Too much politics corrupts democracy, and too much democracy gets in the way of policy. Politics is about positions, policy about decisions, democracies produce compromises, technocracies produce solutions, democracy suffices, technocracy optimizes.
The biggest and most captivating smile that I have ever received is in 2004, when I was doing a charity work to the marginal people who live in the landfill of the wealthiest people in the country. The warmest hug that I have ever received from a stranger is in 2018 from the homeless man who stop and asked me if I have a spare change which I did not have. Despite the fact that I had nothing to give him, he gave me a hug that I can't forget, the hug that come unexpected yet so beautiful. God usually pack a lot of power and strength into tiny little packages, in the most humble way.