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Smiling

Yesterday, something odd happened to me. I was walking through Walmart and at two different times I walked past two different women and when we made eye contact I smiled as a way to show just general friendliness but both of them curled their lips in disgust at me. It made me question my self worth. I wondered maybe it was the way I was dressed, maybe I was ugly, or maybe they thought I was creepy. It had honestly stuck with me but after reading Jason's post about rejection it really changed my perspective and made me feel better. That's one of the many beautiful things about our Society, we help each other in so many ways even by just posting an essay! I was dressed pretty averagely, a cap, Elvis t shirt, Wrangler jeans, gold and silver watch, and white Nike Cortez's which I think for fixing up hunting stands in the woods and a quick run to Walmart was appropriate.

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