True happiness.

An old man told such a story: a man was very lucky to have a large and beautiful pearl, but he was not satisfied because there was a small spot on the pearl. He thought that if this little spot could be removed, it would certainly become the most precious treasure in the world.

So he ruthlessly cut off the surface of the pearl, but the spot was still there; he cut off layer after layer, until finally, the spot was gone, and the pearl no longer existed. The man had a lot of heartache and couldn't afford to get sick.

On his deathbed, he said to his family with great remorse: if I had not cared about that spot at that time, I would still have touched a beautiful pearl in my hand.

Every time I think of this story, I think of another thing. For a time, I went for a walk by the sea almost every evening, so I often saw a pair of gray-haired old people snuggling up on a bench by the sea to look at the sea. They always sat quietly, with a peaceful smile on their faces, like a serene sculpture.

One day, I walked up to them curiously and said softly, "do you like watching the sea, too?"

The old man smiled and nodded to me, then raised his finger and pointed to his wife next to him. At this time, I realized that he was deaf and mute, and his wife was blind.

Suddenly, I regretted my slip of the tongue just now. However, there was not a trace of displeasure on the faces of the two old men. On the contrary, she said in an extremely gentle and calm tone: yes, our old couple often come to lsquo; & you must be surprised that as long as there is no disability between each other's hearts, we are still two normal people.

The expressions of the two old men did not reveal the slightest sense of inferiority and regret, only happy, self-sufficient smiles flowing outward. I looked at this pair of honorable old people in front of me, and my eyes suddenly moistened.

Perhaps, from that moment on, I suddenly sought the definition of happiness from the smile of that pair of disabled old people.

In fact, true happiness is not for us to take the risk of carrying lifelong regrets to get rid of each other's trivial flaws, but for us to grasp the real pearl in our hands and learn to tolerate and cherish it, and then, can we feel real happiness from the chords of each other's hearts!

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