英国威斯敏斯特教堂墓碑上的话

2020年12月5日发(作者：盛可继)
英国威斯敏斯特教堂墓碑上的话

英国威斯敏斯特教堂墓碑上的话：

在我年轻的时候

我曾梦想改变这个世界

可当我成熟以后

我发现我不能够改变这个世界

于是 我将目光缩短一些

那就只改变我的国家吧

可当我到了暮年的时候

我发现我根本没有能力改变我的国家

于是 我最后的愿望仅仅是改变我的家庭

可是这也是不可能的

当我躺在床上行将就木的时候

我突然意识到：

如果当初我仅仅是从改变自己开始

也许我就能改变我的家庭

在家人的帮助和鼓励下

也许我就能为我的国家做一些事情

然后，谁知道呢？

说不定我能改变这个世界！

------摘自《北京青年》

英文原文为：
When I
was young and free and my imagination had no limits, I
dreamed of
changing the world.
As i grew
older and wiser, I discovered the world would not
change,so I
shortened my sights somewhat and decided to change
only my
country.
But it,
too, seemed immovable.
As I grew
into my twilight years, in one last desperate attempt, I
settled
for changing only my family, those closest to me, but alas,
they
would have none of it.
And now
as I lie on my deathbed, I suddenly realize: If I had only
changed
my self first, then by example I would have changed my
family.
From
their inspiration and encouragement, I would then have
been able to
better my country and, who knows, I may have even
changed the
world.