Smiles as Signals
A cracking formula
One of my friends asked me a sincere question: How do I know if someone is truly a good colleague/friend?
I thought deeply, because he explained something many of us experience - When he smiles at someone he knows, they smile back, yet behind the smile, their actions are hurtful or manipulative.
So how do we really distinguish such people?
The first thought that came to me was almost playful: Why didn’t God make life simple?
Imagine if a person’s face or body carried the exact “weight” or “shine” of their thoughts -
… like gold measured in purity:
… the heavy ones revealing impurity,
… the light and radiant ones showing genuine goodness.
Life would be effortless.
Isn’t it?
But then the truth struck me: if everything were that obvious, Maya would not exist.
The whole purpose of this world is to learn discernment, to see beyond outer smiles, and to listen to the quiet signals within us.
I told him that at some point in life, you must have experienced moments of true success - times when you achieved something meaningful and shared that joy with your family or friends.
Think of those moments: the people who didn’t just smile, but whose eyes filled with tears of genuine happiness for you.
Those are your people. Identify them. Thank them from your heart.
That smile - the one born from love, not ego - rank it the highest.
Then look at the other side: the people who knowingly smile when you fail, when you make a mistake, or when life tests you. Their smile carries a different energy -
one that reveals its true intention without words - rank that the lowest.
Between these two extremes lies everyone else in your circle. Observe their smiles, their reactions, their sincerity. Slowly, you will understand where each person stands,
and what they truly mean in your journey.
This is how life silently teaches discernment -not through faces, but through the purity behind each smile.
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