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Help Others, Help Yourself
助人助己
Have you ever had a day when everything seemed to go wrong, and nothing seemed to go right? Not too long ago I was having one of those days. I was discouraged, weary, and plain sad. My focus was on me, me, me. After all, no one else was experiencing the same trials as I was.
你有没有过这样的一天, 事事都不如人意, 没有一件事让你开心? 不久前, 我就有过这么一天. 我气馁, 疲倦, 悲伤挥之不去. 我的注意力就是自己, 自己, 自己. 毕竟, 没有任何人在经历我所遭受的磨难.
I expressed my downcast state to my mother, hoping for some pity. Instead, she said, “I heard Lily was having a difficult day too. Why don’t you make her some cookies and we’ll take them to her this afternoon?” I didn’t really want to, but decided that I didn’t want to go back to my other problems just yet. I made the cookies and arranged them on a little plate. Then I made a card with a sunflower on it and wrote a small noted of empathy.
我向母亲说出了沮丧的心境, 希望得到一点同情. 而她开口说的是: “我听说莉莉今天也不大开心. 你为什么不做些曲奇饼, 下午我们给她送去?” 我并不想做曲奇饼, 但决定还是暂时别回到自己的问题中去. 于是, 我做了曲奇饼, 并把它们摆放倒一个小盘子里. 然后我还做了一张卡片, 上面画了一朵向日葵, 还写了几句安慰的话语.
That afternoon we dropped by my friend’s house. I went to the door and rang the bell. Soon, Lily came to the door and looked at me in surprise for the unexpected visit. Before sh could say anything I rushed, “I heard you were having a hard day and decided to bring you something. I hope your day goes better.” The look that came over Lily’s face was one that I could never put into words. It was as if a darkened sky was suddenly lit with the golden rays of the sun; it was as if in that small act, her day was brightened.
那天下午我们去了我朋友莉莉的家. 我走倒门前按响了门铃. 不一会, 莉莉来开门, 惊奇地看着我, 没料倒我们会到访. 没等她开口, 我先急地对她说: “我听说你不开心, 决定给你带点东西来. 希望你能开心起来.” 莉莉脸上浮现的表情是我无法用语言描述的. 好像原来乌云密布的天空顷刻间雨过天晴, 金光四射; 好像就因为这么一个小小的举动, 她的这一天就亮堂起来了.
I got back into the car and for some amazing reason, I felt a lot better myself. That day I experienced the truth that James Barrie attempted to describe. “Those who bring sunshine to the lives of others, cannot keep it from themselves.”
我回到我们的车子里, 也不知是什么奇妙的原因, 我自己也感觉好多了. 那天, 我的经历正如同詹姆斯.巴里曾试图描述的: “给他人带去阳光的人, 自己也会沐浴在阳光之中.