"Climbing the mountain to help the elderly harvest rice" acts of kindness are always on the road

Source: Beijing Youth Daily

Recently, Mr. Yang, a donkey friend in Maoming, Guangdong, and a group of 12 friends saw two elderly people harvesting rice in the field on the way up the mountain, and they immediately stepped forward to help the old man harvest the rice and help the old man carry the rice home.

As a fledgling sport, mountain climbing has been loved by more and more people. As long as there is love in the heart, kindness will be transformed into action, and good deeds can also be staged on the way. In the face of two elderly and frail village elders, these donkey friends did not watch from the sidelines, but enthusiastically extended a helping hand.

For the donkey friends, in the process of helping the elderly to harvest rice, they also gained a sense of satisfaction and achievement, and enjoyed spiritual baptism and spiritual purification, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone. When doing public welfare has become a way of life, it is not surprising to "help the elderly harvest rice on the way up the mountain". As one netizen commented, "Immersive experience, fun and love, help others to be happy with themselves, and have gains physically and mentally." "Just as the so-called crowd collected firewood and the flame was high, a very difficult thing for the two old people was successfully completed with the help of 12 young people.

With the acceleration of social mobility, the "hollowing out" of some villages, the "left-behind" of children, and the "empty nesting" of the elderly have become an embarrassing reality. Whether it is the pressure of survival, or the preference of interest, the elderly who work hard in the field are worthy of compassion and love, and they are worthy of being "treated gently". Compared with simply climbing a mountain, "helping the elderly to collect rice on the way up the mountain" not only experiences the joy of labor, but also feels the joy of helping others.

"Helping the elderly harvest rice on the way up the mountain" is like a mirror, reflecting the dilemma of "no one to follow the field". At the moment when rational choice is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, if farming does not get enough rewards and incentives, some young people will choose to find another way out; they will not have a blood complex for farming like the elderly who have suffered and starved. In the context of the outflow of young and middle-aged labor, how to achieve the succession of farmers? Land circulation, cultivating well-educated professional farmers, and vigorously developing rural e-commerce, as long as the local land becomes a "field of hope", only by making people more aggressive will more young people be willing to participate in it.

The weight and quality of the world is closely related to the role play of each of us. Dressing up the city's "magic gardener" on the way to and from work, donkey friends who help the elderly collect rice on the way up the mountain, security guards who help the blind to travel, and seemingly small "soft power" can also make the world a better place. As long as there is empathy and empathy, as long as there is goodwill with others, everyone can light up and warm the spiritual world of others.