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“Paid in full with a glass of milk.”“醫(yī)藥費已付：一杯牛奶?！?/span>

愛人如已 2011-06-21

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Ilana Wexler:

　　My name is Ilana Wexler. I"m 12 years old, and I am the founder of "Kids for Kerry."
Kids for Kerry is a grassroots organization of kids that support John Kerry, want to help their futures, and get active in politics.
　　When my parents went to see Teresa Heinz Kerry speak, they told me that she was amazing! -- and that they thought John Kerry would make a great President. I decided to find out more about John Kerry. I talk about what I learned by using my ABCs.
　　"A" is America. John Kerry is a hero to America, and he will help our futures. He is a great and positive role model.
　　"B" is Better education. John Kerry wants to make class sizes smaller, so that children get the best part out of learning. He wants to help teachers because being a teacher is educating children, and letting them out into the world to do good things.
　　"C" is Compassion towards children. John Kerry wants to make sure that health care is not a privilege, but it is something that we can all afford.
　　This summer, I was supposed to go to my favorite camp. But instead, I decided to go to the John Kerry office every day. Kids can really help!
　　On KidsforKerry.org, we have an interactive presidential quiz. There are 270 questions for the electoral votes John Kerry will win. Plus, 25 questions to make up for Florida from the last election.
　　Our next goal is to have a petition for "National No Name-Calling Day," a day that the candidates don"t say anything negative about one another. When our Vice President had a disagreement with a Democratic senator, he used a REALLY BAD word.
　　If I said that -- If I said that word, I would be put in a "time-out."
　　I think he should be put in a time-out.
　　The last time I saw John Kerry, he grabbed my arm and said, "See you at the convention." And here I am!
　　What will be even more amazing will be the inauguration in January, when we have a new President, knowing that kids have made a difference in this election.
　　To summarize, Teresa Heinz Kerry: Inspirational, amazing!
　　John Kerry: American hero, next President.
　　Kids need -- Kids need positive -- Kids need positive role models in politics. And our Vice President deserves a longgggggg time-out.
　　Kids -- Kids, this is about our futures. Make sure all adults you know get out and vote.
　　We can have a voice today!
　　Thank you!(

A Glass of Milk

　　One day, a poor boy who was trying to pay his way through school by selling goods door to door found that he only had one dime left. He was hungry so he decided to beg for a meal at the next house.

　　一天，一個貧窮的小男孩為了攢夠?qū)W費正挨家挨戶地推銷商品。饑寒交迫的他摸遍全身，卻只有一角錢。于是他決定向下一戶人家討口飯吃。

　　However, he lost his nerve when a lovely young woman opened the door. Instead of a meal he asked for a drink of water. She thought he looked hungry so she brought him a large glass of milk. He drank it slowly, and then asked, “How much do I owe you?”

　　然而，當(dāng)一位美麗的年輕女子打開房門的時候，這個小男孩卻有點不知所措了。他沒有要飯，只乞求給他一口水喝。這位女子看到他饑餓的樣子，就倒了一大杯牛奶給他。男孩慢慢地喝完牛奶，問道：“我應(yīng)該付多少錢？”

　　“You don’t owe me anything,” she replied. “Mother has taught me never to accept pay for a kindness.” He said, “Then I thank you from the bottom of my heart.” As Howard Kelly left that house, he not only felt stronger physically, but it also increased his faith in God and the human race. He was about to give up and quit before this point.

　　年輕女子微笑著回答：“一分錢也不用付。我媽媽教導(dǎo)我，施以愛心，不圖回報。”男孩說：“那么，就請接受我由衷的感謝吧！”說完，霍華德-凱利就離開了這戶人家。此時的他不僅自己渾身是勁兒，而且更加相信上帝和整個人類。本來，他都打算放棄了。

　　Years later the young woman became critically ill. The local doctors were baffled. They finally sent her to the big city, where specialists can be called in to study her rare disease. Dr. Howard Kelly, now famous was called in for the consultation. When he heard the name of the town she came from, a strange light filled his eyes. Immediately, he rose and went down through the hospital hall into her room.

