爱是从“心”开始

她并非凡俗女子，相反，相当优秀，追求者云集。而她，排开众人，毅然跟了他。当时，他一无所有，在一 家工厂打工，收入不够解决两人温饱。为了他，她失去亲人，丢了工作。 　　他们借了一间朋友的仓库，简单收拾后，作为卧室。冬天，严寒的仓库犹如一口冰窖，没有一床温暖的 被褥裹体，她常常在半夜里被冻醒。他紧紧地抱住她，尽量把她贴在自己胸口，用自己的体温去温暖她。 　　一天，她从外面回来，神色恍惚，脸色苍白。他问她，怎么啦，是不是病了？她说，没事，就是有点累。之后立刻兴奋地从口袋里掏出一张红色大钞，在他眼前 晃了晃，亢奋地说，我们有钱了，去买一床温暖的棉被。他说，哪来的钱？她说，赚的。他说，怎么赚得如此容易？她说，给人发广告，一张一张地发，从早上站到 现在，赚了100 元小费。于是两人去街上买了一床棉被，经不起挑选，按着100 元钱的价格拿。从此，严寒的冬日，有了一床棉被，她不再从半夜被冻醒过来。 　　几年后，他慢慢好转，有钱了，自己开了公司，不久买了房子和车。他们告别了当初饥寒交迫的日子。家里的装修他极其讲究，地砖墙纸都进口，连水龙头都是 最高档的。他要给她一个最温暖的家。住在这样的环境里，她有些彷徨。搬家时，原来仓库里的东西全扔弃了，而她坚持留着那床棉被，几年来他们一直用着，已经 破了好几处。他说，扔了吧，再去买一床新的。到处都是高雅的东西，摆了这个，障眼。她说，不扔，这床棉被陪我们走过多少严寒冬日，盖在身上总那么温暖。他 摇摇头，不再坚持。 　　一天，他从外面回来，手里提着一床新棉被，要求她扔了旧的，换上新的。她没有办法，只能听从。从此，退下旧的，换上新的。每天晚上，她不像往常睡得安 逸舒坦，她心里掠过一丝疼痛，常常在深夜，委屈的眼泪不知不觉沾湿枕头。她在心里说，你知道这床棉被 经过多少努力才买来的吗？那天，我根本没去发什么小广告，而去卖血了！第一次卖血，竟然是为了买一床 棉被！这床棉被对我有多重要！而你，当成垃圾扔掉。她觉得他不像以前那么爱她在乎她了，虽然盖着新的棉被，但没了以前的温暖。 　　一次，他去洗手间忘了关手提电脑，她无意中发现他开了个人博客，每天坚持写日记。在一篇日记中，他说，那天她从外面进来，苍白的脸吓了我一跳。为了赚 够买一床棉被的钱，她竟然给人发小广告。那天晚上，我们睡在新的棉被下面，多么温暖，她从没睡得那么安稳。无意中，我发现她手上有一块红肿，像被针眼扎 过。发广告其实是她委婉的谎言，她跑去卖血了。这床棉被其实是她拿血换来的！她的身体那么单薄！那 晚，我暗自哭了一夜，我发誓，一定要出人头地，给她幸福。经过这几年的努力，我终于做到了。昨天，我 也去血站叫他们抽了血，我只想感受一下那细小的针眼扎进血管时，那冰冷的疼痛让我猝不及防，然而，又是那么幸福。我拿着钱，去买了这床棉被……她的眼睛早 已模糊，原来，他的心如他对她的爱一样，那么细腻。 　　寒冷的冬日，他送她一床温暖的棉被，连着带来了整个春天。 　　（摘自《爱情故事》）

A fisherman story

One day a fisherman was lying on a beautiful beach with his fishing pole propped up in the sand and his solitary line cast out into the sparkling blue surf.

He was enjoying the warmth of the afternoon sun and the prospect of catching a fish.

About that time, a businessman came walking down the beach trying to relieve some of the stress of his workday. He noticed the fisherman sitting on the beach and decided to find out why this fisherman was fishing instead of working harder to make a living for himself and his family.

"You aren't going to catch many fish that way," said the businessman to the fisherman, "you should be working rather than lying on the beach!"

The fisherman looked up at the businessman, smiled and replied, "And what will my reward be?"

"Well, you can get bigger nets and catch more fish!" was the businessman's answer.

"And then what will my reward be?" asked the fisherman, still smiling.

The businessman replied, "You will make money and you'll be able to buy a boat which will then result in larger catches of fish!"

"And then what will my reward be?" asked the fisherman again.

The businessman was beginning to get a little irritated with the fisherman's questions.

"You can buy a bigger boat and hire some people to work for you!" he said.

"And then what will my reward be?" repeated the fisherman.

The businessman was getting angry. "Don't you understand? You can build up a fleet of fishing boats, sail all over the world, and let all your employees catch fish for you!"

Once again the fisherman asked, "And then what will my reward be?"

The businessman was red with rage and shouted at the fisherman, "Don't you understand that you can become so rich that you will never have to work for your living again! You can spend all the rest of your days sitting on this beach looking at the sunset. You won't have a care in the world!"

The fisherman, still smiling, simply looked up, nodded and said: "And what do you think I am doing now?" He then looked at the sunset, with his pole in the water, without a care in the world.

However, both the fisherman and the businessman were wrong in their materialistic outlook. We don't have to work hard so that we become rich, sit in the beach and have no care in the world.

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