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1、闲看庭前花开花落全文 望天上云卷云舒 Ive never been an athlete. Ive never been much interested in sports, ever since I stopped playing 1)touch-football with the boys, when I hit 2)puberty. Ive tried tennis. I hit the ball too high, too long, and way over into 3)left field. Ive tried softball. Thank goodness that ball
2、 is “soft” and big, because it felt just awful when it hit me in the eye. I tried running, but I couldnt get anyone to chase me.I tried swimming, but even though I float like a 4)cork, and have had numerous lessons, I cant seem to get over the idea, that Im really going to drown. Finally, I settled
3、on walking, and for a number of years, I walked 3 to 5 miles a day. I realize that there is an Olympic sport referred to as “walking,” but when I tried that, all I succeeded in doing was 5)throwing my hip out.Im definitely NOT an athlete, but I make do, especially in my “mid-life” years, which bring
4、s a question to my mind. When did I hit mid-life? I remember when I hit thirty. I had to visit a grief counselor, because I knew my life was over. I remember forty. I had to see a grief counselor the day after my first child graduated from high-school and moved out of the house because I knew my lif
5、e was over. I remember forty-four. For some reason I thought my life was over. Then I hit fifty and I was all excited because I was able to join an organization called 6)AARP. My husband was especially excited because he is younger than I, and he got to join, too!Fifty became the magic age. I knew t
6、hat as long as I was in good health, 7)in this day and age, I probably had a good fifty years ahead of me. Then came the 8)asthma. OK, I had that much earlier, but it only became life threatening after fifty. Then came the9)fibromyalgia. OK, I had THAT earlier, but its not life threatening. Then cam
7、e the arthritis, and, more recently, at fifty-five, came the 10)diabetes. Somewhere, along the way, I became very interested in 11)pharmaceuticals, and, finally, one day, I became free.I began by noticing the sunsets, and I had the time to stop and really wonder, at the beauty and the magnitude of i
8、t all. Then I moved onto the sunrises, and I quickly found out that if I wasted the early morning, I missed the loveliest part of the day. Then I began to notice how grateful I was to be able to witness the changing of the seasons. The first whisper of spring; the 12)rustling of the leaves beneath m
9、y feet, in the fall; that first breathless covering of a winters snow; and in the summer, all the flowers, and the buzzing of a 13)bumblebee.When illness would hit me, I found that I actually enjoyed the solitude. A time to reflect, gather my thoughts, and pray, at leisure. I found that I was “exper
10、iencing” this mid-life season, and I was no longer missing every moment, 14)shackled to the chains of worry, and what “might” be. I found that worrying about tomorrow, only served to make me overlook the blessings of today.Its not always easy. A few loads of laundry, and a pile of dishes can take an
11、 entire day; but then I dont push myself a lot. So, I forget to make the bed, as I watch the rosy glow of dawn meet the rising sun. I have time to walk our little, wooded acre with my little 15)dachshund 16)straining at the 17)leash. I get to read the “signs,” with my Happy Dog, sniff the air, and g
12、aze out at nowhere, studying the sky, with the same intensity that my little dog studies the ground.本文为全文原貌 未安装PDF浏览器用户请先下载安装 原版全文I get to meet the day, every day. I get to say “good-night,” to the sunsets. Ive studied a lot of sunsets, in the last five years, and Ive never seen two that were alike.
13、 And Ive gotten to make my mind up, about the mysteries of life; and I have grown certain, that all this was no accident.I feed the birds, and I take great delight in their multicolored 18)hues, especially in the spring. I drag a chair to stand on, so that I can fill the feeders to the brim, myself.
14、 I say a little prayer, as I 19)wobble, a little 20)cock-eyed on the chair, and I laugh, at myself, and all the pretensions of my younger life. I take great delight in my life. I thank God for all the precious little things of every day. Friends. Family. Neighbors. And health. A health of the soul.
15、For I have come to understand what real health is, and when you have REAL health, then you truly have everything.我历来不是什么运动员料子。到了青春期，我不再和男孩们玩触身式橄榄球，以后，我一直对运动没多大爱好。我试过打网球，球打得太高太远，飞到了左外场。我试过打垒球，幸亏那球又“软”又大，我眼睛给它打中，也就是感觉糟糕倒霉而已。我试过跑步，但总不会有些人在后面追赶我。我试过游泳，但尽管我能够像软木塞一样漂浮，还上过无数堂游泳课，我还是无法克服这么一个想法我真的会被淹死。最终，我安下
16、心来走路。好几年来，我天天全部走35英里路。我了解到奥林匹克运动会有个竞技项目就是被人称作“走路”的，但当我尝试参与时，只落了个盆骨错位的下场。我绝对没有运动员的体魄，但我将就着熬过来了，尤其是“中年”那段日子，说起来，引出一个问题我是什么时候步入中年的呢？我记得30岁时，我得去看哀难过理诊疗师，因为那时我知道自己的人生完了；我记得40岁时，我第一个孩子高中毕业后搬出家住的那天，我又得去看哀难过理诊疗师，因为那时我知道自己的人生完了；我记得44岁时，因为某个原因，我认为自己的人生完了；接着，我满了50岁，因为能加入一个叫“美国退休人员协会”的组织而兴奋不已。我丈夫也尤其兴奋，因为她比我年轻，也能加入这个组织！50岁成了一个充满魔力的年纪。那时我知道，当今，只要我保持健康的体魄，我就很可能还会健康地活多50年。接着我得了哮喘。好吧，其实我早些时候就有这病，只是在我50岁后它才变得危及生命。以后我又患了纤维肌痛症。行，那个病也是早些
