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Theremembranceoflilacs紫丁香的回憶

ThefamilyhadjustmovedtoRhodeIsland,andtheyoungwomanwasfeelingalittle

melancholyonthatSundayinMay.Afterall,itwasMother'sDay-and800miles

separatedherfromherparentsinOhio.

ShehadcalledhermotherthatmorningtowishherahappyMother'sDay,andher

motherhadmentionedhowcolorfultheyardwasnowthatspringhadarrived.Asthey

talked,theyoungerwomancouldalmostsmellthetantalizingaromaofpurplelilacs

hangingonthebigbushoutsideherparents'backdoor.

Later,whenshementionedtoherhusbandhowshemissedthoselilacs,hepopped

upfromhischair."Iknowwherewecanfindyouallyouwant,'*hesaid."Getthekids

andc'mon.H

Soofftheywent,drivingthecountryroadsofnorthernRhodeIslandonthekindof

dayonlymid—Maycanproduce:sparklingsunshine,uncloudedazureskiesand

vibrantnewnessofthegreengrowingallaround.Theywentpastsmallvillagesand

burgeoninghousingdevelopments,pastabandonedappleorchards,backtowhere

treesandbrushhavedevouredoldhomesteads.

Wheretheystopped,densethicketsofcedarsandjunipersandbirchcrowdedthe

roadwayonbothsides.Therewasn'talilacbushinsight.

*'Comewithme,"themansaid.nOverthathillisanoldcellarhole,fromsomebody's

farmofyearsago,andtherearelilacsallroundit.ThemanwhoownsthislandsaidI

couldpokearoundhereanytime.I'msurehewon'tmindifwepickafewlilacs."

Beforetheygothalfwayupthehill,thefragranceofthelilacsdrifteddowntothem,

andthekidsstartedrunning.Soon,themotherbeganrunning,too,untilshereached

thetop.

There,farfromviewofpassingmotoristsandhiddenfromencroachingcivilization,

werethetoweringlilacsbushes,soladenwiththehuge,cone-shapedflowerclusters

thattheyalmostbentdouble.Withasmile,theyoungwomanrusheduptothe

nearestbushandburiedherfaceintheflowers,drinkinginthefragranceandthe

memoriesitrecalled.

Whilethemanexaminedthecellarholeandtriedtoexplaintothechildrenwhatthe

housemusthavelookedlike,thewomandriftedamongthelilacs.Carefully,she

choseasprighere,anotheronethere,andclippedthemwithherhusband'spocket

knife.Shewasinnohurry,relishingeachblossomasarareanddelicatetreasure.

Finally,though,theyreturnedtotheircarforthetriphome.Whilethekidschattered

andthemandrove,thewomansatsmiling,surroundedbyherflowers,afaraway

lookinhereyes.

Whentheywerewithinthreemilesofhome,shesuddenlyshoutedtoherhusband,

"Stopthecar.Stoprighthere!"

Themanslammedonthebrakes.Beforehecouldaskherwhyshewantedtostop,

thewomanwasoutofthecarandhurryingupanearbygrassyslopewiththelilacs

stillinherarms.Atthetopofthehillwasanursinghomeand,becauseitwassucha

beautifulspringday,thepatientswereoutdoorsstrollingwithrelativesorsittingon

theporch.

Theyoungwomanwenttotheendoftheporch,whereanelderlypatientwassitting

inherwheelchair,alone,headbowed,herbacktomostoftheothers.Acrossthe

porchrailingwenttheflowers,intothelapoftheoldwoman.Sheliftedherhead,and

smiled.Forafewmoments,thetwowomenchatted,bothaglowwithhappiness,and

thentheyoungwomanturnedandranbacktoherfamily.Asthecarpulledaway,the

womaninthewheelchairwaved,andclutchedthelilacs.

"Mom,'*thekidsasked,"whowasthat?Whydidyougiveherourflowers?Isshe

somebody'smother?'*Themothersaidshedidn'tknowtheoldwoman.Butitwas

Mother'sDay,andsheseemedsoalone,andwhowouldn'tbecheeredbyflowers?

"Besides,"sheadded,"Ihaveallofyou,andIstillhavemymother,evenifsheisfar

away.ThatwomanneededthoseflowersmorethanIdid."

Thissatisfiedthekids,butnotthehusband.Thenextdayhepurchasedhalfadozen

younglilacsbushesandplantedthemaroundtheiryard,andseveraltimessince

thenhehasaddedmore.

