{"id":6119,"date":"2018-07-17T02:04:25","date_gmt":"2018-07-17T02:04:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/?p=6119"},"modified":"2018-07-17T02:04:25","modified_gmt":"2018-07-17T02:04:25","slug":"extra-care-softens-iron-curtain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/archives\/6119","title":{"rendered":"Extra Care Softens Iron Curtain"},"content":{"rendered":"

Extra Care Softens Iron Curtain<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the gusty corridor with shut gates and gloomy lighting, Anna walked alone to go back to her flat. \u00a0In the building that she lived in, no one was willing to communicate or even say a hi to the neighbours.<\/p>\n

One day, when she was going back home as usual after school, she saw an unfamiliar face in the lift of her building. \u00a0It was an old man wearing shabby clothes and carrying a multitude of daily necessities. Anna guessed that he was a new neighbour, but showed no interest in knowing him and just focused on her mobile phone. \u00a0Anna\u2019s guess was correct. \u00a0The old man exited the lift on the same level with her and entered the flat which had been previously left emptied.<\/p>\n

Another afternoon, Anna passed the corridor again when going home.\u00a0 However, when she walked past the old man\u2019s flat, she saw the man fainted outside his door. \u00a0Anna was shocked and tried to wake him up.\u00a0 Luckily, after a while, the man became conscious.\u00a0 She then accompanied the man to enter his flat.\u00a0 Anna asked the man what happened to him.\u00a0 To her surprise, the man said that he had heart disease but his wife had passed away and his sons and daughters were not willing to take care of him.\u00a0 Hearing this, Anna was touched. \u00a0She knew that she had to think of some ideas to help the man.<\/p>\n

After chatting with the old man, she went back to her flat. \u00a0\u201cWe have to pay our efforts to take care of the old man, \u201cshe thought. \u00a0However, only she herself was not enough. \u00a0She ought to join hands with the neighbours to take turns to look after the man, but how to raise her neighbour\u2019s attention was the main issue. \u00a0Therefore, she asked for advice from her mum, who always supported her for assistance. \u201cMaybe we can start to act by ourselves to inspire the others,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Therefore, Anna followed her idea. \u00a0Her whole family visited the old man once every day and provided him with some homemade, warm and delicious dishes and soup.\u00a0 One day, their neighbour, Mrs Wong, saw that they were visiting the old man and wondered why they were doing that. \u00a0After hearing the old man\u2019s miserable story, she also volunteered to help. \u00a0In this way, more and more neighbours were willing to look after the old man. \u00a0Not only was the old man benefited, the interaction among other residents was also enhanced. \u00a0They understood the importance of having a caring heart. \u00a0They would say \u201cgood morning\u201d, \u201chello\u201d to each other when meeting in the corridor or lift. \u00a0Seeing such a significant improvement in neighbour\u2019s relationship, Anna\u2019s parents praised their daughter, \u201cWe are so proud of you, girl.\u201d<\/p>\n

We are not willing to see an \u2018iron curtain\u2019 built between people. \u00a0We are not willing to see everyone just burying their heads in their smartphones. \u00a0Only with some effort, a few kind words, you can break the walls between humans. \u00a0The mentally more vulnerable groups of people in our society, for example, the elderly and disabled, require more intimacy and interactions. We should always show our extra care to them like what Anna did.<\/p>\n

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