我們應該成為什么樣的人

I turned my television on after breakfast this morning. The news was full of worst things that are happening in the world.

I turned the TV off and then went over to my vinyl2 records. I opened up therecord player that my daughter had bought me a few years ago， took out a 40-yearoldrecord and put it on. The delightful3 music of my childhood filled the room andI thanked my daughter in my heart for buying this record player for me.

Just as I was thinking of her I looked out my window and saw her across theroad， in the driveway4 of her house. She was patiently5 standing between twoplates of cat food， so the two stray6 cats she was feeding wouldn’t fight each other.I knew too that when she was done she would also set out food on her bannister7 tofeed the birds living in the trees around her home.

Seeing her morning acts of love made me smile. Watching her filled my heartwith love. And in that moment the truth washed over me： “This is who we aresupposed to be！ This is who we truly are！ ”

Whether we live up to who we are supposed to be is up to us. The choice isyours. You can fill your days with violence8 and prejudice9. Or like my daughteryou can fill your days with peace and love. May you choose wisely10. May youchoose to be who you truly are.

今天早飯后，我打開了電視機。新聞里充斥著世界上正在發生的最糟糕的事情。

我關掉電視，然后去看我的黑膠唱片。我打開女兒幾年前給我買的唱片機，拿出一張 40 年前的唱片放進去播放。房間里充滿了我童年時代令人愉快的音樂，我在心里感謝女兒給我買了這臺唱片機。

就在我想到她的時候，我向窗外望去，看到她正在馬路對面，在她家的車道上。她耐心地站在兩盤貓糧之間，這樣她喂養的兩只流浪貓就不會打架了。我還知道，當她喂完貓時，她也會在門口的欄桿上擺出食物來投喂住在她家周圍樹上的鳥兒。

看到她早上的愛心行為我微笑起來?？粗?，我心中充滿了愛。那一刻，我明白了一個道理“：這就是我們應該成為的人！這才是真正的我們！”

我們是否活出我們應該成為的樣子取決于我們自己。選擇權在你，你可以讓自己的生活里充滿暴力和偏見，或者像我女兒一樣可以用和平和愛來充實自己的生活。愿你做出明智的選擇。愿你選擇成為真正的自己。