真正的勇气
2022-07-12佚名
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A father was worried about his son, who was sixteen years old but had no courage at all. So the father decided to call on a senior to train his boy.
The senior said to the boy s father, “You should leave your son alone here. I ll make him into a real man within three months. However, you can t come to see him during this period.”
Three months later, the boy s father returned. The senior arranged a boxing match between the boy and an experienced boxer.
Each time the fighter struck the boy, he fell down, but at once the boy stood up; and each time a punch knocked him down, the boy stood up again. Several times later, the senior asked, “What do you think of your child?”
“What a shame!” the boy s father said, “I never thought he would be so easily knocked down. I needn t have him left here any longer.”
“I m sorry that that s all you see. Don t you see that each time he falls down; he stands up again instead of crying? That s the kind of courage you wanted him to have.”
一位父親很为儿子担心,虽然儿子已经16岁了,却一点儿勇气都没有。于是父亲决定去拜访一位长者,请他训练自己的儿子。
这位长者对男孩的父亲说:“你应该把你儿子单独留在这里。不出三个月,我会让他成为一个真正的男子汉。不过,在这段时间,你不能来看他。”
三个月后,男孩的父亲又来见长者。长者安排这个男孩和一位经验丰富的拳师进行拳术比赛。
拳师每次一出手,男孩都被击倒在地上,但男孩又马上站起来;每次被击倒,他就又站起来。几个回合后,长者问道:“你认为你的孩子怎么样?”
“真丢人!”男孩的父亲说,“我根本没想到他是这样的不堪一击。我不让他再留在这里了。”
“很遗憾,你只看到了这一点。难道你没看到他每次倒下后是重新站起来,而不是哭泣吗?这才是你想要他拥有的那种勇气。”