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こちらの写真は私のお友達、カナダのりえちゃんが
アメリカに遊びに行った時の写真を送ってくれました。
本当に外国のクリスマスシーズンはウキウキせずにはいられない
雰囲気があちこちにあります。
デパートなんかはもちろん、バスだってサンタさんが
描いてあってどこもかしこも楽しそうなんですよね。
私の住んでいる所にはありませんがクリスマスツリーだって
向こうは大きなのが普通にお店にあるんですよね。
私はこうやって写真を見るだけでも楽しいので嬉しいです。
そしておごそかな雰囲気にもなれるのも
クリスマスの素晴らしいところ。
私は無宗教なので何でもいいな〜と思えば
仏教でもキリスト教でものぞいてみたくなります。
まだクリスマスの日に教会へ行った事がないのです。
オーストラリアやカナダでもクリスマスを迎えた事はありますが
何故でしょう、ないんですね。
でもあの独特の雰囲気を経験してみたいです。
そう思っていた時にカナダで留学していた時に知り合った人の
おばさんとメールをたまにやっているのですがその人から
こんなメールが来ました。外国らしい教訓ストーリーです。
簡単な英語ですので読んで見てください。
私も反省したり感謝する気持ちが出ました。
A really simple message and yet
so meaningful and true.....
There was a blind girl
who hated herself because she was blind.
She Hated everyone,
except her loving boyfriend.
He was always There for her.
She told her boyfriend,
"If I could only see The World,
I would marry you.' "
One Day, Someone Donated
a pair of eyes to her.
When the bandages Came Off,
she was able to see everything,
including her Boyfriend.
He Asked Her,
"Now That you can see the world,
will you marry me?"
The Girl Looked at her boyfriend
and saw that he was blind.
The Sight Of his closed eyelids shocked her.
She hadn't expected That.
The thought of looking at them
the rest of her life
Led Her to refuse to marry him..
Her Boyfriend Left in tears and days later
wrote a note to her
Saying:
'Take good care of your eyes,
my dear, for before
They Were yours, they were mine.'
This Is How The human brain often works
when our status changes.
Only A very few remember
what life was like before,
and who Was Always by their side
in the most painful Situations.
Life Is a Gift Today BeforeYou say
an unkind word -
Think of someone who can't Speak.
Before You Complain about
the taste of your food -
Think of someoneWhoHas nothing to eat.
Before You Complain about
your husband or wife -
Think of someone
who's Crying out to GOD for a companion.
TodayBefore You complain about life -
Think of someone who went
Too Early to heaven.
Before Whining About the distance you drive
Think of someone
who Walks The same distance with their feet.
And When You Are tired and complain
about your job -
Think of the Unemployed,
The disabled, and those who wish
they had your Job.
And When Depressing Thoughts
seem to get you down -
Put a smile on
Your Face and think:
you're alive and still Around.
どうでした?英語もただ勉強するのではなく
何を書いてあるか知りたいから勉強する方が
楽しいですね。
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