past imperfect... future tense

looking at him gives confidence... there's much brewing around him on all fronts one could think of, yet he goes on undeterred, undaunted with a smile plastered on his face... without an iota of artifice... because i reckon he realises these are times which he would smile at, yet again characteristically, when he reflects on later... till then the count of beneficiaries of his smile refuses to stagnate... its scary at times