Saint Nicholas Day

Someone Put A Colorful Carton In Front Of My Door At Middle Night

What was in it? A gift or a bomb?

Photo by David-Olivier Gascon on Unsplash

The world is rich and colorful, and for everyone, the world is never objective. We perceive things with our experience and cognition.

-by Adler in his book “Inferiority and Transcendence”

The world in my eyes was once full of hatred and fear so that I even misunderstood the kindness of my friends.

Back to my studying time in Germany. One morning in December, as I opened the door I saw a huge carton with Christmas patterns. A wide ribbon is tied with a beautiful bow in the middle of it.

“What is this?”

At the same time, several incidents of burning houses of foreigners in this country rushed into my mind.

A bomb???

But why here? Who knows that a foreign student is living in this room? Maybe it is someone who is joking with me.

I grabbed the box carefully and put it close to one ear. There was no ticking sound like the time bombs I have ever seen in movies.