3 Touching Short Stories (1)

I've translated the stories into English for my English-speaking/reading readers.
Here's the 1st story.
Hope this brings some joy to you as well.



Story 1 : The Heart of a Child

A young, single lady had just relocated to her new home.
She discovered that her immediate neighbors were a poverty-stricken family.
That family consisted of a widow and her 2 young children.



On a particular night, a power outage occurred in the neighborhood.
The young lady did the next best thing and lit candles to provide some light.



Not long after, there came a knock on her front door.
It was the neighbor’s child.
He came asking nervously, “Hallo, you have candle in home?”



The young lady thought to herself ‘Could it really be that these guys are so poor? They can’t afford candles!?
‘What if these guys become dependent on me in future? I’d better not lend them any candles!’
Then, with much indifference, she responded that she had none.



As she proceeded to shut the door, she noticed that the poor child’s countenance displayed a quiet smile.

“I knew you no candle in house” he chirped.


As he said that, he took 2 sticks of candles out from his pocket and cheerily handed them to the young lady.

“Mommy and I afraid you no candle ‘cos you stayin’ 1 woman. Here 2 candle for you!”



On hearing that, she was pricked by her guilty conscience.
She reprimanded herself and
As tears flowed from the bottom of her heart, she embraced the young boy whose warmth melted her cold heart.

三则感人小故事 (3)

第3个故事 : 我们只不方便三小时


那天跟老公幸运地订到了票回婆家，上车后却发现有位女士坐在我们的位子上，
老公 示意我先坐在她旁边的位子，却没有请这位女士让位。
我仔细一看，发现她右脚有一点不方便，才了解老公为何不请她让出位子。



他就这样从嘉义一直站到台北，从头到尾都没向这位女士表示这个位子是他的，
下了车之后，心疼老公的我跟他说：
「让位是善行，但从 嘉义到台北这么久，大可中途请她把位子还给你，换你坐一下。 」



老公却说：「人家不方便一辈子，我们就不方便这三小时而已。」
听到老公这么说，我相当感动，
有这么一位善良又为善不欲人知的好老公，
让我觉得世界都变得温柔许多。



心念一转，世界可能从此不同，人生中，每一件事情，
都有 转向的能力，就看我们怎么想，怎么转。
我们不会在三分钟内成功，但也许只要花一分钟，生命从此不同。



你看完这篇短文后，可以马上起身去擦桌子，或洗碗；
可以把报纸放一边，闭起眼睛沉思一会；
也可以把这篇短文，与很多朋友分享。
当然，我最希望你选择最后这一项，谁知道，你可能会改变很多人的一生。



“我们不一定会因为赚很多的钱而富有，但我们可以因付出的善念而使心中富有”