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Few of us want to appear dependent: witness the rugged1 determination of many older people to resist support to which they're entitled; and the intense frustration2 of some who've spent a lifetime caring for others who now find it painfully difficult to accept that they're the ones who must be cared for.The Christian3 faith, like others, commends the good life as one spent in loving service of God and of other people.But it makes clear that the willingness to receive is just as much a part of what it means to be truly human.We enter the world totally dependent, and however confident, self-contained we might become, we do so only in relationship with other human beings and with gifts which are exactly that - abilities, skills, which are first given. And we never outgrow4 our need to receive love, human and divine. But it can take both humility5 and courage to recognise it.
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adj.高低不平的,粗糙的,粗壮的,强健的 | |
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n.挫折,失败,失效,落空 | |
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adj.基督教徒的;n.基督教徒 | |
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vt.长大得使…不再适用;成长得不再要 | |
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n.谦逊,谦恭 | |
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