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You can never do a kindness too soon,
想要做出善舉，永遠不會爲時過早
for you never know how soon it will be too late.
因爲你永遠不會知道，何時你將錯失行善的機會
How many times have we said,
多少次我們會這樣說
"Oh I'll do that tomorrow."
哦，明天我會做這件事的
Sometimes tomorrow never comes
有時這樣的明天遙遙無期
and we find ourselves saying,
到最後我們只能說
"Boy, I wish I hadn't put that off."
“天吶，真希望自己沒有拖延”
Our family has been friends with Betty for many years.
我們一家人與Betty是多年的好友
Over the years
這些年來
we shared phone calls
我們一直會互通電話
and birthday cards.
相互贈送生日賀卡
Betty sent our youngest son Brandon a birthday card
Betty每年都送我們的小兒子Brandon一張生日卡片
with $5.00 in it
裏面夾着5美元鈔票
until he graduated.
直到他從學校畢業
This past November
去年11月
I called Betty to see how she was
我打了一個電話給Betty，想問問她近況如何
and what she had done on her birthday.
問問她生日當天做了什麼
I was quite surprised when Betty didn't answer the phone;
Betty卻沒有接電話，爲此我十分驚訝
instead her daughter Carol did.
接電話的是她的女兒Carol
Carol told me
Carol告訴我
that her mom had gone downhill fast
她媽媽身體情況急速惡化
and she was now in Hospice care.
現在已經在臨終關懷院接受照顧了
Carol handed the phone to Betty.
她把電話交給了Betty
I talked briefly to her
我簡短的跟她說了幾句話
and let her know we loved her.
讓她知道我們愛她
As soon as I got off the phone
我一放下電話
I sent a text to Brandon
就給Brandon發了一條消息
to let him know
讓他知道
Betty wasn't doing well.
Betty的情況不太好
Little did I know
我並不知道的是
that Brandon stopped what he was doing
Brandon立刻停下了手裏的工作
and immediately sent flowers to Betty.
送了一束花給Betty
You can imagine
你一定能想象
how proud I was of Brandon
我多麼爲Brandon驕傲
when Carol called the next day
Carol第二天就打來了電話
letting me know
讓我知道
how much Betty loved the flowers
Betty多麼喜歡那些花
Brandon had sent.
花兒就是Brandon送去的
A few days later
幾天之後
Betty died.
Betty去世了
You can never do a kindness too soon,
想要做出善舉，永遠不會爲時過早
for you never know how soon it will be too late.
因爲你永遠不會知道，何時你將錯失行善的機會