A Simple Smile

It's something small and simple...yet one smile can brighten someone's day or light up a whole room. It is completely contagious and universal. So what makes someone smile? Smiling is a sign of happiness and joy characterized by those who wear it.
Colleen K. Menlove said: "Happiness looks like a smile that you can see in people’s eyes so that you know they really are happy...happiness is as simple as a smile."
So what makes us truly happy? How can we learn to smile even through the less trodden paths or storms of life? The answer is simple: Jesus Christ. When center our lives around the Savior we will always have reason to smile. This requires effort on our part. We are taught in order to come closer to Jesus Christ, we must strive to do the small and simple things he has asked of us, like praying, reading the scriptures, going to church, keeping the commandments, and loving all men.
This may seem hard to do rather than simple, but the Savior lovingly teaches us in the Book of Mormon: "Now ye may suppose that this is foolishness in me; but behold I say unto you, that by small and simple things are great things brought to pass; and small means in many instances doth confound the wise. And the Lord God doth work by means to bring about his great and eternal purposes; and by very small means the Lord doth confound the wise and bringeth about the salvation of many souls." Alma 37: 6-7
I know that as we do those small and simple things the Lord will make our lives great and full of happiness. His promise is sure! Just like a simple smile, it can brighten our day and change our lives.
"As we come to understand the great plan of happiness, we will radiate, for all the world to see, a glad heart and a cheerful countenance. We will show that we know the gospel of Jesus Christ is a simple, ever-present source of true happiness today and ever after in eternity."