It wasn't until we moved into our new home in 2006 that I found it again. It was addressed to me with explicit instructions not to open until my birthday 2005. It was now 2006 so I decided to open it. This is what it said:
Dear Sherri
By the time you read this you will be 30. At the age of 18 I had so many hopes and dreams about where you'd be, what you'd be doing and with whom you'd spend your life with.
Right now I hope that you have traveled and seen everything you've always wanted to, both in Canada and overseas, and maybe even settled down somewhere in Australia doing some research in the field of biology (genetics.
I hope you're married to the man of your dreams. The man of mine is Gwynn. He is originally from South Africa (another place I wish to visit.
You'll probably have two children of your own – a girl(Michaela Anne and a boy (name yet to be decided.
If everything goes according to plan you'll be living in Australia in a big house in a small town outside of a big city with a lot of land, a dog, Gwynn and your two beautiful children. Hopefully you have a career in the medical field, maybe doing research in genetics. Gwynn will be a computer programmer and you will be doing alright for yourselves.
However, if things don't go according to plan for you, I wish you all the love, happiness and joy in the world and don't settle for anything less than the best since that is absolutely what you deserve.
Live long, be happy and live life to it's fullest.
Love Sherri "18″
When I read this for the first time since writing it I was floored. Even now having dug this up again another 4 years later I still can't help but think this is really cool.
So much of what I wanted for myself has materialized.
I did travel to a few more places in Canada although I haven't seen everything I'd like to.I did marry the man of my dreams and yes he still is my one and only.I've traveled to the UK, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. I lived in Australia for nearly 4 years in a big house, in a small suburb, in a major city (close enough. I had a career in Biology in the field of genetics for 10 years.I have two lovely kids – both boys (names now decided.
I have not one dog but two dogs. Both yellow labs from Australia.Gwynn is a computer programmer. We are doing okay for ourselves.
After writing this I quickly forgot about what I had put in here actually. The things that materialized were all met with quite a bit of resistance (all internal but I suppose these were things that I really did want. Having never strayed too far from home overseas travel was a huge deal. Having never been away from my family moving to Australia for several years was an incredibly huge decision.
I find it fascinating how the dreams of a young and naive little girl can become a grown woman's reality.
I'm curious if you guys have ever written anything to your future self and how it stacks up to your current reality. If you haven't, will you join me in writing a letter now to yourself in say 10 years from now? It's an interesting little experiment.
这个暑假里我有很多收获,比如学会了游泳、出去旅游,增长了见识、还体验了超刺激的游戏。不过,我最大的收获应该是懂得了
——“坚持就是胜利”这个道理。
放暑假了,妈妈给我报了羽毛球班,我十分高兴。妈妈告诉我,上课时间是每天下午3:00——5:00,时间为一个月,并强调既然报了,就要坚持学完。听朋友说那儿的老师非常好,有幽默感,同学们都很喜欢他。于是,下午2:30我就拿上羽毛球拍兴冲冲地出发了。可是刚走出空调屋,瞬间就被一股热浪包围,于是我加快脚步跑下楼,谁知一股更加强烈的阳光向我射来,刺得我睁不开眼睛,晒得就像被火烤似的。我这才意识到,这个课时正是一天中最热的时候!虽然热但是心中有股莫名的力量驱使着我向前进。当我来到教室,发现这个教室没有空调,没有风扇,连窗户都没有,整个教室热得像蒸笼,不透气。天哪,一个月呀!意味着我要在这样的天气里行走30次。这可怎么办,我能坚持的下来吗?
在这样的情况下,我坚持了一个星期,初期的热情快没有了,我有点想放弃了,再也不想踏出空调屋半步了。每天午饭后,我都嘟嘟囔囔说不想去,希望得到妈妈的同意。可是妈妈耐心劝我:“我知道外面很热,可是学东西哪有那么容易的?如果一碰到困难就放弃,到头来什么都学不到。坚持就是胜利!”我突然想到了妈妈,她天天要干家务:买菜、做饭、洗衣、拖地、打扫房间等等,这些家务天天都需要人重复的做,妈妈不烦吗?但是她不是也天天在坚持吗?还有老师,她们日复一日,年复一年教着孩子们,她们不烦吗?如果他们放弃了,那这么多学生们怎么学习知识?医生们放弃了,病人怎么治病?司机们放弃了,车怎么开?工人们放弃了,工厂怎么运行?农民们放弃了,谁种庄稼?·····
是啊,“坚持就是胜利,胜利需要坚持”可是我从来都没有做到过。比如:每天坚持听、读英语,我没做到;每天认真做作业,不粗心,不马虎,我做不到;每天坚持读书,我做不到;每天早上起床晨练,我也做不到;每天坚持练琴,我还做不到;每天坚持写,我都做不到,等等。我想为什么我做事总是虎头蛇尾,三分钟热度。每次开学时,总是信心满满,又是目标又是计划,可时间一长,惰性就出现,不知不觉中就放弃了很多。这些看似简单的事情,如果都能坚持下来,会给我带来巨大的收获。所以这次,我一定要坚持,坚持就是胜利,胜利需要坚持!我赶紧拿起羽毛球拍,冲出家门,一路上,我的耳边一直回荡着那句话:“坚持就是胜利!”
我终于懂得了,什么叫做“坚持就是胜利”。以后,在我快要气馁的时候,我也要随时用这句话提醒自己“坚持就是胜利”我想这就是我暑假最大的收获!
