Some people have never been barefoot in their lives; some people have never worn shoes in their lives.

Two days ago, my colleagues and I went to attend a lecture abroad, which was about the public welfare industry. Although I have been in this field for almost two years, every time I heard various true stories, I always felt that There are still many unknown desolations in this world that we have never seen.

I have listened to many lectures, but most of my experiences are: there is too little practical information and a lot of theory. It is difficult to listen and absorb. Before going this time, I didn’t have much hope, because just looking at the course schedule, there were 13 lectures in two days, so I could almost guess that the depth of the course would be limited.

Admittedly, the time is too tight, coupled with the difficulty in controlling the time of the interactive session, many teachers can only give a brief summary of the PPT during lectures, but cannot explain it in depth. But there were still many touching moments that left deep memories for me.

One of my favorite female teachers looks less than 30 years old, but she has a strong aura. She speaks in a loud voice with a strong Beijing flavor. It can be seen that she is not the kind of child from a poor family, so joining the charity industry is definitely a close contact with another side of the world for her.

At first it was just because of the novelty, but later it became a passion. She herself said that for the first time in her life, she had a different view of "public welfare" when she followed a team to Yunnan to visit children in the mountains. My original intention was to go out and see other people’s lives, but only now did I understand the meaning of “public welfare”.

Do you believe it? People who live in the same world may not see the same world. Some people are born with no worries about food and clothing, while some people never know the feeling of being full throughout their lives.

She said that she never dared to think that there was more than one way to be poor deep in the mountains. People who are hungry have to go out of the mountains to see the world, but people who have no worries about food and clothing seem to have to go deep into the mountains to see the cruel side of life.

For her, it was the first time she had seen straw sandals, and it was also the first time she had seen what a child’s feet look like without shoes. The calluses on the soles of the feet were so hard and thick, as they had been wading through mountains and rivers all year round. It’s really heartbreaking to have this look that only comes from walking over mountains and ridges.

For those children, it was the first time they saw white sneakers, and it was also the first time they learned that shoes can wrap their feet, rather than just a sole with a few strands of straw rope that can't fall off when walking. Just call them shoes.

The children were reluctant to wear the white sneakers given by the volunteers. One little boy carefully put away the shoes and walked around barefoot. The volunteer asked: "My uncle and aunt gave you white sneakers. Why don't you wear them and are still barefoot?"

The little boy said: "My grandma has never seen white sneakers in her life. I think Show it to her the next time you go home. If she wears it now, she won’t be able to see the original appearance of the white sneakers.”

This is really true to hear from a child of several years old. It's so graphic. His sensibleness makes people feel distressed. It is said that children from poor families become masters early, and this is probably how it is.

In this era when most people no longer have to worry about food and clothing, there are still many people who are worried about having a porridge and a meal. Every time someone around me asks me, "Why do you want to join the charity industry and don't make money!"

In fact, I don't know how to answer, and I often wonder, what are other people doing charity for? Perhaps it is to provide one more child with the opportunity to receive an education; perhaps it is to help a remote village send a few more children to see the world; perhaps it is to give a misfortune family a hope of rebirth, but no matter what it is, it is engraved on the back. With one word: great love!

During the two days, the most heartbreaking part for me was a short public service video about children suffering from burns and scalds. I hate those paintings the most, it hurts even through the screen. The tear point is very low now, and I will shed tears when watching a movie, let alone a true story like this.

In a family of quadruplets, the eldest daughter and the youngest son were burned due to an accident. I didn’t dare to watch the whole story from beginning to end because it was so serious that it even hurt one of my sister’s arms. , everything below the wrist is gone, and the whole body is beyond recognition.

I only glanced at it with my peripheral vision, unable to hold back my tears.

Just listening to the child's father's suppressed crying in front of the camera, one can feel the devastating despair in his heart. If there were no accidents, what a happy family they would have been!

But after the accident, the two children will face a lifetime of treatment. Now maybe they have not formed a complete outlook on life, and the accident left them with only physical pain. But I dare not think about what they should do at that moment when they grow up and face strange looks from people coming and going, and cannot receive a normal education and grow up like other children.

Not every child who has experienced an accident has a strong heart to face the future, so I particularly agree with what a daughter’s mother said when she received charity assistance after she suffered an accident: " Rather than letting us adults accept the bad news that our children are injured, it is more important for them to accept their own shortcomings."

Perhaps scars are synonymous with imperfection in most people's eyes, but. Behind every scar there is a painful story. We always say that you should cherish the present, because you don’t know which one will come first, tomorrow or the accident. No one wants accidents to happen if they can help it.

In a sense, the public welfare industry's rescue of children with burns and scalds not only soothes their physical pain, but also heals the cracks in their souls. Because of the green channels in different fields and top-notch medical resources in the industry, too many children have been given a second life.

Accidents may devastate many people, but they can also make some people become more resilient. Among the many tragic stories, one little boy's experience is very inspiring.

When I was four years old, I suffered severe burns. Almost my whole body fell into a hot water bucket. I finally saved my life, but for a long time I couldn't even walk. His condition has been improving under public medical assistance. Now he can run like a runaway pony in front of the volunteers and sing and dance confidently: "I am the most beautiful person on this street." Boy, you must walk with a swagger."

Behind charity, must sad colors be used as the keynote to set off the greatness of love? not necessarily! That's the best answer. From the little boy's singing, you can hear his love for life, and from his cheerful back, you can see his full hope.

I seem to have seen what he will look like in the future. If this is the new life brought to him by others' love, then he must grow up happily to live up to expectations!

While crying is a reaction that most ordinary people would have, the volunteers kept smiling when getting along with the children. They are closer than us, and their feelings are deeper! I think this is a communication of emotion. In the world of children, crying has only one meaning: the need to be comforted.

Last week I saw a short video. When a father was coaxing his child, in order to prevent the child from crying, he pretended to cry before he saw any signs of crying in the child.

As a result, the child who was still in the walker stumbled closer to his father's face and stuffed the biscuit in his hand into his father's mouth. The expression that originally looked like he was about to cry suddenly turned into an expression of coaxing his father. Babies know that "the weak need to be comforted."

I don’t know if my understanding is correct. Real love is to try to maintain emotional decency in front of the injured person. Even if there are early turmoil in the heart, the injured person must feel that he is no different from ordinary people. Everything that others do is not due to pity or sympathy, but a simple acquaintance between people, the gathering of love and love, just because someone is willing and someone is worthy!