Speech_Re-gifted

Practice makes perfect ~ ~

Today, I’d like to begin with two pictures. One is a delicate purple gift in the shape of an egg standing on a shelf, with the foreground saying “re-gifted”. The other is the very gift lying on the ground in pieces who shows her inner world, a music box singing bitterly.

(Yes, it’s two pictures in this movie. To me, the movie not only presents how misery the gift’s fate is, but also acts as a timeless reminder that we should not ignore the need of others and be indifferent to the beauty inside others.)

In 2017, I went to an orphanage and spent a whole week with children there. In seven days I built a strong band between a girl and me. She was abandoned when she was born (due to the illness). At the first day, she seldom spoke even a word, and refused any of our help but always smiled. She was just like that gift to me, beautiful — her loveliness but fragile — her silentness. One of the adults said she was once adopted but was abandoned again due to her rejection to everything. I didn’t know how to help her. I chose to be her side silently. Just let her know I was there. (And whenever I had chances to speak with her, I would) And then I began to share with her many things in my life and asked her something similar and her emotions in those cases. Day by day, she was not that kind of autistic. I’m very happy to know that she liked playing flute and encouraged her to perform in front of many people.

(Many years have passed, she still isn’t adopted just like what she once told me that she doesn’t want to be adopted because she will lose friends here.)

Every human is a gift from god. Every human living in the world has the need to be listened and cared, no matter how ugly or beautiful he is, no matter whether he is healthy or not. Inside a tough egg shell, it’s a music box voting for himself. To avoid more adorable souls break into pieces, we should find out their inner beauty and let it shine in front of you and in front of me. Thank you.