Be Like a Pine Tree And Bear What You Can （像松樹那樣, 能承擔多少就承擔多少）
schoolhadbeenveryeasyformeinthebeginning.ihadbeentheusualroutine---showupforschool,completeassignments,taketests,getgrades.andthatwasusuallystraighta’s.ithoughtschoolwasthateasy.
suddenlymiddleschoolbegan.sure,iwasatopstudentforsixyears,whywoulditbeanyharder?itwas;thebadmarkinapopquizdeeplyhumbledme.
ibecameveryresentfulandangryaboutmysituation.ifeltsodepressedforfeelinginferior.
onewinterdaywehadaheavysnow.mothertookmeforalongwalk.“seethoseelmtrees,”shesaid.“thebranchesarebroken.thetreesmaydie.butlookatthosepinetrees!theyarenothurtbythesnow.”“whentheyhavemoresnowthantheycanhold,theylowerthebranchesandletthesnowslipaway.thenextmorningtheyareasgoodasever.”
“therearejusttwokindsoftreesintheworld:thestubbornandthewise.belikeapinetree.bearwhatyoucan,thenlettheloadslideoff.youwillmoveforwardlightly.”
yes,“belikeapinetree.bearwhatyoucan!”shakeoffresentment,angryanddepression.wewillhaveabrightfuture.
像松樹那樣,能承擔多少就承擔多少
求學之初，我一直得心應手。一切不外乎是每天上學，做作業，考考試，拿學分。而我的分數經常是優。我覺得求學竟是那般容易。
倏忽之間，中學學習生涯開始了。千真萬確，我做了六年的優等生，難道功課還會變得更難？確實如此。在一次突襲考試中，我糟糕的成績深深挫傷了我的傲氣。
我為我的境況變得憤懣不平。我灰心、失望，因為我感覺低人一等。
冬日的一天，外邊下了一場大雪。媽媽帶我去散步。“瞧那榆樹”，媽媽說，“樹枝都折斷了，這些樹會死的。再瞧那松樹，它們不會受到雪的傷害。它們把枝丫垂下,使雪滑落。第二天清晨，依舊完好如初。”
“世界上只有兩種樹，一種頑固不化；一種機智聰明。做一棵松樹吧！能承受多少就承受多少。然後抖掉包袱，你就能輕鬆前行。”