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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)兒勇氣都沒有。于是父親決定去拜訪一位長者,請(qǐng)他訓(xùn)練自己的兒子。
這位長者對(duì)男孩的父親說:“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,在這段時(shí)間,你不能來看他。”
三個(gè)月后,男孩的父親又來見長者。長者安排這個(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;每次被擊倒,他就又站起來。幾個(gè)回合后,長者問道:“你認(rèn)為你的孩子怎么樣?”
“真丟人!”男孩的父親說,“我根本沒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)。難道你沒看到他每次倒下后是重新站起來,而不是哭泣嗎?這才是你想要他擁有的那種勇氣?!?/p>