Keep Smiling

Have you ever just decided to begin smiling for a minute? Did you then forget that you were only smiling for a minute and continued smiling? I have.  Here in Cuenca, it is the smiles that make the difference.  The children I see everyday are so amazing. Many have been through countless trials, yet, all continue smiling.  They don´t act as if their life is hard. They don´t complain that their cell phones are too old or too slow, because they don´t even have much of a chance of owning one.  They have been through hard times that I cannot even imagine, yet they continue to love through their smiles.  There is no better sight than that of a beaming smile.  They teach me everyday to keep smiling no matter my circumstance.  On my hardest day I cannot know what these children have experienced, I can only try my best to give them all that I have each day, and learn as much as I can from them.