2021年1月23日发(作者：韩货)
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我的生活，充满魔法

When I was
younger I was entranced with stories of magic. I devoured books
where
wizards
and
warriors
battled
the
powers
of
darkness
in
strange
worlds.
I
rejoiced when they triumphed bringing peace and happiness to their lands. I guess
like most of the readers of these stories I secretly wished for magical powers for
myself.
I
wanted
to
be
able
to
magically
make
my
pain
disappear,
to
make
my
problems go away, and to have power over this world that so often has power over
us.
在我年轻的时候，我就对魔法故事深深 着迷。我如饥似渴地阅读有关法师
和战士在奇异的世界里与黑势力战斗的书。
每当他们取得胜利 并为他们生活的
这片土地带来了和平和幸福时，
我就倍感雀跃。
我想，
就像看 这些故事的大多
数读者一样，
我也暗暗希望自己能拥有魔法：
希望它能奇迹般地让我的 痛苦消
失，让困扰我的问题得到解决，并能让我掌握这个世界而不用屈从于它。

As I got older, however, I realized that there was no such thing as magic and the
harsh reality of life set in. I struggled through a long period of poverty. I had daily
pain from a back injury that never healed right. I felt sadness and sorrow when both
of my sons
were diagnosed with
Autism.
I still sometimes daydreamed
of magic
but in time even that faded away.
然而，当我逐渐长大，我开始意识到，根本就不存在魔法，生活的残酷现
实开始袭来。
我曾在一段漫长又贫苦的岁月中挣扎。
我每天都会因为后背上的
伤口而疼痛，这个伤口至今都未 痊愈。当我的两个儿子都被诊断为自闭症时，
伤感与悲痛从心底涌了出来。
我有时还幻想我能拥 有魔法，
但这种想法很快也
就消失了。

Then one day I am not sure when I began to discover a different kind of magic.
This magic grew stronger in my heart, soul, and mind day by day and year by year.
This magic was called LOVE. This magic connected me to God, because God is
love. It also connected me to my own highest self and to all of the other souls in
this
world.
It
didn’t
eliminate
my
poverty
b
ut
it
made
every
day
of
my
life
feel
richer. It didn’t make my back pain go away but it helped me deal with it so much
better. It didn’t cure my sons
’

Autism, but it helped me see them as the beautiful,
loving, eternal, and joyful souls that they truly are
. It didn’t make me a wizard or a
warrior but it helped me to dispel the darkness of this world with my own light.
然后有一天，我不知是何时开始发现了一种独特的魔法。这种魔法在我的
心中、
灵魂和思想里逐日发展壮大。
这种魔法的名字叫爱。
这种魔法将我与神
联系起 来，因为神就是爱。不仅如此，它还让我成为了最好的自己，并和世界
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上其他的灵魂心系在一起。
它没有消除我的贫穷，
却让我每一天的生活都很丰
富；< br>它没有使我的背部疼痛消失，
但它帮助我更好地面对它；
它没能治愈我儿
子的自 闭症，但它让我看到了他们美丽，有爱，永恒，和快乐的灵魂，这是他
们真实的样子；
它没有使 我变成一个法师或战士，
但它使我用自己的一点亮光，
驱散了这个世界的黑暗。

There is such a thing as magic in this world. There is such a thing as magic in
each one of us. This magic is called LOVE. May you choose it, share it, and live in
it every single day of your life. May you use it to help others, to heal this world,
and to build a bridge to Heaven. < br>在这个世界上，的确存在着一种魔法。而且我们每个人都拥有这样一种魔
法。这种魔法就是爱。愿 你可以选择爱，分享爱，并在充满爱的生活中度过每
一天。愿你以爱助人，让这个世界更加美好，达到如 天堂般的境地。

这就是你的生活

This Is Your Life
这就是你的生活

You have this Life.
这是你所拥有的人生。

You were born for this Life.
生来就有。

You want some people to be in your Life, but they don't.
你希望一些人能陪伴你，但他们没有。

You don't want some people to be with you, but they do.
你不想要一些人走进你的生活，但他们却来了。

You are endeavouring to come out of certain conditions of your life.
你竭尽全力想要摆脱某些生活状况。

