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Puppy love The young boy who had been wearing a steel brace on his left leg for the last four months walked through the front door of his home with a newly purchased puppy in his arms. The dog didn’t have a hip socket and, when placed on the floor, it walked with a serious limp. The boy’s selection of a physically challenged puppy intrigued his parents, for he had been down-and-out. But with his new companion at his side, they sensed a newly revitalized spirit of hope and enthusiasm emerging from his soul. The next day the young boy and his mom went to see a veterinarian to find out how he could best help his little dog. The doctor explained that if he stretched and massaged his puppy’s leg every morning and then walked with him at least one mile per day, the muscles around his missing hip would eventually strengthen to the point of no pain and less of a limp. Puppies for Sale and Inspirational Stories 12
Tònh yïu daânh cho chuá cuán con Möå t cêå u beá mang möå t böå neå p xûúng bùç ng theá p úã chên traá i tûâ böë n thaá ng trûúá c bûúá c vaâ o nhaâ vúá i möå t chuá cuá n con múá i mua trïn tay. Chuá choá khöng coá höë c xûúng höng vaâ khi àûúå c àùå t xuöë ng saâ n, noá bûúá c ài rêë t khêå p khiïî ng. Viïå c cêå u beá choå n möå t con choá khöng laâ nh lùå n khiïë n cha meå cêå u rêë t böë i röë i vò riïng bïå nh têå t cuã a cêå u cuä ng àaä àuã khöë n àöë n röì i. Nhûng hoå caã m thêë y viïå c coá thïm ngûúâ i baå n múá i naâ y bïn caå nh àaä khúi dêå y niïì m hy voå ng vaâ sûå haâ o hûá ng trong têm höì n cêå u beá . Ngayâ höm sau, cêuå be á cunâ g me å àïnë gùpå bacá sô thu á y àï í tòm phûúng cacá h chûaä trõ tötë nhêtë cho chuá cuná cuaã mònh. Bacá sô noiá rùnç g nïuë cêuå duöiî thùnè g va â xoa bopá chên chuá cuná möiî saná g va â dùtæ no á ài daoå ñt nhêtë mötå dùmå möiî ngayâ thò cacá cú quanh vunâ g höng bõ thiïuë cuaã no á se ä khoeã manå h hún, khiïnë no á dênì dênì khöng conâ àau va â se ä bútá khêpå khiïnî g. Quà tặng từ trái tim 13
Although the dog whimpered and barked out his discomfort, and the boy winced and hassled with his own leg brace, for the next two months they religiously kept to their rehabilitation regimen. By the third month they were walking three miles every morning before school began and they were both walking without pain. One Saturday morning when returning from their workout, a cat leaped out of the bushes and startled the dog. Breaking loose of the leash, the dog darted into oncoming traffic. With a speeding truck only seconds away, the boy ran into the street, dove for his dog, and rolled into the gutter. He was too late. The dog was hit and bleeding profusely from the mouth. As the boy lay there crying and hugging his dying dog, he noticed that his own leg brace had broken off. With no time to worry about himself, he sprang to his feet, picked up his dog, cuddled it close to him and started for home. The dog quietly barked, giving him hope and turning the boy’s jog into an all-out, adrenaline sprint. His mother rushed him and his suffering pup to the pet hospital. As they anxiously waited to see if his dog would survive the Puppies for Sale and Inspirational Stories 14
