A friend and I were standing in line at the grocery store the other day, and I was telling her how lazy my children were. I had come in from work that morning, and like most times, my house was wrecked.
有一天在雜貨店,我和一個朋友排隊購物時,不斷地向她訴說我的孩子們是多麼懶惰.那天清晨,我上完夜班回家,房間又像多數時候那樣,一片狼藉.
"Do you know how blessed you are?" A woman behind us asked."I would love to go home and find my house a mess. I wouldn't mind my carpet being ruined or the dishes left everywhere. I wouldn't mind the dirty clothes being piled highly or the many socks to match. I wouldn't even mind anyone talking about my dirty home. As a matter of fact, I would love it. I would dearly love to kick my way through the house just to get to my kids and be able to hug them, kiss them and tell them how much I love them. You see, my two children were killed in an auto accident and now it's just my husband and me. My house stays clean, my clothes stay put up, and the dishes are done.
"你知道自己多幸福嗎?"我們身後的一個女人說道,"我非常希望回到家後,能看到房子裡混亂不堪.地毯弄髒了,或者到處是盤子、成堆的髒衣服、混雜的襪子,我都不介意,甚至別人說我的房子有多髒,我也不在乎.事實上,我就喜歡那樣.只要能再和我的孩子們在一起,能擁抱、親吻並告訴他們,我是多麼愛他們,我就非常願意踢開腳邊的雜物,在混亂的房子裡穿行.你知道嗎?在一次車禍中,我的兩個孩子都遇難了,現在只剩下我和丈夫.我的房子總是很乾淨,衣服堆放整潔,盤子也擺放妥當. "
There are no fingerprints on my walls, no mysterious spots on my carpets. There are no sounds of arguing, no slamming doors, no laughter, no I love you Mom. So you see, you are very blessed. What I would like to be going through is just what you are right now. How I would love to be able to hold my kids, wipe away their tears, and share their dreams. Just to watch them play. If I had my children, I wouldn't care how my house looked. I would be happy just to have them."
"牆壁上沒有手指印,莫名其妙的汙漬也不會出現在地毯上.房子裡沒有吵鬧聲,沒有關門聲,沒有笑聲,也聽不到有人說‘我愛你,媽媽'.所以,要知道,你是多麼幸福啊!此刻,你所反感的一切正是我渴望得到的.我多麼希望能抱著自己的孩子,擦乾他們的眼淚,分享他們的夢想,或者只是看著他們玩耍.如果我還有孩子,房子再亂我也不在乎,只要擁有他們,我就很開心了."
Now if you come into my house and see a big mess, you can think bad thoughts if you want, but I feel greatly blessed.
現在,如果你進了我的房子,能看到一片混亂.你覺得多糟糕都無所謂,我還是會感到非常幸福.
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