Stable Steps, Simple Life
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‘Be practical and generous in your ideals, keep your eyes on the stars, but remember to keep your feet on the ground’, said Franklin D. Roosevelt. He suggested a simple, stable, and realizable way of life. Unfortunately, many people failed or have failed to keep their feet on the ground because too high they aimed and too complicated and romantic they pictured their life to be.
It is much like a trap they are in. Because hey tend to be infatuated by other’s accomplishment, fortune, and reputation, by which they have been governed, mentally and physically, throughout their life. Thus, weighed down by unattainable goals, they struggle to carry on, disregarding meals and sleep. Innate deficiency, limited endowments and conditions, etc. make them suffer and sacrifice greatly. In the end, nothing satisfactory can be achieved and what they’ve spent can not be paid back. For I know a girl who is mad about a male singer. She is absolutely conquered by his unique talent in singing and handsome looks the moment he showed up on TV. Worse still, she can no longer concentrate on her study because of thinking about him day and night. She is kind of hopeless and helpless. Strangely, as she said, she had fallen in love with that boy—who is perfect in her eyes. And she told me that no matter how hard it is and no matter what the result would be, she had determined to meet him personally. The tragic fact is that she has to strive for the College Entrance Examination to be held next June. She knows without doubt that it is the most important battle which she should not lose. Such a big illusion now she is trapped in. Nothing and no one will help as the way it goes.
Taking every step stably will make a simple and happy life. As they tend to move forward, a question should be taken into account: Do they know who they are, where they are, and where to go? When their eyes are fixed on the stars, do remember to keep their feet on the ground firmly. Hence their life will be simple and meaningful.
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Well... I think fixing your ambitions on a romantic ideal will never earn you an that goal. Fixing your goal on improvement towards a better life is a better way of reaching those stars. Hard intelligent work... That's the best way to reach any goal. Romance is intoxicating and leaves much of your attention fixed on sensation rather than interpreting the facts. Do I agree with socialist FDR... I think his collectivist views helped pave the way for the destruction of America. Politicians may say all the right buzz words to tickle the romantic idealism many patriots share, but ultimately they(the politicians) are mercenaries who work for the highest bidders.
As for the closing questions ... Knowing ones self, our limitations, solutions to bridge the gap between those limitations and goals and a touch of romance(mixed with a realistic interpretation of the facts) can propel (motivate) people towards goals. So I think the moral of your essay is that People who dream... should be aware of the facts, but at the same time my "moral" is that without a touch of romance work is a meaningless exercise of slavery to another person's grander dreams. Reaching for the stars is an attempt at deifying illusion especially when those stars are false mortal and fallible. Individual effort shapes the world.
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Stable Steps, Simple Life
(I would appreciate it if you can spare some time to correct my essay in consideration of the wording, accuracy,etc . )‘Be practical and generous in your ideals, keep your eyes on the stars, but remember to keep your feet on the ground’, said Franklin D. Roosevelt. He suggested a simple, stable, and realizable way of life. Unfortunately, many people failed or have failed to keep their feet on the ground because too high they aimed and too complicated and romantic they pictured their life to be.
It is much like a trap they are in. Because they tend to be infatuated by other’s accomplishment, fortune, and reputation, by which they have been governed, mentally and physically, throughout their life. Thus, weighed down by unattainable goals, they struggle to carry on, disregarding meals and sleep. Innate deficiency, limited endowments and conditions, etc. make them suffer and sacrifice greatly. In the end, nothing satisfactory can be achieved and what they’ve spent can not be paid back. For I know a girl who is mad about a male singer. She is absolutely conquered by his unique talent in singing and handsome looks the moment he showed up on TV. Worse still, she can no longer concentrate on her study because of thinking about him day and night. She is kind of hopeless and helpless. Strangely, as she said, she had fallen in love with that boy—who is perfect in her eyes. And she told me that no matter how hard it is and no matter what the result would be, she had determined to meet him personally. The tragic fact is that she has to strive for the College Entrance Examination to be held next June. She knows without doubt that it is the most important battle which she should not lose. Such a big illusion now she is trapped in. Nothing and no one will help as the way it goes.
Taking every step stably will make a simple and happy life. As they tend to move forward, a question should be taken into account: Do they know who they are, where they are, and where to go? When their eyes are fixed on the stars, do remember to keep their feet on the ground firmly. Hence their life will be simple and meaningful.
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