Do You Have A Torch at Home?

Joyce was an office lady living by herself. Due to recent financial crisis, she moved from her unit in the City to a small apartment in a lower rank suburb. Her neighbour next door was a single mum with a young daughter. In this apartment, people usually close their doors and seldom talked with each other. So Joyce didn't know her neighbours very well.
One morning when Joyce left home for work, she saw in the lift lobby a notice saying there would be a 2-hour power outage in the evening for maintenance. Joyce remembered that she didn't have any torch at home. So she bought two torches before returning home as preparation for the outage.
After Joyce had supper that evening, the doorbell rang. Joyce opened the door. It was the little girl living next door. The little girl asked, "Miss, do you have a torch at home?" Joyce thought the little girl might have come to borrow a torch from her for the power outage. She further thought in her mind, "Are they really so poor that they couldn't buy their own?" "If I lend them the torch, will they return it to me?" "If I lend them the torch this time, they might borrow other things from me next time. Will they?"
While Joyce was still hesitating, the little girl smiled, "That's okay, miss. We knew you probably don't. That's why I come over." Then, taking a torch out from her pocket, she continued, "Mum said there will be power outage tonight. Take this. You'll need it."
Joyce suddenly became speechless. She was so ashamed of herself. She regretted very much at what she had thought of the little girl and her family. It was just that simple and friendly!

Sometimes we might have thought too much. We might have complicated very simple issues. If we could always look things on the bright side first, the world would look much brighter to us too.