TheWiseOldMan智慧老伯的一席話

Amanof92years,short,verywell-presented,whotakesgreatcareinhisappearance,ismovingintoanoldpeople’shometoday.Hiswifeof70hasrecentlydied,andheisobligedtoleavehishome.一位92歲的老伯今天要搬進(jìn)仁愛(ài)之家。他個(gè)頭不高，衣著整潔，非常注重外表。他那70歲的太太最近剛過(guò)世，他不得不離開(kāi)老家。

Afterwaitingseveralhoursintheretirementhomelobby,hegentlysmilesasheistoldthathisroomisready.他在仁愛(ài)之家大廳等了幾個(gè)鐘頭，當(dāng)他聽(tīng)到房間已備妥的時(shí)候，臉上露出溫和的微笑。Asheslowlywalkstotheelevator,usinghiscane,Idescribehissmallroomtohim,includingthesheethungatthewindowwhichservesasacurtain.他拄著柺杖，我?guī)彶阶呦螂娞荩贿吤枋鏊男》块g給他聽(tīng)，包括那條掛在窗戶上當(dāng)作窗簾的床單。-

"Ilikeitverymuch",hesays,withtheenthusiasmofan8yearoldboywhohasjustbeengivenanewpuppy.-"M.Gagné,youhaven’tevenseentheroomyet,hangonamoment,wearealmostthere."他說(shuō):“我很喜歡這個(gè)房間?！彼麩峤j(luò)的神態(tài)，就好像一個(gè)八歲小男孩剛拿到一個(gè)新玩偶一樣?！袄喜?，房間您看都還沒(méi)看呢。等一等，我們就快到了。”

"Thathasnothingtodowithit",hereplies."HappinessissomethingIchooseinadvance.WhetherornotIliketheroomdoesnotdependonthefurniture,orthedecor–ratheritdependsonhowIdecidetoseeit."老伯回答說(shuō):”有沒(méi)有看都一樣啦?！薄翱鞓?lè)，是我早就決定要的東西。我會(huì)不會(huì)喜歡那個(gè)房間，並不在於它的傢俱或裝潢好不好，而在於我決定怎麼看它。”

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ItisalreadydecidedinmymindthatIlikemyroom.ItisadecisionItakeeverymorningwhenIwakeup."“我心裏早就決定要喜歡我的房間了。這是我每天早上起床都會(huì)做的決定?！?/p>

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Icanchoose.IcanspendmydayinbedenumeratingallthedifficultiesthatIhavewiththepartsofmybodythatnolongerworkverywell,orIcangetupandgivethankstoheavenforthosepartsthatarestillinworkingorder."

“我是可以選擇的。我可以整天躺在床上，數(shù)著身上有多少器官已經(jīng)不靈光；也可以站起身來(lái)感謝上蒼－－我身上竟然有那麼多器官還管用?！?/p>

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Everydayisagift,andaslongasIcanopenmyeyes,Iwillfocusonthenewday,andallthehappymemoriesthatIhavebuiltupduringmylife.""Oldageislikeabankaccount.Youwithdrawinlaterlifewhatyouhavedepositedalongtheway."“每一天都是神的恩賜。只要我還能睜開(kāi)眼睛，我都會(huì)專注於這新的一天，並回憶著我這一生的快樂(lè)時(shí)光?！薄袄夏昃秃帽茹y行的帳戶，你下半輩子提領(lǐng)出來(lái)的快樂(lè)，都是你上半輩子存進(jìn)去的?！?/p>

So,myadvicetoyouistodepositallthehappinessyoucaninyourbankaccountofmemories.

Thankyouforyourpartinfillingmyaccountwithhappymemories,whichIamstillcontinuingtofill…所以嘛，我要提醒你趁早將你的快樂(lè)，存進(jìn)你的回憶銀行。感謝你在我的回憶銀行中也存入了一些快樂(lè)，我也將繼續(xù)儲(chǔ)存快樂(lè)。1.Freeyourheartfromhate.5.Expectless.4.Givemore.3.Livesimply.2.Freeyourmindfromworry.Rememberthesesimpleguidelinesforhappiness.請(qǐng)記住下面簡(jiǎn)單的快樂(lè)原則1.心中無(wú)恨2.腦中無(wú)憂3.生活簡(jiǎn)單4.多些付出5.少些期望

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