第194期：他们背后或许有个精彩的故事

想成为我们的主播，欢迎加微信 xdfbook 投稿。 一段美文，一首英文歌，或是一点生活感想，全由你做主。 《他们背后或许有个精彩的故事》 They May Have an Amazing Story to Tell I’m not the same person I used to be and it isn’t just losing weight that changed me. It’s personal growth mentally, physically, and spiritually. There is so much that others don’t know about me. People on the streets aren’t always the nicest to people who are different. I get snickered ) at, teased, and blatantly ) laughed at. I have had my picture taken with camera phones. I wish they knew something about the person they are making fun of though. For instance, although I’m still overweight, they should know I fought my way back from being bed-ridden ) and still have the degenerative ) diseases that caused the situation in the first place. I deal with severe pain daily, yet I exercise. I have also lost 155 pounds and strive to motivate others with their weight loss and health efforts. Yes, I used to be the victim of my diseases. I lay in bed and my family took care of me. It just didn’t sit well with me ), living in just my room. I decided not to be a victim anymore. I took the bull by the horns ) and found out what I could do. I could go to physical therapy at first and that progressed to walking a 5K with my walker and being taken off of insulin ). I do everything in my power to fight back. Sometimes it is tiring, but I take a break and get back to it. I’ll also bet that people don’t realize how lonely I actually can be. I have many online friends, but very few real life friends. It is harder as an adult to make friends. Having spent so many years in the house, I lost touch with the “outside world” and am just now getting back to it. Upon my first ventures ) out, the rude remarks by strangers about my weight made me want to crawl back in my safe house and cry. But I didn’t. I reached out further and am still reaching. I think possibly strangers think they have the right to judge me because they aren’t in my situation. Maybe they have a better relationship with food and the scale; maybe they think the remarks will somehow shock me into realizing I’m overweight. However, hating will never teach anyone anything. Furthermore, how do you know that the person you just thought of as fat and lazy didn’t just complete their first 5K with a walker or lose 155 pounds? Walk in kindness toward others and realize they may not be who you think they are. Everyone deserves a break, has a bad day, has an unusually good day, gets frustrated, loses a friend or family member. That “jerk” you just gave the finger to ) may have just lost his job and is on his way home to tell his wife, thus his erratic ) driving. That large person you’re thinking shouldn’t be eating so much, may be trying the only way they know to comfort themselves, not knowing any other coping skills. They also may have an amazing story to tell. 我已不再是从前的那个我，让我发生改变的原因不仅仅是减肥。改变我的是精神上、身体上和灵魂上的个人成长。关于我自己，有太多地方不为人所知。 路人对待与众不同的人并不总是最友善的。我曾被人暗中取笑、揶揄戏弄，甚至公然嘲笑。我还曾经被人用手机相机偷拍。不过，我希望这些人能了解一下他们正在取笑的人。比如，尽管我仍然超重，但他们应该知道，我从前卧床不起，一直与疾病做斗争才能出行，如今我仍旧患有一些退行性疾病，最初正是这些疾病导致了我的这种困境。我每天忍受着剧痛，却还在锻炼。我已经减掉了155磅，而且还在努力激励他人减重，保持健康。 没错，我曾经是我所患疾病的受害者。我卧床不起，由家人照顾。我真的不能接受只能待在房子里这种事。于是我决定不再当受害者，我要大胆应对困难，弄清楚我能做些什么。我首先可以进行物理治疗，再慢慢发展至依靠步行器能走上五公里，并且不再用注射胰岛素。我竭尽全力去与疾病战斗。有时这让我感到疲惫不堪，但我会稍作休息，再投入战斗。 我也敢肯定，人们不会意识到我实际上有多么孤独。我在网上有很多朋友，但在现实生活中几乎没有朋友。成年人交朋友要困难得多。关在屋子里度过了这么多年，我已经和“外部世界”失去了联系，现在我正在重新融入它。在我第一次勇敢地走出去时，陌生人对我的体重的粗言粗语让我想要爬回我那安全的家里痛哭一场。但是我没有。我走得更远，而且一直在向更远的地方走着。 我想很可能陌生人认为他们有权对我指指点点是因为他们没有身临我的处境。或许他们可以很好地处理与食物和体重的关系，或许他们认为这些评价可以惊醒我，让我意识到自己超重了。可是，憎恶永远不会教会别人任何东西。此外，你怎么知道你认为又胖又懒的那个人没有刚刚依靠步行器走完首个五公里，或刚刚减掉155磅体重呢？ 走在路上，要对他人怀有友善态度，认识到别人可能不像你想象的那样。每个人都应得一个机会，都会遇到倒霉的一天或体验极度美好的一天，也都会感到挫败沮丧，失去某个朋友或家人。 你刚才羞辱过的那个“蠢货”也许刚刚失业，正在回家的路上，准备告诉他妻子这个消息，因此在开车的时候才会不守规矩。你认为不该吃太多的那个大块头也许正在用他所知道的唯一方法安慰自己，除此以外他不知道别的解决方式。这些人也可能有一段精彩的故事可讲述。 文章摘自：《新东方英语·中学生》杂志2017年2月号