Three cups of tea

Three cups of tea

One of my favorite book is “three cups of tea”. It was written by Greg Mortenson who is an American philanthropist. In this book, we can see a really touching story about the promise, devotion and love.

Mortenson was a lover of moutaineering, when he tried to climb K2,the world’s second-highest moutain, which is in the westnorth of Pakistan, he was lost and got to a village called Korphe by chance, where his life got changed, and then began the deep relationship with this village.

With the help of mayor of the Korphe, Mortenson soon recovered. After several days’living together,he realized how rare such a meal was for the people in Korphe,and how close they live to hunger. The Balti

lived with the same lack of modern convenience as many decades ago. There is no hospital even the clinic. when they were ill, the only thing they could do was waiting and suffering. And also there’s no school, the children can only write on the ground with sticks in the cold wind. Mortenson thought he should do something for them. So, he promised that he would build a school for them.

Mortenson was very poor too, so when he returned back to America, he sold his car and do many jobs at the same time. It was really hard. But in order to make good on the promise made to the villagers in Korphe, in order to build a shool for children to study, he tried everything he could do and even took the risk of his life

to raise money. Mortenson started with 580 letters to raise money, and then, with the perseverance and hard work, he finally got enough money and conquerd many many dificulties, the school was established at last.

Since than, Mortenson went on the way of helping people. In the past ten years, Mortensen had built more than sixty schools in the middle Asia. He encouraged girls to go to schools to get education and to become new modern women. He not only built hospital in the villages, but also cured the victims of disasters and wars. Greg Mortenson turned into a famous honorable person from a nobody.

I am totally moved by his grutitude to the kind villages of Korphe, by his warm heart to all the peole who sufferd and by his responsibility to make good on the promise.

The book told me that not only rich people, but also simple us can help others. We can do anything to make others happy and suffer less even if it is just a simple thing.

The first time you share tea with a Balti, you are a stranger. The second time you take tea, you are an hornored guest. The third time you share a cup of tea, you become famiy, and for our family, we prepared to do anything, even die. These are what the Balti believe and we can learn a lot from it. Nowadays, people are more and more blundering because of the rush of modern life. We do need to share three cups of tea to low down and build relationships between each other.