最近整理电脑的文件夹，发现一篇文章，时间很长了，不知道怎么搞到的，上网查，也没有结果。
　　再读之下，还是有冲击力。觉得寓意和哲理很深，对人有教益。发在此以分享。
　　
　　读完后，我有几点体会：
　　1. 人不可貌相，海水不可斗量。单从穿着打扮，你无法判断一个人是穷是富，也无法判断一个人有什么样的本事。
    2. 追求智慧。我写过另外一篇博文，就是说只有智慧
　　3. 金钱并不能挽救失去的亲人。珍惜当下和你身边的亲人吧，爱与不爱，来生不再相见。
    4. 如果有想做的事，就去做吧。有些事并不需要很高的条件、也不需要很大的能力才可以做到，比如作一个流浪汉。
　　5. 多读书，而且要读经典或高质量的书。人生是没有时间读乱七八糟的书的，年轻时在没有方向时曾经乱读书，也走过弯路。
　　6. 将自己的所思所想记下来，或者分享给其它的人吧。也许能改变某个人的人生。
　　其中，有我做得好的，也有我做得不好的，我还要努力和用心才是。
　　
　　英文原文如下： 

Isn't it amazing how one person, sharing one idea, at the right time and place can change the course of your life's history? This is certainly what happened in my life. When I was 14, I was hitchhiking from Houston, Texas, through El Paso on my way to California.

I was following my dream, journeying with the sun. I was a high school dropout with learning disabilities and was set on surfing the biggest waves in the world, first in California and then in Hawaii, where I would later live.

Upon reaching downtown El Paso, I met an old man, a bum, on the street corner. He saw me walking, stopped me and questioned me as I passed by. He asked me if I was running away from home, I suppose because I looked so young.

I told him, "Not exactly, sir," since my father had given me a ride to the freeway in Houston and given me his blessings while saying, "It is important to follow your dream and what is in your heart. Son. "

The bum then asked me if he could buy me a cup of coffee. I told him, "No, sir, but a soda would be great." We walked to a corner malt shop and sat down on a couple of swiveling stools while we enjoyed our drinks.

After conversing for a few minutes, the friendly bum told me to follow him. He told me that he had something grand to show me and share with me. We walked a couple of blocks until we came upon the downtown El Paso Public Library.

We walked up its front steps and stopped at a small information stand. Here the bum spoke to a smiling old lady, and asked her if she would be kind enough to watch my things for a moment while he and I entered the library. I left my belongings with this grandmotherly figure and entered into this magnificent hall of learning.

The bum first led me to a table and asked me to sit down and wait for a moment while he looked for something special amongst the shelves. A few moments later, he returned with a couple of old books under his arms and set them on the table.

He then sat down beside me and spoke. He started with a few statements that were very special and that changed my life. He said, "There are two things that I want to teach you, young man, and they are these: Number one is to never judge a book by its cover, for a cover can fool you. "He followed with, "I ll bet you think I’m a bum, don’t you, young man?"

I said, "Well, uh, yes, I guess so, sir".

"Well, young man, I've got a little surprise for you. I am one of the wealthiest men in the world. I have probably everything any man could ever want. I originally come from the Northeast and have all the things that money can buy. But a year ago, my wife passed away, bless her soul, and since then I have been deeply reflecting upon life.

I realized there were certain things I had not yet experienced in life, one of which was what it would be like to live like a bum on the streets. I made a commitment to myself to do exactly that for one year. For the past year I have been going from city to city doing just that. So, you see, don't ever judge a book by its cover, for a cover can fool you.

"Number two is to learn how to read, my boy. There is only one thing that people can't take away from you, and that is your wisdom". At that moment, he reached forward, grabbed my right hand in his hand and put them upon the books he'd pulled from the shelves. They were the writings of Plato and Aristotle-immortal classics from ancient times.

　　中文大意如下：

在恰当的时间和地点，一个人的想法能改变你的命运这还不够惊异吗？然而这的确千真万确，它就发生在我14岁的时候，那时，我正准备从德克萨斯州休斯顿经由艾尔帕索前往加利福利亚的路上。

日出即行，日落即息，追随着我的梦想，由于存在学习障碍我中学的时候就辍学了，因此我决定去世界上最大的海浪边去冲浪，起初是加利福利亚，之后是夏威夷，这是我在后半生想准备呆的地方。

当我来到艾尔帕索市中心，我在街角遇到一个老的流浪汉，他看到我经过他的时候他拦下我并问我否我离家出走，我想大概我看起来太年轻太嫩的缘故了。

我告诉他“不完全对”。因为我爸爸开车把我送到了休斯顿的高速公路上，并送我一句祝福的话“追随你的梦想和你的心，这很重要，儿子”。

然后流浪汉问我能否请我喝咖啡时，我告诉他“不，我觉得汽水更棒”，我们来到角落一家酒吧，坐在一个双人旋转椅子上，彼此畅饮。

交谈不久后，这个和蔼可亲的流浪者让我跟着他，他告诉我他有些重要的东西想和我分享，我们过了几条街，来到艾尔帕索公立图书馆前。

我们沿着前面的台阶向上走，停在一个小小的咨询台前，流浪者和一个笑容可掬的老太太说话，并问她在我们进入图书馆的时候是否能帮忙看着我的东西，我把行李放在这个慈祥的人那里，走进这座宏伟的学习殿堂。

老汉将我带到一个桌子旁，叫我坐下稍等片刻，他自己去书架上去寻找那个特别的东西去了，一会过后，他腋下夹着几本旧书回来了并将它们放在桌子上。

他坐在我旁边并说道，几句特别的话就改变了我的命运，他说到“年轻人，有两件事情我想教会你，第一件就是切记不要根据一本书的封面来判断书的好坏，因为封面会欺骗人，”他接着说道“我敢打赌，你肯定认为我是个流浪者，对吧，年轻人？”

我说“恩，是的，我确实这么认为”

“恩，年轻人，我想给你一点小惊喜，其实我是世界上最富有的人之一，人们蒙昧以求的东西我几乎都有，我原本来自美国东北部，凡是金钱可以买到的东西我都有，但是一年前，我妻子去世，上帝保佑她在天之灵，自那以后我对人生有了深深的反思。

我意识到生命中还有一些事情我从未经历，其中一件就是做个街头的流浪汉会滋味如何？我决定这一年都试试看，在过去的一年来，我从一个城市流浪到另一个城市，所以，你瞧，切记不能根据封面来判断一本书的好坏，因为封面会愚弄你。