Iwasthatman.Theyoungmotherwas,andis,mywife.Now,everyMay,ourown

yardisredolentwithlilacs.EveryMother'sDayourkidsgatherpurplebouquets.And

everyyearIrememberthatsmileonalonelyoldwoman'sface,andthekindnessthat

putthesmilethere.

一家人剛移居羅德島。5月的那個(gè)星期天，年輕女人感到有點(diǎn)兒憂傷。畢竟，這一天是

母親節(jié)——而她卻與俄亥俄州的父母親遙距800英里。

她那天早上給母親打去電話，祝母親節(jié)日愉快。隨后，她的母親向她提起，因?yàn)榇禾?/p>

已經(jīng)來臨，所以院子里的色彩是多么絢麗。在她們通話的當(dāng)兒，年輕女人幾乎可以聞

到懸垂在父母親后門外大灌木叢上的紫丁香醉人的芬芳。

后來，她向丈夫說起她是如何懷念那些紫丁香時(shí)，他突然從椅子上躍起。“我知道在哪

兒能找到你想要的東西，”他說，“帶上孩子，走吧?！?/p>

于是，他們就出發(fā)了，驅(qū)車行駛在羅德島北部的鄉(xiāng)村小路上，那種天氣只有5月中旬

才會有：閃亮的陽光、蔚藍(lán)色的晴空以及生機(jī)勃勃、隨處可見的綠意。他們穿過一座

座小村莊和一座座拔地而起的房屋，穿過廢棄的蘋果園，來到了樹林和灌木叢掩映的

老農(nóng)場。

他們停下車。車道兩邊長滿了茂盛的雪松、杜松和白樺樹。眼前沒有一棵紫丁香。

“隨我來，”那個(gè)男人說，“翻過那座小山，有個(gè)老地窖，幾年前是一個(gè)人的農(nóng)場，四周

長滿了紫丁香。這塊地的主人說我可以隨時(shí)到這兒來閑逛。我相信，要是我們采幾束

紫丁香，他不會介意?！?/p>

還沒等他們到達(dá)半山腰，紫丁香的芬芳已經(jīng)向他們飄了過來。于是，孩子們開始奔跑。

不久，那位母親也開始跑起來，直至到達(dá)山頂。

那里，遠(yuǎn)離了過往司機(jī)的視野，避開了紛擾的文明世界，高聳的丁香花叢開滿了碩大

的圓錐形的串串花束，幾乎把花莖壓成了兩折。那個(gè)年輕女人微笑著沖到最近的一處

花叢，把臉埋在鮮花中，啜飲著芳香，陶醉在重新喚起的記憶中。

在那個(gè)男人察看地窖試圖向孩子們解釋這座房子必定是什么樣子的當(dāng)兒，那個(gè)女人不

由自主地走進(jìn)了紫丁香花叢。她小心翼翼地從這兒摘一枝，那兒挑一束，然后用丈夫

的袖珍小刀將它們剪下來。她不慌不忙，像欣賞稀有珍寶似地欣賞著每一朵花。

然而，他們終于還是返回了汽車，走上了回家的路。孩子們嘰嘰喳喳說個(gè)不停，那個(gè)

男人駕著車，那個(gè)女人坐在那兒面帶微笑，她周圍放滿了鮮花，眼睛里充滿著向往。

當(dāng)他們離家不足3英里時(shí)，她突然向丈夫大聲喊道：“停車，就在這里停車！”

那個(gè)男人嘎地剎住車。還沒等他問為什么，女人就已經(jīng)下了車，匆匆走向附近的草坡,

懷里仍抱著紫丁香。山頂上是一家療養(yǎng)院，因?yàn)檫@是一個(gè)美麗的春日，所以病人正在

室外和親友溜達(dá)或坐在門廊上。

那個(gè)年輕女人走到門廊的盡頭，只見那里有一個(gè)上了年紀(jì)的病人正坐在輪椅里，獨(dú)自

一人，低著頭，背對著其他人。年輕女人越過門廊欄桿，將鮮花放在了老太太的膝間。

老太太抬起頭，露出了笑臉。兩個(gè)女人聊了一會兒，都興高采烈。隨后,那個(gè)年輕女人

轉(zhuǎn)身跑回到家人的身邊。當(dāng)汽車開動時(shí)，坐在輪椅里的那個(gè)女人揮動著手，手里緊緊

地握著那束紫丁香花。

“媽媽，”孩子們問，“那人是誰呀？你為什么把我們的花送給她？她是誰的母親呀？”他

們的母親說，她不認(rèn)識那個(gè)老太太，但今天是母親節(jié)，她看起來是那么孤獨(dú)，而鮮花

會給任何人帶來好心情。“再說，”她補(bǔ)充道，“我擁有你們，而且我還有自己的母親，

即使她離我很遠(yuǎn)。那個(gè)女人比我更需要那些鮮花。”

