Fake stamp, real heart
(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...". Once in a while, 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 the foreign brands are popular among "wine connoisseurs", how scary! 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 a single corner. 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 an even higher level of affection, and sometimes luxurious gifts become redundant and unnecessary. But every holiday season, we often wonder and think about 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 it is!
An unfortunate gift is fake, poor quality, is it because the giver's heart is also fake? To say that 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 it tastes, but a person whose responsibility and conscience are fake is absolutely not acceptable to "use"!
In short, giving gifts in general and giving gifts on holidays in particular is really difficult! Because when you have thought about how to show your sincerity and care for people, in what form, you also have to make sure the stamp on your "letter" is a genuine stamp, otherwise you might 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 make sure that our hearts are genuine and the "warranty" stamp on it is also genuine. Don't treat the sincerity of people to each other like a fake beer or wine bottle "What label do you like so I can stick it on?" It's cheap and sad!
Hai Trieu
