The Auction

I’ve got this story last Thursday in the English lesson.  I hope you’ll get a lesson from this simple story.

There was a couple of married, they were rich and owned some factories. Even though they had secured life with all their saving fund, they still unhappy. it's because they hadn’t got any children. From year to year they waited patiently for the presence of child. They asked for suggestion and advices. Subconsciously they had got older. it was impossible for the wife to deliver a baby. The couple was fidgety and sad. They were thought about the inheritor of their opulence.

it was a blessing in disguise that suddenly in the old age the wife got pregnant. They were happy and so thankful to God. At last the waiting period had end.

The baby was a boy, he was handsome but, unfortunately paralyzed. But despite his weakness the couple were happy and glad. Soon after delivered the baby the wife died. The husband grew up the children patiently with deep affection. They both got a several grateful years just before the son got sick in cause of death. Only then, the husband follow to die.

The Family died, with a lot of inheritances left. The properties were sell in the auction in purpose of charity. There was an ordinary painting of the boy in the auction. A couple of the family's servant, who had taken of the boy bid that painting for $5. No body interested to bid in the highest rate. Finally the painting had won by the servant couple. and soon after it was turn out that in the back of the painting, had been written that “Anyone who bought this painting certainly love my son. So she/he will receive all of my inheritance”.

How lucky they are… they hadn’t had any intention about getting any rewards. it was pure, they thought that buying the painting and hanging it on their wall could remind them about the boy who they used to take care of.

There is a big lesson we could take from this story, any kindness will bring us to another kindness. it isn’t about give and receive, but it’s about conviction doing kindness.

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Your friend is yourself

Have you ever heard this proverb?

“Tell me who your friend is, I’ll tell you who you are”

May be some of you will think that it’s a very common proverb. But I’d like to digging it deeper, cause there is a big meaning behind this proverb. Sometimes people talk about their friends kindness, goodness even weakness. I’m also sometimes (It’s unavoidably, but really I'm trying to decrease it). And don’t you know that actually what people saying about their friends, actually they tell us about their self. It makes sense, cause friendship isn’t kind of close relationship. We share many things with our friends, we shared story, happiness, sadness, and even feelings. By the time when a friendship is getting closer, unconsciously each friends will imitate each other, the way they talk, the way they see, the way they think, and even the way they laugh will be similar.

You may don’t believe it, but think it deeper. Look at your self, you can’t doubt it, that your characters and your habits is formed by your environment. Especially your friends, one of the most person who you shared time with.

So, be careful when you make  friends, you have to be selective. If you make a friends with a freeman, in spite of people will say you’re a freeman, you may turn become a freeman. If your friend is a kind hearted, people will think that you’re kind hearted even you’re not kind hearted at all. Cause by the time your friend will influence you. But it doesn’t mean that bad people can’t make a friend with good people, everybody can make friends with anybody. But we have to be careful and selective when we make a best friend or close friend. Cause the probability of being influenced by close friend is higher than the common friend.       

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