在你开口抱怨之前

只看该作者 · 2012-9-13 18:00

There was a blind girl who hated herself because she was blind. She hated everyone, except her loving boyfriend. He was always there for her. She told her boyfriend, "If I could only see the world, I would marry you."

One day, someone donated a pair of eyes to her. When the bandages came off, she was able to see everything, including her boyfriend.

He asked her, "Now that you can see the world, will you marry me?" The girl looked at her boyfriend and saw that he was blind. The sight of his closed eyelids shocked her. She hadn't expected that. The thought of looking at them the rest of her life led her to refuse to marry him.

Her boyfriend left in tears and days later wrote a note to her saying: Take good care of my eyes, dear. I'll always love you.

This is how the human brain often works when our status changes. Only a very few remember what life was like before, and who was always by their side in the most painful situations. Life is a gift.

Today before you say an unkind word—Think of someone who can't speak.

Before you complain about the taste of your food—Think of someone who has nothing to eat.

Today before you complain about life—Think of someone who went too early to heaven.

Before whining（发牢骚） about the distance you drive—Think of someone who walks the same distance with their feet.

And when you are tired and complain about your job—Think of the unemployed, the disabled, and those who wish they had your job.

And when depressing thoughts seem to get you down—Put a smile on your face and think: you're alive and still around.

只看该作者 · 2012-9-13 18:02

从前有一个盲姑娘，她非常恨自己双目失明。她恨所有的人，但她亲爱的男朋友除外，因为无论什么时候，他都在她身边。她对男朋友说：“如果我能获得光明，我就嫁给你。”

有一天，有人给她捐了一双眼。等绷带解开后，她什么都可以看见了，这也包括了她的男朋友。

他问：“现在你可以看到这个世界了，你会嫁给我吗？”那个女孩子看着自己的男友，看到他是双目失明的。但他双眼紧闭的样子让她很意外，这是她之前没有料想到的。想到余生都要看着这紧闭的双眼，她拒绝嫁给他。

她的男朋友流着眼泪走了。几天后，他给她写了一张纸条：亲爱的，好好珍惜我的双眼。我会永远爱你。

当我们的身份变了之后，我们的思想也通常会发生变化。只有很少人会记得以前的生活是什么样子，在最痛苦的时候又是谁陪在他们的身边。生活是一份礼物。

今天，在你就要说出不善之语之前——想一下那些无法开口说话的人。

在你抱怨食物味道不如意之前——想想那些没有东西吃的人。

今天，在你打算因为生活状况而发牢骚的时候——想想那些过早离开了人世的人。

在你为驾驶距离不满的时候——想想那些要用双脚走完同样距离的人。

在你疲惫不堪，抱怨自己的工作的时候——想想那些失业者、残疾人，还有那些想获得你那份工作的人。

在你情绪低落，一蹶不振的时候——要面带笑容，然后这样想：你活着，还活得好好的。

只看该作者 · 2012-9-14 16:59

藏有亿万美元秘密的男孩

One day in 1965, when I was a librarian at View Ridge School in Seattle ,a fourth-grade teacher approached me.She had a student who finished his work before all the othersand needed a challenge. “Could he help in the library?” she asked.I said, “Send him along.”

Soon a slight, sandy-haired boy in jeans and a T-shirt appeared.

I told him about the Dewey Decimal System for shelving books.He picked up the idea immediately.Then I showed him a stack of cards for long-overdue booksthat I was beginning to think had actually been returnedbut were miss-shelved with the wrong cards in them.He said, “Is it kind of a detective job?”I answered “yes”. And he became an unrelenting sleuth.

He had found three books with wrong cardsby the time his teacher opened the door and announced,“Time for recess!” He argued for finishing the job;she made the case for fresh air. She won.

The next morning, he arrived early.“I wanted to finish finding those books,” he said.At the end of the day, when he asked to be a librarian on a regular basis,it was easy to say yes. He worked untiringly.

After a few weeks I found a note on my desk,inviting me to dinner at the boy’s home.At the end of a pleasant evening, his mother announcedthat the family would be moving to the adjoining school district.Her son’s first concern, she said, was leaving the View Ridge library.“Who will find the lost books?” he asked.

When the time came, I said a reluctant good-bye.Though initially he had seemed an ordinary kid, his zeal had set him apart.

I missed him, but not for long.A few days later he popped in the door and joyfully announced,“The librarian over there doesn’t let boys work in the library.My mother got me transferred back to View Ridge.My dad will drop me off on his way to work.And if he can’t I’ll walk.”

I should have had an inkling such focused determination would take that young man wherever he wanted to go.What I could not have guessed, however,was that he would become a wizard of the Information Age:Bill Gates, tycoon of Microsoft and America’s richest man.

只看该作者 · 2012-9-14 17:00

1965年，我在西雅图维尤里奇学校当图书馆员时，一天，一个四年级老师来找到我说，她有个学生总是最先完成功课，他需要干点别的对他有挑战性的工作。“他可以来图书馆帮帮忙吗？”她问。“带他来吧！”我说。

不一会儿，一个穿牛仔裤和圆领衫，长着沙色头发的清瘦男孩进来了。

我向他讲了杜威十进制分类藏书法。他很快明白了。然后，我让他看了一堆卡片，上面的书目都是逾期很久未归还的。但现在我怀疑这些书其实已还，只是夹错了卡片和放错了地方，需要查找核实一下。“这是否有点像侦探工作？”他问。我说是的。

他便劲头十足，像个真正侦探似的干开了。到他的老师进来宣布“休息时间已到”时，他已发现了3本夹错卡片的书。他还想继续把活干完为止。但老师说他得出去呼吸一下新鲜空气。她最后说服了他。

次日早晨，他很早便来了。“我想今天把夹错卡片的书全找出来。”他说。到下午下班前，他问我，他是否已够格当个真正的图书馆员，我说这毫无疑问。他实在勤奋得可以。

几星期后的一天，我在办公桌上发现了张请柬，是请我去他家吃晚饭。在那愉快的晚宴结束前，他妈妈宣布，他们全家将搬到附近一个地区。她还说，她儿子最舍不得的就是维尤里奇图书馆。“今后谁来找遗失的书呢？”他问。

到他搬家时，我很不情愿地同他分了手。这男孩乍一看似乎很寻常，但他做事的那种专注和热情却使他显得与众不同。

我很想念他，但几天后他突然又来到我家，快活地说：“那边的图书馆不让男孩干活，妈妈又把我转回了维尤里奇。”

我当时就该想到，做事这样专心致志的孩子，是可以抵达自己的任何目标的。但我万没料到的是，他会成为今天资讯时代的奇才。他就是微型软件大王：比尔．盖茨——今日美国最富的人。