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Years
ago, I lived in a building in a large city. There was a woman living there, and I had never
met her, yet I could see she sat by her window each afternoon, sewing or reading.
After
several months had gone by, I began to notice that her window was dirty. I would say to myself. "I wonder why that
woman doesn't wash her window. It really looks terrible."
One
bright morning I decided to clean my apartment, including washing the window on
the inside.
Late
in the afternoon when I finished the cleaning, I sat down by the window with a cup
of coffee for a rest. What a surprise! Across the way, the woman sitting by her
window was clearly visible (看见).
Then
I came to understand that I had been criticizing (批评) her dirty window, but all the time I was watching hers through my own
dirty window.
How often had I looked at and criticized others
through the dirty window of my heart, through my own shortcomings (缺点)?
Since
then, whenever I wanted to judge someone, I asked myself first, "Am I looking
at him through my own dirty window?"
A. Her window was clean!
B. She got on quite well with
her neighbors.
C. I should respect others' opinions
and beliefs.
D. That was quite an important
lesson for me.
E. Everything was unclear through
the dirty window.
F. The next building was only
a few feet away from mine.
G. I try to clean the window of
my own world to see the world about me more clearly.
答案:【1】F【2】E【3】A【4】D【5】G