Fake stamps, true hearts
(Baonghean) - Every year during Tet, my house is filled with beer, wine... gifts. My mother is stingy, so she often collects them to sell to agents or exchange them for soft drinks and candies for the children to celebrate Tet: "No one in the family wants these things anyway, and my father can't drink beer or wine...". Every now and then, when there are a few bottles of foreign wine that look "premium", my father begs my mother not to sell them, so he can "use them as capital" to entertain distinguished guests.
A few days ago, there was an arrest of two people who produced and consumed fake wine. All of the foreign brands were popular among "wine connoisseurs", which was terrifying! My mother was so scared that she took out all of my father's "capital wine" to check. The level of wine in the bottle, the color of the wine, the printed label, the stopper, the bottom of the bottle,... were all examined without leaving any corner untouched. The only thing missing was opening the bottle and drinking it to try it! After struggling for a while, my mother finally concluded: "It's best not to drink anything anymore, and not to sell it or give it away to anyone! If the gift is fake, even the heart is fake, then what is real in this world?"
Actually, I think, what my mother said is not entirely correct. Because, we only give gifts to people when we respect them. Here, I am not talking about love, love is a higher level of affection, and sometimes luxury gifts become redundant and unnecessary. But every holiday season, we often wonder and wonder what to give to this person or that person, sometimes not necessarily a close relationship but in another category - social relationships, career, etc. Giving gifts is an extremely difficult thing, how to express correctly and sufficiently your thoughts and messages to the recipient: too much will become ridiculous, sometimes fake, flattering; too little will become impolite, tactless. In the end, giving a gift is giving a sincere heart, how precious!
An unfortunate gift is fake, poor quality, is it because the giver's heart is also fake? To say so is too one-sided and extreme. Because I don't think anyone who has gone to the trouble of giving a gift wants the recipient to think differently about them by giving such a "poor quality" gift. It's just that they were unlucky, bought the wrong gift, trusted the wrong person. Therefore, those who produce and consume fake, poor quality goods are the "fake people" that we must boycott. A fake bottle of wine can still be a bottle of wine - no matter how much or how little better, but a person whose responsibility and conscience are fake, absolutely cannot be tolerated and "used"!
In short, giving gifts in general and giving gifts on holidays in particular is really difficult! Because when you have thought about how and in what form to show your sincerity and care to people, you also have to make sure that the stamp on your "letter" is a genuine stamp, otherwise you will buy fake or smuggled goods, which is very dangerous! I am just sad that occasions for people to care about each other like this are being exploited for profit, affecting the health of consumers and damaging the feelings of the giver and the receiver. We have to do something so that our hearts are genuine and the "warranty" stamp on it is also genuine. Don't treat people's sincerity like fake beer or wine bottles "What label do you like so I can stick it on" is cheap and sad!
Hai Trieu