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Chapter 2

Chapter 1 Crowds in the Mortal World

What a beggar begs for is not just money and sympathy, but also dignity
Section 1 beggar

[Russia] Turgenev
I'm walking down the street...

A beggar—an emaciated old man blocked me.

Swollen, tearful eyes, blue lips, rough, ragged clothes, dirty wounds... Alas, what poverty has made of this unfortunate man!

He held out a swollen, dirty hand to me...

He groaned and begged for alms.

I reached into all my pockets...no purse, watch, not a handkerchief...I had nothing with me.

But the beggar waited... His outstretched hand wavered and trembled feebly.

Bewildered and bewildered, I shook the dirty, trembling hand tightly: "Forgive me, brother; I have nothing, brother."

The beggar stared at me with red, swollen eyes, smiled on my blue lips, and squeezed my cold fingers tightly.

"—where, brother—" he muttered, "—that's much to be thanked for. It's a favor, brother."

I understand that I have also received favors from my brother.

【Together with you】

To sympathize with a person does not necessarily need to give him enough material gifts.A sincere look, a simple greeting, a silent concern, an affectionate handshake...all can make the other party feel warm in his heart.As long as we hold a sincere heart and express our emotions from the bottom of our hearts, we will definitely be able to awaken the resonance of the other party and revive the other party's emotional flow!In a word, sincere respect is closer to the innermost layer of the human soul than hypocrisy and condescension.In my life, I am the protagonist.

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