The red bucket cover is not lonely anymore as usual.  A piece of dried leaf has fallen onto it and swam in the water collected by the red bucket cover.  At the same time, the dried leaves was not dried anymore and it has turned into dark red as it was reflected by the light from the red bucket.  The colour of the leaf itself was not changed because it might take days or weeks before it can change its own colour.  But from the outside of itself, its colour has already changed since the moment the leaf met the red bucket cover and became friend.  I took the leaf out of the water from the red bucket cover,  and the leaves turned back into light brown.

In our life, it depends on who we meet, and where we stay, the surrounding might change our outlook and behavior.  If it is a negative situation, we should be able to realize and discover it and jump out from it to find a better environment for ourselves.  Our “true-self” which is pure and unpolluted was hidden actually, it will never be changed by the surrounding environment, and we have to use our heart to discover it, because it is now covered by a layer of dust which made us an imperfect human.

I still remember a doctor who has a deep study in humanity, sociology and psychology told me that we should separate a behaviour from a person.  We should not comment on a person, “He is bad“.  Instead, we should say, “His action or behaviour is bad“.

This is because everybody has a pure heart yet to be given to the rest of the world to make this world more peaceful and harmonious.

The red bucket cover is not lonely because it was also accompanied by a thin layer of water on top of it.

However, I have to dry it to prevent the dangerous mosquitoes from spreading.  The dengue fever and other sicknesses caused by mosquitoes have been a never ending story since hundreds of years ago.  Don’t worry red bucket cover, I will find you some friends.  Look, the thin layer of water is like a television.  The surrounding objects such as fence, plants etc. have become the red bucket cover’s best friends.

This is how the bucket cover looks like.  It is outside my house near a water tap.

Hope you enjoy the above story.  :P