There was a man named Burton. His father died in a car accident, and his mother also left home one day not long after, and she was never seen again. Two aunts, who were poor, old and sick, took three of their five brothers into their home. No one wanted Bolton and his little brother, so they had to rely on the townspeople to help. Burton was afraid of being called an orphan. Or being treated as an orphan, the worrying thing happened very quickly. He went to live with a very poor man for a while. But life was very sad. The male owner of the family lost his job, so they could no longer support him.

Later, Mr. Luo Futing and his wife took him in and let him live in their farm 11 miles away from the town. Mr. Luo Futing is 70 years old and is lying in bed suffering from a disease commonly known as "loincloth dragon". He said, "As long as you don't lie, don't steal, and do what I'm told, you can always live here." These three commands became his "Bible" and he lived by them completely. He started school, but in the first week he hid at home and cried like a little baby. The other children came to trouble him, making fun of his big nose, calling him a fool, and calling him a "little stinky orphan." He was so sad that he wanted to beat them, but the farmer Mr. Luo Futing who took him in said to him: "Always remember, people who can walk away without fighting are much greater than those who stay and fight."

He felt very proud of the new hat that Mrs. Luo Futing bought him. One day a big girl pulled off his hat and filled it with water, ruining the hat. She said she put the water in it so that the water would "wet his big belly bag and keep his popcorn brain from exploding."

He never had it in school. He cried, but he often burst into tears after returning home. Then one day Mrs. Lofting gave him some advice that eliminated all his worries and worries and turned his enemies into friends. She said: "If you would show interest in them and pay attention to what you can do for them, they would stop teasing you or calling you a 'little stinky orphan.'" Burton accepted her advice . He had to study hard. Although he soon became the first in the class, no one ever envied him because he always tried his best to help others.

He helped several classmates write compositions and wrote very complete reports for several classmates. There was a child who was too embarrassed to let his father know that Bolton was helping him, so he often told his mother that he wanted to catch kangaroos, and then he would come to Mr. Lofting's farm, lock his dog in the barn, and let Bolton do it. Dun taught him to read.

The epidemic hit the place where they lived. Two very old farmers died, and the husband of another old lady died.

Botton was the only male in these families, and he helped the widows for two years. On the way to and from school, Burton would go to their farm and chop wood, milk the cows, and feed and water their livestock.

Everyone likes him very much and no longer scolds him. Everyone regards Burton as their friend. When he returned from the Navy, they revealed their true feelings for him. On his first day home, more than 200 farmers came to see him, and many even drove over from 80 miles away.

Their concern for him was genuine because he happily went out of his way to help others despite being busy. He no longer has any worries, and no one has called him "little stinky orphan" in thirteen years.

The same goes for Dr. Lu Pei. He has been in bed for 23 years due to rheumatism, but Te Hao, a reporter from the "Sea Newspaper" said: "I have visited Dr. Lu Pei several times. I have never seen a person who can be so unselfish and so good. Live a good life."

How can a person like him live a good life while lying in bed? Does he complain and criticize others all day long? No; full of self-pity, demanding that he be the center of attention, that everyone should take care of him? None of them are right.

His approach is to take the Prince of Wales's famous saying "I serve" as his motto. He collected the names and addresses of many other patients and wrote happy and encouraging letters to them, making them happy and motivating himself. In fact, he organized a special correspondence club for patients to correspond with each other.

Eventually, he organized a national organization, which he called "The Ward Society."

While lying in bed like this, he wrote an average of 1,400 letters a year, bringing happiness to thousands of patients. What is the biggest difference between Dr. Lu Pei and others?

There is only one thing: Dr. Lu Pei has an inner strength, a purpose, and a mission. He knows that he is serving an ideal that is much nobler and more important than himself, and he has gained from it. In order to be happy, we will not be like what Bernard Shaw said: "a self-centered, sick and miserable old guy who complains all day long that the world does not make him happy."

Are you Dr. Burton, Dr. Lu, or the kind of person Bernard Shaw said? Hopefully it's the former.

Because only that kind of person can make himself happy.

If you want to make yourself happy, you should start by helping others.