邁克爾很小的時候,父母離異,隨奶奶一起生活的那些日子造就了他自卑的性格。
奶奶去世后,他早早輟學開始了打工生涯。因無一技之長,他先后換了幾個地方,最后都因難以勝任工作而離開。雇他的人都認為他一無是處,連他自己也認為自己能力低下。
這樣一來,邁克爾對生活喪失了信心,幾乎絕望。他找到牧師,希望他有辦法拯救自己。牧師說,我們所處的世界,最有效的拯救源于自身。
牧師的話邁克爾聽不進去,在自卑的陰影下,他越來越潦倒,以至有了了卻生命的念頭。他用心將自己的所有物品清理了一番,發現抽屜里有奶奶留下的一塊看起來老舊,但樣式還算精致的翠玉。用心擦拭之后,這塊翠玉散發出透亮的光澤。
邁克爾帶著翠玉去牧師那兒懺悔,臨走時,將翠玉留在懺悔臺上,讓牧師用以布施大眾,留下他心頭那一點光。
翌日,邁克爾萬念俱灰走出家門。恰在此時,牧師和一古董商迎面走來,將那塊翠玉放到了邁克爾手中。古董商說,這塊翠玉太貴重了,他不能要。古董商還肯定地說,經過鑒定,這塊翠玉年代久遠,做工精細,價值在百萬元以上。邁克爾一聽愣在那兒,他怎么也沒想到,自己還擁有這么大一筆財富。欣喜之余,他感謝了好心的牧師和古董商,揣著那塊翠玉,回到了家。
這塊翠玉改變了邁克爾一心求死的念頭,他押 主站蜘蛛池模板: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |