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"What can you do when you have done nothing but mess up your whole life long?" These were the
words I heard when I
1 the TV the other day. They were coming from one of the talk shows
2 are so popular on TV these days. I started to turn the channel but the words I had
3 made me stop for a moment. I
4 the speaker of them. He couldn't have been more than 18 years old, but already he
was writing off (认为……已失败) his life as a useless waste.
I wanted to shout at him:" You're not
5 yet!"
It is
6 sad that so many people cannot get beyond (摆脱) their pasts and live
7 the present.
There are so many people like that talk show guest. There are people still in their teen years
8 that
their lives are over. There are people in their twenties who already think they have
9 the boat to success and happiness. Th
ere are people in their thirties and forties who sit around complaining that life has passed
them by. I want to shout to them all:" Wake up! You're still
1 0 ! What have you done today?" If you
want a happy life, you can't dwell on (细想、纠缠于) your past
11 . If you want joy and love in your
life, you have to choose them today. God gives us a new chance at life every time we wake up in the
morning. It is up to us to seize it.
Today
12 be the beginning of a new life for each of us. We can choose joy right now. We can share
love today. We can live in delight starting at this moment. It doesn't matter how hard our past has been.
Our present can be full of joy and our future can be full of
13 . It doesn't matter if we are eight
14 eighty--we can still make our lives
15 . Life isn't over until your last heartbeat. Start today, then, to make your heart beat with joy, love, and light.
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