Love Comes From Helping

杨庆春

关爱是一片天空，给人无限的希望;关爱是一盏明亮的灯，照亮人们美好的未来。现实生活中，每个人都会遇到困难，需要我们伸出援助之手。请你阅读下文，了解作者是怎样帮助身边的孩子的，是怎么做到帮助他人，快乐自己的。

When I met and married（嫁给）a kind Japanese man， I thought he would learn a bit more English and we would live in the US. But we ended up living in Tokyo！ I needed to learn Japanese and fast！ You know， if you can’t speak the language， living in a foreign country can be very lonely.

When we moved back to the US later， I planned to keep teaching English as before. I took a job at a store that had a children’s playroom. However， this store had workers from many other countries. Oftentimes， a preschooler（學龄前儿童）in my playroom could not speak a word of English and would look so lost and lonely！ My heart flew to them. We would play language games and they would teach their language to me.

Years later， a small girl from South America had become fluent（流利的）in English. She said to me， “Teacher， remember when I called you Maestra（老师，西班牙语）？ At that time you showed me the most love.” Hearing these words， I was moved to tears.

There was another child. He spoke Russian at first. We built a robot from blocks（积木）and fed it “food”. He liked the game very much and learned English words quickly by playing. I’m so happy to help him fit into his new life in the US.

These moments have become my direction（方向）in life. Though everyone is different， love always matters！