孩子們得到了滿意的答案，但她的丈夫卻沒有。第二天，他買了半打紫丁香幼苗，栽

到了院子四周；而且從那以后，每隔一段時(shí)間，他就會增加一些。

我就是那個(gè)男人，那個(gè)年輕母親是我妻子。如今，每年5月，我們自家的院子都會散

發(fā)出濃烈的紫丁香的芬芳。每逢母親節(jié)，我們的孩子都要采擷紫丁香花束。而且每年

我都會記起一位孤獨(dú)的老太太臉上露出的笑容，以及笑容里呈現(xiàn)出的那種慈祥。

Cherishtherestofyourlife珍愛余生

Whatwouldyoudoifyouonlyhadashorttimetolive?

我們似乎每天都被瑣事纏身，有忙不完的事情，以至于在忙忙碌碌之中迷失了自己，

分辨不清什么才是生活中最重要的東西。停下來問問自己，如果你僅剩半年時(shí)光，你

將如何處理生活的輕重緩急，你將如何度過？

It'shard,fromwithinthestormofeverydaylife,toseethingswithrealperspective,to

knowwhat'simportantandwhat'ssimplypressingonourconsciousnessrightnow,

demandingattention.

Wehavepeopleemailingusforinformationandrequestingaction,wehavephone

callsandvisitorsandalongto-dolistandamillionchoresanderrandstorunandall

oftheslingsandarrowsofourdailyreality...andyet,whatisimportant?

Askyourselfthis:ifyousuddenlyfoundoutyouonlyhad6monthstolive(for

whateverreason),wouldthethinginfrontofyoumattertoyou?

Wouldthose20emailswaitingforaresponsematter?Wouldthepaperworkwaiting

tobeprocessedmatter?Wouldtheworkyou'redoingmatter?Wouldthemeetings

you'resupposedtohavematter?Wouldabigcarandnicehouseandhigh-paying

jobandcoolcomputerandmobiledeviceandniceshoesandclothesmatter?

I'mnotsayingtheywouldn'tmatter...butit'simportanttoaskyourselfiftheywould.

Whatwouldmattertoyou?

Formanyofus,it'sthelovedonesinourlives.Ifwedon'thavelovedones...maybe

it'stimewestartedfiguringoutwhy,andaddressingthat.Maybewehaven'tmade

timeforothers,forgettingoutandmeetingothersandhelpingothersandbeing

compassionateandpassionateaboutothers.Maybewehaveshutourselvesin

somehow.Ormaybewedohavelovedonesinourlives,butwedon'tseemtohave

thetimewewanttospendwiththem.

Whenwasthelasttimeyoutoldyourlovedonesyoulovedthem?Spentgoodquality

timewiththem,beinginthemoment?

Formanyofus,doingworkthatmatters...wouldmatter.Thatmightmeanhelping

others,ormakingavitalcontributiontosociety,orcreatingsomethingbrilliantand

inspiring,orexpressingourselvessomehow.It*snotthemoneythatmatters,butthe

impactofthework.Areyoudoingworkthatmatters?

Formanyofus,experiencinglifewouldmatter—reallybeinginthemoment,finding

passioninourlives,seeingtheworldandtraveling,orjustseeingtheworldthat's

aroundusrightnow,beingwithgreatpeople,doingamazingthings,eatingamazing

food,playing.

Thesearejustafewideas...butwhatwouldmattertoyou?

Ihighlyrecommendthatyouspendatleastalittletimenow,andregularly,thinking

aboutthisquestion...figuringoutwhatreallymatters...andlivingalifethatshows

this.

Howdoyoulivealifethatputsagreatemphasisonwhatmatters?Startbyfiguring

outwhatmatters,andwhatdoesn't.Theneliminateasmuchasyoucanofthestuff

thatdoesn'tmatter,oratleastminimizeittotheextentpossible.Makeroomforwhat

doesmatter.

Makethetimeforwhatdoesmatter...today.Putitonyourschedule,anddon'tmiss

thatappointment.Makethosetoughdecisions—becausechoosingtolivealifethat

isfilledwiththeimportantstuffmeansmakingchoices,andthey*renotalwayseasy

choices.Butitmatters.

