In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I've been turning over in my mind ever since.這句話非常中肯,一個人有資格評斷其他人、嘲笑其他人,其實在先天上已經佔了不知多少福份;我們並不是生來就比人優越,只是比許多悲慘的人更幸運一點點。
'Whenever you fell like criticising anyone,' he told me, 'just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had.'
不過每當我想起這句話,卻往往不在打算評斷別人、嘲笑別人的時候,而是在感歎自己命運多舛,人生悲苦的低潮。