那是一个忙碌的早晨。大约8:30，一个80多岁的老人进来了，来拆他的拇指伤口的线。
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* Y8 s. S+ Y5 G$ H+ }他说他很着急，因为9:00钟他有另一个约会。: s8 n  L" J" {0 L

5 x2 w6 D8 U* m( v) m/ Z我让他坐了下来，我知道，至少要一个小时后，某位医生才会有时间看他。* O4 ]8 a) m$ B, _2 y

' Y4 U- A- f2 r  U% G厦门越野联盟看他不停地看表，我决定先检查他的伤口，因为我当时虽然有病人却并不太忙。
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他的伤口愈合很好，我给他拆了线，并重新把他的手包扎起来。同时我问他这么着急，是不是还要去看另外的医生？
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' k* D8 X6 C' B. h他说不是，但他需要去老年公寓（NursingHouse，托老院）和妻子一同吃早餐。- f  s6 W  `$ h- S% @
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我顺便问到她的健康状况，他对我说，她是老年性痴呆症（Alzheimer'sDisease）患者，去老年公寓已经有段时间了。
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我们继续交谈着，我问他如果迟到了，她是否会有点不高兴？www.xmjeep.com7 k' ]) }+ `, @; Y: g' ?: y
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他回答说，她根本不知道他是谁，她认不出他是谁已经有五年了。
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; F4 c( E. O4 |0 B* ~% t3 @2 Nwww.xmjeep.com我很吃惊地问，"即便她已经认不出你是谁了，你还是每天去陪她吃早餐吗？"
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他拍拍我的手臂，微笑着说，"她是不认识我了，但我仍然知道她是谁啊。"厦门越野联盟2 P5 l+ F( @" c$ {* q
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当他离开的时候，我的手臂上起了鸡皮疙瘩，我忍住了泪水，想道，"这才是我生命中所需要的那种爱"。www.xmjeep.com+ \, q7 ?- B- L6 U9 U$ j' r* \

! B6 @0 N' x% k/ j' X, y真正的爱，既不是生理的，也不是浪漫的。真正的爱就是接受那所有的曾经、现在、将来。厦门越野联盟% Y! v, n7 W+ G& q
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最幸福的人并不非要拥有世界上最好的，他们只是在他们能拥有的里面找到了最美好的。
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生命不是怎样在风暴中求生存，而是怎样在雨中起舞。

Life isn't about how to survive the storm, but how to dance in the rain
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# D# J6 o1 A1 R# Q6 iIt was a busy morning, about 8:30, when an elderly man in his 80s, arrived to have stitches removed from his thumb.  V$ h3 w! ]/ R% D& d
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; X/ ~+ B8 L* i, PI took his vital signs and had him take a seat, knowing it would be over an hour before someone would be able to see him.  H$ w8 ~, g, G% f% I7 ]

' Z  J1 r" q. F( f; c2 V! q0 O3 l7 h厦门越野联盟I saw him looking at his watch, and decided, since I was not busy with another patient, I would evaluate his wound.
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" f' _  M( ?/ o3 K9 N* WOn exam, it was well healed, so I talked to one of the doctors, got the needed supplies to remove his sutures and redress his wound. While taking care of his wound, I asked him if he had another doctor's appointment this morning, as he was in such a hurry.厦门越野联盟+ w- x, \. e. S6 `* L3 t* `

+ t, w, b, j3 v, `9 B" ~& q7 IThe man told me no but he needed to go to the nursing home to eat breakfast with his wife.
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; x" C% X" D) e" q/ h% }厦门越野联盟I inquired as to her health; he told me that she had been there for a while and that she was a victim of Alzheimer's Disease.+ m" \* t. M( l8 m
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He replied that she no longer knew who he was, that she had not recognized him in five years now.
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0 h9 U0 ?6 T7 U4 m4 M8 Z% NI was surprised, and asked him, "And you still go every morning, even though she doesn't know who you are?0 B" q3 X% B( A3 _$ q

! ^+ S, s+ U9 [www.xmjeep.comHe smiled as he patted my hand and said, "She doesn't know me, but I still know who she is".www.xmjeep.com+ M$ f8 ?! a! Z8 G/ L+ G
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I had to hold back tears as he left; I had goose bumps on my arm, and thought, "That is the kind of love I want in my life".0 J, c% F, H5 p/ f+ H( ?" f

+ p5 ^! q, W9 D+ @0 y7 r9 t: H' vTrue love is neither physical, nor romantic. True love is an acceptance of all that is, has been, will be, and will not be.
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1 n' c7 L& l2 jThe happiest people don't necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the best of everything they have.& @0 r3 }; B$ t# M- I& `

' n" g+ U' t5 ]$ V5 r, h5 c( p厦门越野联盟Life isn't about how to survive the storm, but how to dance in the rain.
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