我们应该成为什么样的人

I turned my television on after breakfast this morning. The news was full of worst things that are happening in the world.

I turned the TV off and then went over to my vinyl2 records. I opened up therecord player that my daughter had bought me a few years ago， took out a 40-yearoldrecord and put it on. The delightful3 music of my childhood filled the room andI thanked my daughter in my heart for buying this record player for me.

Just as I was thinking of her I looked out my window and saw her across theroad， in the driveway4 of her house. She was patiently5 standing between twoplates of cat food， so the two stray6 cats she was feeding wouldn’t fight each other.I knew too that when she was done she would also set out food on her bannister7 tofeed the birds living in the trees around her home.

Seeing her morning acts of love made me smile. Watching her filled my heartwith love. And in that moment the truth washed over me： “This is who we aresupposed to be！ This is who we truly are！ ”

Whether we live up to who we are supposed to be is up to us. The choice isyours. You can fill your days with violence8 and prejudice9. Or like my daughteryou can fill your days with peace and love. May you choose wisely10. May youchoose to be who you truly are.

今天早饭后，我打开了电视机。新闻里充斥着世界上正在发生的最糟糕的事情。

我关掉电视，然后去看我的黑胶唱片。我打开女儿几年前给我买的唱片机，拿出一张 40 年前的唱片放进去播放。房间里充满了我童年时代令人愉快的音乐，我在心里感谢女儿给我买了这台唱片机。

就在我想到她的时候，我向窗外望去，看到她正在马路对面，在她家的车道上。她耐心地站在两盘猫粮之间，这样她喂养的两只流浪猫就不会打架了。我还知道，当她喂完猫时，她也会在门口的栏杆上摆出食物来投喂住在她家周围树上的鸟儿。

看到她早上的爱心行为我微笑起来。看着她，我心中充满了爱。那一刻，我明白了一个道理“：这就是我们应该成为的人！这才是真正的我们！”

我们是否活出我们应该成为的样子取决于我们自己。选择权在你，你可以让自己的生活里充满暴力和偏见，或者像我女儿一样可以用和平和爱来充实自己的生活。愿你做出明智的选择。愿你选择成为真正的自己。