Mumbai Diaries : There is always a story behind a smile

We all live in the illusion that God has all the time in the world to give us problems.. I mean .. Gimme a break.. Don't we?? When we chat up with friends, we expect them to listen and sympathize or atleast try and understand the pain inside us. We don't realize that the person on the other end of the phone-line also has a story they never shared.

 In these 27 yrs of my life, I have met different people and they all had some or the other influence in my life. But on THIS trip, I met people who had a smile that can make you go weak in our knees but a story that can make your heart cry...


I donno if this is just my perspective but for the past few days, all I see behind every smile is a story... A story that has made the person who he is.. that has shaped their lives...


I have nothing much to say on this except that... Be nice to people..coz in this journey of life, everyone has lost someone or something, everyone has a pain that ripped them apart once and that still makes them go gloomy, everyone has a story they did not have the courage to tell u, everyone has suffered the way you have... BE nice.. Be considerate...


Never assume that a person who pretends to smile all the time or claims to be happy has no trouble in his life. So next time you tell someone "Arey! teri life toh mast hain!! tujhey kya problem?" Think twice... Everyone has problems... What matters is how empathetic we are to each other and how much we recognize the fact that a smile has a story behind it.. .and no it is not a happy one all the time..

Love u people... :)