Ma Yan

What would you sacrifice just to buy a simple writing ballpoint? And what do you feel when you lose it somewhere? Yeah, maybe reach my pocket and take a few bucks, and when it's gone just simply buy a new one, right?

Ma Yan, a girl who fell in love with a 1 yuan ballpoint in the store, has different answer to all of the question above. She has her own story about it. There are a lot you can't imagine story behind it.

Her and her family struggle through the situation and condition are heartwarming. Ma Yan's parents work every night and day, travel up and down across the mountain by foot just for a couple of days food. Working all day long but still her parents have time to take care with great love of their children.

There's one scene that let you imagine when you still a kid, you are very tired and weary from the day activity and some problem at school that makes you sad, the bad winter weather also clashing in your way home and limiting your visibility. Walking with everything that burden you, suddenly there's someone calling your name and standing in the distance, it's your Mom smiling and open her arms to receive you, give you warmth and take you home. Mom's love ease away every piece of your problem.

 

This book is based on true story of Ma Yan herself. Everyone should read this book, see everything from below point, stand in her shoes. It tells you to be thankful and cherish everything you have. After finished reading the book I think it gave myself a powerful lesson to live wiser and be thankful for everything that God gave me until this second in my life, especially for the amazing parents that He gave into my life.

 

Looking ''up'' all the time will make you feel don't have anything, make a greedy dreams to have everything. But if you look both way "up" and "down" at the same will make a wiser dream, bring joy to others dreams.

Ma Yan and her friends at school