Yesterday I had my grandparents over for dinner. They can only visit us couple times a year because my grandpa is the Nauvoo temple president. My grandparents are the happiest people I know. They carry a spirit about them that I don't find in many other people. Whenever I am with them I feel unbelievably happy. My mom made a delicious meal like she always does consisting of turkey, salad, rolls, vegetables and ginger cookie ice cream sandwiches. After we were done eating, I decided to show my grandparents a youtube video I discovered at my friends house called the Validation. This video is about a man who complements everyone he sees. He makes everyone smile and feel good about themselves. His happy aura gives him opportunities he would have never had unless he was so happy. One day he met a girl that wouldn't smile. He tried everything to make her smile but gave up and stopped smiling and complementing people himself. As a result, he lost his job and wandered the street until one day a couple asked him to take their picture. He told them to "smile" and realized why he was having such a hard time in life; he had stopped smiling. The man made the couple realize how lucky they were to be alive and as a result began to be happier himself. He became a photographer and got the most genuine smiles out of people. The sad girl that once brought him down came up to him one day and complemented him when he was taking pictures. Come to find out, he hadn't ever been complemented in his life.
My grandparents are just like this guy in the movie. They are always so kind to everyone and don't expect one thing in return. They make people feel included and important. My grandparents haven't lived in their home for over ten years because of their resposibilities in the church. Throughout these ten years in scary places like Russia they didn't complain once. I know that my grandparents are so happy because they not only have testimonies but they smile and complement others. When our family went to visit them in Nauvoo over the summer, it seemed like everyone knew my grandparents. They all raved about them and said how they were the most genuine kind people they had ever met.
I was so sad when they left to go back to Nauvoo but was taught a great lesson. It is easy to get down on myself and say rude things about other people but in the end I just become unhappy. I would like to give a light to others like my grandparents and the man in the movie. In order to do this, I need to glow myself.
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