If I were a boy again
[ 2006-05-03 16:35 ]
假如我又回到了童年，我做事要更有毅力；假如我又回到了童年，我就要養成專心致志的習慣；假如我又回到了童年，我就要培養勇氣；假如我又回到了童年，我就要事事樂觀；假如我又回到了童年，我就要養成經常說“不”字的習慣……
親愛的朋友們，童年已經遠去。留下的酸酸甜甜，卻是生命中抹不去的回憶。假如重新來過，你是否會更加珍惜？
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I were a boy again, I would practice perseverance more often, and never give up
a thing because it was or inconvenient. If we want light, we must conquer
darkness. Perseverance can sometimes equal genius in its results. "There are
only two creatures," says a proverb, "Who can surmount the pyramids - the eagle
and the snail."
If I were a boy again, I would school myself into a
habit of attention; I would let nothing come between me and the subject in hand.
I would remember that a good skater never tries to skate in two directions at
once. The habit of attention becomes part of our life, if we begin early enough.
I often hear grown up people say, "I could not fix my attention on the sermon or
book, although I wished to do so", and the reason is, the habit was not formed
in youth.
If I were to live my life over again, I would pay more
attention to the cultivation of the memory. I would strengthen that faculty by
every possible means, and on every possible occasion. It takes a little hard
work at first to remember things accurately; but memory soon helps itself, and
gives very little trouble. It only needs early cultivation to become a power.
If I were a boy again, I would cultivate courage. "Nothing is so mild
and gentle as courage, nothing so cruel and pitiless as cowardice," says a wise
author. We too often borrow trouble, and anticipate that may never appear." The
fear of ill exceeds the ill we fear." Dangers will arise in any career, but
presence of mind will often conquer the worst of them. Be prepared for any fate,
and there is no harm to be feared. If I were a boy again, I would look on the
cheerful side. Life is very much like a mirror: if you smile upon it, I smiles
back upon you; but if you frown and look doubtful on it, you will get a similar
look in return. Inner sunshine warms not only the heart of the owner, but of all
that come in contact with it. "Who shuts love out, in turn shall be shut out
from love." Importance of learning very early in life to gain that point where a
young boy can stand erect, and decline.
If I were a boy again, I would
school myself to say no more often. I might write pages on the doing an unworthy
act because it is unworthy. If I were a boy again, I would demand of myself
more courtesy towards my companions and friends and indeed towards strangers as
well. The smallest courtesies along the rough roads of life are like the little
birds that sing to us all winter long, and make that season of ice and snow more
endurable.
Finally, instead of trying hard to be happy, as if that were
the sole purpose of life, I would, if I were a boy again, I would still try
harder to make others happy.
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