But you are forced to live with them.
但又不得不继续在这种状况下生活下去。

You don't want to go outside in the Rain, but sometimes you have to.
你不想在下雨时出门，但有时你却别无选择。

You are yearning for something to happen, but it always eludes you.
你渴望一些事情的发生，可偏偏不如你所愿。

You never anticipate some incidents to happen in
your life, but they do occur
when you are oblivious of those happenings.
你从没有预料到一些事会在你的生活中发生，可偏偏在你毫无防备的时候
发生了。

Sometimes
you
get
things what
you don't
aspire for, but
you
don't
get
certain
things what you are really looking for.
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有时你会得到，
你并不渴求的东西，
但却得不到心心念念想要得到的东西。

You don't like some places to visit, but sometimes you have to stay there for a
while.
你不喜欢去一些地方，但有时你不得不在那里待上一段时间。

This is your Life, say welcome with the open mind.
这就是你的生活，用开放的心态去接纳它吧。

You have to avoid all the preoccupations.
你必须打消所有的成见。

The Life is like a 'Flowing River' it takes all the bends and curves that you don't
know.
生活就好比一条流动的河，一路上有你无法预见到的曲折。

But it never stops its flow because 'flowing' is its original nature.
但河水从未停止流淌，因为“流动”就是它的本性。

You also flow with the Life you have, which takes the unexpected turns.
你同样在生活这条奔流不息的河里游走着，伴随着许许多多不期而遇的转
折点。

This is your Life, simply accept it.
这就是你的生活，接受它就好。

别被悲伤击倒，它将成为你的力量

Seven years ago, my wife and I had to take our
five week old daughter off of
life support, by far the hardest and most painful decision of our life. Our daughter,
Alle Shea, was born with the rare bone disease called Osteogenesis Imperfecta. At
birth
Alle
Shea’s
skull
looked
like
a
cracked
egg
on
the
x
-rays.
She
also
had
multiple fractures in her arms and her ribs, her legs,
and her wrist. The day Alle
was leaving us, we were able to take her outside on the hospital deck and hold her
in our arms until she passed away. 7
年前，妻子和我给
5
周大的女儿停止了维持生命的治疗。到目前为止，
那是我们生活中最艰难、最痛苦的决定。我们的女儿
Alle
Shea
出生时就患有
罕见的骨骼疾病——成骨不全症。出生时，
Alle
Shea
的头盖骨在
X
光片上看
起来就像有裂纹的鸡蛋，胳膊、肋骨 、腿和手腕多处骨折。
Alle
离开我们的那
天，我们用医院担架把她带出了医院，把 她抱在怀里直到她去世。

Now, we had two choices that day: we could have let the grief over take us, or
we could take that grief and turn it into a positive. Since that day, my wife and I
have worked tirelessly volunteering our time hosting special events, and talking to
students and the media about OI. We even contacted hospitals to try to get them on
board with our cause - and this is the battle we are still fighting. Over the seven
years,
we
have
volunteered
thousands
of
hours.
February
of
2015
we
started
OI
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Care for You program. We send stuffed animals to children with OI in the hospital
for treatment, surgery or home recovering from a break.
那天我们有两个选择：要么被悲伤击倒，要么把伤痛化为动力。从那天起，
妻子 和我不知疲倦地利用所有时间举办特殊活动，
和学生、
媒体聊成骨不全症
的话题。我们甚至联系医院，
想让他们也加入我们，
我们现在仍然在为此努力。
过去的七年 中，我们做了数千小时的志愿活动。
2015
年二月，我们启动了
OI
Care for You
这个项目。我们把毛绒玩具送给在医院治疗、做手术或骨折在家休养的患成骨不全症的孩子们。

Each one brings
a smile and comfort to
a
child
with
Osteogenesis
Imperfecta
(OI).
每个玩具都带给患病孩子微笑和安慰。