Spendtimewithyoursignificantother,showthemhowimportanttheyare.Takethe

timetocuddlewithyourchild,toreadwithher,toplaywithher,tohavegood

conversationswithher,totakewalkswithher.Taketimetobeinnature,to

appreciatethebeautyoftheworldaroundus.Taketimetosavorthelittlepleasures

inlife.

Becausewhileyoumightnothaveonly6monthstolive,I'mheretobreakthenews

toyou:youreallydoonlyhaveashorttimetolive.Whetherthafs6months,6years

or60...it'sbuttheblinkofaneye.

Thelifeyouhaveleftisagift.Cherishit.Enjoyitnow,tothefullest.Dowhatmatters,

now.

學(xué)會接受這個(gè)世界，生活將更快樂

我們能讓這世界變得更美好么？這句話本身就是一個(gè)錯(cuò)誤的假設(shè)，認(rèn)為這世界不

好。反過來，我們應(yīng)該說世界就是這樣的，沒有什么絕對的好與不好。這是我們選擇

的生活方式，也是我們喜歡的生活方式。換個(gè)角度看待事物：接受并試著理解。接受

這世界，你會快樂。

“Thereisnothingeithergoodorbad,butthinkingmakesitso."一William

Shakespeare,^Hamlef

Oneofthegreatestsourcesofunhappiness,inmyexperience,isthedifficulty

wehaveinacceptingthingsastheyare.

Withoutjudgment,withoutwishingforotherwise.

Whenweseesomethingwedon'tlike,wewishitcouldbedifferent—wecryout

forsomethingbetter.Thatmaybehumannature,orperhapsit'ssomethingthat's

ingrainedinourculture.

Therootoftheunhappinessisn'tnecessarilythatwewantthingstobedifferent,

however:it'sthatwedecidedwedidn5tlikeitinthefirstplace.We'vejudgeditasbad,

ratherthansaying,Hlt'snotbadorgood,itjustis."

Anexample:Inmyrecentpost,ABeautifulMethodtoFindPeaceofMind,quite

afewcommentersthoughtmyoutlookwasnegative,pessimistic,orfatalistic...

becauseIsaidyoushouldexpectpeopletomessup,expectthingstogodifferently

thanyouplanned,andthatyoushouldembracethat.

It'stoonegativetoexpectthingstogowrong,theysaid.However:it*sonly

negativeifyouseeitasnegative.Ifyoujudgeitasbad.

Instead,youcouldacceptitasthewaytheworldworks—asthewaythings

actuallyare.Andtrytounderstandwhythatis,andembraceit.Asitis.

Thiscanbeappliedtowhateveryoudo:whetheritbehowotherpeopleactat

work,howpoliticsworksandhowdepressingthenewsmediacanbe.Acceptthese

thingsastheyare,andtrytounderstandwhythey'rethatway.

It'llsaveyoualotofgrief,becauseyou'llnolongersay,"Oh,Iwishthingsdidn't

suck!"

Doesitmeanyoucanneverchangethings?Notatall.Butchangethingsnot

becauseyoucan'tacceptthingsastheyare,butbecauseyouenjoytheprocessof

change,oflearningandgrowing.

Canwemakethisworldabetterplace?Again,that'sassumingthatit'sabad

placerightnow.Butinstead,youcouldsaytheworldisjustwhatitis—andthafs

neithergoodnorbad.Youcansaythatyou'llcontinuetotrytodothingstohelp

others,togrowasaperson,tomakeadifferenceinthisworld-notbecauseyou're

suchabadpersonnow,ortheworldsucks,butbecausethat'sthepathyouchoose

totake,becauseyouenjoythatpath.

Asyoucatchyourselfjudging,andwishingfordifferent—andwealldoit—try

adifferentapproach:accept,andunderstand.Itmightleadtosomeinteresting

results.

AGiftfromHeart來自內(nèi)心的禮物［雙語］

Thehardestarithmetictomasteristhatwhichenablesustocountourblessings.

世界上最難的算術(shù)題是如何清點(diǎn)我們的祝福。

Accordingtolegend,ayoungmanwhileroamingthedesertcameacrossaspringof

deliciouscrystal-clearwater.Thewaterwassosweet,hefilledhisleathercanteenso

hecouldbringsomebacktoatribalelderwhohadbeenhisteacher.

據(jù)傳說，一個(gè)年輕的男子在漫游沙漠途中看到一泉如水晶般清澈而可口的水。水的味

道非常甜美，于是他灌滿了他的皮水壺，這樣就可以帶一些回去，送給曾經(jīng)是他老師

的部落長老。

Afterafour-dayjourneyhepresentedthewatertotheoldmanwhotookadeepdrink,

smiledwarmlyandthankedhisstudentlavishlyforthesweetwater.Theyoungman

returnedtohisvillagewithahappyheart.

