The Smile that Went Around the World

Book excerpt: From the Best-Selling author of THE INVISIBLE STRING! What if you discovered one day you did something that helped millions of people all over the world and changed their lives? Something so simple that it was recognized and understood by everyone in every country everywhere. . . and all it took was a kind gesture to get it started. Too good to be true? Then it’s time for you to meet THE SMILE THAT WENT AROUND THE WORLD. In a modern world where emails and photos can be sent to the other side of the planet in seconds, where planes fly to far-off countries every day, and where city sidewalks and highways are covered with millions of people going in millions of directions, it makes you realize just how easily a simple smile can actually go around the world. Here’s an uplifting story of how one smile finds its way around the world, cheering up everyone along the way.