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"This Little Fish Cares!" - Insights from the Pure Words of a Child
By a Falun Dafa disciple
(Clearwisdom.net) After a thunderstorm, many small fish had been swept
out of the ocean by the waves and trapped in shallow pools along the beach. They
were no longer able to get back to the sea. After a while, when the sun comes
out and the water seeps down into the sands, the little fish would dry out and
die. A small boy was continuously picking up the fish and throwing them back
into the sea. A man passing by said, "Kid, there are hundreds and thousands
of little fish here, you can't save them all." "I know," the boy
answered. "Then why are you still throwing them back? Who cares?"
"This little fish cares!" the boy said as he picked a little fish and
threw it to the ocean. "This one cares, that one cares too! Another one,
another one, and another one..." This story was found in the Reader's
Digest. "This little fish cares!" After I read this story, the truthful
answer of the little boy kept echoing in my mind. If I were asked this question,
I may say, "To save as many as I can, I need to try my best." I may
also say, "Even though I can save only a small portion, it is a hundred
percent for the ones that I saved." However, I felt that none of my answers
were as touching as the pure one that little boy gave. What is the difference? In fact, our Falun Dafa disciples are doing the same kind of things.
Practitioners clarifying the truth are the only hope for people, and even lives
from higher levels, to enter the future world. The place I reside in has very
few practitioners. It is extremely difficult if one wants to try to reach
everyone. Sometimes I do well but other times I become lazy. Very often I have
the same thought as the man in the story, "Kid, there are hundreds and
thousands of small fish here, you can't save them all." Today, all of a sudden I realized what the difference is: the little boy in
the story had absolutely no notion, no selfishness and was thinking entirely of
the fish. He is merciful and kind to the fish. On the other hand, I had human
notions and had the mentality of "doing things" to accomplish the
magnificent task of helping Master to rectify the Fa. During the course of clarifying the truth, some people showed no interest and
some have been opposed. However, when I see the joy from the bottom of the heart
of a life who understands the truth, I know that every life cares. Even though
the superficial part of the human doesn't seem to understand, and does not
cherish the opportunity, I think that they do care from the deep part of their
lives since it is the only chance for them to survive, the only hope for them to
enter the future.
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