經(jīng)過四天的旅程，他把水呈獻(xiàn)給老人。老人深飲一口，和藹地笑了笑，并深切感激學(xué)

生贈予他甜美的水。年輕人懷著愉快的心情回到了村莊。

Later,theteacherletanotherstudenttastethewater.Hespatitout,sayingitwas

awful.Itapparentlyhadbecomestalebecauseoftheoldleathercontainer.

后來，老師讓他的另一個(gè)學(xué)生品嘗水。學(xué)生吐了出來，說水太難喝了。它顯然已經(jīng)因

為陳舊的皮革容器而變得不再新鮮。

Thestudentchallengedhisteacher:"Master,thewaterwasfoul.Whydidyou

pretendtolikeit?”

學(xué)生質(zhì)疑他的老師：“師父，水是臭的，你為什么要假裝喜歡它？”

Theteacherreplied,uYouonlytastedthewater.Itastedthegift.Thewaterwas

simplythecontainerforanactofloving-kindnessandnothingcouldbesweeter.”

老師回答說，“你只品嘗了水的味道，我卻是在品嘗禮物的味道。水僅僅是裝載善與愛

之行為的容器，而沒有什么東西比善與愛更甜美了。”

Ithinkweunderstandthislessonbestwhenwereceiveinnocentgiftsoflovefrom

youngchildren.Whetherifsaceramictrayoramacaronibracelet,thenaturaland

properresponseisappreciationandexpressedthankfulnessbecausewelovethe

ideawithinthegift.

我認(rèn)為當(dāng)我們從天真的孩子們那里收到愛的禮物時(shí)，能夠最透徹地明白這個(gè)道理。無

論它是一個(gè)陶瓷托盤或通心粉手鐲，我們自然而恰當(dāng)?shù)姆磻?yīng)是欣賞，并表示感激，因

為我們喜歡禮物所包含的心意。

Gratitudedoesn'talwayscomenaturally.Unfortunately,mostchildrenandmany

adultsvalueonlythethinggivenratherthanthefeelingembodiedinit.Weshould

remindourselvesandteachourchildrenaboutthebeautyandpurityoffeelingsand

expressionsofgratitude.Afterall,giftsfromtheheartarereallygiftsoftheheart.

感恩并不總是自然而來的。不幸的是，大多數(shù)兒童和成人只看重被贈予的東西本身，

而不是它體現(xiàn)的情誼。我們應(yīng)該提醒自己，并教導(dǎo)我們的孩子，感情和對感激之情的

表達(dá)是美麗而純潔的。畢竟，發(fā)自內(nèi)心給與的禮物才是真正的禮物。

英語單詞：

roam[raum]vi.漫游，漫步；流浪

lavishly[laevijli]adv.豐富地；浪費(fèi)地

stale[steil]adj.陳腐的；不新鮮的

foul[faul]adj.污穢的；淤塞的

ceramic[si'raemik]n.陶瓷

macaroni[,m3eko*rauni]n.通心粉

embody[irn'bodi]vt.體現(xiàn)，使具體化

母親的雙手［雙語美文］

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Nightafternight,shecametotuckmein,evenlongaftermychildhoodyears.

Followingherlongstandingcustom,she'dleandownandpushmylonghairoutofthe

way,thenkissmyforehead.

夜復(fù)一夜，她總是來幫我來蓋被子，即使我早已長大。這是媽媽的長期習(xí)慣，她

總是彎下身來，撥開我的長發(fā)，在我的額上一吻。

Idon'trememberwhenitfirststartedannoyingme-----herhandspushingmy

hairthatway.Butitdidannoyme,fortheyfeltwork-wornandroughagainstmy

youngskin.Finally,onenight,Ilashedoutather:"Don'tdothatanymore------your

handsaretoorough!'*1Shedidn'tsayanythinginreply.Butneveragaindidmy

mothercloseoutmydaywiththatfamiliarexpressionofherlove.Lyingawakelong

afterward,mywordshauntedme.Butpridestifledmyconscience,andIdidn'ttell

herIwassorry.

