赵　晖

大擂台

每一个生命来到世上都带着一个疑问:活着是为了什么？是为了赚很多的钱吗？是为了成为大家敬仰的名人吗？是为了可以对别人颐指气使吗？看一看这篇文章,你就会了解人生到底是什么。请认真阅读并将译文寄给我们。

Life isnt about how many friends you have or how accepted you are.

Not about whether you have plans this weekend or whether youre alone.

It isnt about who your family is or how much money they have.

Or what kind of car you drive.

Or where you are sent to school.

Its not about how beautiful or ugly you are.

Not about what grades you get, how smart you are, how smart everybody else thinks you are, or how smart tests say you are.

LIFE JUST ISNT.

But, life is about who you love and who you hurt.

Its about who you make happy or unhappy on purpose.

Its about what you say and mean, maybe hurtful, maybe heartening.

Its about what judgments you pass and why, and who your judgments go to.

But most of all, its about using your life to touch or hurt other peoples hearts in such a way that could have never occurred alone.

Only you choose the way those hearts are affected, and those choices are what lifes all about.

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一位母亲的表白

我能给你生命,但却不能替你生活；我能教会你东西,但却不能强迫你学习；

我能指给你方向,但却不能领你到达那里；我能带你进入教堂,但却不能让你相信上帝；

我能教你辨别正误,但却不能总是替你决定；我能给你买漂亮的衣服,但却不能让你内心变得美丽；

我能给你提供建议,但却不能替你接受；我能给你爱,但却不能强加于你；

我能教你分享,但却不能让你变得无私；我能教会你尊重,但却不能强迫你尊重他人；

我能在交友方面给你建议,但却不能替你选择；我能告诉你饮酒的坏处,但却不能对你说不；

我能警告你毒品的危害,但却不能阻止你吸食；我能告诉你如何制定好的目标,但却不能替你实现；

我能教你什么是善良,但却不能强迫你成为一个善良的人；我可以把你当孩子一样去爱,但却不能给你一个富裕的家庭；我会教你如何生活,但却不能给你永恒的生命。