佚名/Anonymous
One of my fondest memories as a child is going by the river and sitting idly on the bank. There I would enjoy the peace and quiet, watch the water rush downstream, and listen to the chirps of birds and the rustling of leaves in the trees. I would also watch the bamboo trees bend under pressure from the wind and watch them return gracefully to their upright or original position after the wind had died down.
When I think about the bamboo tree's ability to bounce back or return to its original position, the word resilience comes to mind. When used in reference to a person this word means the ability to readily recover from shock, depression or any other situation that stretches the limits of a person's emotions.
Have you ever felt like you are about to snap? Have you ever felt like you are at your breaking point? Thankfully, you have survived the experience to live to talk about it.
During the experience you probably felt a mix of emotions that threatened your health. You felt emotionally drained, mentally exhausted and you most likely endured unpleasant physical symptoms.
Life is a mixture of good times and bad times, happy moments and unhappy moments. The next time you are experiencing one of those bad times or unhappy moments that take you close to your breaking point, bend but don't break. Try your best not to let the situation get the best of you.
回想起童年，我最美好的回憶便是在小河邊漫步，或懶懶地坐在河岸邊。我可以靜靜地享受那份悠閑，看著流水潺潺，傾聽著鳥鳴啾啾，樹聲縈耳。除此之外，我還喜歡看那片竹林。清風拂來，它們全都被壓彎了腰；風勢漸微，它們又都優雅地挺立起來，恢複之前的姿態。
每次我想到竹子從彎曲中重新挺拔身姿時，“韌性”一詞便會在腦海中浮現。用這個詞來描述人，即指此人輕鬆地從震驚、沮喪或其他心理極限的考驗中恢複過來的能力。