Sorry, I misunderstood you

For all the time I believe that misunderstanding is a simple yet complicated word. After clearing the air, one may probably feels relieved, regarding unpleasure as merely a misunderstanding; yet in the process when deeply troubled by the unpleasure, one is apt to lament this visit of nuisance. In a careful consideration, misunderstanding usually happens with reason, it is actually unavoidable to spark some flame in the interaction process of people with different personality, and however, coming along this flame is a negative byproduct-misunderstanding. I took a lesson from one of my own experience before that one should never take colored eyes to look at other people around, that one should look at the human world with a kind and promising eye.

   That was a rainy day with whistled wind, dirty mud and puddles were all over the road. I got up unwillingly, ate a little breakfast and went out for school. I moved with heavy steps and regretted to myself for having to wake up early and going to school. Now it was really light, there were only few students like myself and cleaners who leapt to my eyes. I could not help but complaint the horrible weather, with the sound of sweeping the road by cleaners coming into my ears now and then.

   I looked forward, and saw that an old man with gray hair in ragged garments was sweeping the floor with somewhat difficulty. With the sound of fast wind and sweeping was the old cleaner's crispy cough. This caused a sense of sadness in me, poor old man! A man of age like him should not be happy and eased at home with his family around? But he…… while I was still in thinking, I noticed the old cleaner bent down and picked up a black thing. This filled me with doubt and curiosity, what on earth was the parcel? So I speeded up the steps forward, and found the black parcel was a wallet covered with a piece of cloth. The old cleaner trembling opened up the wallet and a bundle of hundred bills. I thought it must because someone in the early morning walked near the road and lost the wallet. My first reaction was to see how this cleaner of age would deal with such a windfall for this money can really be a temptation. The old cleaner in front of me quickly folded the wallet; carefully put this parcel into the bag with him. Then shortly after collecting his belongings, he disappeared into the misty distance in a hurry. 

   Seeing this, a burst of unnamed anger gushed from my breast, I could not control myself but stamped heavily on the ground, I walked while cursed the cleaner of advanced age: Really like I guessed! This old guy was tempted by the money! He was really poor, and had no aspiration in life; he deserved nothing, what a dirty and bad old man! I did not know if it was due to my inner anger or the long time walk from home, I was warm all over my body in spite of the cold rain. Muttering to myself about the old cleaner with contempt, I walked in a hurry in the direction of my school. 

   At noon, when I went back for lunch passing this same place, I paid special attention to the old cleaner, and he happened to be near doing his job. I still felt an anger and disdain toward him, and thought to myself, all right, he is an old poor man, and after all, a cleaner is a cleaner, could he become rich by getting this bundle of mony? Well, no way, of course.

   In the afternoon, when I passed that street again, the old man was still doing his sweeping. Near him on the brick wall was a notice paper board, what was that? I felt a doubt in me and slowly walked to the paper board, because I knew it was forbidden to stick paper ads on the wall, this was to reduce negative effects on city atmosphere. When I went near, I found it was a paper board with four words instead-a simple lost and found notice. This all of a sudden aroused my interest, I went on to watch the notice, it said: I am a cleaner near this street, I found a wallet this morning near this place, in the wallet there is money and some valuable things. Who lost this wallet can go to my place to claim the wallet; I would be around this street every day. All of a sudden, I felt like there was a blow hit on my head, I seemed to have seen the ambitious look of the owner of this lost wallet. What was more important, I felt an overwhelmed guilty toward the cleaner of advanced age because I really misunderstood him with my own narrow thought and hasty judgment. How could I look down on this old cleaner merely by the scene I happen to encounter at that time? I really had to admit that I committed a mistake by judging people with colored eyes, and that I blamed the old kind hearted cleaner unjustly. At that moment, I suddenly found my eyesight blurred and the image of the shabby old man was magnified on and on……

   Misunderstanding will bring about pain and suffering to the wronged person, just like the old poor cleaner in my experience. It is because the one party who has the misunderstanding is too subjective and emotional, this emotion makes one blind to see things and people objectively, the result is a righteous person tends to misunderstand a good person. Every time when I think of this experience, I will warn and remind myself to keep a balanced mind when encountering things alike; to learn to employ a tolerant heart during interaction with others. If everyone can successfully behave tolerantly and look others from a kind angle, there will be fewer conflicts and misunderstandings in this human community.




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