She Simply Smiled

She smiled at me. That was it: just a smile. I was standing across the room and she had just gotten up to walk out of the room. As she passed, she just smiled. (I'm not quite sure if she was smiling directly at me, or just in my general direction) I wonder if she knows how much that smile meant to me. It was just a smile. One question that keeps going through my mind is why she smiled at me? Why did she smile at me?
I have been feeling worthless all day, all week! I didn't want to go out in public...see people...deal with people. But I did. People gave me simple compliments and I brushed them off by saying "ok...whatever..." I didn't feel worthy of any compliments. I wasn't worthy. I believed those compliments were lies, given by complete strangers.
And then she smiled at me. She is a friend. I know she meant it. She doesn't know what I am going through. I don't know why she did smile at me. But nonetheless, she smiled at me. A simple smile. That's all it was: a smile. It meant so much! I felt so good. I felt like I meant something. A simple smile from a friend. She smiled at me.
Thank you.

S.s fratello 2009