那是一个忙碌的早晨。大约8:30，一个80多岁的老人进来了，来拆他的拇指伤口的线。xmjeep.com; [5 M- J9 I4 T$ G( H

9 l) @' v( Y/ N% }0 h3 l: s9 d$ F2 E0 m他说他很着急，因为9:00钟他有另一个约会。$ k7 t3 G5 L1 B

# P3 R' j/ E5 }& ^* t* E4 s我让他坐了下来，我知道，至少要一个小时后，某位医生才会有时间看他。! A2 J; k) c, h$ O/ Y2 k& Q0 x
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看他不停地看表，我决定先检查他的伤口，因为我当时虽然有病人却并不太忙。$ j6 m/ X& Q, Y" `; h8 A$ \4 ~
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他的伤口愈合很好，我给他拆了线，并重新把他的手包扎起来。同时我问他这么着急，是不是还要去看另外的医生？0 X: b6 _3 a7 M
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他说不是，但他需要去老年公寓（NursingHouse，托老院）和妻子一同吃早餐。厦门越野联盟; x' O9 z% j) }' I8 m, y

1 N5 {; ]/ T. \, r我顺便问到她的健康状况，他对我说，她是老年性痴呆症（Alzheimer'sDisease）患者，去老年公寓已经有段时间了。
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我们继续交谈着，我问他如果迟到了，她是否会有点不高兴？
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! ]9 V& P0 e4 f& M/ H他回答说，她根本不知道他是谁，她认不出他是谁已经有五年了。
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, K. F5 C; B2 E, Q厦门越野联盟我很吃惊地问，"即便她已经认不出你是谁了，你还是每天去陪她吃早餐吗？"
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他拍拍我的手臂，微笑着说，"她是不认识我了，但我仍然知道她是谁啊。"
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& h* G1 x$ d7 o当他离开的时候，我的手臂上起了鸡皮疙瘩，我忍住了泪水，想道，"这才是我生命中所需要的那种爱"。$ ^9 Z9 U  [+ ]% g
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真正的爱，既不是生理的，也不是浪漫的。真正的爱就是接受那所有的曾经、现在、将来。xmjeep.com7 z1 k/ g$ Q: i1 `3 h
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最幸福的人并不非要拥有世界上最好的，他们只是在他们能拥有的里面找到了最美好的。厦门越野联盟$ e" v* G/ z' U: o
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Life isn't about how to survive the storm, but how to dance in the rain
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& P0 Q4 G# @; z1 c厦门越野联盟It was a busy morning, about 8:30, when an elderly man in his 80s, arrived to have stitches removed from his thumb.xmjeep.com( r- U& @0 f# E7 t
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I took his vital signs and had him take a seat, knowing it would be over an hour before someone would be able to see him.
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$ K) Q( ]6 s/ n& G% q. QI saw him looking at his watch, and decided, since I was not busy with another patient, I would evaluate his wound./ v; C" O% }( w' H, H8 M) i

; K4 `" X0 D) z% T% S8 Yxmjeep.comOn exam, it was well healed, so I talked to one of the doctors, got the needed supplies to remove his sutures and redress his wound. While taking care of his wound, I asked him if he had another doctor's appointment this morning, as he was in such a hurry.
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The man told me no but he needed to go to the nursing home to eat breakfast with his wife.
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I inquired as to her health; he told me that she had been there for a while and that she was a victim of Alzheimer's Disease.: c! U1 I5 K7 |; j

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He replied that she no longer knew who he was, that she had not recognized him in five years now.: w/ i5 O, q; N. w7 F& Y2 \

" R; G5 F4 m0 V2 BI was surprised, and asked him, "And you still go every morning, even though she doesn't know who you are?/ l: e& Y, H; @+ K* s  V% C

3 {8 y5 ~6 y8 M/ g2 Axmjeep.comHe smiled as he patted my hand and said, "She doesn't know me, but I still know who she is".
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% y. @# y2 ?: {$ v) y厦门越野联盟I had to hold back tears as he left; I had goose bumps on my arm, and thought, "That is the kind of love I want in my life".: W7 n( Q, d0 s6 q  y: T
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True love is neither physical, nor romantic. True love is an acceptance of all that is, has been, will be, and will not be.
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The happiest people don't necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the best of everything they have.xmjeep.com8 W" `7 s; x; ]7 X
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