at the rners of y friend’s old eyes，i saw wrkles of aent gatherg a patient “an excellent list，”he said，ponderg it thoughtfully“well disted ntented and set down not-unreanable orderbut it appears，y young friend，that you have oitted the ost iportant elent of allyou have fotten the one gredient，ckg which each possession bees a hideo tornt”
“and what，”i asked，pepperg y voice with truculence，“is that issg gredient ？”
with a pencil stub he crossed out y entire schedulethen，havg deolished y adolescent drea structure at a sgle stroke，he wrote down three sylbles：peace of d“this is the gift that god reserves for his special protes，”he said
“talent and beauty he gives to anywealth is onpce，fa not rarebut peace of d--that is his fal guerdon of approval，the fondest signia of his lovehe bestows it charilyost n are never blessed with it；others wait all their lives—yes，far to advanced a—for this gift to descend upon the”
在我朋友老迈的眼角处，我看到了感兴趣的皱纹，汇聚成一张耐心的网。他深思熟虑地说：“是一张出色的表单，内容整理详细，记录顺序也合理。但是，我的年轻朋友，好像你忽略了最重要的一个要素。你忘了那个要素，如果缺少了它，每项财产都会变成可怕的折磨。”
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我立即暴躁地逼问：“那么，我遗漏的这个要素是什么？”
他用一小段铅笔划掉我的整张表格。在一拳击碎我的少年美梦之后，他写下三个单词：心之静，“这是上帝为他特别的子民保留的礼物。”他说道。
他赐予许多人才能和美丽。财富是平凡的，名望也不稀有，但心灵的宁静才是他允诺的最终赏赐，是他爱的最佳象征。他施予它的时候很谨慎。多数人从未享受过，有些人则等待了一生——是的，一直到高龄，才等到赏赐降临他们身上。（未完待续）