英语美文朗读《一把车钥匙》

A young man was getting ready to graduate from college. For many
months he had admired a beautiful sports car in a dealer’s
showroom, and knowing his father could well afford it, he told him
that was all he wanted.

As Graduation Day approached, the young man awaited signs that his
father had purchased the car. Finally, on the morning of his
graduation, his father called him into his private study. His
father told him how proud he was to have such a fine son, and told
him how much he loved him. He handed his son a beautiful wrapped
gift box. Curious, but somewhat disappointed, the young man opened
the box and found a lovely, leather-bound Bible, with the young
man’s name embossed in gold. Angrily, he raised his voice to his
father and said, “With all your money you give me a Bible?” He then
stormed out of the house, leaving the Bible.

Many years passed and the young man was very successful in
business. He had a beautiful home and a wonderful family, but
realizing his father was very old, he thought perhaps he should go
to see him. He had not seen him since that graduation day. Before
he could make the arrangements, he received a telegram telling him
his father had passed away, and willed all of his possessions to
his son. He needed to come home immediately and take care of
things.

When he arrived at his father’s house, sudden sadness and regret
filled his heart. He began to search through his father’s important
papers and saw the still new Bible, just as he had left it years
ago. With tears, he opened the Bible and began to turn the pages.
As he was reading, a car key dropped from the back of the Bible. It
had a tag with the dealer’s name, the same dealer who had the
sports car he had desired. On the tag was the date of his
graduation, and the words… “PAID IN FULL”.

How many times do we miss blessings because they are not packaged
as we expected? Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you
have not; but remember that what you now have was once among the
things you only hoped for.

Sometimes we don’t realize the good fortune we have or we could
have because we expect “the packaging” to be different. What may
appear as bad fortune may in fact be the door that is just waiting
to be opened.