Just as is revealed in the picture above, the young, nowadays, just like the boy in the drawing, are prone to reach for what is beyond their grasp, but ignore the significance of doing something trivial and simple before accomplishing great feats.
There is no doubt that the symbolic meaning subtly conveyed in the picture should be given deep consideration. As we all know, a man who does not sweep a room, doesn't mention to sweep the world. In other words, the foundations of a building must be strong, or else the whole structure will fall down someday. Therefore, when it comes to the key to success, the most important thing lies in doing every tiny thing well around you.
As the saying goes, “the highest eminence is to be gained step by step.” To achieve the goal, not merely do we need ambition; we also need to realize the importance of dealing with triviality from the beginning. Only in this way can we get on the way to success down to earth.
Dear all,
I am writing this letter to express my gratitude to my parents for teaching me to be positive and to be strong. “Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.” is the opinion held by Aristotle. It is the experience of our forefathers, however, it is correct even today, including my parenting.
It is widely acknowledged that parenting, which can also be explained as family education, is of great significance in our character forming and manner acquiring. To be more detailed, setting good examples instead of just giving precepts is the greatest achievement of my parents. They not only taught me to think for the best and prepare for the worst; they taught me how. They not only told me the benefits of being strong in mind; they proved it. All those things require huge amount of time and work, but it’s worth it.
Without my parents’ contribution and education, I would never be who I am now. But most importantly, I would never be more gratitude to them than today.
Yours,
XXX
To see a world in a grain of sand,
And a heaven in a wild flower,
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand,
And eternity in an hour.
一沙一世界,
一花一天堂,
手中即无限,
永恒亦短暂。
Dear Mary,
You said in your letter that many of your classmates wore fashionableclothes, but you couldn't afford them so you felt very depressed. There are dif-ferent views on people's clothes. The followings are my ideas:
Firstly, you shouldn't put too much emphasis on physical appearance.
Remember that the most important task for you today is to concentrate on yourstudies. No matter what you wear, you will really look your best when youcome out first in your examinations.
Secondly, you should understand that it is a fine virtue to live in fru-gality. Just as a famous saying goes, Frugality is the mother of virtue.
Since your family can't provide you with enough money to buy fashionableclothes, it is all the more necessary for you to try to lighten the financialburden of your family. And you will find the virtue of frugality benefit youa lot in your future life.
I hope you understand what I mean. Hope you will take a positive attitudetowards life and will be happy again when you read my letter.
Yours,
Anne
The picture shows us a dialogue between a father and a son. The son told his father, “Dad, I’m a bit worried about disposing of nuclear waste”. While his father told him, “If you can empty the dustbin here you can do anything”. It reveals the importance of doing small things well before undertaking something big. There is also an old Chinese saying to go with this that a person can’t sweep the world before he can sweep his own room.
I agree on the point that it is of great importance for a person to do small things well before undertaking something big. First of all, doing small things well entail the qualities that needed in doing great things such as patience and ability of controlling time. For example, when we sweep our room, we need to manage our time and energy reasonably. Accordingly, if we sweep a bigger room, for example, a classroom with our classmates, we should learn how to cooperate and allot assignments as well. And a big advantage is that we can draw useful lessons from the failure of performing well because they didn’t cost a lot.
In another word, though these things seem trivial, they reinforce our manipulative ability and thus our understanding to the world. Therefore, we should not ignore the small things.
读《西游记》有感
儿时的经典读物——《西游记》是我读的第一本书。它那扣人心弦的故事情节,以及生动的人物刻画,无不吸引着我。孙悟空勇敢、忠诚、威力无穷,也使我对他充满了仰慕之情,他也成为了我儿时的偶像。
不过如今,随着知识阅历的增长,当我重新诵读这部经典时,又有了些新的想法与疑问。
沙僧只不过打碎琉璃盏,就要下界受罚,而神仙的坐骑纷纷扰乱人间,竟还可以回到仙界,为什么?难道就因为它们都有个足够大的“后台”?这说明了什么?
我想,一方面是体现了佛家道义,佛家的法力无边、大慈大悲。另一方面,也正是讽刺了当时政府的风气!讽刺了当时的官僚制度。唐僧好似皇帝,孙悟空是掌政大臣,一人之下,万人之上,即使有再大的能力,也只能就是这个样子了,没有“升职”的空间。而那些作恶的坐骑们好似社会的恶霸,因为身后有强大的后台,所以就可以无恶不作,即使是被发现了其所作所为,照样可以活得很舒坦。我想作者正是借助这样的比喻,表现了自己对社会的不满。
再谈谈悟空的成长史吧,一开始是从石头里蹦出来的,享天地之精华,后来又被高人收为弟子,学习法术,再到后来王母娘娘的一路扶持,护送唐僧是观音的教诲、众仙家的帮助……这一切好像都是机缘巧合,促使悟空成为一名英勇、法理高强的神猴。我想,假如其中这任意一环出了差错,孙悟空也必然不会像今天这样神气。这也正是作者想表达的意思吧我想。在当时的社会背景下,如果没有“高人”扶持,即使再有才,天赋再高,到最后也只不过是归隐山林,过上山水田园般的生活,为后人留下一些经典诗作罢了,显出自己的豁达。 另外,基本每次打败敌人,很少靠孙悟空的单打独斗,更多的是
请求仙家们、观音前来相助。难道这只是想说明佛家的伟大么?只是想说明团结就是力量?显然不是的。我想,作者更想表达的是当时社会的状态,要想办大事,就必须得有上层阶级的社会关系,否则门都没有!
《西游记》这部经典,看似只是对故事、人物的描写,却隐含了如此深刻的社会意义,或许我的理解有所偏差,但我相信,这部经典还有更多值得我们所挖掘、学习的东西。
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