"Everyone must be kind! Everyone must love others! When someone slaps you on the right cheek, you have to let the other cheek go too...! Because God is between us!"
This is what is taught in church schools, which is the so-called heart of benevolence, similar to Chinese Buddhism.
The choir is a performance group organized in a community school to sing about God. Some are adults, and some are children. Most of them are children. For example, Quentin found a group of children. The oldest of this group of children is thirteen or fourteen years old, and the youngest is also
They are eight or nine years old, and there are black, white, and Asian children. Among them, there are more black children, accounting for ten out of sixteen children.
I heard from Quentin that children like them have many problems in their families. Some are poor and cannot afford to go to school; some are because their parents are divorced and have no one to care for them. These two reasons are better. Some children are either parents who were caught selling drugs, or their parents joined gangs and ran away.
Road, in short, it is all kinds of family problems.
After these children became students in community schools, their teachers discovered that they had singing talents, so they joined the choir.
Of course, Quentin did not find these children for free. He had to pay some fees, which were not much, only a few hundred dollars.
Liu Lang and a group of college students wanted to sing this song with the children. However, Quentin encountered a problem at the beginning. The college students could listen to his arrangements honestly, but few of the children listened to him.
If so, after all, life has been more or less complete since childhood.
Fortunately, Liu Lang was around and "settled" these little guys with ease. Even the thirteen or fourteen-year-olds wanted to worship Liu Lang as their "boss", which amazed Quentin.
, this little guy is born with the temperament of a leader!
In addition to this group of children, Quentin also found a small band. Although it was not comparable to any philharmonic orchestra, its level was certainly much higher than that of Liu Lang's classmates. These majors immediately compared themselves with Liu Lang's classmates.
to go down, but Liu Lang was determined to bring his classmates with him, so he could only insert them into the band.
This song was rehearsed in one day. The best ones are the children in the choir. They have loud voices, especially the black children who are very talented with their own natural sense of rhythm. If they keep practicing singing, they will grow up.
You may not become a star when you grow up, but it is still possible to become a singer.
Wayne is eight years old. Two years ago, he went to Hollywood with his parents and a family of three for vacation. They stayed in a hotel. In the early morning, a fire broke out in the hotel due to aging circuits. The flames quickly spread from the eighth floor to the entire eleventh floor.
The Wayne family lived on the ninth floor and found that the entire floor was covered in smoke when there was a fire and they could not escape. They could only lock the door to block the flames. At this time, there were only two ways, one was to jump out of the window, and the other was to wait for rescue.
, this place is nearly 30 meters above the ground. Only superheroes can survive jumping from this height. Ordinary people will undoubtedly die. However, the firefighters' ladders cannot reach this height, so they can only wait for the firefighters to come up for rescue.
Within half an hour, Little Wayne's father was burned to death. The mother and son were rescued from the fire by firefighters. However, the mother suffered burns all over her body. Although she survived in the end, she was permanently disabled. In addition, due to excessive inhalation of harmful gases,
His brain has been damaged, his intelligence has deteriorated drastically, and he is now only at the level of a four or five-year-old child.
Little Wayne's whole body was covered with a bedding soaked in water. Because of this, he did not inhale harmful gases. However, his thighs were also severely burned and had to be amputated in the end.
The happy family fell into an abyss from then on. Even those who heard about this incident would cry with distress, but Little Wayne survived. After he recovered from his injuries, he wore prosthetics to take care of his mother, who was mentally younger than him.
, cleaning the room to keep the ward open, and singing in his mother's ear every day. He infected the patients around him with his optimism. Many people were moved by him and learned from him to treat others with a smile every day.
His story was learned by media reporters, and soon it was published in the Los Angeles Times. A large number of readers knew Wayne's name. Letters were sent in the mail every day, and some readers came to the hospital to visit him in person.
The Los Angeles Times simply opened a column called "Come on Wayne" to record his growth.
"Wayne is back in preschool."
"Wayne has made a kid friend."
It is published once a week and has been serialized for more than 60 issues. Over the past year, Wayne has become a little star in California with more than 100,000 friends.
He is eight years old this year and is officially in first grade. He is considered a grown-up, so he does not want his and his mother's lives to be interfered with anymore, so the "Go Wayne" column of the Los Angeles Times has been correctly cancelled.
In order to commemorate the positive energy he has brought to people for more than a year, the Los Angeles Times specially held a graduation ceremony for him.
The promotion ceremony was officially held at nine o'clock in the morning. First, the national flag was raised and the national anthem was played.
Then Chief Lightner of the Los Angeles Fire Department gave a speech. The content of his speech was to introduce Little Wayne's past to everyone, focusing on Wayne's optimism and open-mindedness, as well as his infinite love for life.
After Lightner finished speaking, a singer sang a song. The song was very sad, indicating that Wayne was also very painful and confused at the beginning.
Speaking of being a singer, Liu Lang felt that this guy was at least a fourth-rate Hollywood star, otherwise the appearance fee wouldn't be only five hundred dollars.
After singing the song, a man in his fifties came on stage to speak, focusing on how his own life had been affected by Wayne over the past year or so. He turned out to be an alcoholic and relied on alcohol to survive every day. Later, he met Wayne.
Wayne's cheerfulness soon struck him.
After that, Wayne personally took the stage to thank those who had helped him, and then "expressed his determination", hoping that he would also become a person who contributes to society when he grows up.
After Little Wayne finished speaking, another "Hollywood" star came on stage to sing. The song became much brighter and full of vitality, implying the rebirth of the little guy.
Then three more loyal readers of the Los Angeles Times came on stage one after another to give "reports". They all gained hope from Wayne's deeds and at the same time inspired Little Wayne.
In short, in Liu Lang's eyes, this is a report meeting on Wayne's deeds. The parties involved and those affected by it came to the stage to speak one by one, which has strong interests. However, little Wayne is indeed very inspirational and takes on responsibility at a young age.
He faced pressure that was inconsistent with his age, but these pressures did not defeat him. Instead, his optimism infected many people and gave people hope. This is indeed touching.
Two hours passed in the blink of an eye, and Director Lightner appeared again, standing in front of the podium.
"Dear guests, the United States is a country full of miracles. Eight-year-old Mr. Wayne lets us know the power of optimism and brings us imagination for the future. Now I want to introduce a person. He is only seven years old this year and has not yet
Wayne is older, so I want to ask everyone first, what do you think a seven-year-old child can do?"
When Director Lightner said this, he deliberately listened down, as if looking for the answer from the visitor below.
There might be someone from the Los Angeles Fire Department down there, but I heard a voice: The seven-year-old child is still playing with a Barbie doll at home!
This answer immediately caused a burst of laughter.