“The meaning of things lies not in the things themselves, but in our attitude towards them. For everything we have missed, we have gained something else.”

In life, we are always filled with choices. We may opt to have a pessimist’s view and live a self - defeated life or we may decide to take the optimist’s route and have a challenging and fulfilling life.

 Hanging up the phone and throwing myself back onto my bed, I lay down quietly with my eyes fixed at the ceiling. Just now, I was told by mom that my puppy was bumped by a car and was seriously injured. Tears fell down from my eyes…

An event of five years ago unveiled before my mind’s eye. That summer, I was told by mom that my nine-year-old cousin was seriously ill. At that time, I didn’t really know how serious her state real was, but could saw the rolling tears in my relatives’ eyes when they talked about her. Two days later, we met her at the airport when she came back from a hospital in Beijing. It was then that I knew she had caught cancer…

She was a lovely girl and also the youngest child in our big family. Everyone liked her. Those days, whenever I saw her pale face, bitterness would stir in my heart. But to my great surprise, I never saw her cry or in sadness. When she ached, she would knit her frown and kept silent for a moment, and when the pain alleviated, she smiled and continued to talk happily. Although my aunt didn’t tell her about her illness, I believe she knew she was getting worse. But her illness never prevented her to be an optimistic girl. Maybe, such a young girl didn’t really know what death meant. And it was just because of this that she didn’t give up a second to enjoy her living life.

Her illness was something that she had to be faced with, and she could do nothing to change it. But she could choose to live her remaining life either happily or woefully. For my cousin, she didn’t intently choose either one of them. Maybe, being optimistic is the nature of a young child. From that time on, I always keep in mind that: I should always walk on the sunny side of the road.

Noises made by the ship on the river brought me back from my recalling. I pulled myself all together and asked myself to calm down. I could do nothing to help, but I can think positively about it and hope for the best. Suddenly, the telephone rang. I jumped up from the bed and rushed towards the phone. From the other side of the phone came mom’s exciting voice: “The puppy was okay now…”

Hanging off the phone again, I felt quite relaxed. As the rain gradually ceased to patter, a glimmer of light began to filter into my room through the window curtain. I opened the window and looked out.”Woo, what a day!" The rain clouds had vanished and the remaining raindrops on the tree leaves glistened tremulously in the morning sunshine. I told myself that everything unpleasant will pass. Whenever possible, life should be a pattern of experience to savor, not endure. I’m trying to recognize these moments and cherish them. Think positively about life and be optimistic.

posted on 2007-03-11 17:54 Candyl 阅读(356) 评论(1)  编辑  收藏 所属分类: 英文原创 网摘收藏