Raising My Sights抬高我的眼界.doc

Raising My Sights
My six-year-old granddaughter, Caitlynd, and I stopped at a Tim Horton's donut shop for a blueberry muffin. As we were going out the door, a young teenage boy was coming in.
This young man had no hair on the sides of his head and a tuft of blue spiked hair on top of it. One of his nostrils was pierced, and attached to the hoop that ran through the hole was a chain that draped across his face and attached to a ring he was wearing in his ear. He held a skateboard under one arm and a basketball under the other.
Caitlynd, who was walking ahead of me, stopped in her tracks when she saw the teenager. I thought he'd scared the dickens out of her, and she'd frozen on the spot.
I was wrong.
My Grand Angel backed up against the door and opened it as wide as it would go. Now I was face to face with the young man. I stepped aside and let him pass. His response was a gracious, "Thank you very much."
On our way to the car, I commended Caitlynd for her manners in holding open the door for the young man. She didn't seem to be troubled by his appearance, but I wanted to make sure. If a grandmotherly talk about freedom of self-expression and allowing people their differences was in order, I wanted to be ready.
As it turned out, the person who needed the talk was me.
The only thing Caitlynd noticed about the teenager was the fact that his arms were full. "He would have had a hard time to open the door."
I saw the partially shaved head, the tuft of spiked hair, the piercings and the chain. She saw a person carrying something under each arm and heading toward a closed door.
In the future, I hope to get down on her level and raise my sights.
抬高我的眼界
我6岁的孙女卡莲达和我在提姆豪登甜甜圈店停下来吃蓝莓松饼，当我们走出店门的时候，一位少年正要进来。这个年轻人的头两侧光秃秃的，只在顶部有一簇蓝色的锥形头发。他的一侧鼻翼上穿了个洞，上面套着的鼻环链子垂过脸庞，一直连到他的耳环上。他一只胳膊夹着个滑板，另一只手拿着个篮球。
走在前面的卡莲达一看到这个少年就停下来了。我想她是被吓坏了，可我错了。
我的孙女退后，把门开得大大的，让少年进来。少年的反应彬彬有礼：“非常感谢！”
在我们走向汽车的时候，我表扬了卡莲达为少年拉门的礼貌行为。她好象对他的外貌并不大惊小怪，但我要进一步确保这一点。必要的话，我已经准备好了一段关于“每个人都有表现自我的自由，我们要允许个体差异”的说辞。
然而，事实证明，需要这段说辞的是我自己。
卡莲达唯一注意到的是少年的手满满的，他要开门并不容易。
我只看见了半秃的脑袋、锥状的头发、穿环和链子，而她看见了一个每只手都拿着东西的人走向一扇关着的门。
将来我希望我可以谦低到她的视野，抬高我的眼界。