Words have deeper meanings

Someone very close to me always told me throughout my entire life that I must run away smiling.

So I do.

At a young age, when I heard this phrase, I thought the words meant, "go away from me and carry on with your business" because I was the most annoying and goofiest kid alive.

But now?

I take the phrase in a more positive light. When I was told by that same dear person today to run away smiling, I cried with tears of love. For some reason it meant more. It meant that I must always be in search of my own happiness! I must run out to the world and face each problem with a smile on my face, because in the end, everything is going to be okay.

Thanks for the wise words, dad.