There used to be such a plot in the films of Iranian director Abbas.
There was a very frustrated man who climbed a cherry tree and was ready to jump from it and end his life. Just as he decided to jump down, the school was out.
Groups of children ran over and saw him standing in a tree. A little friend asked, "What are you doing in the tree?" ”
"You can't tell a child to commit suicide!" So he said, "I'm looking at the view." ”
"Then did you see a lot of cherries next to you?" Another kid asked.
He looked down and saw that he was bent on suicide, not noticing that the trees were really full of red cherries, large and small.
"Can you help us pick cherries?" The children said, "You just have to shake the trunk hard and the cherry will fall." Please! We couldn't climb that high. ”
The frustrated people were a little excited, but they couldn't help the children, so they had to agree to help. He began to jump and shake in the tree, and soon the cherries fell from the tree. More and more children gathered on the ground, and everyone picked up cherries excitedly and happily.
After a while of frolicking, the cherries almost fell out, and the children gradually dispersed.
The frustrated man sat on the tree, looking at the happy backs of the children, and did not know why, the mood and thoughts of suicide were gone. He picked some cherries around that had not yet fallen, jumped off the cherry tree helplessly, and slowly walked home with the cherries.
When he returned home, what he saw was still the dilapidated house, the same wife and children as yesterday. However, the children were pleased to see that Dad had returned with the cherry. When the family gathered together to eat dinner, he watched the children happily eating cherries, suddenly had a new experience and touch, he thought in his heart: Maybe this kind of life can still make people live...
Meditate for 5 minutes
I don't know what mana this episode had, but it did help me through the lows and difficulties of the time. Later, I often told this story to others, so that my friends could feel its magic. Every time, when it really works, I feel like I've tasted a cherry.
I often wonder, what's so fascinating about this amazing story? Later, I summarized a few points.
First, it's not just a story. When you hear this story, like me, it's not hard to find that you have a cherry tree in your heart, in fact, it has always grown there, but you just haven't noticed it.
Second, when you, like the guy in the movie, enthusiastically shake the cherry tree vigorously, or pluck the cherry and give it to others, it's easy to bring happiness to others, but also to yourself.
Finally, and most amazingly, the more you share them with others, the more cherries grow and taste richer.
Of course, the taste of cherries is so magical, you can also believe that it is definitely not just a story...