文、圖◎王卉娟

　　「下雨了，把雨傘準備好。」

　　這樣一句再平常不過的話，最近卻讓我多想了一下。

　　下雨天要出門，

　　我們通常會準備一把傘，

　　或想個不會讓自己淋濕的方法。

　　很少有人會站在雨裡，

　　一邊被雨淋著，

　　一邊不停抱怨為什麼會下雨。

　　想想看，生活中的很多事情也是如此。

　　遇到問題時，

　　重點其實不是抱怨，

　　而是想辦法把傘撐起來。

　　“It’s raining—better get the umbrella ready.”

　　Such an ordinary remark,

　　yet recently it made me pause and think.

　　When we need to go out on a rainy day,

　　we usually prepare an umbrella

　　or find a way to keep ourselves from getting wet.

　　Few people would choose to stand in the rain,

　　getting soaked,

　　while complaining about why it has to rain.

　　Come to think of it,

　　many things in life are much the same.

　　When difficulties appear,

　　what really matters

　　is not complaining about the rain,⋯

　　but remembering

　　to open the umbrella.

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