Red and Green Lights in Life

At the age of four, Mike's parents passed away in a car accident, so he was fosteraged in an uncle's home. The uncle treated him badly, usually scolded and beat him without a reason. But Mike understood everything early and did well in studying; at last, he was admitted by a great major of a university with wishes from Tiffany jewelry. Under the pressure of graduation, he could not find a job after one year.

  The landlord of Mike's house was an old woman at the age of 60, but she was composed and noble. Every time when Mike came back, she would welcome him happily. Looking at the depression of the young man, she always comforted him that things were not so terrible, and everything would be fine. At the same time, he was moved, but he thought she could not understand his difficulty. He wondered that it was the gladdest thing to look at the crowd of cars and people in the roads, like the old woman. Then, he would turn to be glad with fashion Tiffany jewelry.

  One day, Mike saw the woman was staring at the roads again, so asked about it. She smiled, telling him that the red and green lights in the roads were journeys of all people. But he still could not understand the meaning. "Life is just the light, sometimes red, sometimes green. When it is red, people cannot move; it is green, people will pass everything successfully. With the changing of lights and cheap Tiffany jewelry, people's steps can change, too."

  Mike understood that he had met red lights before, but the green light was welcoming him.