داستان  عشق بدون شرط Unconditional Love

Unconditional Love

A story is told about a soldier who was finally coming home after having fought in Vietnam. He called his parents from San Francisco. "Mom and Dad, I'm coming home, but I've a favor to ask. I have a friend I'd like to bring home with me." "Sure," they replied, "we'd love to meet him." "There's something you should know" the son continued, "he was hurt pretty badly in the fighting. He stepped on a landmine and lost an arm and a leg. He has no where else to go, and I want him to come live with us." "I'm sorry to hear that, son. Maybe we can help him find somewhere to live." "No, Mom and Dad, I want him to live with us." "Son," said the father, "you don't know what you're asking. Someone with such a handicap would be a terrible burden on us. We have our own lives to live, and we can't let something like this interfere with our lives. I think you should just come home and forget about this guy. He'll find a way to live on his own." At that point, the son hung up the phone. The parents heard nothing more from him. A few days later, however, they received a call from the San Francisco police. Their son had died after falling from a building, they were told. The police believed it was suicide. The grief-stricken parents flew to San Francisco and were taken to the city morgue to identify the body of their son. They recognized him, but to their horror they also discovered something they didn't know, their son had only one arm and one leg.

The parents in this story are like many of us. We find it easy to love those who are good-looking or fun to have around, but we don't like people who inconvenience us or make us feel uncomfortable. We would rather stay away from people who aren't as healthy, beautiful, or smart as we are. Thankfully, there's someone who won't treat us that way. Someone who loves us with an unconditional love that welcomes us into the forever family, regardless of how messed up we are.

عشق بدون شرط

داستان در مورد سربازي است که بعد از جنگيدن در ويتنام به خانه برگشت. قبل از مراجعه به خانه از سانفرانسيسکو با پدر و مادرش تماس گرفت. "بابا و مامان دارم ميام خونه، اما يه خواهشي دارم. دوستي دارم که مي خوام بيارمش به خونه." پدر و مادر در جوابش گفتند: "حتما، خيلي دوست داريم ببينيمش." پسر ادامه داد: "چيزي هست که شما بايد بدونيد. دوستم در جنگ شديدا آسيب ديده. روي مين افتاده و يک پا و يک دستش رو از دست داده. جايي رو هم نداره که بره و مي خوام بياد و با ما زندگي کنه." "متاسفم که اينو مي شنوم. مي تونيم کمکش کنيم جايي براي زندگي کردن پيدا کنه." "نه، مي خوام که با ما زندگي کنه." پدر گفت: "پسرم، تو نمي دوني چي داري مي گي. فردي با اين نوع معلوليت دردسر بزرگي براي ما مي شه. ما داريم زندگي خودمون رو مي کنيم و نمي تونيم اجازه بديم چنين چيزي زندگيمون رو به هم بزنه. به نظر من تو بايستي بياي خونه و اون رو فراموش کني. خودش يه راهي پيدا مي کنه." در آن لحظه، پسر گوشي را گذاشت. پدر و مادرش خبري از او نداشتند تا اينکه چند روز بعد پليس سان فرانسيسکو با آنها تماس گرفت. پسرشان به خاطر سقوط از ساختماني مرده بود. به نظر پليس علت مرگ خودکشي بوده. پدر و مادر اندوهگين، با هواپيما به سان فرانسيسکو رفتند و براي شناسايي جسد پسرشان به سردخانه شهر برده شدند. شناسايي اش کردند. اما شوکه شدند به اين خاطر که از موضوعي مطلع شدند که چيزي در موردش نمي دانستند. پسرشان فقط يک دست و يک پا داشت.

پدر و مادري که در اين داستان بودند شبيه بعضي از ما هستند. براي ما دوست داشتن افراد زيبا و خوش مشرب آسان است. اما کساني که باعث زحمت و دردسر ما مي شوند را کنار مي گذاريم. ترجيح مي دهيم از افرادي که سالم، زيبا و خوش تيپ نيستند دوري کنيم. خوشبختانه، کسي هست که با ما اينطور رفتار نمي کند. کسي که ما رو با يک عشق بدون شرط دوست داره و بدون توجه به اينکه چه ناتواني هايي داريم به داخل شدنمون به خانواده هميشگي خوشامد ميگه.