When I was live in 33rd, there was a old man live my left which was 32nd.
The old man is quite bumpy in all one’s life, many kinds of misfortune befall him: Because when being young because the chaos caused by war nearly loses all relatives, a leg is lost in launching air raids; ” the Culture Revolution “ China, the wife can not stand the ceaselessly torment, makes a clean break with him finally, leave him; Soon, die with his interdependent son in the traffic accident again.
But in my impression, the old man has been hale and hearty and candid and amiable all the time. I did not carry taking the liberty to ask at last: “You have stood so many sufferings and unfortunate, but why not find out you feel grieved? ” Old man afford to have speech: “Look, what does it look like? ” The completely green leaf in it is very yellow that this is. It is exactly late autumn at this time. I think this is perhaps a leaf of a white poplar, and look like something “Can you not talk about it as a heart? Is it a heart in other words? ” This is true, resemble the form as the heart very much. My heart is quiver gently for it.
“And then see what there is on it? ” The old man gathers leaves to me nearer. I clearly see, there are a lot of holes not of uniform size on that, just like moon of star in the sky.
The old man regains leaves, put in the palm, say with that deep and serious sound releiving: “It splits in the spring breeze out, grows up in the sunshine. Melt from the ice and snow by the end of cold autumn, it has passed by one’s own life. During this time, it has stood worms and bitten the stone to hit, so that is riddled with gaping wounds, but it has not withered. It dies a natural death, is totally full of love to sunshine, earth, rain and dew. Is full of love to one’s own life, by contrast, what can those blows be? ” The old man puts the leaf on my desk finally, he says: “This answer is given to you nowadays I am still keeping this slice of leaf in good condition. When I dash for ward and attacked in the life-long fortune, I always can draw enough calm and strength from it, no matter in what kind of difficulty it is, always can keep an optimistic spirit.
