Once a circlemissed a wedge，the circle wanted to be whole, so it went aroundlooking for its missing piece. But because it was incomplete and thereforecould roll only very slowly, it admired the flowers along the way. It chattedwith worms. It enjoyed the sunshine. It found lots of different pieces, butnone of them fit. So it left them all by the side of the road and kept onsearching.
从前有个圆圈，它丢失了一小段。它想变得完整，于是它到处寻找它所丢失的那部分。由于不完整，它只能滚的非常慢。在路上，它羡慕过花儿，它与虫子聊过天，它享受了阳光的照耀。它遇到过很多不同的小段，可是没有一个适合它。所以它把它们丢在路边，继续寻找。
Then one day the circle found apiece that fit perfectly. It was so happy. Now it could be whole, with nothingmissing. It incorporated the missing piece into itself and began to roll. Nowthat it was a perfect circle, it could roll very fast, too fast to noticeflowers or talk to the worms. When it realized how different the world seemedwhen it rolled so quickly, it stopped, left its found piece by the side of theroad and rolled slowly away.
有一天，圆圈找到了可以与它完美结合的一小段，它非常高兴。它现在终于完整了，不缺任何东西了。它把丢失的那段装到自己身上，然后滚了起来。它现在是个完整的圆圈了，它可以滚的很快，快到忽视了花儿，快到没有时间和虫子们说话。当它意识到由于它滚的太快，世界变得如此的不同时，它便停了下来，把找到的那段卸下丢在路边，慢慢地滚走了。
There is a wholeness about theperson who has come to terms with his limitations, who has been brave enough tolet go of his unrealistic dreams and not feel like a failure for doing so.There is a wholeness about the man or woman who has learned that he or she isstrong enough to go through a tragedy and survive, she can lose someone andstill feel like a complete person.
人生的完整性，在于接受自己的缺陷，勇敢地丢弃不切实际的幻想，并且不觉得这样做是失败的；人生的完整性，在于知道自己足够强大，可以承受人生的苦难，可以在失去一个人时仍然觉得自己是完整的。
Life is not a trap set for us byGod so that he can condemn us for failing. Life is not a spelling bee, where nomatter how many words you’ve gotten right, you’re disqualified if you make onemistake. Life is more like a baseball season, where even the best team losesone third of its games and even the worst team has its days of brilliance. Ourgoal is to win more games than we lose. When we accept that imperfection ispart of being human, and when we can continue rolling through life andappreciate it, we will have achieved a wholeness that others can only aspireto. That, I believe, is what God asks of us --- not “Be perfect”, not “Don’teven make a mistake”, but “Be whole”.
生活并不是上帝为了谴责我们的缺陷而设下的陷阱。人生也不是一场拼字比赛，无论你拼出了多少单词，只要拼错了一个你就前功尽弃了。人生更像一个棒球赛季，最好的球队也会丢掉三分之一的比赛，而最差的球队也有辉煌的胜利。我们的目标是让打赢的比赛比输掉的比赛多。当我们接受了“不完整性”是人生的一部分时，当我们在人生之路上不断前进并且欣赏生命之美时，我们就获得了别人只能渴望的完整的人生。我相信这就是上帝对我们的期望：不求“完美”，也不求“从来不犯错误”，而是追求人生的“完整”。
If we are brave enough to love,strong enough to forgive, generous enough to rejoice in another’s happiness,and wise enough to know there is enough love to go around for us all, then wecan achieve a fulfillment that no other living creature will ever know.
如果我们有足够的勇气去爱，足够强大的力量去原谅别人，足够的宽容因别人的快乐而快乐，并有足够的智慧去认识到我们身边充满着爱，我们就会得到其它生命所得不到的一种满足感。
