Also warm others, illuminate oneself, may you live as a canteen of light | story | person. After reading it
A while ago, a post touched many people. The author said she suddenly received an email from a high school classmate and cried uncontrollably after reading it:
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The author also said that she couldn't quite remember this classmate and what he said in the email, but this email gave her great encouragement and made her realize that she still has such a shining side, who has always been self denying in recent years.
After reading this beautiful story, I just want to say: Live yourself as a light, because you don't know who will gain strength through your light.
6 stories as warm as light
01
The CCTV program "Waiting for Me" once aired a story about "searching for the first friend in life":
When Ning Ning was a child, she was isolated and excluded due to family changes, and her personality became introverted and insecure. Later, a girl named Tian Cuo walked into her life and took the initiative to talk and play with her, protecting her sensitivity and integrating her into the circle of classmates. Under the illumination of this beam of light, Ning Ning finally gradually became cheerful and normal. But in fifth grade, Tian Cuo suddenly transferred to another school. The story came to an abrupt end.
Years have passed, and she can never forget her first friend in life, the sweetest candy she ever tasted in her childhood. She said on the program, "It was she who opened up my colorful world. I want to find her, thank her in person, thank her for not giving up on me, thank her for telling me, let's play together."
Don't underestimate any small kindness, some people have overcome the thorns of growth because of it.
02
Throughout my adolescence, I had an inexplicable sense of shame towards myself, not only because I was overweight, but also because I was already so overweight and couldn't control my appetite. I work hard but my grades are average. I don't have many friends and I'm used to walking with my head down. I always wear black, overly oversized clothes.
At that time, the sky seemed always gray.
Once while eating in the cafeteria, a group of classmates were discussing me not far away, discussing my weight, the way I eat, and the various nicknames they gave me. My only friend who has a good relationship is also among them. She didn't laugh, but she didn't say anything or argue for me.
Then, I heard someone loudly say, "Have you said enough? Is it interesting?" That was a female classmate whom I was not familiar with, only knowing that sports are very good, as if I had to follow the path of being a sports talent student in the future. After she finished speaking, she stood up and walked over to me with a plate. She sat down opposite me and said, "Don't worry about them."
Later on, she took the initiative to take me for a few steps, saying while running, looking up and holding her chest high, believing in herself. But I couldn't keep up, coupled with heavy academic workload, so I gave up.
Although we don't have much contact now, I will always remember the way she walked towards me in the cafeteria. In my memories, that moment was really like what was portrayed on TV, shining brightly.
I am very grateful to her for standing firmly with me in that way during the darkest moments of my life. Maybe she doesn't even know what this means to me.
03
Three years after graduation, I have moved to several cities and changed jobs many times. The longest job I have worked for was eight months, and the shortest was only one week. Those years were very painful, and I felt that it was difficult to persist in that kind of life, and I couldn't get interested in anything. Just like fish floating and sinking in the deep sea of vacuum, almost suffocating in minutes. When I was struggling, I met my current counselor who accompanied me through the most difficult times and helped me find my own direction.
Looking back now, it's like you fell into the dark sea and couldn't breathe, and everyone around you didn't know. In your most desperate moment, a light suddenly appeared and dragged you out of the deep sea.
04
I met my current girlfriend when I was at my worst. At that time, I suffered from severe insomnia and often had to rely on sleeping pills and alcohol to fall asleep, resulting in a complete imbalance between work and life. She is very tolerant, patient, and good at listening. When I am with her, I inexplicably feel safe. Slowly, when she was by my side, I could fall asleep naturally.
At her suggestion, I quit my job and traveled together, driving my own car to less crowded places, and lived a very quiet and slow life. During this process, I felt the vitality gradually returning to my body.
I used to think it was unbelievable when I heard people say the word "redemption". It wasn't until I met her that I believed she appeared and really came to save me. Thank you for being my sun, my medicine, and for illuminating and healing me.
05
At that time, I was pregnant and living alone in Beijing. Life was extremely difficult, with no job, no money, and a big belly. My husband goes out every day and doesn't stay at home for a month.
One day it was pouring rain, and my husband and I had an argument before running out. I stood in the rain, feeling heartbroken, silently thinking to myself, "Let's go!"! If it gets drenched to death, it will end. But within a few minutes of standing, a fifteen or sixteen year old boy was staring at me on the roadside. I felt embarrassed when I was seen, so I wanted to avoid his gaze and go elsewhere, but he followed me wherever I went. When I was followed by this child, my dying heart disappeared. I started walking back, and he continued to follow me until I was almost home. I told him, "Don't follow me, I'm home," before he left!
Looking back, it was that child who saved me. When I was in despair, he gave me a beam of light, making me realize that the world was not too bad and was worth living well!
06
Do you still remember Su Zhengmin who walked out of the mountains and wrote 6000 words of gratitude when he graduated? In that acknowledgment, he also mentioned the light in his life:
For many years, my father worked day and night for the education of our three children, and eventually fell ill from various illnesses. My father's medical expenses also added insult to injury to this already unstable family, leaving us with countless external debts. After my father passed away, my sister and I both chose to drop out of school. She went to Guangdong, and I chose to stay on the land that our ancestors have been farming for generations. At that time, I faced the yellow earth all day and turned my back to the sky, until a person shone into my dark life like a beam of light - Zhang Junlan, a journalist from Tianjin Daily, used her thin and weak body to help me in more than 20 years. Tens of thousands of impoverished students like me from Liangshan have returned to campus
After graduation, Su Zhengmin chose to join the school's graduate teaching group and return to Daliangshan to teach for a year, lighting up his dreams for more children. You see, those who have been illuminated by light have gone to illuminate others.
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Thank you to those who have illuminated us,
Perhaps you knew nothing about that moment,
Perhaps you just chose to do something kind,
But there are really people because of you,
Received warmth, support, and even redemption.
Then,
They have also lived themselves into light,
Warming oneself and illuminating more people.
Kindness circulates, and humanity is worth it.
Who has illuminated you like light before?
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