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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他说他很着急，因为9:00钟他有另一个约会。
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; |& H5 r* ^( a5 _6 G/ c: W" A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。
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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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4 E! a1 B4 C# F; ]$ s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。  Y' ]1 H4 X4 \3 r' ]+ m3 ]
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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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4 G5 C1 w# j: g1 I我们继续交谈着，我问他如果迟到了，她是否会有点不高兴？7 M  e) M) b5 u+ 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。( f& s4 \1 }% r: Z
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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。"/ m3 r: ?/ b$ Y( b5 o& v# W

" M" d/ U# K0 O) S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"。
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' z3 y* v  w: ~" ]www.xmjeep.com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。# G) x' h& p6 l8 ~7 J
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It was a busy morning, about 8:30, when an elderly man in his 80s, arrived to have stitches removed from his thumb.
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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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8 A1 D, Z. Z: Mwww.xmjeep.comOn 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1 `# [4 R% J5 ?+ O2 l
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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.- K" J4 L4 O4 R9 N7 @9 c) ?

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# K  z7 B2 V+ {+ @He replied that she no longer knew who he was, that she had not recognized him in five years now.
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& A. q5 E% N6 P! s1 @% _+ xHe smiled as he patted my hand and said, "She doesn't know me, but I still know who she is".www.xmjeep.com0 d1 V" Z& o$ W( ~+ Y: ]1 }
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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".
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True 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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/ A( M' t, o7 p7 |" o- R& ^- WThe happiest people don't necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the best of everything they have.
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