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哲理英语: Water Pots 两只水桶2010-02-06 15:40:05|分类： Stories |标签： |字号大中小订阅 Acknowledge them, and you too can be the cause of beauty. Know that in our weakness we find our strength. 承认自己的缺点，你也能创造美。在我们的薄弱之处将蕴涵着无穷的力量。Water Pots 两只水桶A water bearer in India had two large pots, each hung on the end of a pole which he carried across his neck. One of the pots was perfectly made and never leaked. The other pot had a crack in it and by the time the water bearer reached his masters house it had leaked much of its water and was only half full. 有个挑水的印度人，在他肩头挑着的竹竿两头各挂着一个大水罐。其中一只水罐里面出现了裂缝，每天从水源回到主人家时，水罐中只剩下一半水了。另一只水罐完好无损，每次总能运送满满一罐水。For a full two years this went on daily, with the bearer delivering only one and a half pots full of water to his masters house. Of course, the perfect pot was proud of its accomplishments. But the poor cracked pot was ashamed of its own imperfection, and miserable that it was able to accomplish only half of what it had been made to do. After two years of what it perceived to be a bitter failure, it spoke to the water bearer one day by the stream. I am ashamed of myself, and I want to apologize to you. 两年中，天天如此。挑水者都会运送一整罐水和半罐水去主人家。完好无损的水罐为能够出色完成任务，把自己的功用发挥得淋漓尽致而自豪。而有裂缝的水罐却为自己的缺陷和无能而感到羞愧。一天，当挑水者在水源打水时，有裂缝的水罐对他说:“我为自己感到羞愧，我想向你道歉。”Why? asked the bearer. What are you ashamed of? I have been able, for these past two years, to deliver only half my load because this crack in my side causes water to leak out all the way back to your masters house. Because of my flaws, you have to do all of this work, and you dont get full value from your efforts, the pot said.The water bearer felt sorry for the old cracked pot, and in his compassion he said, As we return to the masters house, I want you to notice the beautiful flowers along the path. “为什么要道歉？” 挑水者问：“你羞愧什么呢？” “在过去的两年中，每天我只能运送半罐水，因为我身上的裂缝使你在回主人家的路上漏了一地。由于我的缺陷，虽然你付出了全部的劳动，却得不到全部的回报。”水罐解释说。挑水者为这只水罐感到难过，他带着歉意说：“一会儿我们回主人家时，我想请你注意一下沿路美丽的鲜花。”Indeed, as they went up the hill, the old cracked pot took notice of the sun warming the beautiful wild flowers on the side of the path, and this cheered it some. But at the end of the trail, it still felt bad because it had leaked out half its load, and so again the pot apologized to the bearer for its failure.The bearer said to the pot, Did you notice that there were flowers only on your side of your path, but not on the other pots side? Thats because I have always known about your flaw, and I took advantage of it. I planted flower seeds on your side of the path, and every day while we walk back from the stream, youve watered them. For two years I have been able to pick these beautiful flowers to decorate my masters table. Without you being just the way you are, he would not have this beauty to grace his house.于是，当他们爬过山坡时，水罐的确注意到阳光正温暖着路边盛开的美丽的鲜花，这情景让它高兴了一些。但到了路的尽头，它还是觉得难受，因为它又漏掉了半罐水，所以它又向挑水者道歉。挑水者说：“你注意到只有你这侧的路边才有鲜花吗？这是因为我已经知道你的缺陷，并充分利用了它。我在你这侧的路边种了花，每天当我们返回主人家时，你浇灌了它们。这两年，我用采集的鲜花装扮了主人的桌子。如果没有你，主人就没有这么美丽的花点缀他的屋子了。”Each of us has our own unique flaws. Were all cracked pots. But if we will allow it, God will use our flaws to grace his table. In Gods great economy, nothing goes to waste. Dont be afraid of your flaws. Acknowledge them, and you too can be the cause of beauty. Know that in our weakness we find our strength. 我们每一个人都是有裂缝的水罐，都有自己的缺点。如果我们接受这些缺点，上帝会用它们装扮神父的桌子。上帝节俭到从不浪费任何东西，请不要为自己的缺点感到羞愧。承认自己的缺点，你也能创造美。在我们的薄弱之处将蕴涵着无穷的力量。2010-02-06 15:40:05|分类： Stories |标签： |字号大中小订阅 Water Pots 两只水桶A water bearer in India had two large pots, each hung on the end of a pole which he carried across his neck. One of the pots was perfectly made and never leaked. The other pot had a crack in it and by the time the water bearer reached his masters house it had leaked much of its water and was only half full. For a full two years this went on daily, with the bearer delivering only one and a half pots full of water to his masters house. Of course, the perfect pot was proud of its accomplishments. But the poor cracked pot was ashamed of its own imperfection, and miserable that it was able to accomplish only half of what it had been made to do. After two years of what it perceived to be a bitter failure, it spoke to the water bearer one day by the stream. I am ashamed of myself, and I want to apologize to you. Why? asked the bearer. What are you ashamed of? I have been able, for these past two years, to deliver only half my load because this crack in my side causes water to leak out all the way back to your masters house. Because of my flaws, you have to do all of this work, and you dont get full value from your efforts, the pot said.The water bearer felt sorry for the old cracked pot, and in his compassion he said, As we return to the masters house, I want you to notice the beautiful flowers along the path. Indeed, as they went up the hill, the old cracked pot took notice of the sun warming the beautiful wild flowers on the side