Author: Insight Muye
There is no trace of good deeds.
I once saw two small things and was impressed.
In a variety show, a philanthropist confronts the camera and the audience about how he funded a poor girl whose life was embarrassing before she met him.
When the host turned to ask the girl who was funded, the girl clutched her clothes with both hands and said timidly: "Actually, my family is not so poor..."
Later, at a public welfare project exhibition, I saw a photo called "Holding Hands".
Image source: Shenzhen's first China charity project exchange exhibition
In the photo, the donor little girl looks at the camera with pride on her face, but the little girl who is donated bows her head in shame.
Although the name of the photo is "Holding Hands", the two clearly only hold a finger.
Why are you talking about these two things?
Because in my opinion, the philanthropist in the show, the little girl holding hands in the photo, there is no doubt that there is a good deed.
But they put good deeds on their faces and put them in their mouths, but they embarrass people.
I've always believed that good is rewarded, but I don't have to let everyone know.
01
Writer Lin Haiyin was obsessed with reading when he was a child, secretly going to the bookstore to read books, often being driven away by the clerks.
Later, she met a kind clerk who never bothered her every time she went to rub a book.
Once, as usual, she went to the corner to look at a book she was reading, and when she didn't find it, she panicked.
At this moment, the clerk came over and gently placed the book she was looking for on the shelf in front of her.
In order for her to finish reading the book, the clerk deliberately left one more book that was not sold.
Later, Lin Haiyin wrote about this experience in the article "Eavesdropping", and at the end she wrote:
"Remember, we grew up eating, we grew up reading, and we grew up in love."
02
A young mother got on a bus with her child on her back, and soon the child fell asleep on her mother's back.
The car was so bumpy that the child's head was about to hit the iron railing by the window.
At this time, the little girl in the back seat reached out and gently dragged the child's head.
She held the child's head like this until the young mother got out of the car, and she got off at the next stop.
03
Three years ago, when something happened in Wenwen's home in Jining, Shandong, Yue Long, the class teacher, went to Wenwen's house to check on the situation.
Back at home, Yue Long announced a decision in front of his family at the dinner table: to sponsor Wenwen to go to school.
Yue Long's decision was supported by the whole family.
In order not to cause harm to the child's self-esteem, Teacher Yue and her sister Yue Yan agreed:
He paid for it, and Yue Yan incarnated as a "loving mother" to sponsor it, and regularly sent Wenwen 1,000 yuan and school supplies every semester.
In this way, the good deeds funded by the class teacher Yue Long and funded by the sister Yue Yan lasted for three years.
Until three years later, Wenwen's mother inadvertently clicked into Yue Long's circle of friends and saw a group photo of Yue Long's family, which actually had "loving mother" Yue Yan.
After inquiring, Wenwen's mother learned that they were a family, and yue long had previously funded Wenwen.
04
In 1988, in the BBC's studio, a 79-year-old man was invited to a show.
He sat calmly in the first row of the audience, and suddenly the audience behind him all stood up, dozens of pairs of eyes brushing at him in unison, and then the studio erupted into thunderous and enduring applause.
The old man looked blankly at the dozens of people behind him and applauded him, not knowing what was happening.
In fact, the old man hid a huge secret, and for the past fifty years, no one but himself knew this secret.
The old man's name was Nicholas Winton, and in 1938, Winton was only 29 years old, when the world was in turmoil and was experiencing World War II.
During the war, he risked his life to help 669 Czech children escape from the Nazi concentration camps, arranged 8 trains to take them to Britain, and used all his savings to find a new family for them and let the children live.
After the war, Winton locked the story and all the materials into a box and threw them into the basement.
For 50 years, he kept the secret and didn't tell anyone.
It wasn't until 1988 that his wife accidentally kicked an old box while cleaning the basement.
When she opened the box and saw the pictures of the children and the list of rescued people inside, the secret was revealed.
In the face of his wife's inquiry, Winton said quietly:
"Do good, not to let people know. I didn't mean to keep it a secret, I just didn't say it. ”
The secret is revealed, and the honor comes.
The Queen of England herself made him Lord, the Czech leaders bestowed him the highest honors, London Stations erected statues of him, and even a planet in space was named after him.
When the BBC learned of this, it invited Winton to a TV show.
The host slowly told the story of that year on the stage, and suddenly, the host raised his voice and shouted at the audience: "May I ask, who is the child that Mr. Winton saved at the scene?" ”
All the spectators present stood up in unison.
Yes, the people standing behind him and giving a standing ovation were the same children he had rescued to survive.
05
See such a story on Zhihu:
A boy and his mother were at the Lanzhou station in Gansu Province, missed the ticket sales time, and had to wait until the early morning to leave.
When I came out of the station and went down the steps, because it was dark, my mother accidentally stepped on the air and fell down.
The mother lay on the ground unable to move, and the little boy ran wildly to find someone.
It was two o'clock in the morning, the streets were empty and the whole city was quiet.
The boy finally met a cleaner grandmother: "Grandma, help my mother..."
The grandmother did not hesitate and followed the boy to find his mother.
The grandmother called a taxi, and the driver carried his mother to the co-pilot, and the little boy sat in the back.
Before leaving, the grandmother took out a crumpled 20 yuan from her pocket and stuffed it into him, without saying a word.
Arriving at the hospital, the driver ran in with the little boy's mother on his back and was taken to the ward.
After arranging his mother properly, the little boy relaxed and found that the driver had disappeared.
The next morning, they found that all the medical bills had already been paid.
After many years, the little boy had grown up, and after several turns, he finally found the grandmother and the driver.
Only then did he learn that at that time, 20 yuan was the grandmother's food expenses for several days, and the driver also had a pair of children to support.
06
Some time ago, a search notice by Xie Yang, a senior student at Southwest University for Nationalities, caught fire.
It all started seven years ago.
Seven years ago, Xie Yang was in his first year of high school.
Xie Yang's family is poor, his father has been working outside the home for many years, his mother is working in the family farm, and there is a younger sister who goes to school.
By chance, Xie Yang met Brother Bing in Hangzhou, and after learning about Xie Yang's family, Brother Bing claimed to fund Xie Yang's schooling, and immediately gave Xie Yang 1,000 yuan.
Later, whenever Xie Yang had difficulties and needed money, Bing Ge would continue to fund him.
Once, Brother Bing went to Kunming, Xie Yang's father happened to be in Kunming, Brother Bing directly gave Xie Yang's father a bulging envelope, which contained 8,000 yuan, and asked him to take it home to the children to go to school.
Later, Xie Yang was admitted to college, and Bing Ge never interrupted his funding, and would pay him tuition twice a year.
Although Brother Bing funded Xie Yang for many years, Xie Yang did not know Brother Bing's real name, and Brother Bing did not leave him any personal information.
Just this year, Xie Yang's senior year will soon graduate, and Bing Ge gave Xie Yang 6,000 yuan and told him: My task is complete.
"You don't need to be grateful to me, you don't need to look for me, and when you graduate, forget that someone is helping you, protect yourself, take care of yourself, and wish you a happy new year." 」
This is the last sentence that BingGe said to Xie Yang, after saying that BingGe weChat blocked Xie Yang.
Brother Bing's support for Xie Yang did not seek to return the favor, nor did he want to give him psychological pressure.
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Back to the question at the beginning of the article: What is true kindness?
True kindness is often silent.
It is not deliberately done for whom to see and to move, but from the heart of compassion.
There is a saying in the Tao Te Ching: "There is no trace of good deeds." ”
Thank you for all the quiet kindness in this world.
Give it a thumbs up, choose the good in the future, but do good deeds, do not ask about the future.