if_i_were_a_boy_again

1、IfIwereaboyagainIwouldpracticeperseverancemeoftennevergiveupathingbecauseitwashardinconvenient.Ifwewantlightwemustconquerdarkness.Perseverancecansometimesequalgeniusinitsresults.“Thereareonlytwocreatures”saysaproverb“who

2、cansurmountthepyras—theeaglethesnail.”IfIwereaboyagainIwouldschoolmyselfintoahabitofattentionIwouldletnothingcomebetweenmethesubjectinh.Iwouldrememberthatagoodskaternevertriestoskateintwodirectionsatonce.Thehabitofattent

3、ionbecomespartofourlifeifwebeganearlyenough.Ioftenheargrownuppeoplesay“IcouldnotfixmyattentiononthesermonabookalthoughIwishedtodoso”thereasonisthehabitwasnotfmedinyouth.IfIweretolivemylifeoveragainIwouldpaymeattentiontot

4、hecultivationofthememy.Iwouldstrengthenthatfacultybyeverypossiblemeansoneverypossibleoccasion.Ittakesalittlehardwkatfirsttorememberthingsaccuratelybutmemysoonhelpsitselfgivesverylittletrouble.Itonlyneedsearlycultivationt

5、obecomeapower.假如我又回到了童年，我做事要更有毅力，決不因為事情艱難或者麻煩而撒手不干，我們要光明，就得征服黑暗。毅力在效果上有時能同天才相比。俗話說：“能登上金字塔的生物，只有兩種——鷹和蝸牛?！奔偃缥矣只氐搅送?，我就要養(yǎng)成專心致志的習慣；有事在手，就決不讓任何東西讓我分心。我要牢記：優(yōu)秀的滑冰手從不試圖同時滑向兩個不同的方向。如果及早養(yǎng)成這種專心致志的習慣，它將成為我們生命的一部分。我常聽成年人說：“雖然我希望能集中

6、注意聽牧師講道或讀書，但往往做不到?！倍蚓褪悄贻p時沒有養(yǎng)成這種習慣。假如我現在能重新開始我的生命，我就要更注意記憶力的培養(yǎng)。我要采取一切可能的辦法，并且在一切可能的場合，增強記憶力。要正確無誤地記住一些東西，在開始階段的確要作出一番小小的努力；但要不了多久，記憶力本身就會起作用，使記憶成為輕而易舉的事，只需及早培養(yǎng)，記憶自會成為一種才能。IfIwereaboyagainIwouldcultivatecourage.“Nothingi

7、ssomildgentleascouragenothingsocruelpitilessascowardice”saysawiseauth.Wetoooftenbrowtroubleanticipatethatmayneverappear.”Thefearofillexceedstheillwefear.”Dangerswillariseinanycareerbutpresenceofmindwilloftenconquerthewst

8、ofthem.Bepreparedfanyfatethereisnoharmtobefeared.IfIwereaboyagainIwouldlookonthecheerfulside.Lifeisverymuchlikeamirr:ifyousmileuponitIsmilesbackuponyoubutifyoufrownlookdoubtfulonityouwillgetasimilarlookinreturn.Innersuns

9、hinewarmsnotonlytheheartoftheownerbutofallthatcomeincontactwithit.“whoshutsloveoutinturnshallbeshutoutfromlove.”IfIwereaboyagainIwouldschoolmyselftosay“no”meoften.Imightwritepagesontheimptanceoflearningveryearlyinlifetog

10、ainthatpointwhereayoungboycansterectdeclinedoinganunwthyactbecauseitisunwthy.IfIwereaboyagainIwoulddemofmyselfmecourtlinesstowardsmycompanionsfriendsindeedtowardsstrangersaswell.Thesmallestcourtesiesalongtheroughroadsofl

11、ifearelikethelittlebirdsthatsingtousallwinterlongmakethatseasonoficesnowmeendurable.FinallyinsteadoftryinghardtobehappyasifthatwerethesolepurposeoflifeIwouldifIwereaboyagainIwouldstilltryhardertomakeothershappy.假如我又回到了童年

12、，我就要培養(yǎng)勇氣。一位明智的作家曾說過：“世上沒有東西比勇氣更溫文爾雅，也沒有東西比懦怯更殘酷無情。”我們常常過多地自尋煩惱，杞人憂天?！芭碌満Ρ鹊満Ρ旧砀膳隆！狈彩露加形ｋU，但鎮(zhèn)定沉著往往能克服最嚴重的危險。對一切禍福做好準備，那么就沒有什么災難可以害怕的了。假如我又回到了童年，我就要事事樂觀。生活猶如一面鏡子：你朝它笑，它也朝你笑；如果你雙眉緊鎖，向它投以懷疑的目光，它也將還以你同樣的目光。內心的歡樂不僅溫暖了歡樂者自己的心，也溫

13、暖了所有與之接觸者的心?！罢l拒愛于門外，也必將被愛拒諸門外?！奔偃缥矣只氐搅送?，我就要養(yǎng)成經常說“不”字的習慣。一個少年要能挺得起腰，拒絕做不應該做的事，就因為這事不值得做。我可以寫上好幾頁談談早年培養(yǎng)這一點的重要性。假如我又回到了童年，我就要要求自己對伙伴和朋友更加禮貌，而且對陌生人也應如此。在坎坷的生活道路上，最細小的禮貌猶如在漫長的冬天為我們歌唱的小鳥，那歌聲使冰天雪地的寒冬變得較易忍受。最后，假如我又回到了童年，我不會力圖為自