Every day after get off work, Bobby and his girlfriend Lisa walk through New York’s Central Park together, talking and laughing back home. Bobby noticed that a tattered beggar always sat on a bench in the park, quietly looking at the luxury hotel opposite, with a happy smile on his face. He approached the beggar curiously: "Excuse me, I really don't understand why you are so happy every day?"
The beggar smiled slyly: "Although I have no home and no money, I can get some change every day. At night, I will be accompanied by the colorful lights of the hotel, so I can always dream of living in that comfortable building. The hotel." Bobby felt deeply sympathetic to this kind of self-deception, so he generously put 100 dollars in the beggar's hat. The beggar had obviously never accepted such a large amount of charity. He stared at the banknotes in a daze, and thanked him vigorously.
The next day, Bobby and his girlfriend met a beggar when they were walking through the park. Bobby was worried that the beggar would be frozen in the weather, so he kindly left $100. The beggar could not help complimenting Lisa: "Your boyfriend is such a wonderful person." On the third day, the two passed by the park. The beggar was already standing by the bench and waiting: "I also want to have a chance to stay in a luxury hotel. Can you help? Help me?" Bobby nodded, then paid out another 100 dollars.
After that, every time he got off work, the beggar would greet Bobby friendly, and then he would always ask for money on the grounds of staying in a hotel. As usual, Bobby left the money generously every time. This lasted for more than ten days, and Bobby had no more money for relief, so he could only detour on his own to avoid beggars.
After returning home, Lisa said cheerfully: "Today the beggar specifically asked me about you. He is worried that you are sick?" Bobby did not say a word. Of course he understood that the beggar did not really care about his body, but because the beggar can't ask for money without seeing him...
Days pass day by day. Finally one day, Bobby saw the beggar follow Lisa towards his home from a distance, and repeatedly complained: "Is your boyfriend sick? If not, how could he be so irresponsible? I just used to dream of staying in a hotel that he made me want to live in a hotel, but he disappeared. It really made me miserable!” Only then did Bobby realize that his generosity accidentally caused the beggar to end his happiness.
The pain of life is often caused by setting happiness standards and expectations that exceed one's own abilities, or mistakenly trusting them to others. This is the case with beggars, why not so with ordinary people?