of that, then it's a sign I'm pleased to share with everyone I meet. "
Our laughter, love, and smiles don't just produce wrinkles in our skin. They also help our hearts. Every act of kindness reaches the bottom of others' hearts.
Learn to love your laugh lines and enjoy your wrinkles. They are a sign that you have laughed a lot. They are a sign that you have loved a lot. They are a sign that you have lived a lot. They are a sign that you are being the person God meant for you to be.