我不記得從何時(shí)起，她撥開我的頭發(fā)令我非常不耐煩。但的確，我討厭她長期操

勞、粗糙的手摩擦我細(xì)嫩的皮膚。最后，一天晚上，我沖她叫：“別再這樣了——你的

手太粗糙了!”她什么也沒說。但媽媽再也沒有象這樣對我表達(dá)她的愛。直到很久以后，

我還是常想起我的那些話。但自尊占了上風(fēng)，我沒有告訴她我很后悔。

Timeaftertime,withthepassingyears,mythoughtsreturnedtothatnight.By

thenImissedmymother'shands,missedhergoodnightkissuponmyforehead.

Sometimestheincidentseemedveryclose,sometimesfaraway.Butalwaysit

lurked,hauntingly,inthebackofmymind.

時(shí)光流逝，我又想到那個(gè)晚上。那時(shí)我想念我媽媽的手，想念她晚上在我額上的

一吻。有時(shí)這幕情景似乎很近，有時(shí)又似乎很遙遠(yuǎn)。但它總是潛伏著，時(shí)常浮現(xiàn)，出

現(xiàn)在我意識中。

Well,theyearshavepassed,andI'mnotalittlegirlanymore.Momisinher

mid-seventies,andthosehandsIoncethoughttobesorougharestilldoingthings

formeandmyfamily.She'sbeenourdoctor,reachingintoamedicinecabinetfor

theremedytocalmayounggirl'sstomachorsootheaboy'sscrapedknee.She

cooksthebestfriedchickenintheworld......getsstainsoutofbluejeanslikeInever

could.......andstillinsistsondishingouticecreamatanyhourofthedayornight.

一年年過去，我也不再是一個(gè)小女孩，媽媽也有70多歲了。那雙我認(rèn)為很粗糙的

手依然為我和我家庭做著事。她是我家的醫(yī)生，為我女兒在藥櫥里找胃藥或在我兒子

擦傷的膝蓋上敷藥。她能燒出世界上最美味的雞……將牛仔褲弄干凈而我卻永遠(yuǎn)不

能……而且可以在任何時(shí)候盛出冰激凌。

Throughtheyears,mymother'shandshaveputincountlesshoursoftoil,and

mostofherswerebeforeautomaticwashers!

這么多年來，媽媽的手做了多少家務(wù)!而且在自動洗衣機(jī)出現(xiàn)以前她已經(jīng)操勞了絕

大多數(shù)時(shí)間。

Now,myownchildrenaregrownandgone.MomnolongerhasDad,andon

specialoccasions,Ifindmyselfdrawnnextdoortospendthenightwithher.Soitwas

thatlateonThanksgivingEve,asIdriftedintosleepinthebedroomofmyyouth,a

familiarhandhesitantlystoleacrossmyfacetobrushthehairfrommyforehead.

Thenakiss,eversogently,touchedmybrow.

現(xiàn)在，我的孩子都已經(jīng)長大，離開了家。爸爸去世了，有些時(shí)候，我睡在媽媽的

隔壁房間。一次感恩節(jié)前夕的深夜，我睡在年輕時(shí)的臥室里，一只熟悉的手有些猶豫

地、悄悄地略過我的臉，從我額頭上撥開頭發(fā)，然后一個(gè)吻，輕輕地印在我的眉毛上。

Inmymemory,forthethousandthtime,Irecalledthenightmysurlyyoungvoice

complained:"Don'tdothatanymore------yourhandsaretoorough!"Catching

Mom'shandinhand,IblurtedouthowsorryIwasforthatnight.Ithoughtshe'd

remember,asIdid.ButMomdidn'tknowwhatIwastalkingabout.Shehad

forgotten------andforgiven-------longago.

在我的記憶中，無數(shù)次，想起那晚我粗暴、年青的聲音：“別再這樣了——你的手

太粗糙了!”抓住媽媽的手，我沖口而出因?yàn)槟峭?，我是多么后悔。我以為她想起來了?/p>

象我一樣。但媽媽不知道我在說些什么。她己經(jīng)在很久以前就忘了這事，并早就原諒

了我。

Thatnight,Ifellasleepwithanewappreciationformygentlemotherandher

caringhands.AndtheguiltIhadcarriedaroundforsolongwasnowheretobe

found.

那晚，我?guī)е鴮厝崮赣H和體貼雙手的感激入睡。這許多年來我的負(fù)罪感已經(jīng)消

失無蹤。

Lifethrowsabrickatyourhead放慢你的腳步

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Ayoungandsuccessfulexecutivewastravelingdownaneighborhoodstreet,going

abittoofastinhisnewJaguar.Hewaswatchingforkidsdartingoutfrombetween

parkedcarsandsloweddownwhenhethoughthesawsomething.

