my dear friends：
do you know what is the most precious and everlasting thing in the world?
money? you may lose everything you have if you do not use money carefully enough. youth? in one?'s long life youth is like a flash in the pan and no one in the world has the secret to keep his youth forever. beautiful look? many people pray that they can get hold of beauty, but it disappears far more quickly than they can imagine. and when they are in real trouble beauty itself feels helpless. a good job? as you grow older and your brain and hands cannot work as fast as before, it will become other people?'s wealth.
then what is the most precious and ev－erlasting thing in the world?
when you are far away from your fam－ily and feel especially lonely, who will you think of? when you stand on the crossroad in your life and do not know which way to choose, who will you think of? when you encounter greater difficulties than ever and need other?'s encouragement, who will you think of? when you decide to make the greatest decision in your favorite course, who will you think of? who gave birth to you? who brought you up? who shed cheer－ful tears when seeing you make achieve－ments? whose wholehearted blessing will be always with you no matter how far you will go?
yes, it's mother that you will always think of and it's mother's love that will be always together with you.
i once heard a moving story about a mother. two children were drawn into the flood and the situation was very dangerous. their mother jumped into the water without the least hesitation. but you know the moth－er could not swim at all. jumping into the water means she might lose her life. but at that time she had no time to think about herself. she just wanted to try all means to save her children.
maybe her courage moved the god. the miracle happened. she finally succeeded in saving her children one by one. and she, of course, felt extremely ex－hausted.
my friends, mother's love is the greatest love. mother's love is the safest love. no matter you are happy or sorrowful, rich or poor, mother's love will always stay with you.
thank you all!
母愛
靈 筠（譯）
親愛的朋友：
你知道什麼是世界上最珍貴、最永恆的事物嗎？金錢？不！不是！因為即使你腰纏萬貫，但如果揮霍無度的話，你也會有不名一文的時候。青春？也不是！在人漫長的一生中，青春如曇花一現，稍縱即逝，世界上誰也沒有永葆青春的秘訣。也許你會說美貌，我覺得也不是。儘管很多人都希望美麗常在，可是往往不如人意，況且我們一旦陷入困境時，即使擁有美貌，那也無能為力。那么，一個好的工作應該是了吧？但是，朋友，你應意識到，隨著年齡的逐漸增大，我們一天天在衰老，思維呢，不如以前敏捷；手腳呢，也不如人家靈活。這時，你不能勝任那個工作了，即使它再好，也不得不拱手相讓。