“Ouch!” The boy shouted, crying out loud with his tonsils out wiggling. At his age of twelve it looks like he has been hurt badly by the hit of the paintball pellet shot by one of his classmates when they had their field trip in a Paintball Arena. It looks as though he felt pain the moment it hit him by the sound of his voice and the way it got him so mad about that other boy.

But on second look, I can sense that it was just an overreaction. Some boys, same age as his, enjoy getting hit by the paintball. And then I realized that there must be an earlier reason that led to this incident. He looks more angry than hurt. I observed. After the game the boy who cried went out wearing now his school uniform. He looked neat in it. He has no friends. He looks snobby and he seems like a spoiled brat. And then came the boy who hit him with a paintball pellet who has many friends. He ran after the cry baby and said sorry. They walked hand in hand outside the Arena.

I would like to conclude that they are on to a very wonderful friendship after the incident. Imagine how things work. Children’s innocent perceptions can change the world. Sometimes we have to compromise in order to gain friends. Paintball is about getting the flag of the opponent or whatever the set up of the game is. It is really about hitting your opponents to defend yourself and your team. It is about winning the battle.

So why ask for an apology when it is the rule of the game? Is there a point? Yes, there is. And this boy showed humility. The battle of the two teams end after taking off the all-soaked-up Ghillie suits and after coming out of the battle field. Sometimes it doesn’t really matter who committed the mistake, the humble will always find his way to ask for an apology. If I was the mother of that boy, I will be the happiest proud Mom, ever. And the boy has no idea of what he has done.

I am so happy to find out that silly stories, such as this, show deeper values if we would only look deeper into it. Who would expect that children’s petty fights would bring about realizations that could help make better people for our world? Huh?! Sometimes we have to look at little good deeds and magnify it to make us more appreciative of life. Like kids, we should be happy in the simplest of things and we will be surprised to find out that there is so much more to life. Let us all bring out the child in us. We are not supposed to act as if we are “somebody” or we are “bigger” or we “know better”. We are not bigger than our world, stay honest, friendly, loving and most of all humble.

Author Bio: Mike regularly writes for ProlificPaintball.com, they carry such paintball equipment as Paintball Guns and the Invert Mini, as well as many other items from a variety of manufacturers.

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