完美人生 The Perfect Life
Once a circle missed a wedge. The circle wanted to be whole, so it went around looking for its missing piece.
從前，一個圓圈缺了一塊楔子。它想保持完整，便四處尋找那塊楔子。
But because it was incomplete and therefore could roll only very slowly, it admired the flowers along the way. It chatted with worms. It enjoyed the sunshine.
由於不完整，所以它只能慢慢地滾動。一路上，它對花兒露出羨慕之色；它與蠕蟲談天侃地；它還欣賞到了陽光之美。
It found lots of different pieces, but none of them fit. So it left them all by the side of the road and kept on searching.
圓圈找到了許多不同的楔子，但沒有一件與它相配。所以，它將它們統統棄置路旁，繼續尋覓。
Then one day the circle found a piece that fit perfectly. It was so happy. Now it could be whole, with nothing missing.
終於有一天，它找到了一個完美的配件。圓圈是那樣的高興，現在它可以說是完美無缺了。
It incorporated the missing piece into itself and began to roll. Now that it was a perfect circle, it could roll very fast, too fast to notice flowers or talk to the worms.
它裝好缺失的那部分，並開始滾動起來。現在它已成了一個完美的圓圈，所以滾動得非常快，以至於難以欣賞花兒，也無暇與蠕蟲傾訴心聲。
When it realized how different the world seemed when it rolled so quickly, it stopped, left its found piece by the side of the road and rolled slowly away.
當圓圈意識到因快速疾馳而失去了原有的世界時，它停了下來，將找到的配件棄置路旁，又開始慢慢地滾動。
The lesson of the story, I suggested, was that in some strange sense we are more whole when we are missing something.
我覺得這個故事告訴我們，從某種奇妙的意義上講，當我們失去一些東西時反而更加完美。
The man who has everything is in some ways a poor man. He will never know what it feels like to yearn, to hope, to nourish his soul with the dream of something better.
一個擁有一切的人其實在某個方面是個窮人。他永遠體會不到什麼是渴望、期待及如何用美好的夢想滋養自己的靈魂。
He will never know the experience of having someone who loves him give him something he has always wanted or never had.
他也永遠不會有這樣一種體驗：一個愛他的人送給他某種夢寐以求的或者從未擁有過的東西，意味著什麼。
There is a wholeness about the person who has come to terms with his limitations, who has been brave enough to let go of his unrealistic dreams and not feel like a failure for doing so.
人生的完整性在於知道如何面對缺陷，如何勇敢地摒棄不現實的幻想而又不以此為缺憾；
There is a wholeness about the man or woman who has learned that he or she is strong enough to go through a tragedy and survive, he or she can lose someone and still feel like a complete person.
人生的完整性還在於學會勇敢面對人生悲劇而繼續活下去，能夠在失去親人後依然表現出完整的個人風範。
Life is not a trap set for us by God so that he can condemn us for failing. Life is not a spelling puzzle, where no matter how many words you have gotten right, you're disqualified if you make one mistake.
人生不是上帝為譴責我們的缺陷而給我們布下的陷阱。人生也不是一場拼字遊戲比賽，不管你拼出多少單詞，一旦出現了一個錯誤，你便前功盡棄。
Life is more like a baseball season, where even the best team loses one third of its games and even the worst team has its days of brilliance. Our goal is to win more games than we lose.
人生更像是一個棒球賽季，即使最好的球隊也會輸掉1/3的比賽，而最差的球隊也有春風得意的日子。我們的目標就是多贏球、少輸球。
When we accept that imperfection is part of human, and when we can continue rolling through life and appreciate it, we will have achieved a wholeness that others can only aspire to.
當我們接受不完整性是人類本性的一部分，當我們不斷地滾動前行並能欣賞其價值時，我們就會獲得其他人僅能渴望的完整人生。
That, I believe, is what God asks of us—not 'Be perfect', not「Don't even make a mistake」,
but 「Be whole.
我相信這就是上帝對我們的要求：不求"完美」，也不求「不犯錯誤」，而是求得人生的「完整」。
If we are brave enough to love, strong enough to forgive, generous enough to rejoice in another's happiness, and wise enough to know there is enough love to go around for us all, then we can achieve a fulfillment that no other living creature will ever know.
如果我們勇敢得能夠去愛，堅強得能夠寬容，大度得能夠去為別人的快樂而高興，明智得能夠理解身邊充滿愛，那麼我們就能取得別人所不能取得的成就。
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