Chapter 46 Make others happy and make yourself happy

Happiness is somewhat contagious, but you can only be happy if you make others happy. When I started planning to write this book, I offered a $200 reward for the most touching self-motivation story on the topic "How to Be Happy." There are three judges for this essay competition, namely Eddie Reckenbacker, Chairman of Eastern Airlines, Dr. Stewart McCollinan, President of Lincoln Memorial University, and Kattan Bonn, broadcast news critic.However, among the manuscripts we received, there were two excellent works, which made it impossible for the three judges to choose, so the two applicants had to share the prize equally.Here is one of the winning stories, written by Mr. Burton of Spring, Missouri:

"I lost my mother when I was 9, and my father when I was 12." Mr. Burton wrote in the article, "My mother left home suddenly one day 19 years ago. Didn't meet the two sisters she took away. She didn't write to me until 7 years after leaving home. Father died in a car accident 3 years after mother left home. He bought in partnership with others in a small town in Missouri Later, his partner sold the coffee shop while he was on a business trip, and fled with the money. A friend telegraphed his father and asked him to come back to deal with the matter. In a hurry, he had a car accident in Salina, Kansas. , died. I had two aunts, poor, old and sick, who took 3 of our 5 brothers and sisters home, leaving me and my brother with no one willing to take them in. Although unwilling to be seen as orphans However, we had no choice but to beg people for help. I lived in a poor family for a while, but soon the master lost his job, so he could no longer support me. Later, Mr. Luo Futing and his wife took me in and let me Live in a farm 11 miles away from the town.

"Mr. Luo Futing is 70 years old. He suffers from herpes zoster, which is commonly known as the loin-clothed dragon. He lies in bed all day. He told me that as long as I don't lie, don't steal things, and behave obediently, I can live there forever. These three orders Became my bible, and I lived by that standard. Then I started school, but for the first week I hid in the house like a baby and cried. Lots of kids made fun of me, made fun of my big nose, saying I was a fool and called me 'little stinky orphan'. I was very sad and wanted to beat them, but Mr. Luo Futing said: 'Always remember, the one who can walk away and not fight is greater than the one who stays and fights A lot.' So I endured it and didn't fight with people. Until one day, a kid grabbed a handful of chicken shit in the school yard and threw it in my face. I beat the kid up, and the result Made several friends who all said the guy deserved it.