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Several years ago I was at a train station in Amsterdam waiting in line to buy a ticket. I saw a young homeless man asking people for money so he could buy breakfast. Most of the travelers simply ignored the young man or gave him a dirty look[厭惡地看人]. There was one exception though: an older， well-dressed businessman. When approached by the panhandler[行乞者]， the gentleman looked straight into his eyes and quietly asked， “How much will you need?” I couldn’t hear what the young man said but watched as the old man pulled several bills from his wallet and placed them in the young man’s hands.

I don’t know if the young man actually used this money for breakfast or for some other purpose. What I do know is that I witnessed two completely different reactions to the same situation. I saw people who were either afraid or annoyed or distrustful[猜疑的]. And then I saw this old man who treated the homeless man as though he were a brother. I decided then and there that， even though we have to be careful in this world， I would rather be like him.

May this day bring us many opportunities for kindness...

幾年前，我在阿姆斯特丹一個火車站排隊買票，看見一個年輕的流浪漢向人們討錢買早餐。大多數乘客對年輕人視若無睹，或者白眼相待，只有一個例外：那是一位衣著光鮮的老商人。乞丐靠近時，那位先生直視對方，靜靜地問道：“你需要多少錢？”我聽不見年輕人說了什么，但我看見老人從錢包里抽出幾張紙幣，將它們放在年輕人的手里。

我不知道那個年輕人是否真的用這錢買早餐，還是挪作他用。我只知道在遇到同一種情況時，我看到了兩種截然不同的反應。我看見人們提心吊膽、怒氣沖沖，又或者猜忌懷疑。然后我又看見這位老人像對待兄弟般地善待流浪漢。就在那時，就在那個地方，我決定了——盡管我們在這個社會必須小心，我寧可像老人那樣處世。

愿這一天給我們帶來各種行善的機會……