Emotional World

Author: Shanshan
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: This book collects over a hundred stories filled with care and sincerity, which can nourish the hearts that have been closed to the world and sustain those who live in solitude amidst storms. Grandparents had meticulously managed a farm their entire lives. During the Great Depression, many people drifted to this remote farm, far from the city's chaos. A visitor, ragged but dignified, greeted Grandfather and explained that he hadn’t eaten for two or three days and hoped to find some work. Grandfather examined him and replied, “There’s a pile of firewood by the fence in the backyard. I’d like to ask you to move it to the other side of the yard. You’ll have enough time to finish it before lunch.” With that, he shook the man’s hand firmly. The man’s eyes lit up, and he hurried to the backyard to start working. Meanwhile, Grandmother added a chair to the dining table and baked an extra apple pie. When he left, his posture was much straighter. “Nothing hits a person harder than losing their dignity,” Grandfather said. Soon after, another man in a suit came to the farm asking for food. Grandfather shook his hand and said, “There’s a pile of firewood by the fence in the backyard. I’d like to ask you to move it to the other side, and then my whole family would be delighted to have lunch with you.” The man immediately took off his suit and got to work. Grandparents no longer remembered how many strangers had visited their farm and eaten with them back then, nor how many times the pile of firewood had been moved, but they knew well that during those days, that pile of dry wood could ignite the spark of hope in people’s hearts. This book collects over a hundred stories filled with care and sincerity. It includes six themed sections: "The Meaning of Family," "Fables of Love," "The Bond of Friendship," "The Taste of Love," "The Awakening of Love," and more.