Tiny Life

Tiny life   

      The other day, I read a Chinese journal which tells a story about a boy trying to save fishes’ lives on the beach. After a storm, the little boy tried to pick the tiny fish that were washed up to the shore by the waves and helped them return to their home. At the moment, an old man walked by and asked him doubtfully, “You can’t save them. Nobody cares. What the on earth made you do this?” “The fishes know, I know and my heart cares,” the boy replied innocently with a sincere looking and kept moving. Then, suddenly, the old man felt ashamed since he found he couldn’t think with a simple kind heart as the boy did.

      Kindness is a lofty morality and I personally believe that we were born with it. However, unfortunately, not many people can do as much as the boy did in the story. I think an important factor that has led people to different directions is our thinking was polluted. While we were growing up, we followed the rights and wrongs which we were taught. Besides, we also added our own experiences and judgments, so that we became complicated individuals. While looking at the boy, there is only the purity in his mind and his thinking hasn’t influenced by the pollution yet. Hence, in his eyes, even the tiny fish is so precious. It’s a beauty when we can treasure any kind of life in the world.

      In our life journey, we all face some difficulties now and then, and I am sure that we eager for kind people who will reach out their hands for us. If that happens, we would be very grateful because the person has a kind heart and cares about the world. Kindness is like the beautiful and fresh dewdrop we can find on the leaves at dawn. Although it’s small, it can help the thirsty flowers bloom and offer the water source to the insects. If we all will carry a kind heart, then the peaceful world will come soon!

By Yuki 05/14/2009