人生不设限·打开眼界，知道我的人生充满可能性
At times in my childhood I had a limited perspective. My vision of my life was so self-centered that I never dreamed there were other people in worse circumstances than mine, people like Christy Brown. Then, around age thirteen, I read a newspaper story about an Australian man who'd been involved in a horrible accident. As I recall, he was paralyzed, unable to move or talk, and confined to a bed for the rest of his life. I couldn't imagine how horrible that would be.
那个男人的故事打开了我的眼界。我这才了解，尽管缺少四肢为我的生命带来挑战，我仍有许多值得感谢之处，我的人生还有那么多可能性。
His story helped to open my eyes and expand my vision. I realized that while my lack of limbs posed many challenges, I still had so much to be thankful for, so many possibilities in my life.
相信命运会带来巨大的力量，你能因此移动高山。我是逐渐醒悟到人生充满丰富可能性的。15岁时，我听说了《约翰福音》里那个盲人的故事。他生来眼盲，耶稣的门徒看到他时问耶稣：“他天生看不见，到底是因为他犯了罪，还是他父母犯了罪?”
There is great power in believing in your destiny. You can move mountains. My awakening to the fullness of possibilities was a gradual process. At age fifteen I heard the story of the blind man in the Gospel of John. He'd been blind since birth, and when the followers of Jesus saw him, they asked their leader, "Who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?"
同样的问题，我也问过自己：“我父母做了什么不对的事吗?我做错了什么吗?为什么偏偏是我生来没手没脚?”
It was the same question I had asked myself. Did my parents do something wrong? Did I do something wrong? Why else would I have been born without arms and legs?
耶稣回答：“不是这人犯了罪，也不是他父母犯了罪，是要在他身上显出上帝的作为来。”[11]
Jesus replied, "Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents." Rather, he was born blind "but that the works of God should be made manifest in him."
当这个盲人听到这个解释后，他人生的憧憬和可能性顿时发生剧烈变化。你可以想象青少年时期的我对这个故事产生了多大的共鸣，那时我很清楚地意识到自己跟别人不一样，知道自己身体有障碍，生活处处得靠别人。
When the blind man heard that explanation, it changed dramatically his vision of his life and the possibilities for it. You can imagine how this parable resonated with me as a teenager, so aware of being different, of being disabled, of being reliant on others.
但突然间，我看到一种可能性——我不是别人的包袱，不是有缺陷的，也没有受惩罚。我是上帝的特制品，用以显明他的作为。
Suddenly I saw a new possibility. I was not a burden. I was not deficient. I was not being punished. I was custom-made for God's works to be made manifest in me!
15岁读到那节经文时，一阵我从未体验过的平静扫过心头。我一直在问为什么我生来就没有四肢，但现在我了解到，除了上帝，没有人知道答案。我只要接受这件事，然后相信他为我预备了种种可能性。
When I read that Bible verse at age fifteen, a wave of peace swept over me as I'd never known before. I'd been questioning why I was born without limbs, but now I realized that the answer was unknowable to anyone but God. I simply had to accept that and believe in the possibilities that He would present for me.
没有人知道我为何天生肢障，就像没人知道为什么那个人会生来眼盲。耶稣说，这是为了显明上帝的作为。
No one knows why I was born with my disability, just as no one knew why that blind man was born with his. Jesus said it had been done so that the works of God might be revealed.
《圣经》里的那些话带给我喜乐和巨大的力量。我第一次知道，我无法理解为什么我没有四肢，不代表造物者遗弃了我。盲人得到医治，以完成上帝的目的;我没有被治愈，但我相信上帝对我的目的总有一天会显现出来。
Those words gave me a sense of joy and a feeling of great strength. For the first time I realized that the fact that I couldn't understand why I have no limbs didn't mean that my Creator had abandoned me. The blind man was healed to serve His purpose. I wasn't healed, but my purpose would be revealed in time.
你要知道，有时你并不会马上得到你所寻求的答案，但请凭借着信心往前行。我必须学着相信人生有种种可能性，而如果我能拥有这样的信心，你也可以。
You must understand that sometimes in life you won't get the answers you seek right away. You have to walk by faith. I had to learn to trust in the possibilities for my life. If I can have that trust, you can too.
想想看，当我还是个孩子时，根本不可能知道，我竟然会因为没有四肢，而有机会到那么多国家带给许多人充满希望的讯息。艰困的时光与种种沮丧并不好玩，你不必假装很享受，但请你相信前方可能会有更美好的日子，有一个圆满而充满意义的人生。
Think about it: I had no way of knowing, as a boy, that my lack of limbs would help me offer my message of hope in so many nations and to so many diverse people. The hard times and the discouragements are not fun. You don't have to pretend to enjoy them. But believe in the possibilities for better days ahead, for a fulfilling and purposeful life.
