Essay in praise of civilized etiquette

Start with a smile.

by Zheng Yuan.

Aristotle said in Zoology, "Man is the only animal that can laugh." "Since God has given us the ability to laugh, we should use it more, but laughter is not just a simple movement of the facial muscles. In our interactions, we often need to use laughter to show friendship to each other, laughter is a key to open the door of communication, and when laughter has this function, it must be sincere, it is from the heart to make people feel warm and cordial.

I don't know if you have ever encountered such a thing: because of a little trivial matter with someone to argue, caused a conflict, but in the end because of a smile of understanding?

I don't know if you've heard the story of two strangers who have just arrived and become good friends because of their friendly smiles.

There are so many stories that smiles bring because smiles have so many effects: smiles make people fascinated, smiles make people successful, smiles make people beautiful, smiles make people happy, smiles make people lovely, smiles make people feel more confident, smiles make people intoxicated, smiles make people see sunshine from darkness, hope from failure, miracles from despair.

Not only that, but civilized etiquette can also start with a smile.

The first time I took a foreign teacher's class, the students were very unfamiliar with the blonde foreigner with bright eyes, and they were not stunned for a while, and they were all standing there stupidly. The foreign teacher was very polite, gave us a smile salute, and greeted us, but we didn't respond like wooden people. 1 minute passed.

2 minutes have passed....It wasn't until the third minute that the representative of the foreign language class seemed to remember something, led the students to bow and salute, and also gave the foreigner a smile, and the foreigner's tense face stretched a little, and it is estimated that he was thinking in his heart: Why do Chinese children understand civilized etiquette so much? In fact, it's no wonder that we, we are so nervous that we have forgotten a truth:

A smile is the most perfect parabola for human beings. The second time I went to the foreign teaching department, the students showed a smile to the foreigner, and also told the foreigner with action: We Chinese understand civilized etiquette.

You are smiling, it is a person's expression; Millions of people smiling together is the expression of a city and a society. Start with a smile, express emotions with a smile, convey friendship with a smile, spread civilization with a smile, build harmony with a smile, start from yourself, smile more every day, develop the habit of smiling, express sincere care with your own smile, convey the true feelings of the world, and bring happiness and warmth to others and society at the same time, enrich the inner world of individuals, and improve their own civilization quality. Only by starting from small things, starting with a smile, sowing the seeds of a smile, advocating a good atmosphere of unity, equality, mutual help, and forming a friendly, warm, cordial and kind interpersonal relationship, can we create a harmonious, civilized and healthy social living environment.

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