在日常学习、工作抑或是生活中,大家都经常接触到吧,作文是通过文字来表达一个主题意义的记叙方法。还是对作文一筹莫展吗?以下是小编帮大家整理的收获的夜晚作文,希望对大家有所帮助。
放学以后,我回到家吃了一顿香甜可口的晚饭,晚饭后妈妈在厨房里收拾碗筷,爸爸回到书房工作了,我也回到了自己的\'房间了,还有几道数学题目没做呢。
突然,从窗外传来了一阵无比刺耳的钢琴声,于是我想到了妈妈教我的秘诀,用两个棉花团塞住耳朵。原来是对门的小妹妹在弹钢琴,“哆……来……咪……”。“你弹的是什么东西?我白花钱培养你了!”哦,是隔壁的“王母娘娘”发火了。只听“啪啪”两声,好响的两个耳光啊!小妹妹“哇”的一声哭了。这时楼梯上传来“咚咚”的脚步声——是“玉皇大帝”张老师回来了。“咔嚓”一声门开了,小妹妹抱着她爸爸的腿哭着说:“妈妈骂我琴弹得不好,还打我!”“你怎么这样对待孩子,应该有耐心!不用怕,弹给爸爸听听。”张老师对母女俩说。“哆……来……咪……”我觉得弹得还是那个样,妈妈教我塞耳朵的秘诀咋没有用呢?这时,只听到张老师语重心长地说:“功夫不负有心人,只要你努力,就一定会成功!”对呀,我也要这样!于是我又在稿纸上演算了起来……
在我考到100分的那天晚上,窗外传来优美的钢琴声。
自从我迷上了网络游戏,视力就一直往下滑落。暑假前的一天早晨,我有意无意地闭上右眼,却大惊失色——眼前的世界一片模糊,近在咫尺的视力表居然只能朦朦胧胧地看清上三行!再睁开右眼,失调的世界终于回到了原来的模样,清晰的景象浮现在眼前。我在稍稍松了口气之余,心里不禁涌起一阵惶恐——我的左眼视力怎么办?
这个假期,我采取了“视力强训法”——拒绝电脑,拒绝电视,拒绝长时间看书!我还到网上查阅了许多有关保护眼睛的方法,什么一天必须做两次眼保健操啦,看书不可以一次超过40分钟啦……我全部一字不漏地抄在了笔记本上,希望这有助于我提高视力。
第一个星期我坚持得很好,能够按要求保护眼睛。爸爸对我的变化也十分惊喜,连连夸我:“长大了,懂事了!”
可惜好景不长,我的自觉行为被一个电话给破坏了。那天,一位常在一起的网友向我大谈特谈游戏中新出现的东西,讲得我手痒痒心也痒痒,恨不得马上飞奔到电脑前,在游戏中遨游,那种感觉真是美妙阿!就好比是“饭后一根烟,赛过活神仙”。然而,就在我走到电脑前的一瞬间,“良心发现”了,依依不舍地退了回来,心里不住地叹息——唉!要是我有个好眼睛该多好呀!
有了第一次就肯定有第二次。游戏的诱惑太大了,好几次我已坐在电脑前,手握鼠标,都及时地退了回来。几次下来,我摸索到了一个方法,那就是想玩电脑时就大声朗诵网络游戏对眼睛的伤害,自然就会克服诱惑的。
还有一个诱惑来自看书。用老爸的话来说,我是看起书来不要命的那种。看40分钟书后,我常常不按要求放松眼睛,赖在书旁不起来,任凭闹钟扯破嗓子喊个不停,直到不断斥责自己不守规矩,眼睛也闹着嚷着要休息,我才念念不舍地放下书起身。后来,我请老爸作我的监督员,帮助我养成好的习惯。
一个假期过去了,我的左眼视力大有长进,我原以为这是我这个暑假的最大收获,爸爸却说:“我还得到了许多珍贵的保眼和一颗能够战胜自己的心”。
精彩的暑假生活就要结束了,在这个暑假中,我有很多收获,下面我就盘点一下。
在暑假中,妈妈帮我申请了一个博客。我还在我的博客中设置了美丽的图画,它可漂亮啦。我还写了好几篇文章呢,欢迎大家浏览。而且,还是我自己往电脑里敲的呢。妈妈还教我了怎样使用电脑,虽然我现在还不太熟练,但我相信以后我会用的很好。
我还天天在家练字,每天十个,我现在写的字可比以前好看多了。我想我以后还要继续练习,把我的\'字写的更好。
我每天还要看书,共看完了三本书,另外还有一本快看完了。我现在的语言表达能力更强了。我最喜欢看杨红樱阿姨写的书,她写的《笑猫日记》我非常喜欢。恨不得把所有得《笑猫日记》都买下来。而且我还很喜欢去书店,因为到那里可以看到许多好看的图书。妈妈答应我每次放假都要带我去书店。我非常高兴。
我每天还要做四道奥数题。妈妈给我讲了四种类型的奥数题,分别是“和倍问题”、“差倍问题”、“和差问题”、“巧求周长”。我最喜欢的是“和倍问题”和“巧求周长”。我共做了66道题,我认为我的数学有了一定程度的提高。
这个暑假我还画了五幅画,这是绘画班老师留的作业。我开学后又要接着上绘画班了,并且每个周六都要上,绘画是我喜欢的事情。我画的画自认为还不错,等哪天让妈妈帮我传上来几幅,让大家看看。
我今年暑假还有一个最大的收获,那就是我上了一个游泳班。我已经基本学会了蛙泳。我觉得夏天在游泳池中游泳是最舒服的一件事。
我还有一件高兴事,我在学游泳的第一天就看见了我幼儿园的同学——王艺聪,她和我在一起学游泳,我们俩在一起可高兴啦!我们俩还天天晚上在一起玩。可惜马上就要开学了,所以我们俩平时就不能在一起玩了,只能在六、日才能玩。
我的暑假是不是很精彩也很有意义啊?总之,我认为是。
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