第922章星级人生几颗心(42)
42.生活没有欺骗你
是谁欺骗了你?是什么蒙蔽了你的双眼?
本文作者,真诚告白。细心的你,不难发现,中年的他,曾经受挫。未能经受住生活的打压,柔软的心变得冷漠异常。小女孩的出现,让他找回了自己。不是别人,正是自己,欺骗了自己。是他那颗冷漠的心,蒙蔽了自己的双眼。
故事中的小女孩手中的蜡烛化解了作者心中的坚冰,重新燃亮了他的生命之火,让关爱和宽容回归,生活从此阳光明媚。
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terrywasamiddle-agedleathertraderwhoserepeatedfailureincareermadehimadepressedman,oftencomplainingthathehadbeencheatedbyothers.onedayhetoldhiswifehewassodiappointedwiththecitythathehadtoleave.
sohisfamilymovedtoanothercity.itwastheeveningofaweekend.upiedintidyinguptheirnewhome,thelightsuddenlywentout.terrywasregretfultohaveforgettenbringingalongcandlesandtowaithelplesslyinalowmood.justthenheheardlight,hesitatedknocksonhisdoorthatwereclearlyaudibleinthequietnight.
“who'sit?”hewondered.terryhadnoacquaintancesinthenewcity,andthiswasthemomentheespeciallyhatedtobedisturbed.sohewenttothedoorandopeneditimpatiently.atthedoorwasalittlegirl,shylyasking,“sir,doyouhavecandles?i'myourneighbor.”“no,”answeredterryinangerandshutthedoorabruptly.“whatanuisance!”hecomplainedoveritwithhiswife.“nosoonerhadwesettleddownthantheneighborcametoborrowthings.”
afterawhile,thedoorwasknockedagain.heopeneditandfoundthesamegirloutside.butthistimeshewasholdingtwocandles,saying,“mygrandmatoldmethenewneighbordownstairsmightneedcandles.shesentmeheretogiveyouthese.”terrywasstruckdumbbywhathesaw.
atthatmomenthesuddenlyrealizedwhatcausedhisfailureinlife.itwashiscoldnessandharshnesswithotherpeople.thepersonwhohadcheatedhiminlifewasactuallynobodyelsebuthimself,forhiseyeshadbeenblurredbyhisunsympatheticmind.