Ben was hoping for a video game for his birthday. He also wanted a board game. And he wanted some CDs too.

    He got the board game and some CDs, but what was in the last package (包裹)? It was from his sister. He slowly opened the package. It didn't feel like a video game.

    It was a purple sweater. Purple was Ben's least favourite colour. He smiled and thanked his sister nicely, but he didn't want to wear that sweater. He couldn't wear purple!

    He quickly put the sweater away in his room. Then he ran off to play the new board game with his family.

    The next day, Ben's mother asked him about the sweater.

    "Why don't you wear your purple sweater today?" she said. "Your sister made it just for you!"

     "I am not cold," Ben said without thinking. In fact, he was lying. He shivered (发抖) all day.

    Then one day they were going out to dinner as a family. Ben's mother asked him to wear the sweater again. "I don't want to wear it. I hate (讨厌) purple," he said.

    "Ben," said his mother, "I know it's not the nicest sweater in the world, but think about how important Karen is to you. You know she will be very happy if you wear it to dinner."

    Ben walked slowly to his room. He knew his mother was right. He wore the sweater to the restaurant. His sister smiled all night.

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    时间愈久，愈爱这一室虚白，像画面上的大片留白，情味隽永。世界至繁，天地至简，这小小的一室，容得下一个人的万千思绪。坐在这简单的四壁之间，心无旁骛，独品一刻之(闲/静)。

    我们需要的生活，其实比想象的更加简单，所谓“良田万顷，日食一升；广厦千间，夜眠七尺”。身无长物，是一种让人（羡慕/艳羡）的状态。也许我们本来就无须为太多的念头埋单，美丽的风景，看过就好。庞杂的愿望中往往夹杂着太多的不切实际，付账时常常随着别人的风向，有时忘了自己的。加法生活里充满了太多多余的对比和（奢想/向往），不如试试减法生活，如这四壁白雪，保留自然给予的一点天真和质朴。放轻松，抛开重负，世界还是一样美好。