一位年輕的總裁，以有點(diǎn)快的車速，開著他的新Jaguar經(jīng)過住宅區(qū)的巷道。他必須小

心游戲中的孩子突然跑到路中央，所以當(dāng)他覺得小孩子快跑出來時(shí)，就要減慢車速。

Ashiscarpassed,onechildappeared,andabricksmashedintotheJag'sside

door.HeslammedonthebrakesandspuntheJagbacktothespotfromwherethe

brickhadbeenthrown.

就在他的車經(jīng)過一群小朋友的時(shí)候，一個(gè)小朋友丟了一塊磚頭打到了他的車門，他很

生氣的踩了煞車并后退到磚頭丟出來的地方。

Hejumpedoutofthecar,grabbedsomekidandpushedhimupagainstaparked

car,shouting,“Whatwasthatallaboutandwhoareyou?Justwhattheheckare

youdoing?"Buildingupaheadofsteam,hewentonnThat'sanewcarandthatbrick

youthrewisgonnacostalotofmoney.Whydidyoudoit?”

他跳出車外，抓了那個(gè)小孩，把他頂在車門上說：“你為什么這樣做，你知道你剛剛做

了什么嗎？”接著又吼道：“你知不知道你要賠多少錢來修理這臺新車，你到底為什么

要這樣做？”

“Please,mister,please,I'msorry.Ididn'tknowwhatelsetodo!Mpleadedthe

youngster.'*It'smybrother,“hesaid."Herolledoffthecurbandfelloutofhis

wheelchairandIcan'tlifthimup.

小孩子求著說：“先生，對不起，我不知道我還能怎么辦？”他接著說：“因?yàn)槲腋绺?/p>

從輪椅上掉下來，我沒辦法把他抬回去?！?/p>

Sobbing,theboyaskedtheexecutive,nWouldyoupleasehelpmegethimback

intohiswheelchair?He'shurtandhe'stooheavyforme."

那男孩啜泣著說：“你可以幫我把他抬回去嗎？他受傷了，而且他太重了我抱不動。”

Movedbeyondwords,thedrivertriedtoswallowtherapidlyswellinglumpinhis

throat.Heliftedtheyoungmanbackintothewheelchairandtookouthis

handkerchiefandwipedthescrapesandcuts,checkingtoseethateverythingwas

goingtobeokay.

這些話讓這位年輕的總裁深受感動，他抱起男孩受傷的哥哥，幫他坐回輪椅上。并拿

出手帕擦拭他哥哥的傷口，以確定他哥哥沒有什么大問題。

"Thankyou,sir.AndGodblessyou,"thegratefulchildsaidtohim.Themanthen

watchedthelittleboypushhisbrothertothesidewalktowardtheirhome.

那個(gè)小男孩感激地說：“謝謝你，先生，上帝保佑你?！比缓笏粗泻⑼浦绺缁?/p>

去。

ItwasalongwalkbackstohisJaguar...along,slowwalk.Heneverdidrepairthe

sidedoor.Hekeptthedenttoremindhimnottogothroughlifesofastthatsomeone

hastothrowabrickatyoutogetyourattention.

年輕總裁返回Jaguar的路變的很漫長，他也沒有修他汽車的側(cè)門。他保留著車上的凹

痕就是提醒自己。生活的道路不要走的太匆忙，否則需要其他人敲打自己來注意生活

的真諦。

Lifewhispersinyoursoulandspeakstoyourheart.Sometimes,whenyoudon'thave

thetimetolisten,it'syourchoice:Listentothewhispersofyoursoulorwaitforthe

brick!

當(dāng)生命想與你的心靈竊竊私語時(shí)，若你沒有時(shí)間，你有兩種選擇：傾聽你心靈的聲音

或讓豉頭來砸你！

Doyousometimesignorelovedonesbecauseyourlifeistoofastandbusyleaving

themtowonderwhetheryoureallylovethem?

請問你是否曾因?yàn)樯钐臁⑻β刀雎粤四闼鶒鄣娜?，然后讓他們開始開始懷疑

起你是不是真的愛他們呢？

RosesinDecember十二月的玫瑰

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《小飛俠彼得?潘》的作者巴里曾寫道：“上帝給了我們記憶，所以我們在寒冷的十二月

也有玫瑰?！币欢味蚊篮枚y忘的記憶，就像一朵朵玫瑰，裝點(diǎn)著我們心靈的花園。

ByHerbAppenzeller,Ed.D.

