人生的每一刻，不管是“幸運(yùn)”還是“倒霉”，都值得去品味、去學(xué)習(xí)、去感激。說起來容易，做起來難。讀一讀下面這個(gè)感人的故事，自己好好地想一想。

年輕時(shí)我曾在雅典遇到一位不尋常的美國(guó)人。他有一個(gè)既美麗又溫柔的法國(guó)女友，人們總是恭維他，告訴他是多么“幸運(yùn)”。他通常的答復(fù)總是“是幸運(yùn)還是倒霉我很難說，因?yàn)檫@只是我整個(gè)人生的短暫片刻。但是我可以告訴你們：此時(shí)此刻我的確在充分地享受生活，心存感激?！?/p>

我們見面不久，他就被關(guān)進(jìn)了希臘的監(jiān)獄。那時(shí)希臘由殘暴的軍事獨(dú)裁者統(tǒng)治。在雅典，他的朋友們坐在一起閑聊時(shí)總會(huì)談到他是多么“不幸”，因?yàn)榫煸跊]有確鑿證據(jù)的情況下就把他關(guān)進(jìn)了監(jiān)獄。我去看望他的時(shí)候，告訴他朋友們都在為他的壞運(yùn)氣感到憤憤不平，他熱情地微笑著，說道：“是幸運(yùn)還是倒霉我很難說，但是我確信將來有一天我能向人們講述一個(gè)精彩的故事！因此我現(xiàn)在心存感激。”

幾年后，他獲釋出獄，重返美國(guó)。沿著加利福尼亞海岸的公路旅行的途中，在路邊咖啡館遇見了一位可愛的女子，并與她調(diào)起情來。我的朋友并不知道，這個(gè)女子有男朋友，而且她的男友加入了流氓團(tuán)伙。不久她的男友和同伙出現(xiàn)了，非常惱火，為了給我的朋友好好“上一課”，他們把他推到路邊，扔下了通向大海的高約100英尺的亂石灘，想要至他于死地。

幾個(gè)小時(shí)后，救援隊(duì)趕到了，好不容易爬到懸崖下面，驚奇地發(fā)現(xiàn)我的朋友還活著。當(dāng)他們慢慢地把他升起來救到回路邊的時(shí)候，許多圍觀者都驚呼他真是太幸運(yùn)了，居然沒死。要不是我對(duì)朋友當(dāng)時(shí)已經(jīng)失去知覺，他八成會(huì)說出“是幸運(yùn)還是倒霉很難說，反正現(xiàn)在我已經(jīng)疼得無法忍受了！”之類的話。

幾天后，他醒來時(shí)發(fā)現(xiàn)自己腰部以下已經(jīng)癱瘓了。我去探望他時(shí)，他問我：“查理，你想說什么？是說能夠活下來真幸運(yùn)；還是說腰部以下都癱瘓了，真不幸?！蔽覠o言以對(duì)。

數(shù)個(gè)月后我們又見面了。他早已定做了一輛十分前衛(wèi)的輪椅，并且經(jīng)過長(zhǎng)期的舉重運(yùn)動(dòng)，在輪椅上神采奕奕地展示著健美的體型。對(duì)我說：“以前每當(dāng)人們談及我的生活，我會(huì)很輕松地告訴他們我既不感到幸運(yùn)也不認(rèn)為自己倒霉?，F(xiàn)在我深深地體會(huì)到，人生的每一刻，無論幸運(yùn)還是倒霉，都值得細(xì)細(xì)品味。如果我把自己的境遇看作是‘幸運(yùn)’的，有什么意義？意味著發(fā)生過的事情讓我快樂？如果我把自己的境遇看作是‘不幸’的，又有什么意義？意味著發(fā)生過的事情讓我難過？難道讓‘幸運(yùn)’或是‘不幸’來左右我對(duì)自己的看法，決定我怎樣度過自己的人生嗎？我當(dāng)然不希望這樣！”他一如既往地?zé)崆槲⑿χ芎退谝黄鹞艺媸歉械叫牢俊?/p>

編譯自英文網(wǎng)站

[原文]

Have You Been Lucky In Life?

By Charlie Badenhop

Each moment in life， \"lucky\" or \"unlucky\"， is to be savored， learned from， and appreciated. Easier said than done? Read this heartfelt story and see for yourself.

I met an exceptional American man in Athens in my younger years. He had a beautiful and gentle French girlfriend， and everyone was always complimenting him and telling him how \"lucky\" he was. His usual reply was something to the effect of \"Lucky or unlucky is hard for me to say， as this is only one small moment in my whole life. But I will tell you this， at this moment， I am very definitely enjoying myself and feeling thankful.\"

Shortly after meeting him he was thrown in jail in Greece， which in those days was run by a brutal military dictator. All his friends sat around in Athens talking about how \"unlucky\" he was， since the police threw him in jail with no real evidence. When I visited him and told him his friends felt terrible about his bad luck he smiled warmly and said， \"Lucky or unlucky is hard for me to say. But I am sure I will have a great story to tell some day! And for this I am thankful.\"

After several years in jail he was released， and he returned to the States. He was traveling along the coast roads of California， when he met a lovely woman in a roadside cafe， and began to flirt with her. Unbeknownst to my friend， the woman had a boyfriend who belonged to a gang， and the boyfriend soon appeared with his buddies and became furious. In order to \"teach my friend a lesson\" they proceeded to throw him off the side of the road， and down the rocky expanse leading to the ocean some one hundred feet below. They left him for dead.

Some hours later a rescue crew arrived and made their way down the cliff and they were amazed to find that my friend was still alive. As they slowly hoisted him back up to the roadside， numerous bystanders remarked at how amazingly lucky he was to not have been killed. If my friend had not been unconscious at that time it is likely that he would have said something to the effect of \"Lucky or unlucky is hard for me to say， but I can tell you that I hurt like hell!\"

In a few days time when he had regained consciousness he discovered that he was paralyzed from the waist down. I called him to see how he was doing. He said to me \"What would you say Charlie? Lucky to be alive or unlucky to be paralyzed from the waist down.\" I had no ready answer.

Many months later we met in person again. By this time he had already customized his wheelchair to make it more \"radical\" and he was sporting a buffed out physique from his many hours of weight lifting. He said to me \"Previously when people remarked about my life， it was very easy for me to say that I felt neither lucky or unlucky. Now I know very deeply that each moment， lucky or unlucky， is to be savored. If I label my circumstances as 'lucky' what will this mean? Will it mean that I am happy about what has happened? If I label my circumstances as 'unlucky' what will this mean? Will it mean that I am unhappy about what has happened? Will I let 'lucky' or 'unlucky' determine how I feel about myself and how I live my life? I certainly hope not!\" He smiled warmly as always， and I was thankful to be in his presence.

（責(zé)任編輯 王靜）