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有这么一个故事，讲的是一个美国士兵在参加了越南战争之后终于要回家了。他给在洛杉矶的父母打了一个电话。 “妈，爸，我要回家了，可是我想请你们帮个忙。我想带一个朋友和我一起回家。” "当然可以，"他们回答，"我们会很乐意见到他的。” “有些事情得告诉你们，”儿子继续说道，“他在战斗中踩了地雷，受了重伤，失去了一只胳膊和一条腿。他无处可去，所以我想让他来跟我们一起生活。” “我听了也很为他难过，孩子。也许我们能帮他找个别的地方住。” “不，妈妈，爸爸，我想让他和我们一起住。'’ "孩子，”爸爸说，"你不知道你到底在说些什么。像这样一个残疾人会成为我们沉重的负担。我们有自己的生活，我们不想让这样的事情来打扰我们的生活。你只要自己回家就行了。忘掉那个家伙吧，他会找到自己的出路的。” 说到这里,儿子把电话挂了。这对父母再也没有听到儿子的任何消息。然而，几天后，他们接到了来自旧金山警察局的电话。电话里说，他们的儿子从高楼上坠地身亡。悲痛万分的父母飞到了旧金山，并由人带领前去辨认尸体。他们认出了自己的儿子，可是让他们万分痛苦的是，同时他们也发现了一些不为他们所知的事:他们的儿子只有一只胳膊，一条腿。 其实我们许多人都和这个故事中的父母一样。我们发现自己很容易去爱那些长相端正的人,或者相处在一起充满乐趣的人;可是我们却不喜欢那些给我们带来不便或者让我们感觉不舒服的人。对于那些不如我们健康、美丽或者聪明的人，我们宁愿离他们远远的。庆幸的是，有一些人并不会这样对待我们。有人会给予我们无私的爱，并欢迎我们成为他们永远的家人，而不在乎我们看起来是多么的糟糕。 Unconditional Love A story is told about an American soldier who was finally coming home after having fought in Vietnam. He called his parents from San Francisco. “Mom and Dad, I'm coming home, but I’ve a favor to ask. I have a friend I’d like to bring home with me. ” “Sure,” they replied, “we’d love to meet him. ” “There’s something you should know," the son continued, “he was hurt pretty badly in the fighting. He stepped on a land mine and lost an arm and a leg. He has nowhere else to go, and I want him to come live with us. ” “I’m sorry to hear that, son. Maybe we can help him find somewhere to live. ” “No, Mom and Dad, I want him to live with us. ” “Son,” said the father, “you don’t know what you're asking. Someone with such a handicap would be a terrible burden on us. We have our own lives to live, and we can't let something like this interfere with our lives. I think you should just come home and forget about this guy. He'll find a way to live on his own. ” At that point, the son hung up the phone. The parents heard nothing more from him. A few days later, however, they received a call from the San Francisco police. Their son had died after falling from a building, they were told. The police believed it was suicide. The grief-stricken parents flew to San Francisco and were taken to the city morgue to identify the body of their son. They recognized him, but to their horror they also discovered something they didn’t know, their son had only one arm and one leg. The parents in this story are like many of us. We find it easy to love those who are good-looking or fun to have around, but we don’t like people who inconvenience us or make us feel uncomfortable. We would rather stay away from people who aren’t as healthy, beautiful, or smart as we are. Thankfully, there’s someone who won’t treat us that way. Someone who loves us with an unconditional love that welcomes us into the forever family, regardless of how messed up we are. |