　　數(shù)年之后，那位女子得了一種罕見的重病，當(dāng)?shù)蒯t(yī)生對此束手無策。最后，她被轉(zhuǎn)到大城市醫(yī)治，由專家會診治療。大名鼎鼎的霍華德-凱利醫(yī)生也參加了醫(yī)療方案的制定。當(dāng)他聽到病人來自的那個城鎮(zhèn)的名字時，一個奇怪的念頭霎時間閃過他的腦際。他馬上起身直奔她的病房。

　　Dressed in his doctor’s gown he went in to see her. He recognized her at once. He went back to the consultation room and determined to do his best to save her life. From that day on, he gave special attention to her case.

　　身穿手術(shù)服的凱利醫(yī)生來到病房，一眼就認出了恩人?；氐綍\室后，他決心一定要竭盡所能來治好她的病。從那天起，他就特別關(guān)照這個對自己有恩的病人。

　　After a long struggle, the battle was won. Dr. Kelly requested the business office to pass the final bill to him for approval. He looked at it and then wrote something on the side. The bill was sent to her room. She was afraid to open it because she was positive that it would take the rest of her life to pay it off. Finally she looked, and the note on the side of the bill caught her attention. She read these words...

　　經(jīng)過艱苦的努力，手術(shù)成功了。凱利醫(yī)生要求把醫(yī)藥費通知單送到他那里，他看了一下，便在通知單的旁邊簽了字。當(dāng)醫(yī)藥費通知單送到她的病房時，她不敢看。因為她確信，治病的費用將會花費她整個余生來償還。最后，她還是鼓起勇氣，翻開了醫(yī)藥費通知單，旁邊的那行小字引起了她的注意，她不禁輕聲讀了出來：

　　“Paid in full with a glass of milk.”

　　(Signed) Dr. Howard Kelly

　　“醫(yī)藥費已付：一杯牛奶。”

　　(簽名)霍華德-凱利醫(yī)生

　　Tears of joy flooded her eyes as she prayed silently: “Thank You, God. Your love has spread through human hearts and hands.”

　　喜悅的淚水溢出了她的眼睛，她默默地祈禱著：“謝謝你，上帝，你的愛已通過人類的心靈和雙手傳播了。”(

　It is right that college graduates earn higher salaries than the less well-educated in the community. But they should also pay the full cost of their study. Do you agree or disagree with this statement?
　　Some conclude that college students should bear Idontknowl expenses for their higher learning on the generalization that college graduates usually receive higher salaries for similar jobs than those without a college degree. We can not deny that higher level of education, indeed, do associate with better income. Still, build on such fact alone, the conclusion remains questionable when more aspects are taken into consideration.

　　The whole argument in question rests on an assumption that it is always the case that people with higher education make more money than those less well-educated. But salary or income is, in most cases, based on contributions made by employees to companies or organizations in which they are employed. Statistics in the labor market indicate that people with professional training tend to find jobs easier than college graduates do and that blue-collar workers who do not hold college degrees are becoming the hotties in the labor market. Employers prefer to hire and pay more to highly skilled and specially trained people rather than fresh college graduates. In the auto industry, for instance, skilled technicians make two or three times more than their college educated counterparts who make the average salaries in other companies. And it is widely accepted that people’s income is determined more by talent, hard work, and willingness to take risks than solely by certain qualifications such as college education. Otherwise, the unemployment rate of college graduates would not be increasing every year and the rule of supply and demand will lose much of power in controlling the labor market. Admittedly in some knowledge extensive field such as research, teaching, and practice of law the labor force are primarily consists of highly educated professionals. But such people make up only a fraction of the labor market and are thus unrepresentative of the whole employment in general.

　　Considering the goal of education, we find that it is even more problematic for the country to throw all the responsibility of financing college education to college students. The goal of higher education of a nation is to improve and strengthen the general level of intellectual and professional capacity of its labor force, thereby increasing the competency of the nation in the global economy. As tax payers, parents all contributes to the education system and country in various ways. It is only reasonable and necessary that the country gives some forms of financially assistance to students to ease the burden of rising education costs. Such help should go to not only students from needy or impoverished families but also outstanding students from affluent backgrounds. Doing so can significantly boost the motivation of children from millions of families to engage in higher level of study. It is understandable that the general quality of people in a country will improve and its economy will benefit both now and in years to follow.

　　If the burden of supporting children’s higher education is dumped on parents and students, thousands of brilliant students will be deprived of chances to pursue their academic inspiration. Among those who suffer would definitely be future great scientists, business managers, artists and statesmen. The loss will be disastrous and irreversible.

