LOL at OF .... I've been smiling and saying hi to people almost all my life ... but I remember the first time someone "called" me on it ... It was my first year in college ... many of my growing up years (prior to that) were in smaller communities, but college was in a major city .... at the time I didn't have a car, but just about 10 blocks from my dorm room my great aunt had an apartment, she wasn't in great health and all 3 of her kids lived out of state, so I tried to get down to visit her at least a couple of times each month ... one of those days I was walking down I passed an elderly woman who was out in her front yard working on her flower bed ... I simply smiled and said hello as I was walking by ... didn't think a thing about it, but she stopped me and told me how wonderful I was for thinking to smile and speak to an "old lady" .... ever since then I've thought about how much of a difference such a simple act can make ... I'm grateful that she taught me that lesson!