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老妖雜唸:這是熱心的朋友們分享給老妖的郵件,
老妖也樂於將這些資訊中的感恩、喜悅與歡樂分享給妳~~~
輕鬆一下,歡樂一下,請以感恩的心多善待妳自己吧!
好東西一定要和好朋友分享的,也要不吝惜的分享出去給妳的朋友們喔!
喜願妳身體健康,平安快樂,順心如意!~~~
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其實這只是一塊很普通的墓碑,粗糙的花崗石質地,造型也很一般,同周圍那些質地上乘、做工優良的亨利三世到喬治二世等二十多位英國前國王墓碑,以及牛頓、達爾文、狄更斯等名人的墓碑比較起來,它顯得微不足道,不值一提。並且它沒有姓名,沒有生卒年月,甚至上面連墓主的介紹文字也沒有。
但是,就是這樣一塊無名氏墓碑,卻成為名揚全球的著名墓碑。
在這塊墓碑上,刻著這樣的一段話:
When I was young and free and my imagination had no limits,I dreamed of changing the world.
As I grew into my twilight years, in one last desperate attempt, I settled for changing only my family, those closest to me, but alas, they
would have none of it.
And now, as I lie on my deathbed, I suddenly realize:
If I had only changed myself first, then by example I would have changed my family.
From their inspiration and encouragement, I would then have been able to better my country, and who knows, I may have even changed the world.
當我成熟以後,我發現我不能改變這個世界,我將目光縮短了些,決定只改變我的國家。
當年輕的曼德拉看到這篇碑文時,頓然有醍醐灌頂之感,聲稱自己從中找到了改變南非甚至整個世界的金鑰匙。回到南非後,這個志向遠大、原本贊同以暴治暴填平種族歧視鴻溝的黑人青年,一下子改變的自己的思想和處世風格,他從改變自己、改變自己的家庭和親朋好友著手,經歷了幾十年,終於改變了他的國家。