of the path, and this cheered it some. But at the end of the trail, it still felt bad because it had leaked out half its load, and so again the pot apologized to the bearer for its failure.The bearer said to the pot, Did you notice that there were flowers only on your side of your path, but not on the other pots side? Thats because I have always known about your flaw, and I took advantage of it. I planted flower seeds on your side of the path, and every day while we walk back from the stream, youve watered them. For two years I have been able to pick these beautiful flowers to decorate my masters table. Without you being just the way you are, he would not have this beauty to grace his house. Wherever you are, and whoever you maybe, there is one thing in which you and I are just alike at this moment, and in all the moments of our existence. We are not at rest; we are on a journey, our life is a movement, a tendency, a steady, ceaseless progress towards an unseen goal. We are gaining something, or losing something, everyday. Even when our position and our character seem to remain precisely the same, they are changing. For the mere advance of time is a change. It is not the same thing to have a bare field in January and in July, the season makes the difference. The limitations that are childlike in the child are childish in the man.Everything that we do is a step in one direction or another, even the failure to do something is in itself a deed. It sets us forward or backward. The action of the negative pole of a magnetic needle is just as real as the action of the positive pole. To decline is to accept the other alternative.Are you nearer to your port today than you were yesterday? Yes, - you must be a little nearer to some port or other; for since your ship was first lunched upon the sea of life, you have never been still for a single moment; the sea is too deep, you could not find an anchorage if you would. There can be no pause until you come into portHalf a year before graduation from college, my son began to seek a job. Due to the financial crisis, fewer companies would like to employ new staff while potential employees were flooding the job market. Therefore, the competition was ever-fierce. My son targeted a company that was located in a coastal city. It was intended to employ only one person while there were more than twenty candidates filing their resumes, among whom was my son. I said to my son, “It is more difficult to get into this company than take the college entrance exam. You should not harbor too much hope for fear that you would feel terribly disappointed when you fail.” He said to me, “I am not afraid of disappointment. As long as I try, there will always be hope!”儿子离大学毕业还有半年,便开始找工作了。由于受金融危机的影响,招工单位少,招聘人员少,应聘人员多,所以竞争异常激烈。 儿子看好了沿海城市一家不错的单位,招工名额只有1人,投简历的却有20多人,儿子是其中之一。我对儿子说:“比考大学还难,别抱什么希望,免得没被录取而失望。”儿子说:“失望也不怕,只要参与总有希望。”My sons words seemed to come true and he was informed to be interviewed. There were only 6 people to receive interview after the company reviewed all the peoples resumes. After the interview, there would only be 3 who could enter the final round, which would later decide one person to be employed. Everything seemed to go quite well and my son passed the first round and entered the final round in a week. My son and other family members were excitedly and nervously looking forward to the coming of the final interview.儿子说准了,希望还真来了,他接到了面试通知。经过初选,参加面试的只有6人,面试后要淘汰3人,胜出的3人参加复试,最终录取1人。 希望升级了,经过面试,儿子再次胜出,进入3人组,一周后进行复试。儿子和我们一家人都在激动和忐忑中等待着复试的到来。On the day of the final interview, my son and other two candidates arrived at the interview venue promptly, waiting for the decisive harsh test. Unexpectedly, the interview was unbelievably simple, during which the interviewer only chatted with them for a while. The interview strategies my son prepared were not utilized at all. The interviewer said to them, “All of you are very super. Please go home and wait for our notice. We will tell you the result in 3 days. Good luck to all of you!” On the morning of the third day, my son received the text from the company shortly after breakfast that he was not employed. My son felt dreadfully disappointed. In order to soothe him, I pretended to be relaxed and said to him, “It does not matter! I believe you will have more opportunities in the future!”复试那天,儿子和另外两人准时来到了复试现场,等待决定命运的严峻考验。没想到,复试很简单,只是招聘负责人与他们闲聊了几句话就结束了,儿子准备的方案一点也没有用上。招聘负责人说:“各位都很优秀,回去等通知吧,3天后告诉你们结果。祝各位好运!” 第三天上午,刚刚吃过早饭,儿子接到了招聘方的短信:“很遗憾地通知你,你没有被录取。”儿子失望极了。 为了安慰他,我轻松地说:“没关系,以后会有希望的。”In nightfall that day, my son suddenly told me excitedly on phone, “Dad, I am telling you a good news! I have been employed!” Greatly surprised, I could not wait to ask him, “Whats the whole matter?”My son told me that he received another text saying that he was employed. My son felt very confused about it, so he made a call to the company for inquiry. Actually the first text sent to my son was also par