介绍： The Blessing Tree
祈愿树
I had gone to a supervisor’s office to talk about a couple of issues that needed to be addressed.
我走进一位主管的办公室，和她谈论一些需要处理的事
She, like all of the men and women in her department, had been through the proverbial “ringer”.
像所有在这个部门工作的人一样，都被戴上了...

介绍： The Blessing Tree
祈愿树
I had gone to a supervisor’s office to talk about a couple of issues that needed to be addressed.
我走进一位主管的办公室，和她谈论一些需要处理的事
She, like all of the men and women in her department, had been through the proverbial “ringer”.
像所有在这个部门工作的人一样，都被戴上了“枷锁”，她也不例外。
The stress was so intense, one could almost taste it.
他们所承受的压力之大，让人体会得到。
I had been assisting the department during a crunch period of being short-handed ,
我在这个部门人手不足的危急时刻来这里帮忙
and was watching everyone get close to burn-out
亲眼目睹了每个人都接近精疲力竭的状态
When I inquired about her state of mind, she confessed that her home life was almost non-existent,
当我问及她的精神状态时，她坦言自己几乎没有家庭生活
because she was “Zombieing through the evening”.
因为每天早上醒来，她都像一具经过夜晚起死回生的行尸走肉
The next words out of her mouth expressed a frustration of my own:
她接下来说的话也是我受挫时想说的
“This work is not my gift from God. My family is!”
“这份工作不是上帝给我的礼物，我的家庭才是！”
I had heard of hanging all of one’s problems from the office on a “trouble tree” while driving home,
我曾听说过在下班开车回家之前把一个人在办公室遇到的所有难题都挂在一棵烦恼树上
to be picked up on the way back to the office in the morning,
第二天早晨上班时再把他们拿下来
and for a brief second thought about suggesting that scenario.
我思考片刻，告诉她这个办法。
But what came out was “Why don’t we do something different?
但我脱口而出的是“我们为什么不做点与众不同的事？”
Let’s have a Blessing Tree.
让我们种一棵祈愿树
On the way home in the evening,we could pull down a blessing to dwell on a character trait we adore in our spouse,
每天晚上回家之前，获得一个愿望，祈求我们爱的人拥有我们所喜欢的性格特征
a particular reason we love them, the love they or our children have for us.
祈求我们因为某个特殊的理由 爱他们，祈求我们的爱人和孩子对我们的爱
The list could be endless
肯定会有列不完的东西.
When I tried it on the way home that night, the stress seemed to melt away.
那天晚上我走在回家的路上，压力好像消失了。
There was a “spring in my step” and when I arrived,
我的步伐似乎轻快起来，当我回到家时
a smile of joy and contentment was bubbling up from within!
我脸上浮起微笑，这微笑源自内心的喜悦和满足
For the first time in 2 weeks, I was overjoyed to greet my wife and children!
两个星期以来，我第一次为和妻子，孩子打招呼而感到由衷的高兴。
The Blessing Tree could make a major difference in your evenings, especially after those really tough days.
祈愿树使你的夜晚和以前截然不同，尤其是在那些艰辛的日子之后

——背景音乐：Always With Me（网易云音乐）