We had OI families come from neighboring cities and towns and thank us for
doing
what
we
do
and
giving
them
another
way
to
show
support
for
a
family
member with OI.
来自附近城市和城镇的家庭都来感激我们的所作所为，感谢 我们给了他们
家里成骨不全症患者一种特殊的支持。

视野放宽，才能活得快乐自得

One day a professor entered the classroom and told the students about a surprise
test.
After
hearing
that
all
students
were
seated
and
waited
for
the
test
to
begin.
Now, the professor gave the test papers to all students with text facing down at the
desk. Once he was done with handing out the test to all students, he asked them to
turn the test pages and begin.
一天一位教授走进教室， 跟学生说要进行一次突击测试。听到这个消息，
所有学生都坐好等待测试开始，
然后教授把试卷 发给所有学生，
有字的一面朝
下放。所有试卷都发完后，教授让学生把试卷翻过来，开始测试。

Student’s were confused to see that ther
e was not a question but just a black dot
in the center of the page. The professor noticed the students' face expression and
told them, “I want you to write about what you see there.”

学生看到卷上没有问题，在纸中央只有一个黑点，都很困惑。教授注意到了学生脸上的表情，说：
“我想让你们把看到的都写下来。
”

The students were still confused but got started with the test. At the end of the
class,
the
professor
took
all
answer
sheets
and
started
reading
each
answer
from
each sheet in front of all students. All of them described about the black dot and
tried to explain its position etc.. After the professor finished reading the whole class
was silent.
学生们依旧疑 惑，但都开始了测试。快下课时教授把所有试卷都收上来，
开始在全班面前读每张试卷上的答案。
所有学生都描述了那个黑点，
并努力说
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明它的位置。教授读完以后全班都沉默了。

Now,
professor
began
to
explain,
“Don’t
worry,
I
am
not
going
to
give
you
grades for this but I just want you to think about something. Here everyone focused
on the black dot wrote about it but no one wrote about the white paper, the same is
with
our
lives.
The
white
paper
represents
our
whole
life
and
the
black
spot
represents problems in our life.
现在教授开始解释：
“不用担心，这个测试我不会给你们打分，我只是想让
你们思考一件事。
这里的每个人 关注的都是黑点，
写的都是这个黑点，
却没人
描述这张白纸，
我们的生活也是 如此。
白纸代表我们的一生，
黑点代表我们生
活中的问题。

Our life is a gift given to us by God, with love and care, and we always have
reasons to celebrate
–
our friends around us, the job that provides us our livelihood,
the miracles we see everyday.
我们的生命是上帝赐予我们的礼物，其中充满爱和关心，我们总是有快乐
的理由——身边的朋友、
为我们提供生计的工作，
还有我们每天看到的不可思
议的事。

Still
we
just
focus
on
day
to
day
problems
like
health
issues,
lack
of
money,
problems in relationships etc. but we never see that these problems are very small
compared to everything we have in our lives.”

我们仍然只是日复一日地关注着问题，比如健康问题、缺钱、人际关系的问题等，
我们却从未看到和我们生活中所拥有的一切相比，
这些问题简直微不
足道 。
”

Moral Lesson: We should try to take eyes off our problems and Enjoy each one
of
our
blessings,
Each
moment
that
life
gives
us.
Be
happy
and
Live
Life
Positively.
道理：我们应该努力把注意力从问题上移开，享受你所拥有的一切和 生命
里的每一刻。要幸福快乐，积极面对生活。

别急于做判断，这样才能看得真切

In old times it was customary for Monks who is traveling and seeking for lodge
to stay was to engage himself in dharma combat with head monk at Zen monastery.
If he won battle then he could stay else he would have to seek quarters elsewhere.
古时候，游历的 或想要借宿的和尚习惯于和寺院的住持辩论佛法。如果赢
了，就能留下，否则就要另寻他处。

Once a traveling monk
stop
at
a monastery. Master at
monastery assigned his
attendant
to
engage
in
silent
debate
combat
with
traveling
monk.
By
chance
attendant who was to combat with wayfarer had only one eye.
一次有一位游历僧人到了一家寺院，住持安排一个手下僧人和这个游历僧
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