励志美文：第27期 父母
PARENTS
父母
Parents are wonderful people.
父母是了不起的人。
They, too, were children once.
他们曾经也是孩子。
Now is the time for me to stand up on my own two feet, to support myself, to think for myself.
现在到了我独立自主养活自己，自主思考的时候了。
To give myself what my parents couldn’t give me.
并给予自己父母无法给予的东西。
The more I learn about their childhoods, the more I understand their limitations.
我对父母的童年了解越多，就越能看清楚他们的局限。
No one taught them how to be parents.
没有人教会他们如何当父母
They were living out the limitations of their own parents.
他们在他们父母的局限中长大。
Parent issues are something we all deal with every day.
父母问题是我们每天都要面对的。
So the best we can do is to love them as they are and affirm that they love us as we are.
所以我们能做的就是爱他们原来的样子，而且肯定父母也爱我们原来的样子。
I do not use my parents as an excuse for the negative parts of my life.
我从不以父母为借口去解释生活中发生的不愉快。
I bless my parents with love and release them to happiness that is meaningful to them.
我衷心祝福我的父母，让他们能够自得其乐。