【阅读理解YearsagowhenIstartedlookingformyfirstjobwiseadviserssaid“Barbarabeenthusiastic!Enthusiasmwilltakeyoufurtherthananyamountofexperience.”Howrighttheywere!】
阅读理解
YearsagowhenIstartedlookingformyfirstjobwiseadviserssaid“Barbarabeenthusiastic!Enthusiasmwilltakeyoufurtherthananyamountofexperience.”Howrighttheywere!
“Nothinggreatwaseverachievedwithoutenthusiasm”wroteRalphWaldoEmerson.Itisthepastethathelpsyouhangontherewhenthegoinggetstough.Itistheinnervoicethatwhispers“Icandoit!”whenothersshout“Noyoucan’t!”IttookyearsandyearsfortheearlyworkofBarbaraMcClintockageneticist(遗传学家)whowonthe1983NobelPrizeinmedicinetobegenerallyaccepted.Yetshedidn’tletuponherexperiments.Workwassuchadeeppleasureforherthatsheneverthoughtofstopping.
Weareallbornwithwide-eyedenthusiasticwonderanditisthischildlikewonderthatgivesenthusiasticpeoplesuchyouthfulairwhatevertheirage.At90cellist(大提琴家)PabloCasalswouldstarthisdaybyplayingBach.Asthemusicflowedthroughhisfingershisbentshoulderswouldstraightenandjoywouldreappearinhiseyes.AsauthorandpoetSamueloncewrote“Yearsmaketheskinoldbuttogiveupenthusiasmmakesthesoulold.”
Enthusiasticpeoplealsolovewhattheydoregardlessofmoneytitleorpower.PatriciaMcllrathretireddirectoroftheMissouriRepertoryTheaterinKansasCitywasonceaskedwhereshegotherenthusiasm.Shereplied“MyfatheralawyerlongagotoldmeInevermadeapennyuntilIstoppedworkingformoney.”
Ifwecannotdowhatweloveasafulltimecareerwecandoitasahobby.ElizabethLaytonofWellsvilleKanwas68beforeshebegantodraw.Thisactivityendedhersadnessthathadtroubledherforatleast30yearsandthequalityofherworkledonecritic(评论员)tosay“IampersuadedtocallLaytonagenius.”
Wecan’taffordtowastetearson“might-have-beens”.Weneedtoturnthetearsintosweataswegoafter“what-can-be”.Weneedtoliveeachmomentwhole-heartedlywithalloursenses-findingpleasureinthesweetsmellofabackyardgardenthesimplepictureofasix-year-oldandthebeautyofarainbow.
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