Comments on: Invisible Walls: Protection or Prison? http://projecthola.com/en/2011/05/09/invisible-walls/ Changing the world, one smile at a time. Tue, 06 Sep 2011 00:35:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: erin http://projecthola.com/en/2011/05/09/invisible-walls/#comment-8 erin Fri, 20 May 2011 07:34:20 +0000 http://projecthola.com/en/?p=267#comment-8 Eye contact and a smile - something simple but incredibly powerful. It does have the potential to change the world! Eye contact and a smile – something simple but incredibly powerful. It does have the potential to change the world!

]]> By: Suzanne http://projecthola.com/en/2011/05/09/invisible-walls/#comment-7 Suzanne Thu, 19 May 2011 00:20:55 +0000 http://projecthola.com/en/?p=267#comment-7 I've spent considerable time in "nursing" and "rehabilitation" facilities in the past two years. Elderly people line the halls in unattended wheel chairs. They rather slump over with vacant stares - waiting for lunch, for bingo, for a visitor who did not come, waiting to die? I found that a simple smile, with eye contact, suddenly makes each one sit up taller and connect with a smile in return. It makes my visit and purpose much more powerful. I’ve spent considerable time in “nursing” and “rehabilitation” facilities in the past two years. Elderly people line the halls in unattended wheel chairs. They rather slump over with vacant stares – waiting for lunch, for bingo, for a visitor who did not come, waiting to die?

I found that a simple smile, with eye contact, suddenly makes each one sit up taller and connect with a smile in return. It makes my visit and purpose much more powerful.

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