if and when
If and When
IF and WHEN were friends. Every week they met and had lunch together. Their conversation usually centered on all the things they were going to achieve. They both had many dreams and they loved to talk about them.
This particular Saturday when they met, WHEN sensed that IF was not in a great mind. As usual they sat at the table reserved for them and ordered their lunch. Once they placed their order, WHEN questioned IF,”IF, what is wrong with you? You don’t seem your usual cheery self?”
IF looked at WHEN and replied, ”I’m not sure. I just don’t feel like I am making any progress. This last week I saw a course I wanted to take if only I had the time to take it.”
WHEN knew exactly how IF felt.”Yeah,” replied WHEN, “I too saw a course ND I m going to register when I get enough money together.” WHEN then said, “Well, what about that new job you were going to apply for? You were so excited about it last week. Did you apply?”
IF replied,”If my computer didn’t break down last week, I would have applied. But my computer is still not working, so I could not type my resume.”
“Don’t worry about it IF, when you are ready, another job will come through. I have thinking about looking for another job also, but I will wait and when the weather gets nicer I will look then.”WHEN then went on to tell IF about his week, hoping that it would cheer him up a bit.
The man at the next table couldn’t help but overhear WHEN and IF. They both were talking about when this and if that, and finally he couldn’t take it anymore.”Excuse me gentleman,” the man said. IF and WHEN both looked at the man and wondered what he wanted. The man continued, “I’m sorry, but I couldn’t help hearing your conversation. I think I know how you could solve your problems.”
IF smiled and thought, how could a complete stranger know how to solve all of their problems. If only he knew, when he realized the challenges they faced, there was no way he could solve their problems! Curiously, IF asked the gentleman, “How do you think you can solve our problems?”
The gentleman smiled and said, “You only need to listen to yourselves. It remains me of an old proverb: If and When were planted, and Nothing grew.”
IF and WHEN both looked at surprised, and suddenly realized that what the gentleman had said was so true. Both of them were guilty of thinking, acting and living their life for the “ifs” and “when”. The gentleman left and IF and WHEN’s conversation changed. They made a pact that when they met for lunch next week, there would be no “ifs” or “whens”; they would only talk about what they had accomplished!
“如果”和”等到”
“如果”和”等到”是一對好朋友。她們每周都見面共進午餐。她們的談話內容總是圍繞著各自的打算展開。兩人都有許多夢想,也都喜歡談論各自的夢想。
這次周六他們見面時,“等到”發(fā)覺“如果”心情不是很好。像往常一樣,他們坐在預定的桌前,點菜吃午飯。一點完菜,“等到”便問“如果”:“‘如果’,你怎么了?你看起來可不像平時的那個快樂的人呀!”
“如果”看了看“等到”,答道:“我也不知道。我只是覺得自己毫無長進。上周我看見一門很想學的課程,如果我有時間就好了?!?br>
“等到”十分理解“如果”的感受?!笆前?,”“等到”說,“我也看到了一門課程,等有了足夠的錢,我就去報名?!薄暗鹊健苯又f:“對了,你先前打算申請的那份新工作怎么樣了?上周你說起它的時候可是十分興奮呀。你申請了么?”
“如果”答道:“如果上周電腦沒壞,我就申請了??呻娔X壞了,所以我沒法寫簡歷?!?br>
“別擔心,‘如果’。等你一切就緒,又會有其他工作的。我也在考慮找份別的活兒,但我會等上一陣兒,等天氣轉好我就去找?!薄暗鹊健崩^續(xù)向“如果”講述自己這一周的情況,希望能讓“如果”高興起來。
臨桌的一個人無意間聽見了“等到”和“如果”的談話。他們一直在討論“等到……如果……”,這個人終于忍無可忍:“打擾一下,先生們,”他說?!叭绻焙汀暗鹊健笨粗@個人,不知道他想干什么。這個人接著說:“很抱歉,我無意間聽到了你們的談話。我想我知道該如何解決你們的問題?!?br>
“如果”笑了笑,暗想,一個完全陌生的人怎么可能知道如何解決他們所有的問題呢。即便他知道,一旦他體會到他們所面臨的壓力,也會變得束手無策!“如果”好奇地問這位先生:“您怎么就認為您能解決我們的問題呢?”
這個男人笑了笑,說道:“你們只需聽聽你們自己的談話。這讓我想起了一句古諺:種下‘如果’和‘等到’,看不到收獲?!?br>
他看見“如果”和“等到”滿臉困惑,就笑著解釋說:“數數你們用了多少次‘如果’和‘等到’這兩個詞。與其坐想‘如果’和 ‘等到’,不如馬上行動,付諸實施,停止空談?!?
“如果”和“等到”十分驚訝,但猛然意識到這位先生說的對。他們二人都為只會空想并只靠“如果”和“等到”過活而感到內疚。那位先生離開以后,“如果”和“等到”的話題有了改變。他們達成了一項協議:下周見面吃飯時,不許再說“如果”和“等到”,而只能聊“做了”和“實現”!
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