　　In conclusion, the idea that students should also pay the full cost of their study is wrong and harmful because it is wrong to assume that higher education necessarily equalize high income. Moreover, it is in the best interest of a nation to take responsibility in financing college education so that the goal of higher education will be better met.

將愛放飛令愛常駐--let go love

　　There was once a lonely girl who longed so much for love. One day while she was walking in the woods she found two starving songbirds. She took them home and put them in a small cage. She cared them with love and the birds grew strong. Every morning they greeted her with a wonderful song. The girl felt great love for the birds.

　　One day the girl left the door to the cage open. The larger and stronger of the two birds flew from the cage. The girl was so frightened that he would fly away. As he flew close, she grasped him wildly. Her heart felt glad at her success in capturing him. Suddenly she felt the bird go limp. She opened her hand and stared in horror at the dead bird. Her desperate love had killed him.

　　She noticed the other bird moving back and forth on the edge of the cage. She could feel his great need for freedom. He needed to soar into the clear, blue sky. She lifted him from the cage and tossed him softly into the air. The bird circled once, twice, three times.

　　The girl watched delightedly at the bird"s enjoyment. Her heart was no longer concerned with her loss. She wanted the bird to be happy. Suddenly the bird flew closer and landed softly on her shoulder. It sang the sweetest melody that she had ever heard.

　　The fastest way to lose love is to hold on it too tight, the best way to keep love is to give it WINGS!

　　從前，有個寂寞的女孩非?？释麗邸Ｒ惶?，她走在叢林中，發(fā)現(xiàn)兩只快要餓死的小鳥。她把它們帶回家，放入一個小籠子。經(jīng)她悉心照料，鳥兒一天天強壯起來。每天早晨，鳥兒都要用美妙的歌聲向她表示問候。女孩不由得愛上了這兩只小鳥。

　　一天，女孩敞開了鳥籠的小門。那只較大較壯的鳥兒飛出了鳥籠。女孩非常害怕鳥兒會飛走。鳥兒飛近時，她死命將它抓住。她十分高興，終于又把它捉了回來。突然間，她感覺到鳥兒四肢無力。她張開手，驚恐地盯著手中的死鳥。她不顧一切的愛害死了鳥兒。

　　她注意到另一只鳥兒在籠邊撲閃著翅膀。她可以感覺到它對自由的無限向往。它渴望沖向明凈的藍天。她將它舉起，輕輕拋向空中。鳥兒盤旋了一圈，兩圈，三圈。

　　看到鳥兒快樂的樣子，女孩很高興。她的內(nèi)心不再計較自己的得失。她希望鳥兒幸福。突然，鳥兒飛近了，輕輕落在她的肩上，唱起了她從未聽過的最動人的歌。

　　失去愛的方法，最快莫過于將其牢牢地抓在手心；令愛長駐的方法，最好莫過于賦予它一雙翅膀——將愛放飛！

On my first day as an assistant professor of education at the University of Southern California, I entered the classroom with a great deal of anxiety. My large class responded to my awkward smile and brief greeting with silence. For a few moments I fussed with my notes. Then I started my lecture, stammering; no one seemed to be listening.
At that moment of panic I noticed in the fifth row a poised, attentive young woman in a summer dress. Her skin was tanned, her brown eyes were clear and alert, her hair was golden. Her animated expression and warm smile were an invitation for me to go on. When I"d say something, she would nod, or say, "Oh, yes!" and write it down. She emanated the comforting feeling that she cared about what I was trying so haltingly to say.
I began to speak directly to her and my confidence and enthusiasm returned. After a while I risked looking about. The other students had begun listening and taking notes, This stunning young woman had pulled me through.
After class, I scanned the roll to find her name: Liani. Her papers, which I read over the subsequent weeks, were written with creativity, sensitivity and a delicate sense of humor.
I had asked all my students to visit my office during the semester, and I awaited Liani"s visit with special interest. I wanted to tell her how she had saved my first day, and encourage her to develop her qualities of caring and awareness.
Liani never came. About five weeks into the semester, She missed two weeks of classes. I asked the students seated around her if they knew why. I was shocked to learn that they did not even know her name. I thought of Albert Schweitzer"s poignant statement: "We are all so much together and yet we are all dying of loneliness."
I went to our dean of women. The moment I mentioned Liani"s name, she winced. "Oh, I"m sorry, Leo," she said. "I thought you"d been told..."
Liani had driven to Pacific Palisades, a lovely community near downtown Los Angeles where cliffs fall abruptly into the sea. There, shocked picnickers later reported, she jumped to her death.
Liani was 22 years old! And her God-given uniqueness was gone forever.
I called Liani"s parents. From the tenderness with which Liani"s mother spoke of her, I knew that she had been loved. But it was obvious to me that Liani had not felt loved.
"What are we doing?" I asked a colleague. "We"re so busy teaching things. What"s the value of teaching Liani to read, write, do arithmetic, if we taught her nothing of what she truly needed to know: how to live in Joy, how to have a sense of personal worth and dignity?"
I decided to do something to help others who needed to feel loved. I would teach a course on love.
I spent months in library research but found little help. Almost all the books on love dealt with sex or romantic love. There was virtually nothing on love in general.

