“Sharing a smile costs you absolutely nothing, and yet it is one of the most powerful acts of chesed”
The video opens with Esti, six years old, walking outside. She looks straight into the camera and then tilts the phone downward toward her shirt. Across it are written the words: “A smile can change the world.”
She reads it aloud, carefully: “A smile can change the word.” Then she pauses, thinks for a moment, and adds, “Well… let’s see about that.”
Still filming, she begins to look around our yard. “Oh my goodness, our fence is fixed.” “Oh my goodness, our trees got cut.” “Oh my goodness, our door got painted.” And then she looks back into the camera, breaks into a radiant smile, and says, with absolute conviction, “I guess it’s true. A smile can change the world.”
Watching that video just then felt like more than coincidence. It felt like a message. As if Esti herself was reminding us, exactly when we needed it most, of something so simple, something so holy, and something enduring: the quiet power of a smile.
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