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有一个男人, 为了参加第二天的小学同学会，
特地上街买了一条新长裤。

A man bought a new pair of trousers for his primary school mates’ reunion
dinner.
When he tried out at home, he found that the trousers were too long by 10cm.

他回家穿上后，却发觉长度多了十公分。
于是请求妈妈替他改。
妈妈说，身体不舒服，想早一点休息,
今晚不想改。
He asked his mother to help him shorten the pants. His mother said she could
not do it as she was not feeling well and would like to rest early.

于是, 改请求太太替他改。
太太说,还有许多家事要做，今晚没有时间改。
So he approached his wife who said she was tired and busy the whole night,
and could not help him to shorten the pants that night.

于是, 改请求女儿替他改。
女儿说，今晚跟男朋友约好去跳舞，没有时间改。

Then he asked his daughter who apologized for not able to do it that night
as she had agreed to go dancing with her boyfriend

他想想，既然如此，明天穿旧的长裤去同学会也可以！
"Ah well!" The man thought and decided he could wear his old trousers to the

reunion.

当天晚上，他妈妈心想：
「儿子平时对我很孝顺，他开口要求总不好拒绝他。」
于是，起来替儿子改长裤，剪短了十公分。

Later that night, his mother thought to herself, "My son has been very nice
to me.
I ' ll just help him to shorten his pants before going to rest."

So she shortened the pants by 10cm.

他太太稍晚做完家事, 心想：
「老公平时很有耐心，今天他是不会缝针线才开口要求，总不好拒绝他.」
于是替先生改长裤，剪短了十公分。

Then his wife finished her work and thought," My husband knows I am always
very busy and seldom asked me to help him. I would oblige him today."

So she shortened the pants by another 10cm.

他女儿晚上回来：
「爸爸不阻止我去跳舞，实在是开明的老爸，今天实在应该替他修改长裤。」
于是替爸爸改长裤，剪短了十公分。

His daughter came home from dancing, and thought, "Papa loves me so much
that even I declined to shorten his pants, he was not angry at all! I would

help him to shorten his pants."
So she shortened her daddy ' s pants yet another 10cm.

第二天早上，三个女人分别告诉男主人此事。
他一试长裤，已经变成吊脚裤了。

On the next day, all 3 ladies told the man that his pants were shortened.

He tried them on and found that his pants had shorten by 30cm!

他的反应「是...............」
哈哈一笑，说：「我一定要穿去给同学看，告诉他们，
我的妈妈、太太、和女儿对我多好。」

His reaction:
He laughed heartily, and said, "I must wear this pair of pants to show my

schoolmates that my mum, my wife and my daughter are such loving people."

结果，老同学们一致称赞他家庭经营成功。
他的妈妈、太太、和女儿也都很高兴。

At the dinner, his old classmates were very envious of his loving family.
His mother,

wife and daughter were very happy to learn about his classmates ' reaction.

如果您是故事中的男人或女人，当下您会做何反应？

「哈哈一笑」抑或「破口大骂」？

What would you do if it happened to you?
Have a good laugh, or start swearing?

人，面对外人时，总是可以表现得雍容大度、心平气和，
但面对自己最亲近的家人，却往往一点小事,
就足以皱起眉头，甚至出言相伤。

Many of us have "High EQ" when dealing with people outside the family, "Low
EQ"
when dealing with our own family members! This statement is not an

exaggeration at all.

如果形容人类是一种
「出门高E.Q，回家低E.Q」的动物，我想一点儿也不夸张，

Have more Patience and be humorous with family members If not, you will be
misery and unhappy, isn't it?
Do pass on this message as someone may need it!

多拿出一点耐心与幽默感给家人吧！
否则您自己也不会快乐，不是吗？
不妨传给他人，或许今天正有人需要它！

Maybe
I am just a passer by in your life...
and not leaving any trace..
But I hope..
the me who you recall from your memory..
is one that cannot be replaced...

也许,
我只是你生命中的过客...
并未留下任何痕迹..
但我希望的是...
当你回想起过去的时候..
在你回忆中的那个我,
是无可取代的..

Coalition
is finding one who can tolerate and forgive us.

缘分,
是找到包容你的人 。