真正的勇氣

佚名

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.”

一位父親很為兒子擔(dān)心，雖然兒子已經(jīng)16歲了，卻一點(diǎn)兒勇氣都沒(méi)有。于是父親決定去拜訪一位長(zhǎng)者，請(qǐng)他訓(xùn)練自己的兒子。

這位長(zhǎng)者對(duì)男孩的父親說(shuō)：“你應(yīng)該把你兒子單獨(dú)留在這里。不出三個(gè)月，我會(huì)讓他成為一個(gè)真正的男子漢。不過(guò)，在這段時(shí)間，你不能來(lái)看他。”

三個(gè)月后，男孩的父親又來(lái)見(jiàn)長(zhǎng)者。長(zhǎng)者安排這個(gè)男孩和一位經(jīng)驗(yàn)豐富的拳師進(jìn)行拳術(shù)比賽。

拳師每次一出手，男孩都被擊倒在地上，但男孩又馬上站起來(lái);每次被擊倒，他就又站起來(lái)。幾個(gè)回合后，長(zhǎng)者問(wèn)道：“你認(rèn)為你的孩子怎么樣？”

“真丟人！”男孩的父親說(shuō)，“我根本沒(méi)想到他是這樣的不堪一擊。我不讓他再留在這里了?！?/p>

“很遺憾，你只看到了這一點(diǎn)。難道你沒(méi)看到他每次倒下后是重新站起來(lái)，而不是哭泣嗎？這才是你想要他擁有的那種勇氣?！?/p>