One Of My Friends

One Of My Friends

Yesterday, I talked with my English teacher, who is also my friend, for a long time, almost the whole afternoon.

I know his dream is to travel round the world. Hitherto, he has traveled to almost 20 countries. Before, I always thought that the English teachers here were all rich, but I was wrong.

Yesterday, I got to know Patric’s story. He has a sister, who is 29 years old now. But two years ago, she was sick and found there was a tumor in her head. It was too late, and she had to take a surgery to get it out.

After several months later, there was another tumor. They had two choices:
1. Wait for his sister to die without taking any surgery.
2. Get the second surgery to let her live.

Patric chose the second one, and got the second surgery for her again.
After getting the surgery, the tumor was gone, but she cannot live as a normal people, just lay on the bed without feeling, and memory. She was almost a vegetable.

Now his mother takes care of his sister, and his father needs to work to pay for the medical fee. Also, the government will pay for a portion of it, which makes me feel warm.
I thought, if this kind of thing happened in China, the government wouldn’t pay for it. Instead, the government would always think about how to get money from us.

As for Patric, sometimes he will go back to his hometown to visit his families. But what makes me surprised is his mentality. He wasn’t defeated by the horrible accident. Instead, he still keeps his dream, working and traveling. Actually, he is not rich and he hasn’t saved a lot of money. However, I admire his life, because he can do what he wants. He just gives part of his salary to his family, and keeps him a better and normal life.

I think if this thing happens to me, I would have a lot of pressure and would want to make much money and give my family a better life. But as for Patric, he doesn’t pursue money, career and power. He even doesn’t want to get married and have a kid. Maybe he will get married when he meets someone who is really amazing. So he almost never says “I love you” to his girl friends.

I believe everyone wants to travel round the world and leave our footsteps on the whole earth. But how many people are willing to give up the career and power? Maybe someone who gets into a pure place in the inner of his or her soul can have that dream.

[Good work.]