Quà tặng từ trái tim 15 Mùåc duâ chuá cuán rïn ró vaâ cûá kïu ùng ùèng, coân cêåu beá thò luön nhùn nhoá vaâ khoá chõu vúái böå neåp chên cuãa mònh, nhûng caã hai vêîn àïìu àùån duy trò baâi têåp vêåt lyá trõ liïåu trong suöët hai thaáng sau àoá. Vaâo thaáng thûá ba, hai ngûúâi baån nhoã àaä coá thïí ài àûúåc ba dùåm möîi saáng vaâo thúâi gian trûúác khi cêåu beá àïën trûúâng vaâ caã hai àïìu bûúác ài maâ khöng thêëy àau nûäa. Vaâo möåt buöíi saáng thûá Baãy, trïn àûúâng vïì nhaâ sau buöíi têåp, möåt con meâo tûâ buåi cêy bêët ngúâ nhaãy ra khiïën chuá cuán höët hoaãng. Chuá giêåt bung dêy xñch vaâ lao thùèng vaâo luöìng xe. Möåt chiïëc xe taãi phoáng nhanh àïën trong tñch tùæc. Cêåu beá vöåi lao ra, nhaâo àïën chöî chuá cuán vaâ lùn vaâo raänh nûúác bïn àûúâng. Nhûng àaä quaá trïî. Chuá cuán bõ àêm phaãi vaâ rêët nhiïìu maáu àang tuön ra úã miïång chuá. Trong luác khoác oâa vúái chuá choá àang hêëp höëi trong tay, cêåu beá nhêån ra chiïëc neåp chên cuãa mònh àaä bõ gaäy. Nhûng cêåu khöng coá thúâi gian àïí lo cho baãn thên, cêåu bêåt dêåy, böìng chuá cuán lïn, öm chùåt trong loâng vaâ bùæt àêìu bûúác vïì nhaâ. Chuá choá rïn khe kheä khiïën cêåu beá thïm hy voång vaâ chaåy hïët töëc lûåc vïì nhaâ. Meå cêåu vöåi vaä àûa cêåu vaâ chuá cuán àang àau àúán àïën ngay bïånh viïån thuá y. Trong luác thêëp thoãm chúâ àúåi àïí xem liïåu chuá choá coá söëng soát
surgery, he asked his mother why he could now walk and run. “You had osteomyelitis, which is a disease of the bone,” she said. “It weakened and crippled your leg, which caused you to limp in severe pain. Your brace was for support. It wasn’t necessarily a permanent condition if you were willing to fight through the pain and hours of therapy. You responded well to the medication, but you always resisted our encouragement for physical therapy, and your father and I didn’t know what to do. The doctors told us you were about to lose your leg. Then you brought home your puppy and you seemed to understand his needs. Ironically, as you were helping him, you were actually helping yourself to strengthen and grow.” Just then the operating room door slowly opened. Out walked the veterinarian with a smile on his face. “Your dog is going to make it,” he said. And, the boy learned that when you lose yourself, you find yourself. It is more blessed to give, then receive. Puppies for Sale and Inspirational Stories 16
qua cuöåc phêîu thuêåt hay khöng, cêåu beá hoãi meå taåi sao cêåu coá thïí bûúác ài vaâ chaåy àûúåc. Baâ traã lúâi: “Con bõ viïm tuãy xûúng - möåt cùn bïånh vïì xûúng. Noá laâm chên con yïëu ài vaâ tï liïåt, khiïën con phaãi ài khêåp khiïîng vaâ àau àúán. Neåp chên cuãa con laâ àïí trúå lûåc. Con khöng cêìn phaãi àeo noá maäi nïëu con sùén saâng chiïën àêëu vúái cún àau vaâ nhûäng giúâ trõ liïåu. Cú thïí con àaä phaãn ûáng töët vúái thuöëc, nhûng con laåi boã ngoaâi tai lúâi àöång viïn cuãa cha meå vïì viïåc trõ liïåu vêåt lyá vaâ caã meå lêîn cha àïìu khöng biïët phaãi laâm gò nûäa. Caác baác sô noái vúái cha meå rùçng con sùæp phaãi mêët chên traái. Röìi con mang chuá cuán vïì nhaâ vaâ dûúâng nhû hiïíu àûúåc nhu cêìu cuãa noá. Nghõch lyá úã chöî, trong khi con nghô rùçng con àang giuáp noá thò thûåc ra con laåi àang giuáp cho baãn thên mònh maånh meä vaâ trûúãng thaânh hún”. Ngay luác àoá, cûãa phoâng phêîu thuêåt tûâ tûâ heá múã. Võ baác sô bûúác ra vúái nuå cûúâi trïn möi. Öng noái: “Chuá choá cuãa chaáu seä qua khoãi”. Vaâ cêåu beá hoåc àûúåc rùçng khi baån hy sinh baãn thên mònh, baån seä laåi tòm thêëy chñnh mònh. Haånh phuác laâ cho ài hún nhêån vïì. Quà tặng từ trái tim 17
Puppies for Sale and Inspirational Stories 18 Promises Ayoung Japanese was spending the weekend with his elderly grandfather. The rendezvous would take place at the train station, for the grandfather lived in a village on the other side of the mountain. The boy’s parents dropped him off, hugged both of them good-bye and drove away. As the two of them waited in line to buy their tickets, the grandfather discovered that he had left his wallet on the previous train. He didn’t have any money. It was cold and blizzardy, and he asked the ticket lady if she would loan him yen valuing $50. The grandfather promised he would pay her back later that night.
