Coming from a warm, tropical, sun-drenched country to a place where cold winds, cloudy skies, and freezing temperatures are the norm, I've learned that you can spend months despising a place with all your guts and then all it takes is a few drops of sunshine to change everything.
Suddenly, drenched in sunlight, everything looks beautiful, fresh, radiant.
Cold, dark nights fade into a dim and distant memory, and suddenly, all is new again.
People can be like that, too.
You can spend night upon lonely night wondering if you're the only human being who's ever felt alone, scared, and out of place. Wondering if such a thing as unselfish love actually exists.
Then you meet someone, and all it takes it a genuine smile, a lingering glance, and unselfish hug, silences that speak louder than words - that say I'm here, I understand, you're not alone.
Suddenly hope bubbles from a spring you didn't know was inside you.
Sleepless, tearful nights spent tossing and turning and staring at the ceiling become muted memories of what feels like a dream.
Suddenly, the world is new again.
What if we all lived our lives to be like sunshine for others?
What if were not meant to change the whole world but to change one heart at a time?
What if all it took was a smile, a hug, a hello?
What if we all lived that way?
How beautiful would the world look like then?
Dedicated to the new friends I've met who have been sunshine through long winter days.
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