Gaining and Losing
On one occasion Sadhu Sundar Singh and a companion were traveling through a pass high in the Himalayan mountains. At one point they came across a body lying in the snow. Sundar Singh wished to stop and help the unfortunate man， but his companion refused， saying， “We shall lose our lives if we burden ourselves with him.” But Sundar Singh would not think of leaving the man to die in the ice and snow. As his companion bade him farewell， Sundar Singh lifted the poor traveler on to his back. With great exertion on his part， he bore the man onward， but gradually the heat from Sundar Singh's body began to warm up the poor frozen fellow， and he revived. Soon both were walking together side by side. Catching up with his former companion， they found him dead， frozen by the cold.
In the case of Sundar Singh， he was willing to lose his life on behalf of another， and in the process found it， in the case of his callous companion， he sought to save his life but lost it.
有一次Sadhu Sundar Singh和同伴旅行穿過喜馬拉雅山上的一條小道。他們看到雪地上躺著一個人。Sundar Singh 希望停下來幫助這個不幸的人， 但他的同伴拒絕了，說：“如果我們背著他我們自己也會死掉的。”但Sundar Singh不不想把這個人留在冰雪中。當他的同伴與他告別后，Sundar Singh背起了可憐的路人。他用盡全力，背著那個人往前挪動，而且他身上散發出來的熱氣逐漸溫暖了背上那個可憐的凍僵了的家伙，他蘇醒了。很快兩個人就肩并肩往前走。趕上他原來的同伴時，他們發現他已經凍死了。
從Sundar Singh的角度看，他愿意付出生命的代價幫助別人，在幫助別人的過程中，他獲得了生命。而對于他缺少人情味的同伴，他本想保全自己的性命，卻偏偏失去了它。
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