But perhaps if I offered myself only as a facilitator, the students and I could teach one another and learn together. I called the course Love Class.
It took only one announcement to fill this non-credit course. I gave each student a reading list, but there were no assigned texts, no attendance requirements, no exams. We just shared our reading, our ideas, our experiences.
My premise is that love is learned. Our "teachers" are the loving people we encounter. If we find no models of love, then we grow up love-starved and unloving. The happy possibility, I told my student, is that love can be learned at any moment of our lives if we are willing to put in the time, the energy and the practice.
Few missed even one session of Love class. I had to crowd the students closer together as they brought mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, friends, husbands, wives,—even grandparents. Scheduled to start at 7 p.m. and end at 10, the class often continued until well past midnight.
One of the first things I tried to get across was the importance of touching. "How many of you have hugged someone—other than a girlfriend, boyfriend or your spouse—within the past week?" Few hands went up. One student said, "I"m always afraid that my motives will be misinterpreted." From the nervous laughter, I could tell that many shared the young woman"s feeling.(實習(xí)編輯：夏根建)

"Love has a need to be expressed physically," I responded.
"I feel fortunate to have grown up in a passionate, hugging Italian family. I associate hugging with a more universal kind of love.
"But if you are afraid of being misunderstood, verbalize your feelings to the person you"re hugging. And for people who are really uncomfortable about being embraced, a warm, two-handed handshake will satisfy the need to be touched."
We began to hug one another after each class. Eventually hugging became a common greeting among class members on campus.
We never left Love Class without a plan to share love.
For Love Class assignment we agreed to share something of ourselves, without expectation of reward. Some students helped disabled children. Others assisted derelicts on Skid Row. Many volunteered to work on suicide hot lines, hoping to find the Lianis before it was too late.
I went with one of my students, Joel, to a nursing home not far from U.S.C. A number of aged people were lying in beds in old cotton gowns, staring at the ceiling. Joel looked around and then asked, "What"ll I do?" I said, "You see that woman over there? Go say hello,"
He went over and said, "Uh, hello."
She looked at him suspiciously for a minute. "Are you a relative?"
"No."
"Good! Sit down, young man."
Oh, the things she told him! This woman knew so much about love, pain, suffering. Even about approaching death, with which she had to make some kind of peace. But no one had cared about listening—until Joel. He started visiting her once a week. Soon, that day began to be known as "Joel"s Day." He would come and all the old people would gather.
Then the elderly woman asked her daughter to bring her in a glamorous dressing gown. When Joel came for his visit, he found her sitting up in bed in a beautiful satin gown, her hair done up stylishly. She hadn"t had her hair fixed in ages: why have your hair done if nobody really sees you? Before long, others in the ward were dressing up for Joel.
The years since I began Love Class have been the most exciting of my life. While attempting to open doors to love for others, I found that the doors were opening for me.
I ate in a greasy spoon in Arizona not long ago. When I ordered pork chops, somebody said, "You"re crazy, Nobody eats pork chops in a place like this." But the chops were magnificent.
"I"d like to meet the chef," I said to the waitress.
We walked back to the kitchen and there he was, a big, sweaty man. "What"s the matter?" he demanded.
"Nothing. Those pork chops were just fantastic."
He looked at me as though I was out of my mind. Obviously it was hard for him to receive a compliment. Then he said warmly, "Would you like another?"
Isn"t that beautiful? Had I not learned how to be loving, I would have thought nice things about the chef"s pork chops, but probably wouldn"t have told him—just as I had failed to tell Liani how much she had helped me that first day in class. That"s one of the things love is: sharing joy with people.
Another secret of love is knowing that you are yourself special, that in all the world there is only one of you. If I had a magic wand and a single wish, I would wave the wand over everybody and have each individual say, and believe, "I like me, right this minute. Just as I am, and what I can become. I"m great."
The pursuit of love has made a wonder of my life. But what would my existence have been like had I never known Liani? Would I still be stammering out subject matter at students, year after year, with little concern about the vulnerable human beings behind the masks? Who can tell? Liani presented me with the challenge, and I took it up! It has made all the difference.
I wish Liani were here today. I would hold her in my arms and say, "Many people have helped me learn about love, but you gave me the impetus. Thank you. I love you." But I believe my love for Liani has, in some mysterious way already reached her.

