Chapter 319: , The Two Women I Admire (One)

____Walking with Love Part Fifty-Five

Again, the sky was full of stars, only without moonlight. The night was quiet. In this quiet night, I again thought of the story of those two women admired by the whole world…………………..

This is also that I admire two women. One devoted her Big Love, all her lifetime's painstaking effort, to a little girl who was both deaf and mute. She is Teacher Anne Sullivan. Let's talk about the first one.

She, Anne Sullivan, with love, patience, confidence, gentleness, kindness, and wisdom, helped a little girl who was both deaf and mute—Helen Keller—so that this little girl, in darkness, saw light; in despair, saw hope; in hope, experienced the joy of success, realized the value of life, and won worldwide attention――――――

This woman was called by Helen Keller the one who reshaped life.

A sudden disaster caused the originally beautiful little Helen. She had eyes, but could not see; had ears, but could not hear; had a mouth, but could not speak.

She wanted to see the world's light, see the world's colors, see people's complexions; she wanted to hear the birds' songs in the forest, hear the mountain stream's sounds, and even more wanted to hear her relatives' calls—but for this little Helen, all this had become a dream…………..

In despair, one should say in despair, the gentle little Helen became irritable, her irritability making people unable to understand. The surrounding world was all an object of venting. In the dark and silent world, she seemed to see many demons tightly entwining her, grabbing her and not letting go, wanting her to choke herself to death, suffocate……..

What a painful and desperate life this is!

In pain and despair, a miracle occurred. A person who could make the weak life of pain and despair create greatness came to the little girl's side――――that is the woman I admire, and whom the whole world admires――Anne Sullivan.

This is a weak and ordinary woman, yet this weak and ordinary woman has a heart as pure as gold. She used her heart of gold to enable a woman even weaker than herself to create the world's greatness. She made those in the world living in pain and sorrow see the truth, goodness, and beauty of humanity, and furthermore see the world's light, the hope of life, and the beauty of life, increasing their courage and confidence in life!

The little Helen in pain and despair awaited the teacher's arrival.

A person, having a hopeful heart, makes life promising; living brings hope; life gains luster and color. This is what distinguishes humans from ordinary animals.

Being human means having hope, no matter how big or small; even a tiny hope is the driving force and courage for living; being human, we ought to give those who have lost hope in life and in existence confidence and courage. Giving others hope brings…….

In anticipation, the pained and desperate little Helen felt: 'The afternoon sunlight pierced through the leaves of the honeysuckle covering the balcony, shining on my upturned face. My fingers twirled the leaves, caressing those blossoms that opened to welcome the spring of Nan Fang……………….'

Look, in anticipation, little Helen's mindset changed, became better, became beautiful, became bright; and all this is because she saw the beauty of life, the beauty of existence…………………………………….

Ah! One who can bring beauty to others is truly beautiful; one who can bring hope to others truly lives with hope and is truly great………………….

I admire you_________

I admire those who give others beauty, who give others hope………………

(Heart tied to disaster area, emotion tied to disaster area: May peace, courage, confidence, and strength accompany and be with the people of the disaster area!)