知足

以前父母或长辈总是告诉我：要知足。但我其实不明白什么是知足，我以为知足就是在有好事的时候要懂得珍惜，不要奢求。当然这也是知足的一种，但现在随着我们每天读很多书和文章，我发现知足远远不止于此。现在我认为知足是懂得感恩，是豁达的心胸，更是一种思维方式，当我们学会了这种思维方式的时候，我们每天都会是幸福的。知足并不是只在有好事的时候要珍惜，而是在任何时候都要珍惜，无论这件事表面上看是好是坏。比如，我刚到叔叔这来的时候，总会被叔叔批评，我就会觉得这是一件坏事，是一件痛苦的事，当然那时候就更不会感恩了。但现在回想起来，我觉得这是一件多么值得庆幸与值得感激的事啊。被批评表面上看是一件没什么可开心的事，但如果我们换一个角度看，被批评，何尝不是一个让我们提升，让我们变得更好的机会。如果当初没有叔叔的“批评”，我现在怎么可能会懂得这个道理。所以任何事情只要我们换一个角度去看，就一定会找到它值得被我们珍惜与感恩的地方。

In the past, my parents or elders always told me: to be content. But I don't actually understand what contentment is. I think contentment means knowing how to cherish when there is something good, and don't ask extravagantly. Of course this is also a form of contentment, but now as we read a lot of books and articles every day, I find that contentment is much more than that. Now I think contentment is to know how to be grateful, to be open-minded, and to be a way of thinking. When we learn this way of thinking, we will be happy every day. Contentment is not to cherish only when there is something good, but to cherish it at all times, no matter how good or bad it seems on the surface. For example, when I first came to uncle here, I would always be criticized by uncle. I would feel that it was a bad thing, a painful thing, and of course I would not be grateful at that time. But looking back now, I think it was such a blessing and a grateful thing. On the surface, being criticized is nothing to be happy about, but if we look at it from another angle, being criticized is not an opportunity for us to improve and become better. If there was no "criticism" from uncle, how could I have understood this truth now. Therefore, as long as we look at anything from a different angle, we will surely find a place that is worthy of our cherishing and gratitude.

这周的天气都很好，气温也在回升了，所以有的时候我们就会出去滑滑板。我滑的是一种很小很灵活的板，因为以前从来没有滑过，一开始我还很害怕，不敢踩上去。但是几次之后，我发现它并不危险，而且很好操作。慢慢的我就变得熟练了，越滑越快，就当我很高兴觉得我滑的很好的时候，我就不小心摔了一跤……虽然不严重，但是摔完之后我就明白了，真是万事都不能骄傲啊！

The weather has been great this week and the temperatures are picking up, so sometimes we'll be out skating. I skated a very small and flexible board, and because I had never skated before, I was too scared to step on it at first. But after a few times, I found that it is not dangerous and works well. Gradually, I became proficient, and the faster I skated, the faster I skated, and when I was very happy that I was skating well, I accidentally fell... Although it wasn't serious, I understood after the fall. Oh, we can't be proud of anything!