英語溫馨夜讀I PART2 12 The Underestimated Power Of Kindness 被輕視的友善之力

[00:00.80]The Underestimated Power Of Kindness 被輕視的友善之力 [00:05.61]It was a bright Saturday morning in the late fall. [00:09.11]I had stopped at a cafe' to enjoy a cup of coffee and scan the morning newspaper. [00:15.45]Suddenly, I felt a hand on the back of my jacket and heard someone say, [00:20.81]“Hey Steve! How ya doin'?” [00:23.00]Looking up, I saw a boy wearing a mechanic's uniform [00:27.70]worn by employees of the gasoline station next to the cafe. [00:31.64]He looked familiar, but, at first, I was unable to recall where we had met. [00:37.00]He also held a cup of coffee, so I asked him to join me. [00:41.27]Very soon, his story—and probably my coffee—began to thaw out my memory. [00:47.50]Five years earlier, he had been traveling home late on a February night. [00:53.41]He still had several of his friends with him. [00:56.14]A ferocious blizzard had arrived that afternoon, [01:00.09]and by midnight, the snowdrifts were getting deep. [01:03.25]He recalled hitting a drift just down the road from my house. [01:08.06]He had walked to my house for help. [01:10.91]I had taken my pickup and a towing rope [01:13.98]and pulled his car out of the snowdrift and up to the highway [01:17.91]where maintenance trucks had cleaned away the snow. [01:20.65]This has been a common occurrence here during the winter. [01:24.59]I cannot count the times someone has also pulled my car from a snowdrift. [01:29.50]However, it was an unforgettable experience for him. [01:33.22]He was only eighteen at the time, and he described how frightened he had been. [01:38.47]One would not want to be stuck all night in a storm like that one. [01:42.52]Within a couple of hours, my pickup would not have made it to the highway. [01:46.78]His memory of our unexpected meeting in a snowstorm brightened my entire day. [01:52.03]Leo Buscaglia wrote, “Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, [01:59.26]a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, [02:05.38]all of which have the potential to turn a life around.” [02:08.72]Such simple actions can indeed have an underestimated power. [02:13.32]Many people desperately need kind words, smiles, and listening ears. [02:18.89]They need ears that will hear without judging and respond without possessing. [02:24.46]One simple kindness at the right moment can change the direction of a life [02:29.83]and shine a light of hope when all light seems to have gone out. [02:33.98]Sometimes it has the power to save a life.

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