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Chapter 59

Chapter 3 Section 16 Kindness is a kind of awareness

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Hunters living near the Arctic Circle make a living by hunting animals.The meat of the animals was used to satisfy the hunger, and the fur was sold to merchants from afar.

For hunters, hunting big animals like polar bears is not an easy task, and clumsy hunters may take their lives.But the risk of hunting mink is much lower, and it can even be said to be very easy. Although the mink meat is very small, the mink fur can be sold for a good price.

But the process of hunting mink is very "cruel".A photojournalist in the United States once recorded the process of a hunter killing a mink: when night fell, the hunter came out in a thick cotton coat, lay down in a place where the mink often appeared, and pretended to be about to freeze to death.Minks are compassionate by nature. When they see people lying in the snow, they will run out of their warm holes and use their bodies to warm those who pretend to be frozen to death.So the mink catcher caught the mink very easily.

After the chilling method of catching mink was reported by reporters, it caused protests from the Humane Society of the United States.Westerners who believe in God cannot accept this kind of hunting. They think it is the ugliest and most sinister behavior of human beings.Many people believe that those inhumane hunters should be sanctioned, hoping to sanction the country through the power of the government to punish those mink catchers.

However, the locals do not consider this inhumane.They think this is just the habit of mink, and this method of catching mink has been popular for thousands of years, and their ancestors have been catching mink like this for generations.

Later, the severe condemnation made those mink catchers realize their behavior again. Under the pressure of public opinion, the local government began to stop this "ungrateful" mink catcher.

After more than ten years of hunting ban, this kind of mink hunting has been abandoned by local hunters. If anyone still uses this method of hunting mink, they will be despised by their peers and cannot join the ranks of hunter organizations participating in hunting large animals.

Human evil is sometimes drawn by inertia, and after a long period of time, evil becomes a common occurrence and is ignored by people.

I remember that a forestry worker was shown on TV a few years ago. He felled a lot of trees during the difficult times of the country and was rated as a model worker every year. This is the thing he is most proud of in his life.However, since the two rivers flooded and public opinion attributed the cause of the flood to deforestation, his conscience has been tortured.He embarked on the road of planting trees without hesitation, and he wanted to make up and alleviate his debt to nature.Facing the camera lens, this old lumberjack who was proud of cutting down a lot of trees shed two lines of tears.

Kindness needs enlightenment, just like seeds in the soil need the nourishment of sunshine and rain.

【Together with you】

The relationship between kindness and happiness is the relationship between mother and daughter.Kindness is a priceless treasure and the greatest thing in life. Only those who know how to sacrifice themselves can gain a kind heart, and kindness is also the beginning of all cultivation.Even if you are penniless, as long as you have a kind heart, you are the richest person in the world.Kindness is a kind of wisdom, and great kindness is wisdom.Because, waiting for kindness is the real blessing, and happiness is just the fruit of the tree of kindness.Choosing kindness is planting, insisting on kindness is nurturing, and perseverance will surely yield results.A person who knows how to sow good seeds will surely be able to reclaim good reputation and honor.The philosopher said: Virtue is like tinnitus.Really, there is a sound, and it is enough to hear it yourself.

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