小鱼寄语:作为从小在美国出生的华人,瑜伽达人Joyce表示自己从小的家庭条件并不优越,可面对同班同学妹妹身患重病时,Joyce的父母还是选择慷慨解囊。这让她吐槽美国医疗体系之余,也心疼起自己父母的不易。如今她已为人父母,学会了感激父母当初的无私,并且努力压制内心的愤愤不平。
一句话瑜伽,第319期Joyce:在我大概十岁的时候,同学年幼的妹妹罹患白血病。when i was about 10,i had a classmate with an infant sister suffering from leukemia.
有一天,她的父母给我们全班同学写信,恳求其他家长为他们巨额的医疗费用捐款。(美国的医疗体系让我一言难尽)。one day her parents sent letters to our entire class,a plea to our parents for monetary donations toward their avalanche of medical bills.(US health system -don't get me started).
我父母一看到来信,就开出200美元的支票。as soon as my parents read the letter,they wrote a check for S200.
我记得我感觉有点心寒。为什么我的父母会给他们这么多钱?他们彼此并不认识。i remember feeling slightly bitter.why would my parents give them so much money?they don't know each other.
她穿的是名牌衣服,时髦女孩穿的是我父母说我们买不起的那种衣服。and she wore name brand clothes that popular girls wore the kind of clothes my parents said we couldn't afford.
另外,她并不总是对我很友好。“当有人需要,我们会力所能及地帮忙。”这是我父母的回答。plus she wasn't always the nicest to me.when someone needs help and we can, we do. . that was my parents' reply.
直到今天,我还是无法释怀。我感激父母是无私的典范,而我则是小肚鸡肠。it's stuck with me to this day.i'm grateful they were an example of selflessness when all i could focus on were teeny bopper jeans from limited too.
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