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helosthisarmsinanaccidentthatclaimedhisfather'slife-whowasthemainsourceofsupportforthefamily.sincethen,hehashadtodependonthearmsofhisyoungerbrother.forthesakeoftakingcareofhim,hisyoungerbrotherbecamehisshadow,neverleavinghimaloneforyears.exceptforwritingwithhistoes,hewascompletelyunabletodoanythinginhislife.
onelatenight,hesufferedfromdiarrheaandhadtowakeuphisyoungerbrother.hisyoungerbrotheraccompaniedhimintothetoiletandthenwentbackthedormtowait.butbeingsotired,hisyoungerbrotherfellasleep,leavinghimonthetoiletfortwohourstilltheteacherondutydiscoveredhim.asthetwobrothersgrewuptogether,theyhadtheirshareofproblemsandtheywouldoftenquarrel.thenoneday,hisyoungerbrotherwantedtoliveseparatefromhim,livinghisownlife,asmanynormalpeopledo.sohewasheart-brokenanddidn'tknowwhattodo.asimilarmisfortunebefellagirl,too.onenighthermother,whosufferedfromchronicmentalillnessdisappeared.soherfatherwentoutlookingforhermother,leavingheraloneathome.shetriedtopreparemealsforherparents,onlytooverturnthekerosenelightonthestove,resultinginafirewhichtookherhandsaway.
thoughhereldersisterwhowasstudyinginanothercity,showedherwillingnesstotakecareofher,shewasdeterminedtobecompletelyindependent.atschool,shealwaysstudiedhard.mostofallshelearnedtobeself-reliant.onceshewrotethefollowinginhercomposition:"iamlucky.thoughilostmyarms,istillhavelegs;iamlucky.thoughmywingsarebroken,myheartcanstillfly."oneday,theboyandthegirlwerebothinvitedtoappearonatelevisioninterviewprogram.theboytoldthetvhostabouthisuncertainfutureatbeingleftonhisown,whereasthegirlwasfullofenthusiasmforherlife.theybothwereaskedtowritesomethingonapieceofpaperwiththeirtoes.theboywrote:myyoungerbrother'sarmsaremyarms;whilethegirlwrote:brokenwings,flyingheart.
theyhadbothenduredthesameordeal,buttheirdifferentattitudesdeterminedthenatureoftheirlives.itistruethatlifeisunpredictable.disasterscanstrikeatanytime.howyouhandlemisfortunewhenconfrontedwithit,isthetruetestofyourcharacter.ifyouchooseonlytocomplainandescapefromtheordeal,itwillalwaysfollowyouwhereveryougo.butifyoudecidetobestrong,thehardshipwillturnouttobeafortuneonwhichnewhopeswillarise.