Lúâi hûáa Möå t cêå u beá ngûúâ i Nhêå t àïë n nghó cuöë i tuêì n cuâ ng vúá i öng nöå i. Hoå heå n gùå p nhau taå i traå m xe lûã a vò öng cêå u söë ng trong möå t ngöi laâ ng úã bïn kia nuá i. Cha meå cêå u chúã cêå u àïë n, öm taå m biïå t hai öng chaá u röì i laá i xe vïì . Khi hai öng chaá u àûá ng xïë p haâ ng chúâ mua veá , öng nöå i cêå u beá phaá t hiïå n ra mònh àaä àïí quïn vñ tiïì n trïn chuyïë n xe lûã a luá c naä y. Khöng coâ n möå t àöì ng naâ o, maâ ngoaâ i trúâ i thò laå nh nhû cùæ t nïn öng àaâ nh hoã i mûúå n cö baá n veá 50 yïn. Öng hûá a seä traã laå i cö ngay töë i höm àoá . Vò sûå kñnh troå ng ngûúâ i lúá n tuöí i àaä coá tûâ lêu àúâ i vaâ thêë m nhuêì n trong vùn hoá a ngûúâ i Nhêå t nïn cö baá n veá àaä tin tûúã ng öng vaâ traã tiïì n veá cho hoå . Quà tặng từ trái tim 19
Because of the Japanese culture’s deep and abiding respect for its elders, the ticket lady believed the grandfather and paid for their tickets. An hour later, they arrived in the village. They walked 15 minutes through the horrible weather and finally entered the cottage. Hungry, tired, and soaking wet, the grandfather went to his drawer and retrieved some money. “Let’s go,” he said. His grandson rebutted, “But Grandfather, I’m starving and we’re going back to the train station in three days. Why can’t you just pay her back then? It will cost you the price of two more round-trip tickets to go now, just to pay back two one-way passes.” Putting on a overcoat and handing his grandson a wool blanket, the 80-year-old grandfather softly put his arm around his grandson’s shoulders and taught him the lesson of the ages. “Son, we must get there tonight before the counter closes and she goes home. This is not about money. This is about honor. I gave her my word, and we must always keep our promises!” Puppies for Sale and Inspirational Stories 20
Möå t giúâ sau, hoå vïì àïë n laâ ng. Hai öng chaá u phaã i ài böå thïm 15 phuá t dûúá i thúâ i tiïë t xêë u khuã ng khiïë p vaâ cuöë i cuâ ng cuä ng vïì àïë n nhaâ öng. Vûâ a àoá i vûâ a mïå t laã laå i coâ n ûúá t suä ng, nhûng ngûúâ i öng vêî n ài àïë n ngùn keá o vaâ lêë y ra möå t ñt tiïì n. “Ài naâ o!” - Öng noá i. Ngûúâ i chaá u phaã n àöë i yá cuã a öng: “Nhûng öng úi, chaá u àoá i gêì n chïë t röì i, vaã laå i chuá ng ta seä coâ n quay laå i traå m xe lûã a sau ba ngaâ y nûä a maâ . Luá c àoá öng haä y traã laå i tiïì n cho cö êë y khöng àûúå c