Sunshine on a Rainy Day
佚名 / Anonymous
Have you ever had a day when everything seemed to go wrong， and nothing seemed to go right？ Not too long ago I was having one of these days. I was discouraged， weary， and plain sad. My focus was on me， me， me. After all， no one else was experiencing the same trials as I was.
I expressed my downcast state to my mother， hoping for some pity. Instead， she said， “I heard Jamie was having a difficult day too. Why don’t you make her some cookies and we will take them to her this afternoon？” I didn’t really want to， but decided that I didn’t want to go back to my other problems just yet. I made the cookies and arranged them on a little plate. Then I made a card with a sunflower on it and wrote a small note of empathy.
That afternoon we dropped by my friend’s house. I went to the door and rang the bell. Soon， Jamie came to the door and looked at me in surprise for the unexpected visit. Before she could say anything I rushed， “I heard you were having a hard day and decided to bring you something. I hope your day goes better.” The look that came over Jamie’s face was one that I could never put into words. It was as if a darkened sky was suddenly lit with the golden rays of the sun； it was as if in that small act， her day was brightened.
I got back into the car and for some amazing reason， I felt a lot better myself. That day I experienced the truth that James Barrie attempted to describe. “Those who bring sunshine to the lives of others， cannot keep it from themselves.”
你是否經曆過這樣一天，在這一天裏事事不順？不久以前我就有過這麽一天，我感到氣餒、厭煩，非常悲傷，我滿腦子想的都是自己，畢竟沒有人經曆過我的磨難。
我把自己糟糕的心情告訴母親，希望得到她的憐憫，母親卻說：“我聽說傑米今天也不高興，你為什麽不做些餅幹今天下午帶給她呢？”我本來不想去做，但是我不想再去想其他讓我心煩的事情，所以我就去做餅幹了，把做好的餅幹擺在一個小盤裏，還做了一個畫著太陽花的卡片，在上麵寫了一句安慰的話。