How God smiles at people.

You know how it feels? What it looks like? Well, allow me to tell you. It's the smile of a child. I was driving on this March day . And was coming home. It was beautiful outside, the first real warm sun, people walking along the lakefront, the water deep blue, reflecting the endless blue sky above it. People soaking up the rays of warmth. The chilly air has that unforgetable scent of impending Spring, the re-birth of leaves, flowers, bird songs. This was one beautiful day.

Then I noticed a little girls, who just learned to walk, her mom still holding her yellow coat to prevent her daughter from stumbling. She was wearing a cute little hat and had matching mittens on her hands. I was driving by her, when she looked up at my car and smiled. It was like everything that is good in this world, all the love songs, embraces of a warm fire on a chilly October day, like a cup of excellent coffee, like golden fall leaves, like the rising of the sun - everything was in that smile. There are no back thoughts, no underlying intentions, no questions, no fear, no second meaning - there is only happiness in that smile, pure, unspoiled joy of life.

I got goosebumps - I felt like the whole Universe all of a sudden smiled at me - the way it always does, with love and support. This all in a smile of a very young girl.