改變我的那場大火

I was eleven years old standing outside in just my underwear while I watched the house that I grew up in rapidly burn to the ground.

A few minutes earlier I had been sound asleep in my nice， warm bed when a scream woke me up.

My grandmother’s bedroom was just next to mine and my brother’s. A fire had broken out there and awakened her.

Hearing her my older brother had sprung into action.

While I stumbled around in the smoke and darkness he ran from room to room quickly waking everyone in the house.

The house， however， was over 50 years old and made of wood. Before we could do any-thing the fire consumed it.

We all barely made it outside before the

十一歲的我只穿著內(nèi)衣站在外面，看著伴我長大的房子迅速地被大火夷為平地。

在幾分鐘之前，我正安穩(wěn)地睡在我那張美好溫暖的床上，一聲尖叫把我喚醒。

我祖母的臥室就緊靠著我和我哥哥的。她那里突然發(fā)生了火災(zāi)，大火將她驚醒。

聽到她的聲音之后，我的哥哥立馬跳下床。

我在煙霧和黑暗中跌跌撞撞地行走時(shí)，他從一個(gè)房間跑到另一個(gè)房間，把房子里的每一個(gè)人都叫醒。

然而，這座房子已經(jīng)有50年的房齡了，并且是由木頭做成的。在我們做任何事之前，大火已經(jīng)將它燒毀了。

在火焰吞噬每個(gè)房間之前，我們所有人

flames engulfed every room.

I stood there shivering while the fire de-stroyed my books， clothes， and toys.

I watched helplessly while my Mom cried and my Dad swore.

I wondered what was going to happen to us now that we had lost all of our things.

As I looked around， though， I realized something for the first time： The things that matter， aren’t things.

I saw my older brother running across the swinging bridge by our house to get help.

I saw my oldest brother who was on crutches from an earlier accident standing un-steadily on one leg.

I saw my grandmother and Dad huddled together and my Mom holding our little dog in her arms.

I realized at that moment that we were all alive.

Everything that was essential had survived the fire. Our lives would continue. We would survive without the“stuff”that was burning.

We would all be around to love each other for many years to come. And that was all that mattered.

I still think of that fire in the night that helped me to become who I am today.

It showed me for the very first time what is truly essential in this life.

It helped me to learn that the love we share is far more important than the things we possess.

Live your life then for the things that mat-ter， not for the things you own.

Love others. Help everyone. Let the fire in-side of you make this world a warmer place.

好不容易才跑到外面來。

我站在那兒顫抖著，大火毀滅了我的書、衣服和玩具。

我絕望地看著，這時(shí)我的母親在哭泣，我的父親在咒罵。

我在想我們的身上將會發(fā)生什么，因?yàn)槲覀円呀?jīng)失去了所有的東西。

但當(dāng)我看向四周時(shí)，第一次意識到：重要的不是物品。

我看到我的哥哥跑過我家旁邊的搖擺橋去尋求幫助。

我看到我那因?yàn)橹暗囊馔舛糁照鹊拇蟾?，用一只腳不穩(wěn)地站立著。

我看見我的祖母和父親擠在一起，我的母親將我們的小狗抱在雙臂中。

我在那一刻意識到我們都活著。

重要的東西都在這場大火中幸免于難。我們的生活將繼續(xù)。即使沒有燃燒著的這些物品，我們也將生存下去。

在未來的很多年里，我們都將在彼此身邊愛著對方。這就是最重要的東西。

我依然認(rèn)為那天夜里的大火幫助了我成為今天的自己。

它讓我第一次明白在人生中什么才是真正重要的。

它幫助我領(lǐng)悟到我們分享的愛遠(yuǎn)比我們擁有的事物更加重要。

那么為那些重要的事物而活吧，不要為了你擁有的東西而活。

去關(guān)愛他人。去幫助所有人。用你心中的火焰把這個(gè)世界變得更加溫暖。