Every morning when our matatu (= van) drives into the mathare slum we are greeted by the smiling faces of young children. And of course the frequent call of "muzungu", which means white people or rich people. lol. Anyway it never seizes to amaze me how happy everyone in the slums is!! And how the eyes of all the children are filled with so much hope! When I think of the streets of Toronto, I think of the way everyone is so busy and running everywhere and no one ever has time to smile!!-- Seeing the cheerful faces of the people here definately confirms the fact that wealth is not related to happiness!
I've been reading this book called "Don't Sweat The Small Stuff"-- its a really good book that my aunt gave me and one of the things it says is to smile at random people as your walking along the street--- when I initially read that I was like everyone will think im some sort of creep if i do that--- seriously next time your walking on the city-- look for people smiling at strangers-- you wont find any! Anywayy point being that after seeing how the people here smile at complete strangers and how good it makes you feel, I will definately try that once I get back to Toronto!-- And you should too! lol
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