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黑暗帶來光明的禮物,那就是愛。
■ 心靈小語
命運作弄,人的生活也不會總是一帆風順。除了甜甜蜜蜜的愛情,婚姻中的男女更多的是相互扶持的兩個緊緊相連的個體。年輕時的花前月下、卿卿我我,遠不如災難中的相依相偎更真實。婚姻,不需要什麼海誓山盟,只要在陰鬱的日子裡默默地付出就夠了。
The Bus Passenger
Anonymous
The passengers on the bus watched sympathetically as the attractive young woman with the white cane made her way carefully up the steps。 She paid the driver and; using her hands to feel the location of the seats; walked down the aisle and found the seat he’d told her was empty。 Then she settled in; placed her briefcase on her lap and rested her cane against her leg。
It had been a year since Susan; thirty…four; became blind。 Due to a medical misdiagnosis1 she had been rendered sightless; and she was suddenly thrown into a world of darkness; anger; frustration and self…pity。 Once a fiercely independent woman; Susan now felt condemned by this terrible twist of fate to bee a powerless; helpless burden on everyone around her。 “How could this have happened to me?” she would plead; her heart knotted with anger。
But no matter how much she cried or ranted or prayed; she knew the painful truth her sight was never going to return。 A cloud of depression hung over Susan’s once optimistic spirit。 Just getting through each day was an exercise in frustration and exhaustion。 And all she had to cling to was her husband Mark。
Mark was an Air Force officer and he loved Susan with all of his heart。 When she first lost her sight; he watched her sink into despair and was determined to help his wife gain the strength and confidence she needed to bee independent again。 Mark’s military background had trained him well to deal with sensitive situations; and yet he knew this was the most difficult battle he would ever face。
Finally; Susan felt ready to return to her job; bu
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