What is the meaning of the first natural paragraph of the article Grasp the Happiness of a Pearl .

An elder told the story of a man who was very lucky enough to get a large and beautiful pearl, but he was not satisfied because there was a small spot on the pearl. He thought that if he could remove this little speck, it would surely become the most precious treasure in the world.

So he cut off the surface of the pearl with great care, but the spot remained; He peeled off layer after layer, until at last the spot was gone, and the pearl was gone. The man was so heartbroken that he couldn't afford to get sick. On his deathbed, he said to his family with great remorse:

If I hadn't cared about that spot at the time, I would still have a beautiful pearl in my hand now. ”

Every time I think of this story, I think of something else. For a while, I went for a walk on the beach almost every evening, so I often saw a pair of old people with gray hair, snuggled up on a bench by the sea and watching the sea. They always sat quietly, and there was always a peaceful smile on their faces, like statues with serene expressions.

One day, curiously, I approached them and whispered, "Do you like to see the sea too?" ”

The old man smiled and nodded at me, then gestured to his wife beside him. It was then that I realized that he was deaf and mute, and that his wife was blind. Suddenly, I regretted my gaffe.

However, there was no trace of displeasure on the faces of the two old men. On the contrary, she said in an extremely gentle and calm tone: "Yes, we old couples often come to 'see' the sea—you must be surprised, in fact, as long as there is no disability between each other's hearts, we are still two normal people."

The expressions of the two old men did not reveal the slightest inferiority complex and regret, only a happy and self-sufficient smile flowed outward. I looked at the pair of loving and respectable old men in front of me, and my eyes were moist ......

Perhaps, from that moment on, I suddenly found the definition of happiness in the smiles of the disabled old people. True happiness is not to let us risk lifelong regrets and remove the little insignificant flaws on each other's bodies, but to grasp the real pearl in our hands, learn to tolerate and cherish, and then we can feel true happiness from the chords of each other's hearts!

Being a man can not pursue absolute perfection too much, and this absolute does not exist, and cannot be far-fetched to demand perfection, but must learn to tolerate and cherish.