Another student from the 90s returned to the Hatha Yoga Center for class. When he bent down to take off his shoes, I recognized his smile from that angle. The years have been kind to him, as his smile remains the same, ever present, if now wrapped in aging skin framed by grey hair.
The decades disappeared between us as we joined in the omnipresent NOW. As he stood on one leg, I reflexively reached to stabilize him before he lost balance. We smiled together as we continued standing on one leg like old trees with a common root.
How often do you smile? Do you know how many hearts you lift with the corners of your mouth? Ki to Happiness smiles and wipes away tears and years.