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第237章

Love Unconditionally

Guidance for Reciting

You think that because I'm poor and plain,I have no feelings?I promise you,if God had gifted me with wealth and beauty,I would make it as hard for you to leave me now as it is for me to leave you. But He did not. But my spirit can address yours,as if both have passed through the grave and stood before heaven equal.

A neighbor's young daughter is given huge amounts of presents for Christmas,birthday and many other special days in the past years. In fact,it has reached the stage where the family could almost,it has been jokingly suggested by some friends and relatives,invest in a second house just to contain all their daughter's gifts!

Despite the many dolls which the girl receives―which talk and laugh,and even walk―her favorite is an ancient,battered doll that is nothing more than a hand-me-down. But that's the doll the girl loves.

Children teach us that despite sometimes their same materialistic attitudes as adults,their standards are completely different. When they love,they love unconditionally.

无条件的爱

诵读导言

您以为我穷,不好看,就没有感情吗?告诉你吧,如果上帝赐予我财富和美貌,我会让您难以离开我,就像我现在难以离开您。可上帝没有这样做,但我的灵魂能够同您的灵魂说话,仿佛我们都经过坟墓,平等地站在上帝面前。

一位邻家小女儿这几年在圣诞节、生日和许多其他特别的日子里收到了大量礼物。事实上,一些朋友和亲戚戏称,她的礼物多得几乎可以再建一所房子来专门存放!

尽管这个小女孩收到了很多玩具娃娃――会说的、会笑的,甚至还有会走路的,但是她的最爱却只是一个古旧、破烂的娃娃,就像是别人玩过留下来的。小女孩对它情有独钟。

孩子们给了我们一种启迪。尽管有时他们与成年人在物质需求上有着相同的态度,但是他们的取舍标准却与我们截然不同。当他们爱上一样东西时,他们的爱是不带任何条件的。

Notes

1.jokingly [5dVEukiNli] ad. 开玩笑地

2.materialistic [mE7tiEriE5listik] a. 唯物论的,唯物主义的

3.unconditionally [7QnkEn5diFEnEli] ad. 无条件地