The mother taught her son that reality is harsh and that we have to rely on ourselves.
1 Strong and optimistic, single mother carries the weight forward
Her name is Alyssa, she is a black American, and she lives alone with her two young sons in a small town in Georgia. The eldest son is called Charles, and the younger son is called George. In the 1930s, racial discrimination was still very serious, the social status of blacks was very humble, and as a single mother, her life was difficult to imagine. Not only that, but her identity is a tenant, renting land and chatting to make a living. But she is strong and optimistic by nature, and often teaches her son that reality is cruel and that we have to rely on ourselves.
2 plagues fell from heaven, and the youngest son George drowned
On this day, my mother went out to work. The brothers played in front of their house. It was hot and George had to take a shower. The bathtub was placed on a long table. Charles watched silently from a distance away. George climbed up to the table trembling, accidentally fell into the bathtub on his back, his feet were scrambling, Charles watched curiously, he thought his brother was playing with the water, so he did not run to the rescue in time.
When the mother came home, she found two small feet in the bathtub, and she rushed over like an arrow, picked up her young son, and anxiously shouted: "George! George! "Unfortunately, it is too late, and the little son is already dead!"
On the day of the funeral, my mother fell on the coffin in grief...
Charles deeply blamed himself, which became a piece of his heart and plagued him for most of his life.
As a mother, Alyssa was so great that instead of blaming her eldest son, she comforted Charles by saying, "It's not your fault!" ”
3 Misfortune is not alone, the eldest son Charles is blind in both eyes
From the age of 6, Charles had problems with his eyes and his eyesight became weaker and weaker. His mother took him everywhere to see the doctor, and the doctor was helpless.
Instead of deceiving herself, Alyssa bravely faced the harsh reality, and she said to her eldest son, "Charles, I'm not going to lie to you, you're going to be blind, the doctor can't cure you, we have to rely on ourselves." ”
Thinking that he would soon become blind, locked in by the boundless darkness, Charles cried, crying very sadly. Alyssa said fiercely, "We don't have time to cry and cry, no one will pity you blind man and dry your tears!" ”
Charles, 7, cried and replied, "Yes, Mom." ”
At that moment, I burst into tears.
Then Alyssa taught her son, "I'll teach you how to do it the first time, I'll teach you a second time if you don't do it well, and the third time it's up to you." That's what the real world is. ”
"Remember, your eyes are blind, but your heart is not. You have to learn to use your memories, to stretch out your hands, to treat them as your eyes. ”
As a child, I listen to my mother's words the most, and my mother's words are the most effective.
After a long period of training, Charles honed his super memory.
In the movie "The King of Soul Singers", we are pleasantly surprised to see that Charles can walk without relying on a blind cane without falling, and he clearly remembers how far he has traveled and how many corners he has turned, and many people even think that he is not blind.
4 Hearts are like a knife, and mothers are tough as steel
When Little Charles fell and asked for help, Alyssa couldn't resist helping him.
"Mom, come and help me!" The son made a request.
Mother endured...
"Mom, help me, please!" The son pleaded.
The mother endured...
"Mom, I need you!" The son pleaded further.
My mother's heart was like a knife, but she still had to endure not to help him...
So Charles stood up on his own, and he began to listen carefully with his ears to the sounds of the world, he heard the cows outside the door, the sound of boiling water on the boiler, the crackling of the wood burning in the fireplace, the booing of the wind outside the window, the sound of the carriage getting away, and finally heard a cricket chirping, and he slowly reached out his hand along with the sound...
His mother watched all this, but she didn't help him.
The crickets were finally caught by Charles! I listened carefully to my ear, and a sweet smile appeared on my face, but my mother burst into tears, and I also burst into tears.
5 Endure the pain of cutting love and forcing his son to go to school
Alyssa understands a truth: the more disabled people are, the more they have to go to school.
So she decided to send Charles to Florida to school.
But Charles's heart was full of fear, and he cried and cried, "I will be with you..."
"Don't say it! I can't make you as poor as I am. The mother squatted down, stared into her son's eyes, and said emphatically, "If you want to make your mother proud, promise me not to let anyone turn you into a crippled cripple!" You don't have to rely on others to give alms, you have to rely on your own feet to be independent. ”
For the sake of her son's future, the mother endured the pain of cutting love, sent her son out of the house, and sent him to a distant place to go to school.
At a special education school in St. Augustine, Florida, Charles used Braille blind literary scores to compose music, and learned to play the piano, organ, trumpet, and saxophone, especially on the piano, relying on talent and diligence to reach heights that many sighted people could not reach.
6, the mother died, with the mother's love to live
There are three major misfortunes in life: the loss of a young mother, the widow of middle age, and the loss of a child in old age.
Charles belongs to the first category, the teenager who lost his mother. This reminds me of the couplet: the tree wants to be quiet and the wind is not stopping, and the son wants to raise and not to kiss. Life is impermanent, and things are unpredictable!
After his mother's death, 15-year-old Charles dropped out of school and came to Seattle to begin a tour of the South, where his performances were an unprecedented success. He successfully combined country, jazz, orchestral and church music to create a unique personal style.
Ray Charles has been awarded the Grammy Award, the highest honor for American pop music, 13 times, was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986, and received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1987. He was ranked second in Rolling Stone Magazine's "100 Greatest Artists."
The 7th people have passed away, and their spirit has a long history
There is a way, strict is love, loose is harmful, no matter whether you ask or not to get bad.
It must be strict, whether it is a healthy person or a disabled person, no one can be outside.
Whether it is family education, school education, or self-education, there is no exception.
Finally, I would like to pay tribute to this great mother and use the following words to encourage you -
Mothers are humble, but never lowly!