It's amazing how a simple gesture can change a person's whole appearance, outlook, or attitude. I love that I can't go five minutes without smiling. Even when I'm in pain or deep in thought. I'm an optimistic person. That I smile while on the subway, walking down the sidewalk, sitting next to strangers in a cafe...could come from the fact that I love being around people. That this city, while loud and crazy and smelly and sooty and rat-infested...could actually inspire great things in me and in others. The potential of this place is overwhelming.
Draft from 10/23/2009
