谁才是英雄?

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（美）罗杰・迪恩・基瑟/著

庞启帆/编译

Once, many years ago, I pulled a family out of a burning car somewhere in the middle of Wyoming. Last week I received a telephone call from a woman who could not stop crying as she told me that one of my stories had saved her son from committing suicide. In closing she called me “a hero”.

That got me to thinking about what a hero really is. Was I a hero because I pulled a family from a burning car? If so, how could I be a hero just because I wrote a story that saved someone’s life?

Today I decided to look up the word “hero” in the dictionary to see exactly what it meant.

It read “A person who does something brave.” As I read on it also said “A person who is good and noble.”

That statement impressed me more than did the part about being brave. That got me to thinking about something very important. Say I was walking into the local Wal-Mart Store and I happened to open, and hold the door for someone as a courtesy. As they passed me by, I say “How are you today?” Most of the time that would be no big deal, but this time lets say it was for someone who is deeply depressed and near the end of the rope. That may have very well been the only kindness or courtesy shown to them in a very long time.

Having been near the “end of my rope”, after my marriage of twenty years ended, I was in such a condition. I was within hours of trying to get up enough nerve to end the pain and misery. When I returned home someone had sent me a card in the mail which told me how much they appreciate me as a friend. That wonderful card probably saved my life. That person, without even knowing it, saved a life and became a hero.

Went on to write many stories which last week saved the life of a teenage boy. In turn that makes the person who sent me the card a double hero.

I suppose that is why I fight so hard to help the children now living in orphanages. Most children come out of these institutions with a very hard and vindictive attitude against the world. The gifts we send them let them know that they have not been forgotten. Hopefully, most of them will never hurt anyone because of the kindness shown to them by those of us who cared. If it works we will also become “heroes”.

Gee, who would have even thought that anyone can become a hero, and possibly save a life, just by being kind and courteous to others? The best part of all is that becoming a “hero” is free to all who wish to wear such an honor.

多年前，在怀俄明州，我从一辆燃烧的汽车中救出一家人。上周，我接到了一位女士的电话，她哭着告诉我，我的一个故事挽救了她的准备自杀的儿子。最后，她称我为“英雄”。

这个称呼使我思考起了什么才是真正的英雄。因为我把一家人从燃烧的车里救出来，就是英雄吗？如果是这样，那我怎么会因为自己写的故事救了一个人的命就成了英雄呢？

今天，我决定通过字典了解“英雄”这个词的真正含义。

字典上解释为“一个做了英勇事迹的人”或者“一个品德优秀而高尚的人”。

这后一个解释比前一个更让我印象深刻。它使我想起了一些非常重要的事情。

那天我到当地的沃尔玛商店购物，推开玻璃门时，我抓住门的把手让里面的人先出来。当他们擦身而过时，我问道：“今天好吗？”大多时候这句问候不会产生什么特殊的意义，但这一次我碰到的是一个陷入极度沮丧和绝望边缘的人。这也许是他们很久以来所听到的唯一的表示友好或礼貌的问候。

在结束20年的婚姻后的一段时间里，我也曾处于这种“绝望的边缘”的状态。我曾挣扎了好几个钟头，想鼓起勇气结束痛苦和不幸。回到家后，我在信箱里看到了朋友寄来的一张卡片，上面说他们是如何地看重我这个朋友。那张神奇的卡片挽救了我的生命。而那个朋友，我甚至不知道他是谁，因为挽救了一个生命而成为了英雄。

在以后的日子，我继续写了许多故事，这些故事在上周挽救了一个十几岁的男孩的生命。如此，那位寄给我卡片的朋友则成为了双重的英雄。

我想那就是我为什么那么努力去帮助那些生活在孤儿院的孩子的原因。从这些机构出来的大部分孩子对这个世界都怀有抵制和仇恨的心理。我送礼物给他们，让他们知道他们并没有被忘记。但愿，因为我们给予他们的爱心与关怀能使他们永远不会去伤害他人。如果事情的结果是这样，我们也将成为“英雄”。

有谁会想过人人都可以成为英雄，而且一个友好和礼貌的举动，就有可能挽救一个人的生命呢？只要把爱付诸行动，任何人都可以成为“英雄”。

（责编：张雯）

【作者简介】 罗杰・迪恩・凯瑟幼时遭家人遗弃，在孤儿院长大成人。成年后，他开始以自己童年的经历为素材创作作品。至今已出版了《美国孤儿》等多本著作。目前，他主要把精力投放在为那些不幸的孤儿筹集善款的事业上。