充滿智慧的名言Fanous Sayings

1 Short is my date, but deathless my renown.-Homer     生命短暫，名譽無窮。－荷馬

2 To really understand a man we must judge him in misfortune.-Napoleon      要真正了解一個人，需要在不幸中判斷他。－拿破侖

3 There is no mistake so great as that of being always right.-Butler      永遠正確是最大的錯誤。－勃特勒

4 Judge not, that we be not judged.-Bible      你不接受評判，就不要評判別人。－《圣經(jīng)》

5 A friend in power is a friend lost.-Adams      朋友一旦得勢，便不再是朋友。－亞當(dāng)姆斯

6 Money is a terrible master, but an excellent servant.-Barnum      金錢是可怕的主人，卻是絕佳的仆人。－巴勒姆

7 Other man live to eat, while I eat to live.- Socrates      別人為食而生存，我為生存而食。－蘇格拉底

8 The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved. -Hugo      生活中最大的幸福是堅信有人愛我們。－雨果

9 Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value.- A. Einstein
不要為成功而努力，要為作一個有價值的人而努力。－愛因斯坦

10 You have to believe in yourself. That"s the secret of success.- Charles Chaplin
人必須相信自己，這是成功的秘訣。－卓別林

11 A wise man never loses anything if he has himself.- Nietzsche      聰明的人只要能掌握自己，便什么也不會失去。－尼采

12 To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.- Russell
有些東西你想要而沒有，這是幸福不可缺少的一部分。－羅素

13 The course of true love never did run smooth.- Shakespeare      真誠的愛情之路永不會是平坦的。－莎士比亞

14 A long dispute means that both parties are wrong.- Voltaire     持久的爭論意味著雙方都是錯的。－伏爾泰

15 If you would be loved, love and be lovable.-Benjamin Franklin     想被人愛，就要去愛別人，并讓自己可愛。-富蘭克林

16 It is easy to perform a good action, but not easy to acquire a settled habit of performing such actions.-Aristotle
做一件好事并不難，難的是養(yǎng)成一種做好事的習(xí)慣。-亞里斯多德

17 Nature never deceives us; it is always us who deceive ourselves.-Rousseau
大自然永遠不會欺騙我們，欺騙我們的往往是我們自己。-盧梭

18 Important principles may and must be flexible.-Abraham Lincoln      重要的原則能夠也必須是靈活的。-林肯

19 Better do a little well, than a great deal badly.-Socrates      寧可做得少而精，不要做得多而糟。-蘇格拉底

20 We choose to go to the moon and other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard.-Kennedy
我選擇做的事情，并不是因為他們簡單，而是因為他們困難。－肯尼迪

21 Sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing.-Albert Einstein
有時候一個人為不花錢得到的東西付出的代價最高。-愛因斯坦

22 Happy families are all alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. -Leo.Tolstoy
所有幸福的家庭都十分相似；每個不幸的家庭卻各有各的不幸。 -列夫.托爾斯泰

23 The man with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.-Mark Twain
具有新想法的人在其想法被接受之前是怪人。－馬克.吐溫

24 The jealous are troublesome to others, but a torment to themselves.- W. Penn
妒忌者對別人是煩惱，對他們自己卻是折磨。－佩恩

25 What"s a man"s first duty? The answer"s brief: To be himself.- Ibsen 人的第一天職是什么？答案很簡單：不偽飾自己。－易卜生

26 Genius is formed in quiet, character in the stream of life.-Goethe      天才形成于平靜中，性格來自于生活的激流。－歌德

27 Don"t stay in bed, unless you can make money in bed.-Burns      除非你可以在床上賺錢，否則不要總躺在床上。－伯恩斯

28 A beautiful form is better than a beautiful face; a beautiful behavior than a beautiful form.-Emerson
美麗的外形勝于美麗的臉蛋，美麗的舉止勝于美麗的外形。-愛默生

