【赫临译笔】爱是一条双行道 - 心云驛站

爱是一条双行道

一位父亲坐在书桌旁，审视着这一个月的账单，这时，小儿子冲进来宣布：

“爸爸，今天是你五十五岁生日，我将送你五十五个吻，每年一个！”当儿子刚要履行诺言时，父亲惊叫道：“噢，安德鲁，现在不行，我太忙了！”

少年立刻沉默不语，大大的蓝眼睛里涌出了泪水。父亲充满歉意地说：“你可以一会儿再完成你的心愿。”

男孩一言不发，默默地走开了，脸上写满失望。那天晚上，父亲说：“安德鲁，来把你的吻送给我吧！”但是男孩没有反应。

“要是我能告诉他我多么后悔自己轻率的答复，要是我能确定他知道我的心有多痛，那该多好。”

爱是一条双行道。任何示爱之举都应被热情接受，否则这会被当成拒绝而留下一道疤痕。如果我们忙得不能接受或给予爱了，那就忙过头了！没有什么比用爱来回应我们身边的心肝宝贝的爱的呼唤更重要了。因为……正如故事中的小男孩一样，错过可能根本就没有机会了……

Love Is a Two-way Street

　　A father satat his desk poring over his monthly bills when his young son rushed in and announced,

　　“Dad, because this is your birthday and you’re 55 years old, I’m going to give you 55 kisses, one for each year!” When the boy started making good on his word, the father exclaimed, “Oh, Andrew, don’t do it now;I’m too busy!”

The youngster immediately fell silent as tears welled up in his big blue eyes. Apologically the father said, “You can finish later.”

　　The boy said nothing but quietly walked away, disappointment written over his face. That evening the father said, “Come and finish the kisses now, Andrew!” But the boy didn’t respond.

Unfortunately, a few days later after this incident, the boy had an accident and was drowned. His heartbroken father wrote...

　　“If only I could tell him how much I regret my thoughtless words, and could be assured that he knows how much my heart is aching.”

Love is a two-way street. Any loving act must be warmly accepted or it will be taken as rejection and can leave a scar. If we are too busy to give and receive love, we are too busy! Nothing is more important than responding with love to the cry for love from those who are near and precious to us. Because... there may be no chance at all as in the case of the little boy...