English Original
I have in my hands two boxes which God gave me to hold. He said, "Put all your sorrows in the black box, and all your joys in the gold." I heeded his words, and in the two boxes both my joys and sorrows I stored.
But though the gold became heavier each day, the black was as light as before. With curiosity, I opened the black: I wanted to find out why. And I saw, in the base of the box, a hole through which my sorrows had fallen out.
I showed the hole to God, and mused, "I wonder where my sorrows could be." He smiled a gentle smile and said, "My child, they're all here with me." I asked God, why he gave me the boxes, why the gold, and the black with the hole? "My child, the gold is for you to count your blessings; the black is for you to let go."
中文翻译
我手中有两个盒子，是上帝交给我的。他说：“把你所有的悲伤放进黑盒子，把你所有的快乐放进金盒子。”我听从了他的话，将我的快乐与悲伤分别存入两个盒子。
然而，尽管金盒子一天天变重，黑盒子却和以前一样轻。出于好奇，我打开了黑盒子，想找出原因。我看到，在盒子的底部有一个洞，我的悲伤都从那里漏出去了。
我把这个洞指给上帝看，并沉思道：“我想知道我的悲伤去了哪里。”他温和地笑了笑，说：“我的孩子，它们都在我这里。”我问上帝，为什么给我这两个盒子，为什么一个是金的，另一个是带洞的黑盒子？他说：“我的孩子，金盒子是让你数算恩典的；黑盒子是让你学会放手的。”