29 A good wife and health is a man"s best wealth.-Fuller      一個男人最大的財富就是愛妻和健康。-福勒

30 Morality is the custom of one"s country; Cannibalism is moral in a cannibal country.-Butler
道德是一個人所在國家的習(xí)俗，在吃人的國家里，吃人是合乎道德的。－勃特勒

Oliver Wendell Holmes （奧利佛·文德爾·荷默斯）

　　Mar.7,1931. （1931.3.7）

　　Brief introduction to the speaker : （演講者簡介：）

　　Oliver Wendeil Holmes (1841-1935) Oliver Wendeil Holmes, Jr., was known as "the great dissenter". In 1902 President Theodore Roosevelt appointed him an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court. He served until he was almost 91 years old.

　　奧利佛·文德爾·荷默斯以“大反對家”而著稱。1902年，瑟奧多·羅斯?？偨y(tǒng)任命他美國最高法院陪審法官。他任此職將近91歲。

　　In this symposium, better is it only to sit in silence. To express one"s feelings as the end draws near is too intimate a task. That I would mention only one thought that comes to me as a listener-in: the riders in a race do not stop short when they reach the goal, there is a little finishing canter before coming to a standstill, there is time to hear the kind voice of friends, and to say to oneself, the work is done. But just as one says that, the answer comes the race is over but the work never is done while the power to work remains. The canter that brings you to a standstill need not be only coming to rest, it cannot be while you still live. But to lives is to function, that is all there is in living. So I end with a land from a Latin voice who had heard the message more than fifteen hundred years ago：death, death, clutch my ear, and says, live, I am coming.

　　此刻，沉默是金。生命行將結(jié)束，要表達個人感受并非易事。我只想談一下作為一名聽眾的想法。騎手們并非一到終點就即刻停止，而是繼續(xù)緩步向前，傾聽朋友的歡呼，并告訴自己行程結(jié)束了。但能力尚在，人生之行程就永未結(jié)束。終點之后的慢跑并非止步不前，因為活著便不能如此?；钪鸵兴鳛椋@就是生命的真諦。最后謹以一句古老的拉丁格言與諸位共勉：死神不至，生命不止。

孩子的守護天使

　Once upon a time there was a child ready to be born. So one day he asked God, “They tell me you are sending me to earth tomorrow but how am I going to live there being so small and helpless?”

God replied, “Among the many angels, I chose one for you. She will be waiting for you and will take care of you.”

　　But the child wasn"t sure he really wanted to go. “But tell me, here in Heaven, I don"t do anything else but sing and smile, that"s enough for me to be happy.”

　　　“Your angel will sing for you and will also smile for you every day. And you will feel your angel"s love and be happy.”

　　“And how am I going to be able to understand when people talk to me,” the child continued, “if I don"t know the language that men talk?”

　　God patted him on the head and said, “Your angel will tell you the most beautiful and sweet words you will ever hear, and with much patience and care, your angel will teach you how to speak.”

　　“And what am I going to do when I want to talk to you?”

　　But God had an answer for that question too. “Your angel will place your hands together and will teach you how to pray.”

　　“I"ve heard that on earth there are bad men, who will protect me?”

　　“Your angel will defend you even if it means risking her life!”

　　“But I will always be sad because I will not see you anymore,” the child continued warily.

　　God smiled on the young one. “Your angel will always talk to you about me and will teach you the way for you to come back to me, even though I will always be next to you.”

　　At that moment there was much peace in Heaven, but voices from earth could already be heard. The child knew he had to start on his journey very soon. He asked God one more question, softly, “Oh God, if I am about to leave now, please tell me my angel"s name.”

　　God touched the child on the shoulder and answered, “Your angel"s name is not hard to remember. You will simply call her Mommy.”　　

