雙語散文:有益的選擇我們是可以受教的大綱

Healing Choices: Be Teachable, Not Unreachable
有益的選擇：我們是可以受教的，而不是遙不可及

“If you accept correction, you will be honored” (Proverbs 13:18 NLT).
“如果接受別人的指正，你是值得尊敬的。”（箴言 13：18 )

Meekness means you have a teachable spirit. Meek people are eager to learn. They know they don't know it all and they don't try to pretend they know it all.
溫柔意味着你有一個受教的精神。溫柔的人渴望學習。他們明白自己不可能懂得全部，所以也不去假裝知道一切。

James 1:19 is one of my favorite Bible verses: “Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters: You must all be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry” (NLT). It tells how to control your temper. In fact, if you do the first two, the third is automatic. When you're quick to listen, and slow to speak, you will be slow to anger.
詹姆斯 1：19是我最喜歡聖經中的一節：“我親愛的兄弟姐妹們，明白這些：你們必須關於聆聽，言前三思，少怒。它告訴怎麼控制你的脾氣。實際上，如果你做到了前面兩條，第三條就會自然達到。當你善於聆聽，三思而後言，當然你不易於發怒。

On the other hand, if we're slow to listen and quick to speak, we'll be quick to anger. We need to listen; use our ears; and be teachable, not unreachable.
另一方面，如果你不善於納諫而說話不加考慮，當然易於生氣。我們需要用耳朵去聆聽，因爲我們可以受教，可以改正。

When someone makes a constructive suggestion, how do you respond to it? Do you get uptight and defensive? Are you open or closed to new ideas? Are you open to change or closed to change? When we are meek someone can correct us because we're teachable, not unreachable.
你如何迴應一個建設性的提議呢？你會不會感到緊張和有防備之心？你對新思想是包容的還是保守的？你願意改變與否？因爲我們溫柔，所以當別人指正的時候，我們可以受教而不是遙不可及。

A few weeks ago I saw this sign: “I’d rather change my mind and succeed than have my own way and fail.” Proverbs 13:18 says, “If you ignore criticism, you will end in poverty and disgrace; if you accept correction, you will be honored” (NLT). A meek person is not a weak person; rather, a meek person is understanding, not demanding; gentle, not judgmental.
幾周前我看到這段標記：”我喜歡改變自己的想法而獲得成功，而不是一成不變坐以待斃。”箴言 13：18，“如果你閉塞旁聽必定窮困恥辱；如果你善於納諫，將會得到尊重”。溫柔的人不是懦弱的人，而是善於理解，少要求，文雅，不太指責的人。

A meek person is someone who has made the healing choice to be teachable.
溫柔的人是可以做出有益的選擇來使自己受教的人。