SunshineonaRainyDay
佚名/Anonymous
Haveyoueverhadadaywheneverythingseemedtogowrong,andnothingseemedtogoright?NottoolongagoIwashavingoneofthesedays.Iwasdiscouraged,weary,andplainsad.Myfocuswasonme,me,me.Afterall,nooneelsewasexperiencingthesametrialsasIwas.
Iexpressedmydowncaststatetomymother,hopingforsomepity.Instead,shesaid,「IheardJamiewashavingadifficultdaytoo.Whydon』tyoumakehersomecookiesandwewilltakethemtoherthisafternoon?」Ididn』treallywantto,butdecidedthatIdidn』twanttogobacktomyotherproblemsjustyet.Imadethecookiesandarrangedthemonalittleplate.ThenImadeacardwithasunfloweronitandwroteasmallnoteofempathy.
Thatafternoonwedroppedbymyfriend』shouse.Iwenttothedoorandrangthebell.Soon,Jamiecametothedoorandlookedatmeinsurprisefortheunexpectedvisit.BeforeshecouldsayanythingIrushed,「Iheardyouwerehavingaharddayanddecidedtobringyousomething.Ihopeyourdaygoesbetter.」ThelookthatcameoverJamie』sfacewasonethatIcouldneverputintowords.Itwasasifadarkenedskywassuddenlylitwiththegoldenraysofthesun;itwasasifinthatsmallact,herdaywasbrightened.
Igotbackintothecarandforsomeamazingreason,Ifeltalotbettermyself.ThatdayIexperiencedthetruththatJamesBarrieattemptedtodescribe.「Thosewhobringsunshinetothelivesofothers,cannotkeepitfromthemselves.」
你是否經歷過這樣一天，在這一天裡事事不順？不久以前我就有過這麼一天，我感到氣餒、厭煩，非常悲傷，我滿腦子想的都是自己，畢竟沒有人經歷過我的磨難。
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，你為什麼不做些餅乾今天下午帶給她呢？」我本來不想去做，但是我不想再去想其他讓我心煩的事情，所以我就去做餅乾了，把做好的餅乾擺在一個小盤裡，還做了一個畫著太陽花的卡片，在上面寫了一句安慰的話。
那天下午我們去我的朋友家拜訪，我去按門鈴，很快，傑米出來驚奇地看著我，她沒有想到我會來看她，在她開口說話之前，我先說話了，「我聽說你今天不高興，就決定送你些東西，希望你高興起來。」當時，傑米的表情我無法用語言描述，就好像陰暗的天空突然間被金色的陽光照亮，好像她的陰鬱的一天因我的拜訪而變得充滿陽光。
回到車裡我驚奇地發現自己的心情好多了，那一天我體會到這樣一個真理，詹姆斯·巴裡這樣描述它，「給別人帶去陽光的人，自己也會感到溫暖。」
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1.Ididn』treallyto,butdecidedthatIdidn』twanttogobacktomyproblemsjustyet.Imadethecookiesandarrangedthemonalittle.ThenImadeacardwithasunfloweronitandasmallnoteofempathy.
2.Soon,Jamietothedoorandlookedatmeinfortheunexpectedvisit.BeforeshecouldanythingIrushed,「Iheardyouwerehavingadayanddecidedtobringyousomething.Ihopeyourdaygoes.」
3.Igotbackintotheandforsomeamazingreason,Ialotbettermyself.
短語應用
1.Thatafternoonwedroppedbymyfriend』shouse.
dropby：偶然(或順便)走訪；來串個門兒，順便進去
2.Itwasasifadarkenedskywassuddenlylitwiththegoldenraysofthesun;itwasasifinthatsmallact,herdaywasbrightened.
asif：好像，猶如