43年的时间似乎已经很长,长得足以使人忘记一个熟人的名字,我自己就有过这样的经历。有一位我曾经很熟悉的老夫人,我现在已经记不起她的姓名了,她原来是我在威斯康星州的迈阿密送报纸的时候认识的一位客户。那是1954年的岁末,那一年我12岁。虽然已经隔了这么多年,她曾经给我上的一堂宽恕他人的课还像是昨天刚刚发生过的一 The 43 years seemed to have been long enough to make people forget the name of an acquaintance. I had this experience myself. There is an old lady I used to know very well. I can’t remember her name now. She used to be a customer I met while I was delivering newspapers in Miami, Wisconsin. That was the end of 1954. I was 12 that year. Although she had been separated for so many years, the lesson she had given me for forgiveness was like what had just happened yesterday.