I was waiting to pick up a friend at theairport. That day I had one of those experiences that change people‘s lives. Ithappened just two feet away from me. I noticed a man, carrying two bags, comingtoward me. He stopped next to me to greet his family.

我当时去机场接个朋友。这天就是那种你生命里改变你航向的日子。当时，离我不到两尺外，我看到一位手拿袋子的男人向我走来。他停在与我近在咫尺的地方向他的家人打招呼。

First of all he laid down his bag and camecloser to his younger son (about six years old), they gave each other a warm,loving hug. Then the father looked in his son‘s eyes with words: „I missed youso much, it‘s so good to see you, son!“. The boy smiled and said: „Me too,dad“.

他先是放下袋子，然后走到他的小儿子（6岁左右）身边，然后是一个大大的温暖的拥抱。父亲满含情感的看着孩子说：“真是想死你了，我的宝贝儿子！”。孩子也回应说：“我也是，爸爸”。

Then the man talked to his older son (nineor ten years old). „Oh, you are quite the young man, I love you very much!“ andcupped his face. Then they had the most tender hug too.

父亲接着跟年级大一点的孩子（9或者10岁）说：“天哪，你都长成大男孩了！我爱你，亲爱的！”然后他们也一样互相深情拥抱。

Afterwards the father said „Hi, baby girl“to his baby daughter. She was squirling excitedly in her mother‘s arm andwatching her returning father all the time. The man gently took his little daughter,quickly kissed her face all over and then held her close to his chest. Thelittle girl laid her head on his shoulder in pure contentment.

父亲又转过身来和他的小女儿打招呼。小女孩儿在母亲的怀抱里兴奋的欢快着，并且一直盯着她回归的父亲。父亲温柔的接过小女儿，亲亲她脸颊，送她到自己的怀里。小女孩头自然的贴在父亲的肩头，一脸天真、纯洁的满足。

After several moments, then man looked athis wife and said „I‘ve saved the best for last“ and shared with her the mostpassionate kiss. They stared at each other, beaming big smiles. They remindedme of newlyweds.

过了一阵，父亲深情的望着他的妻子说：“你是我这辈子最好的礼物”。然后他们甜蜜的拥吻。四目相对，笑容满面。他们让我想起了新婚夫妇。

Suddenly, I heard myself asking „Wow, howold have you been married? “…Been together twelve years”. Well then, how longhave you been away? “. He replied with joyous smile on his face: „Two wholedays!“.

我突然的听到了自己的发问，你们结婚多久了？“我们结婚12年了”，“那你离开多久了？”父亲满脸微笑的回答说“整整有两天之久了”。

I was stunned, as I imagined that he hadbeen gone for several weeks at last. I could only say: „I hope that my marriageis still that passionate after twelve years“. The man looked straight into myeyes and told me something that changed my life:

我楞在哪里了，因为我猜这父亲至少也像是离开了家人数周的样子。我于是说，“我真希望，我的婚姻也能在12年之后还像你们一样拥有激情”。父亲直直的看着我的眼睛告诉了我一句改变了我一生的话。

„Don‘t hope, friend, decide!“...

希望不如决定，朋友。