More often than you can imagine, someone comes up to me and express appreciation for a letter written two, three, five years earlier that Ive forgotten. It came when I really needed it. You never know when a thank you may be needed.
My third point is that opportunity always exist .
At age 52 Id been widowed. At 53 I had open-heart surgery. I found myself frequently reflecting that the purpose for which God had placed me on earth had been fulfilled. After all, I reasoned, I had buried my parents and my wife. My children were grown, had families and careers and showed no need for an active parent. I had gone as far as I was going in my business career and civic endeavors.
But since then I have received many civic and humanitarian awards, which I mention only as evidence that I came upon opportunities for service. I found that opportunity still existed to fall in love again with a lovely lady who has opened so many beautiful views to me. And I have discovered an ability to savor life in a manner that I had not known prior to my adversity of a decade ago. Deep pain can awaken our sensitivity to life.
Last winter, I was in Fayetteville, Ark. , on business, and checked into a hotel for the night. I was sharing the hotel with a high-school-band convention. On a cold evening it seems that march practices must be held in the halls. By 1: 30 a. m. I realized that sleep was impossible, so I checked out and headed home. About four I pulled off the road and got out to stretch.
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