永遠(yuǎn)不要抱怨自己的一天有多糟糕,至少你還活著,還擁有生活的權(quán)利……

Rebecca Gallois, 17 - an only child - died of head injuries after Simon Liddle lost control of his Citroen Saxo at 50mph and flipped it.
17歲的Rebecca Gallois是家里的獨(dú)身女,但是她卻在一場(chǎng)車禍中因頭部傷勢(shì)嚴(yán)重而身亡。當(dāng)時(shí)她坐在Simon Liddle駕駛的雪鐵龍Saxo中,汽車以每小時(shí)50英里(約每小時(shí)80公里)的速度飛馳,Liddle不慎失控而導(dǎo)致翻車。

Liddle, 20 - driving the car for the first time after passing his test the month before - escaped with minor injuries. Front-seat passenger Michael Nixon suffered a broken neck.
20歲的Liddle只受了點(diǎn)小傷,僥幸逃生。這是他上個(gè)月通過(guò)駕駛考試后第一次開車上路。坐在副駕座的Michael Nixon則被撞斷了脖頸。

Rebecca's parents Carol and David told Newcastle Crown Court they will forgive Liddle if he:
Rebecca的父母告訴紐卡斯?fàn)柣始倚淌路ㄍ?,他們?cè)敢庠廘iddle,只要他履行三件事:

? One, to make his life meaningful, do something great with your hands, head or heart. Never complain about a bad day, a bad day is considerably better than no days our daughter will ever have again.
一、用自己的雙手、頭腦或心靈去創(chuàng)造偉大,讓生活充滿意義。不要抱怨自己的一天多么糟糕,再糟糕也比永遠(yuǎn)不再擁有的人強(qiáng)得多。

? Two, make a life-long commitment to help kids in Rebecca's memory. Soccer coach, scout leading, any volunteer mentoring that he would be good at. Do it willingly, for Rebecca.
二、為了懷念Rebecca,承諾一生幫助兒童。從事足球教練、童子軍領(lǐng)隊(duì)、或者其他任何擅長(zhǎng)的志愿服務(wù)。為了Rebecca而心甘情愿地付出。

? Three, he must man up and tell the truth about what happened. We acknowledge there will be consequences and would ask the court to be lenient but accept that he is liable for Rebecca's death.
三、他必須像個(gè)男子漢那樣說(shuō)出事情的真相。他會(huì)受到懲罰,但我們會(huì)請(qǐng)求法院給予寬恕,不過(guò)是在他承認(rèn)對(duì)Rebecca的死有責(zé)的前提下。

失去女兒而傷心欲絕的父母是經(jīng)過(guò)了艱難的心理斗爭(zhēng)才得以心平氣和地對(duì)待同罪魁禍?zhǔn)祝╰ook 'great steps' to be at peace with him and what he had done),而他們最終并沒有選擇將他打入深淵,而是給了他重生的機(jī)會(huì),他們對(duì)于forgiveness的理解也發(fā)人深思:

'If he does these things we will forgive him, just as he must forgive himself.'
“如果他能履行這些,我們便原諒他,就像他必須原諒自己那樣?!?/div>

'Forgiveness does not mean to forget but rather embrace the challenge of living wholesomely for them both.'
“原諒并不代表忘卻,而是擁抱生活帶來(lái)的挑戰(zhàn),為了自己也為了逝去的人,好好活下去?!?/div>