If happiness is the greatest pursuit in life, then except for Tom's family of three who are happy, everyone else seems to be a little unfortunate. Mary was always in a state of tension and made a mess of her life, and Tom's brother Ronnie was quite silent, and the father-son relationship was terrible. Tom's brother has been single and in a bad mood.
Only Tom and his wife are truly happy. How do they do it? First, they all have their own careers. To be happy, one must first be satisfied with themselves. They are all very satisfied with themselves. At the same time, they do pastoral work together in their spare time, praise each other, and create a warm family life.
More concerning is their attitude towards others. They care about others very much and give them encouragement, but they never probe into the privacy of others, nor do they take other people's troubles onto themselves and spoil their own lives. They always listen, share, and encourage when they get along with family or friends, rather than inquiring and giving guidance. This is a very civilized attitude. We Chinese, on the other hand, can’t distinguish the boundary between exploring privacy and caring, and also can’t distinguish the relationship between giving vague advice and helping others, and even less the relationship between hating iron and not being steel and belittling others’ personalities. We seldom listen, silently support, we always feel brilliant, eager to give advice and empty words of comfort.
The difficulties and misfortunes of others are very complicated and cannot be solved by anyone. We can only respect the personality of others and help to some extent.
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