善良是一種選擇
惟雯說故事
計程車司機亞當斯最大的願望就是努力攢下足夠的錢，把心愛的女兒從老家接到紐約來共同生活。可是幾年過去了，存款仍寥寥無幾。
更糟糕的是，還因為一個老婦人變得更少……
那天，亞當斯接到了一個約車電話，等他趕到時，一個老婦人已經等在公寓門口。他小心翼翼地把她安頓在座椅上，詢問她要去哪裡？
老婦人遲疑了一下回答：“醫生說我的時間不多了，我想去天堂養老院看看。我沒有什麼親人，還好有它陪著我。”
說完，枯瘦的手撫摸著胸口的一樣東西，眼角泛著淚光。
這時，亞當斯才發現她的脖子上掛著一枚鑲嵌著鑽石和蛋白石的黃金戒指，只是很小，應該是小孩子佩戴的童戒。
直覺告訴他，這枚戒指對於老人很重要，但他不便多問。
到達養老院後，老人掏錢付費，亞當斯卻拒絕了，儘管他很缺錢，但在聽到那句“我的時間不多了”的一瞬，他就決定免費送她這一程。
亞當斯看著老人和她脖子上的戒指，緊握了一下她的手，離開了。
幾天後，亞當斯又接到了老人的電話，等他到達時，老人卻沒有在樓下等候，而是請他上去。
進屋之後，他看到室內所有傢俱的門都敞開著，老人腳下是一個打開的手提箱，最上面是幾張泛黃的照片……
老人憔悴的臉上寫滿沮喪，渾濁的眼睛透著焦灼，似乎在翻找什麼。
看到亞當斯，老人急切地哭訴：“那枚戒指不見了，我找了所有的地方，還是找不到，一定是掉落在你車上了！”
被冤枉的亞當斯有些惱火，他清楚的記得那天離開時，戒指就掛在她的脖子上。
他想說出真相，但看著老人傷心的樣子，話到嘴邊又咽了回去。
看亞當斯默不作聲，老人更加篤信自己的判斷。
為了懇求他歸還戒指，她絮絮地講述起來——
很多年前，婚姻失敗的她與女兒相依為命。
儘管每天忙碌，但有乖巧的女兒陪伴，她忘掉了疲累，生活漸漸有了起色。
在女兒9歲生日時，她買了一枚鑲鑽金戒，送給孩子做禮物。
可是，幾個月後女兒突遭車禍，等她趕到時，奄奄一息的女兒用微弱的聲音說：“媽媽，我不能陪您了，您要好好活下去，這個戒指我很喜歡，就讓它陪著您吧……”
她悲痛欲絕，想隨女兒而去，可是孩子臨終的話語卻讓她選擇了堅強，用自己的生命替兩個人活下去。
從此，那枚戒指就掛在她的脖子上，貼著她的胸口，慰藉著她的心。
亞當斯的眼淚不由自主地流了下來，他已然明白那枚戒指是她生命的支撐，當即決定要扛下黑鍋，用最短的時間，“還給”她一枚一模一樣的戒指。
他寬慰老人說：“您的戒指一定是落在我車上了，找到後馬上給您送來。只是我已經記不清戒指的樣子了，您有照片嗎？”
老人蹣跚著從手提箱找出一張照片，上面的小女孩一臉燦爛，手指上是那枚戒指。
亞當斯安頓好老人，拿著照片驅車來到曼哈頓最大的珠寶店，說明情況後，滿懷希望地等待著。
店員拿著放大鏡仔細研究後說：“這是幾十年前的老款童戒，早就斷貨了，只能單獨為您定制。但鑲嵌的蛋白石來自匈牙利，鑽石產自印度，還要進行做舊處理，最快也得3天，並且價格會高很多，大概要2萬美元。”
此刻的亞當斯想的不是錢，而是老太太焦灼的面容，他當即答應下來。
三天后，亞當斯拿到定制的戒指，以最快的速度還給了老人。
她拿著戒指仔細端詳，臉上是一種無法言說的神情，抱住亞當斯泣不成聲。
亞當斯用辛苦賺來的一半積蓄，換得老人的喜極而泣，他長舒了一口氣。在他看來，錢沒了可以再賺，而善良丟了才是可怕的事情。
他更加拼命的工作，繼續做著與女兒團聚的美夢。
一年之後，律師找到了亞當斯，交給他一份遺產清單和一封信：
親愛的亞當斯，我是喬伊，脖子上掛戒指的那個老太太。
拿到您找回的戒指時，我就知道不是我女兒的，您忽略了一點，那個戒指的內側有我女兒的名字縮寫…… 這些都無關緊要了。
您對一個老人所做的一切，除了善良沒有其他的解釋。
您讓我在生命的最後，感知了一個陌生人的溫暖。
當您看到這封信的時候，我已故去，律師會把我的全部遺產，包括您知道的公寓，還有郊外的一幢別墅贈予您。
此外，還有兩枚戒指，一枚是您定制的，一枚是我女兒原有的，我在手提箱裡找到了……
幾個月後，亞當斯帶著女兒來到一處墓地，對著墓碑深深鞠躬，父女倆的脖子上掛著一枚一模一樣的鑲鑽戒指。
有時候，善良比聰明更難能可貴。因為聰明是一種天賦，而善良卻是一種選擇。
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