Coachesmoretimesthannotusetheirheartsinsteadoftheirheadstomaketough

decisions.Unfortunately,thiswasn'tthecasewhenIrealizedwehadabaseball

conferencegamescheduledwhenourseniorswouldbeinWashington,D.C.forthe

annualseniorfieldtrip.Wewereateamdominatedbyseniors,andforthefirsttimein

manyyears,wewereintheconferenceraceforfirstplace.Iknewwecouldn'twin

withoutourseniors,soIcalledtherivalcoachandaskedtoreschedulethegame

wheneveryonewasavailabletoplay.

“Noway,“hereplied.Theseniorswerecrushedandofferedtoskipthemuch-awaited

traditionaltrip.Iassuredthemtheyneededtogoonthetripaspartoftheir

educationalexperience,thoughIreallywantedtoaccepttheirofferandwinandgo

ontotheconferencechampionship.ButIdidnot,andonthatfatefulTuesday,I

wishedtheyweretheretoplay.

Ihadnineunderclassplayerseagerandexcitedthattheyfinallyhadachancetoplay.

ThemostexcitedplayerwasayoungmentallychallengedboywewillcallBilly.Billy

was,Ibelieve,overage,butbecausehelovedsportssomuch,anunderstanding

principalhadgivenhimpermissiontobeonthefootballandbaseballteams.Billy

livedandbreathedsportsandnowhewouldfinallygethischancetoplay.Ithinkhis

happinesscapturedtheimaginationoftheeightothersubstituteplayers.Billywas

verysmallinsize,buthehadabigheartandhadearnedtherespectofhis

teammateswithhiseffortandenthusiasm.Hewasaleft-handedhitterandhadgood

baseballskills.Hisfavoritepastime,exceptforthetimehepracticedsports,wastosit

withthemenatalocalruralstoretalkingaboutsports.Onthisday,Ibegantofeel

thatalossmightevenbeworthBilly'schancetoplay.

Ouropponentsjumpedofftoafour-runleadearlyinthegame,justasexpected.

Somehowwecamebacktowithinonerun,andthatwasthesituationwhenwewent

tobatinthebottomoftheninth.Iwaspleasedwithourteam'seffortandtheconstant

grinonBilly'sface.Ifonlywecouldwin...,Ithought,butthafsaskingtoomuch.Ifwe

losebyonerun,itwillbeavictoryinitself.Theweakestpartofourlineupwas

scheduledtohit,andtheopposingcoachputhisacepitcherintosealthevictory.

Tooursurprise,withtwoouts,abatterwalked,andthetyingrunwasonfirstbase.

OurnexthitterwasBilly.Thecrowdcheeredasifthiswerethefinalinningofthe

conferencechampionship,andBillywavedjubilantly.Iknewhewouldbeunableto

hitthispitcher,butwhatadayithadbeenforallofus.Strikeone.Striketwo.A

fastball.Billyhititdownthemiddleovertherightfielder'sheadforatripletotiethe

score.Billywasbesidehimself,andthecrowdwentwild.

Ben,ournexthitter,however,hadn'thittheballevenonceinbattingpracticeor

intrasquadgames.Iknewtherewasabsolutelynowayfortheimpossibledreamto

continue.Besides,ouropponentshadthetopoftheirlineupifwewentintoovertime.

Itwasacrazysituationandonethatneededrecklessstrategy.

Icalledatime-out,andeveryoneseemedconfusedwhenIwalkedtothirdbaseand

whisperedsomethingtoBilly.Asexpected,Benswungonthefirsttwopitches,not

comingclosetoeither.WhenthecatcherthrewtheballbacktothepitcherBillybroke

fromthirdbasesprintingashardashecould.Thepitcherdidn'tseehimbreak,and

whenhedidhewhirledaroundwildlyandfiredtheballhome.Billydoveinheadfirst,

beatthethrow,andscoredthewinningrun.ThiswasnottheWorldSeries,butdon't

tellthattoanyonepresentthatday.TearswereshedasBilly,thehero,wasliftedon

theshouldersofalleightteammembers.

Ifyougothroughtowntoday,forty-twoyearslater,youlllikelyseeBillyatthatsame

countrystorerelatingtoanadmiringgroupthestoryofthedayhewonthegamethat

nooneexpectedtowin.Ofallthespectaculareventsinmysportscareer,this

memoryisthehighlight.Itexemplifiedwhatsportscandoforpeople,andBilly'sgreat

dayprovedthattoeveryonewhosawthegame.

J.M.Barrie,theplaywright,mayhavesaiditbestwhenhewrote,HGodgaveus

memoriessothatwemighthaverosesinDecember.”Billygaveallofusar