I have in my hands two boxes that God gave me to hold. He said, “Put all your sorrows in the black box, and all your joys in the gold.” I heeded his words, and in the two boxes both my joys and sorrows were stored.
我手上拿着上帝给的两个盒子。他说：“把你所有的悲伤放进黑色的盒子，所有的快乐放进金色的盒子。”我按照他的话做了，在两个盒子里存放了我的快乐和悲伤。
But though the gold became heavier each day, the black was as light as before. With curiosity, I opened the black: I wanted to find out why. And I saw, in the base of the box, a hole by which my sorrows had fallen out.
然而，虽然那个金色的盒子的重量每天都有所增加，但是黑色盒子却轻如以前。出于好奇，我打开了黑色的盒子，我想找到原因。我看到，盒子的底部有一个洞，我的悲伤就是从那里漏掉了。
I showed the hole to God, and mused, “I wonder where my sorrows could be.” He smiled a gentle smile and said, “My child, they’re all here with me.” I asked God, why he gave me the boxes, why the gold, and the black with the hole. “My child, the gold is for you to count your blessings; the black is for you to let go.”
我让上帝看那个洞，若有所思地说：“我想知道我的悲伤在哪儿呢？”他温柔的笑着说：“我的孩子，它们都在我这儿呢。”于是，我又问上帝，为什么要给我两个盒子，为什么一个是金色的，一个是黑色带洞的。上帝回答说：“我的孩子，金色的盒子是让你珍存福分，黑色的盒子是让你释放悲伤。”
