By Zhou Min Since my childhood, I had never gained the favor of my grandparents. My mom said that my father was their eldest son, so my grandparents hoped their first grandchild would be a boy. However, as the firstborn child, I was a girl, so they didn’t love me. When I was 1 or […]
By Youxin, Canada In our three-story building there only lived my family of four: my husband and I, as well as our two children. So I rented out the apartment on the first floor to a girl who engaged in gardening. In the beginning, we got along well with each other. She took good care […]
By Ah Hong, Hong Kong In September 2016, my daughter started primary school. Feeling utterly helpless, I moved to Hong Kong from Shenzhen City with my two children. I couldn’t help recalling: Four years ago, my daughter would attend kindergarten in Hong Kong. For the convenience of her going to school, I moved to Shenzhen […]
By Chen Yan, China Editor’s note: By saying that the poor can be happier than the wealthy, I do not mean that I am resentful to the rich, and it’s just my understanding from the following experiences of Chen Yan, the author of this article. Everyone has reasons to struggle for their living throughout their […]
By Xiaohui “Alas, Qiqi, hurry up! You’ll be late for school!” “Mingming, get up now and wash your face.” ………… Xinyue was urging the children over and over again. “Dai Yuanyuan, are you still in bed now? Rise to wash up! Qiqi, little ancestor, stop playing! If you don’t get up now, you’ll miss the […]
Spiritual Q&A: I’m a strong-minded person. Since my youth I have established my grand ambitions: I must rise above others and live a life superior to others. Through many years of struggling, now I live in affluence and people around all look up to me. Normally, now that my ambitions have been achieved, I should […]
By Yixin, Canada My son’s problems emerged one after another. When my son was 9, I found he had become addicted to playing video games and watching TV. Every day when he got home from school, he would throw his schoolbag aside, go to the living room, and begin to play games on the tablet. […]
In one early morning, I sat on the beach waiting for the sunrise. A soft sea breeze blew across my face, giving me a comfortable and refreshing feeling. Gentle waves rolled in with the breeze, as if they were also waiting for the coming of a new day and the sunshine. In the distance, the […]
God’s Words Roused My Heart and Spirit One day, when I returned home from work, I opened the book of God’s word and saw the following words, “For example, some people especially love to take advantage at others’ expense and seek after their own interest in everything. Whatever they do must benefit them or they […]
During a person’s life, facing success and failure is unavoidable. There are many people who are happy when they have success, and who are frustrated and pained when they face failure. There are even many people who stake all their efforts in wanting to reach a point at which all their hopes are fulfilled, but […]