PARENTS
父母
Parents are wonderful people.
父母是了不起的人。
They, too, were children once.
他們曾經也是孩子。
Now is the time for me to stand up on my own two feet, to support myself, to think for myself.
現在到了我獨立自主養活自己,自主思考的時候了。
To give myself what my parents couldn’t give me.
并給予自己父母無法給予的東西。
The more I learn about their childhoods, the more I understand their limitations.
我對父母的童年了解越多,就越能看清楚他們的局限。
No one taught them how to be parents.
沒有人教會他們如何當父母
They were living out the limitations of their own parents.
他們在他們父母的局限中長大。
Parent issues are something we all deal with every day.
父母問題是我們每天都要面對的。
So the best we can do is to love them as they are and affirm that they love us as we are.
所以我們能做的就是愛他們原來的樣子,而且肯定父母也愛我們原來的樣子。
I do not use my parents as an excuse for the negative parts of my life.
我從不以父母為借口去解釋生活中發生的不愉快。
I bless my parents with love and release them to happiness that is meaningful to them.
我衷心祝福我的父母,讓他們能夠自得其樂。