　　上帝的完美安排：孩子的守護天使

　　從前，有個孩子馬上就要誕生了。因此有一天他問上帝：“聽說明天你就送我去人間了，但是，我這么弱小和無助，我在那兒怎么生活呢？”

　　上帝答道：“在眾多的天使中，我特別為你挑了一位。她會守候你、無微不至地照顧你。”

　　小孩還是拿不準自己是否真的想去。“但是在天堂，我除了唱唱笑笑外，什么也不做。這就足以讓我感到幸福了。”

　　“你的天使每天會為你唱歌，為你微笑。你會感受她的愛，并且因此而幸福。”

　　“如果我不懂人類的語言，他們對我說話時，我怎么聽得懂呢？”孩子繼續(xù)問道。

　　上帝輕輕地拍了一下孩子的腦袋說：“你的天使會對你說最最美麗、最最動聽的話語，而這些都是你從未聽過的。她會不厭其煩地教你說話。”

　　“如果我想與你說話怎么辦？”

　　上帝胸有成竹地回答：“你的天使會將你的雙手合攏，教你如何祈禱。”

　　“聽說塵世有很多壞蛋，誰來保護我呢？”

　　“即使冒著生命危險，你的天使也會保護你的。”

　　“但是見不到你，我會難過的。”小孩小心翼翼說道。

　　聽到這兒，上帝對著小孩笑了。“盡管我會一直陪伴你左右，你的天使仍會提起我，教你重返天堂之路。”

　　此時，天堂一片寧靜，凡間的聲音已可聽到，小孩明白自己得趕緊上路了。他又輕聲問了最后一個問題，“哦，上帝，假如我現(xiàn)在就出發(fā)，請你告訴我，我的天使叫什么名字。”

　　上帝把手放在小孩的肩上，答道：“你的天使的名字很容易記住，你就叫她——媽媽。”(

　Three passions, simple but overwhelming1y strong, have governed my life :the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind. These passions, in a wayward course,over a deep ocean of anguish, reaching to the very verge of despair.

　　I have sought love, first, because it brings ecstasy-ecstasy so great that I would often have sacrificed all my rest of life for a few hours of this joy. I have sought it ,next because it relieves loneliness-that terrible loneliness in which one shivering consciousness looks over the rim of the world into the co1d unfathomable lifeless abyss. I have sought it, finally, because in the union of love I have seen, in a mystic miniature, the prefiguring vision of the heaven that saints and poets have imagined. This is what I sought, and though it might seem too good for human life, this is what-at last-I have found.

　　With equa1 passion I have sought knowledge. I have wished to understand the hearts of men. I have wished to know why the stars shine. And I have tried to apprehend the Pythagorean power by which number holds sway above the flux. A 1ittle of this, but not much, I have achieved.

　　Love and knowledge, so far they were possible, led upward toward the heavens. But always pity brought me back to earth. Echoes of cries of pain reverberate in my hear. Children in famine, victims tortured by oppressors, helpless old people a hated burden to their pain make a mockery of what human life should be. I long to alleviate the evi1,but I can’t, and I too suffer.

　　This has been my life. I have found it worth living, and wou1d gladly live it again if the chance were offered me.

有三種簡單然而無比強烈的激情左右了我的一生;對愛的渴望,對知識的探索和對人類苦難的難以忍受的憐憫。這些激情像颶風(fēng),反復(fù)地吹拂過深重的苦海,瀕于絕境。

　　我尋找愛,首先是因為它使人心醉神迷一-一這種陶醉是如此的美妙,使我愿意犧牲所有的余生去換取幾個小時這樣的欣喜。我尋找愛,還因為它解除孤獨一一(在可怕的孤獨中,一顆顫抖的靈魂從世界的邊緣看到冰冷、無底、死寂的深淵。最后,我尋找愛,還因為在愛的交融中,神秘而又具體入微地,我看到了圣賢和詩人們想象出的天堂的前景。這就是我所尋找的,而且,雖然對人生來說似乎過于美妙,這也是我終于找到了的。

　　以同樣的激情我探索知識。我希望能夠理解人類的心靈。我希望能夠知道群星為何閃爍。我試圖領(lǐng)悟畢達哥拉斯所景仰的數(shù)字力量,它支配著此消彼長。僅在不大的一定程度上,我達到了此目的。

　　愛和知識,只要有可能,通向著天堂。但是憐憫總把我?guī)Щ貕m世。痛苦呼喊的回聲回蕩在我的內(nèi)心。忍饑挨餓的孩子,慘遭壓迫者摧殘的受害者,被兒女們視為可憎的負擔(dān)的痛苦無助的老人,使人類所應(yīng)有的生活成為了笑柄。我渴望能夠減少邪惡,但是我無能為力,而且我自己也在忍受折磨。

　　這就是我的一生。我發(fā)現(xiàn)它值得一過。如果再給我一次機會,我會很高高興地再活它一次。(編輯李杰)