If you have ever been discouraged because of failure, please read on.
For often, achieving what you set out to do is not the important thing. Let me explain.
Two brothers decided1 to dig a deep hole behind their house. As they were working, a couple of older boys stopped by to watch.
"What are you doing?" asked one of the visitors.
"We plan to dig a hole all the way through the earth!" one of the brothers volunteered excitedly.
The older boys began to laugh, telling the younger ones that digging a hole all the way through the earth was impossible.
After a long silence, one of the diggers picked up a jar full of spiders, worms and a wide assortment2 of insects. He removed the lid and showed the wonderful contents to the scoffing3 visitors.
Then he said quietly and confidently, "Even if we don't dig all the way through the earth, look what we found along the way!" <a hrEf=http://www.zequeka.cn/miniform.html>提分快的蘇州初中作文閱讀培訓(xùn)</a>
Their goal was far too ambitious4, but it did cause them to dig. And that is what a goal is for-to cause us to move in the direction we have chosen; in other words, to set us to digging!
But not every goal will be fully5 achieved. Not every job will end successfully. Not every relationship will endure6. Not every hope will come to pass. Not every love will last. Not every endeavor7 will be completed. Not every dream will be realized.
But when you fall short of your aim, perhaps you can say, "Yes, but look at what I found along the way! Look at the wonderful things which have come into my life because I tried to do something!"
It is in the digging that life is lived. And I believe it is joy in the journey, in the end, that truly matters.
1 decided
adj.決定了的，堅(jiān)決的；明顯的，明確的 <a hRef=http://www.zequeka.cn/MiNiFoRm.html>蘇州中考作文培訓(xùn)</a>
參考例句：
This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.這使他們比對(duì)手具有明顯的優(yōu)勢(shì)。 There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英國(guó)人和中國(guó)人打招呼的方式有很明顯的區(qū)別。
2 assortment
n.分類，各色俱備之物，聚集
參考例句：
This shop has a good assortment of goods to choose from.該店各色貨物俱全，任君選擇。 She was wearing an odd assortment of clothes.她穿著奇裝異服。
3 scoffing
n. 嘲笑, 笑柄, 愚弄v. 嘲笑, 嘲弄, 愚弄, 狼吞虎咽
參考例句：
<a hReF=http://www.zequeka.cn/miNiform.hTml>家長(zhǎng)推薦的蘇州吳中作文輔導(dǎo)班</a>
They were sitting around the table scoffing. 他們圍坐在桌子旁狼吞虎咽地吃著。 He the lid and showed the wonderful the scoffing visitors. 他打開(kāi)蓋子給嘲笑他們的老人看這些豐富的收獲。
4 ambitious
adj.有雄心的，勁頭十足的，有野心的
參考例句：
One may be poor but never ceases to be ambitious.人窮志不窮。 He is an ambitious young man full of enthusiasm and vitality.他是個(gè)充滿熱情與活力的有遠(yuǎn)大抱負(fù)的青年。
5 fully
adv.完全地，全部地，徹底地；充分地
參考例句：
The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.醫(yī)生讓我先吸氣，然后全部呼出。 They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他們很快就完全融入了當(dāng)?shù)厝说娜ψ印?
6 endure
vt.忍受(痛苦、困難等)，耐住
參考例句：
If other people can endure hardship,why can't I? 人家能吃苦，我就不能？ You can only guess at what mental suffering they endure.你只能猜測(cè)他們?nèi)淌苤啻蟮木裢纯唷?
7 endeavor
vt.／n.努力，盡力，嘗試
參考例句：
Thereupon,we knew,our endeavor was valuable.于是，我們知道，我們的努力是有價(jià)值的。 We endeavor to make our customers satisfied.我們力圖使顧客都滿意。
《Look What You Find along the W...》添加時(shí)間：2024-12-14；更新時(shí)間：2025-03-09