û? Nïë u ài bêy giúâ , öng seä töë n tiïì n cho hai veá khûá höì i nûä a chó àïí laâ m caá i viïå c laâ traã laå i söë tiïì n cho hai chiïë c veá möå t chiïì u”. Khoaá c chiïë c aá o choaâ ng vaâ o vaâ àûa cho àûá a chaá u chiïë c chùn len, ngûúâ i öng àaä 80 tuöí i tûâ töë n choaâ ng tay qua vai chaá u vaâ daå y cêå u beá baâ i hoå c coá giaá trõ muön thuúã : “Naâ y chaá u, chuá ng ta phaã i àïë n àoá ngay àïm nay trûúá c khi quêì y veá àoá ng cûã a vaâ trûúá c khi cö êë y vïì nhaâ . Àêy khöng phaã i laâ chuyïå n tiïì n baå c. Àêy laâ vêë n àïì danh dûå . Ta àaä hûá a vúá i cö êë y vaâ chuá ng ta phaã i luön giûä lúâ i hûá a cuã a mònh!”. Quà tặng từ trái tim 21
Puppies for Sale and Inspirational Stories 172 MUÅC LUÅC Introduction 6 Lúâi giúái thiïåu 7 Puppy love 12 Tònh yïu daânh cho chuá cuán con 13 Promises 18 Lúâi hûáa 19 Tree talk 22 Lúâi cuãa cêy 23 The circus 26 Raåp xiïëc 27 Making memories 32 Taåo nïn kyã niïåm 33 See 38 Têìm nhòn 39
Quà tặng từ trái tim 173 Paul’s best day 44 Ngaây tuyïåt vúâi nhêët cuãa Paul 45 The art of being alive 50 Nghïå thuêåt söëng 51 The Spanish lesson 58 Baâi hoåc tiïëng Têy Ban Nha 59 The way it was and still should be 66 Luön luön vaâ maäi maäi 67 Honor our parents 72 Vinh danh cha meå 73 A real champion 76 Quaán quên thêåt sûå 77 A son’s letter 80 Laá thû cuãa con 81 Whole person learning 86 Hoåc àïí trúã thaânh ngûúâi toaân diïån 87 Dreams for sale 90 Mang laåi giêëc mú 91
Puppies for Sale and Inspirational Stories 174 Goals and why they exist 96 Muåc tiïu vaâ lyá do chuáng töìn taåi 97 Work for the company 100 Laâm viïåc vò cöng ty 101 Make a difference 106 Taåo nïn sûå khaác biïåt 107 Henry Aaron 110 Henry Aaron 111 From slums to judge 114 Tûâ khu öí chuöåt túái toâa aán 115 Champions see the goal 120 Ngûúâi chiïën thùæng nhòn thêëy muåc tiïu121 One step at a time 124 Tûâng bûúác möåt 125 The Olympics 128 Thïë vêån höåi 129 Art form 134 Hònh thaái nghïå thuêåt 135 Pause and patiently ponder 138 Dûâng laåi vaâ cên nhùæc 139
Quà tặng từ trái tim 175 A very bad day 142 Möåt ngaây töìi tïå 143 Killing time 146 Giïët thúâi gian 147 Who has the key? 148 Ai coá chòa khoáa? 149 I will do more 152 Töi seä laâm nhiïìu hún 153 Quarters for shoes 156 Hai mûúi lùm xu quyïn cho giaây 157 Trials 160 Thûã thaách 161 Playing the game 164 Troâ chúi 165 Take it to the Max 168 Àûa àïën giúái haån 169
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