A man and his girlfriend were married. It was a largecelebration.
一个男人和他的女朋友结婚,举行了一场盛大的结婚庆典。
All of their friends and family came to see the lovelyceremony and to partake of the festivities andcelebrations. All had a wonderful time.
所有的朋友和家人都来到结婚典礼上参加欢宴和庆祝活动。大家都过得很开心。
The bride was gorgeous in her white wedding gownand the groom was very dashing in his blacktuxedo.Everyone could tell that the love they had for eachother was true.
穿着白色婚纱的新娘漂亮迷人,穿着黑色礼服的新郎英俊潇洒。每个人都能看出他们彼此的爱是真诚的。
A few months later, the wife came to the husband with a proposal,¨I read in a magazine,awhile ago, about how we can strengthen our marriage," she offered. "Each of us will write a listof the things that we find a bit annoying with the other person. Then, we can talk about howwe can fix them together and make our lives happier together."
The husband agreed. So each of them went to a separate room in the house and thought ofthe things that annoyed them about the other. They thought about this question for the restof the day and wrote down what they came up with.
The next morning, at the breakfast table, they decided that they would go over their lists.
第二天早上,吃早饭的时候,他们决定谈谈彼此的缺点。
I'II start," offered the wife. She took out her list. It had many items on it,enough to fill 3 pages.In fact, as she started reading the list of the little annoyances, she noticed that tears werestarting to appear in her husband's eyes.
”What's wrong?" she asked. "Nothing," the husband replied, "keep reading your list."
“怎么啦?”她问。“没什么,“丈夫答道,“继续念吧。”
The wife continued to read until she had read all three pages to her husband. She neatly placedher list on the table and folded her hands over the top ofit.
妻子又接着念。整整三页都念完之后她把单子整齐地放在桌上,两手交叉放在上面。
Now, you read your list and then we'II talk about the things on both of our lists," she saidhappily.
“现在该你念了,然后我们谈谈所列举的缺点。”她高兴地说。
Quietly the husband stated,¨I don't have anything on my list.I think that you are perfect theway that you are.I don't want you to change anything for me. You are lovely and wonderful andl wouldn't want to try and change anything about you."
The wife, touched by his honesty and the depth of his love for her and his acceptance ofher,tumed her head and wept.
妻子被丈夫的诚实和对她深深的爱和接纳感动了,她转过头去哭起来。
In life, there are enough times when we are disappointed, depressed and annoyed. We don'treallyhave to go looking for them. We have a wonderful world that is full of beauty, light andpromise.
生命中我们有很多的失望、沮丧和烦恼,我们根本不需要寻找。我们美妙的世界充满了美丽、光明、希望。
Why waste time in this world looking for the bad, disappointing or annoying when we canlookaround us, and see the wondrous things before us?