Smiles that Bind.

I sometimes find it remarkable that for all the physical differences between people of different races, we all use the same muscular mechanism to smile.

  

Needless to say, I shouldn’t find it remarkable. Smiling is another one of those outward expressions which have their genesis on the inside and sit astride the common thread of humanity. They demonstrate, if such were needed, that for all the interest we might take in physical variety, in the final analysis it’s only skin deep.

And while I’m at it, let’s give a shout for the animals as well.