哈囉, Max

"God gave us our relatives, thank God we can choose our friends."
- Ethel Watts Mumford

Max finally won the lottery.
Yet, with cholocate and his favorite toy, he still feels what he needs is something more than these.
What could make his life full?

The answer is 瑪莉, his pen pal.
Only when he gets a friend to share, does he gradually feels life is not empty any more.
Only by writing letters to 瑪莉, does he eventually learn to accept the imperfectness of the world, imperfectness of people and the imperfectness of himself.

Since imperfectness is a part of life and people have to live with them, it is also a part of life, i.e, to be tolerant with imperfectness.
When he realizes this point, he forgives his friend and smiles.
It comes naturally and as known to all, "wisdom makes one's face shine, and the hardness of one's countenance is changed."

The value of a friend maybe is the same.
瑪莉 gives Max a taste of real friendship. There is just no comparison.
And with 瑪莉, Max's life becomes complete.

As the saying goes, there is nothing new under the sun.
If possible, make it a different one.
Whatever, just take life as it comes.