Happiness Is Better
佚名 / Anonymous
We tried so hard to make things better for our kids that we made them worse. For my grandchildren, I’d know better.
I’d really like for them to know about hand-me-down clothes and home-made ice cream and leftover meat loaf. I really would.
My cherished grandson, I hope you learn humility by surviving failure and that you learn to be honest even when no one is looking.
I hope you learn to make your bed and mow the lawn and wash the car and I hope nobody gives you a brand-new car when you are sixteen.
It will be good if at least one time you can see a baby calf born, and you have a good friend to be with you if you ever have to put your old dog to sleep.
I hope you get a black eye fighting for something you believe in.
I hope you have to share a bedroom with your younger brother. And it is all right to draw a line down the middle of the room, but when he wants to crawl under the covers with you because he’s scared, I hope you’ll let him.
And when you want to see a Disney movie and your kid brother wants to tag along, I hope you take him.
I hope you have to walk uphill with your friends and that you live in a town where you can do it safely.
If you want a slingshot, I hope your father teaches you how to make one instead of buying one. I hope you learn to dig in the dirt and read books, and when you learn to use computers, you also learn how to add and subtract in your head.
I hope you get sick when someone blows smoke in your face. I don’ t care if you try beer once, but I hope you won’ t like it. And if a friend offers you a joint or any drugs, I hope you are smart enough to realize that person is not your friend.
I sure hope you make time to sit on a porch with your grandpa or go fishing with your uncle.
I hope your mother punishes you when you throw a baseball through a neighbor’s window, and that she hugs you and kisses you when you give her a plaster of pared mold of your hand.
These things I wish for you—tough times and disappointment, hard work and happiness.
我们努力想让子女生活得更好，最终却事与愿违。对我的孙儿们，我知道怎么做才会更好。
我很想让他们知道，兄长传给我的旧衣服，小时候吃过的家里自制的冰淇淋，以及吃剩的肉糕。我的确很想讲给他们听。
我的宝贝孙子，我希望你在遭遇失败后懂得谦逊，也希望你能诚实，即使没有人注意你。
我希望你能学会整理床铺，修剪草坪，清洗汽车，也希望当你满16岁时，没有人送你新轿车。
我希望你能有幸目睹一次牛犊出生的过程，或者在你不得不为老狗送终时有朋友陪伴。
我希望你能为自己的信仰与别人打得鼻青脸肿。
我希望你能和弟弟分享同一间卧室——即使你在卧室中间画一条分界线也无所谓。当弟弟因为害怕要钻进你的被窝时，我希望你能收留他。
还有，当你要去看迪斯尼电影，而弟弟想跟你一起去时，我希望你能带上他。
我希望你能与朋友们一起爬山，如果这项运动在你生活的城市没有任何危险。
如果你想要一把弹弓，我希望你父亲能教你自己制作，而不是给你买把现成的。我还希望你学会挖泥巴和读书；而当你学会使用电脑时，也应该学会加减法的心算。
我希望吸烟的人在你面前吞云吐雾时，你会感到厌烦。我不介意你喝一次啤酒，但我希望你不会喜欢上它。如果有朋友请你吸含大麻的香烟或其他毒品，我希望你能清醒地认识到他并不是你的朋友。
我当然希望你能抽时间陪爷爷坐在门廊上聊天，或陪叔叔钓鱼。
如果你把棒球扔到邻居的窗户上，我希望你的母亲会责罚你。如果你把以自己的手为原型做成的石膏模型送给母亲，我希望她会拥抱你、亲吻你。
我希望你能饱尝岁月的艰辛、挫折与失望，并希望你努力工作，幸福快乐。
1. My cherished grandson, I you learn humility by surviving _and that you learn to be honest when no one is .
2. I hope you have to a bedroom with your younger brother. And it is all right to draw a line down the of the room, but when he wants to crawl under the covers with you he’s scared, I hope you’ll let him.
3. May you skin your climbing a mountain, burn your hand on the stove and stick your on a frozen flagpole.
1. 我们努力想让子女生活得更好，最终却事与愿违。
2. 我希望你能与朋友们一起爬山，如果这项运动在你生活的城市没有任何危险。
3. 我希望你能饱尝岁月的艰辛、挫折与失望，并希望你努力工作，幸福快乐。
1. My cherished grandson, I hope you learn humility by surviving failure and that you learn to be honest even when no one is looking.
learn to do：学习做某事
2. I sure hope you make time to sit on a porch with your grandpa or go fishing with your uncle.
sit on：坐在上面；压制；成为……的成员
