Is It Worth It?

Horror gripped the heart of the World War I soldier as he saw his lifelong friend fall in battle.Caught in a trench with continuous gunfire whizzing over his head,the soldier asked his lieutenant if he might go out into the "No Man"s Land" between the trenches to bring his fallen comrade back.

"You can go,"said the Lieutenant,"but I don"t think it will be worth it.Your friend is probably dead and you may throw your own life away."The Lieutenant"s words didn"t matter,and the soldier went anyway.

Miraculously he managed to reach his friend,hoisted him onto his shoulder,and brought him back to their company"s trench.As the two of them tumbled in together to the botom of the trench,the officer checked the wounded soldier,then looked kindly at his friend."I told you it wouldn"t be worth it,"he said."Your friend is dead,and you are mortally wounded."

"It was worth it,though,sir,"the soldier said.

"How do you mean,"worth it"?" responded the Lieutenant."Your friend is dead!"

"Yes sir,"the private answered."But it was worth it because when I got to him,he was still alive, and I had the satistaction of hearing him say,"Jim,I knew you"d come.""

Many a time in life, whether a thing is worth doing or not really depends on how you look at it.

Take up all your courage and do something your heart tells you to do so that you may not regret not doing it later in life.

是否值得？

第一次世界大戰期間，當一位戰士看到自己一生的好友倒在戰場上的時候，恐懼佔據了他的心靈。躲在戰壕裡，炮火不斷地從頭上呼嘯而過，戰士向中尉請示他是否可以去戰壕之間的“無人區”把倒下的戰友揹回來。

中尉答道：“你可以去，但我認為這樣做是不值得的。你的朋友很可能已經死了，而且你也可能會丟掉自己的性命。”連長的話並未奏效，戰時還是去了。

戰士奇蹟般的來到他的朋友身邊。他把戰友扛在肩上，將他揹回自己部隊的戰壕。當他們兩個人一起跌入戰壕的時候，中尉查看了傷員的傷情，然後和藹的看著戰士，對他說：“我跟你說過了，這樣做不值得，你的朋友已經死了，你也受了重傷。”

“但是，這是值得的，長官。”戰士說道。

“‘值得’是什麼意思？”中尉反問道，“你的朋友已經死了！”

“是的，長官.”戰士回答道，“但這的確是值得的。因為當我到他身旁的時候，他仍然活著，當聽到他說‘吉姆，我知道你會來的’的時候，我就已經很滿足了。”

生命中的很多事情，到底值不值得去做實際上取決於你如何看待它。

鼓起你的全部勇氣，去做一些心靈指引你做的事情，這樣，你才不會在日後的生活中因為沒做到而感到遺憾。