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isthemotivationofalldesiresandcommitmentsonearth.Becausetheword"
canmeanmorethanjustwhatthewordstandsfor."
Love"
isasymbolismofpassion,kindness,anditmeanstohaveaffectiontosomeoneorsomething.Ialsobelievethat“love”isthewordthatcanchangetheworld.Becauseoflove,somethingthatusedtobeimpossiblecanbemadepossible,somethingthatyouneverreallylikedtodoyoucanenduploving.Becauseof“love”thereisthefuturegenerations,and“love”isoneofthemainelementthatdrivestheworldforward,toabettergeneration,abetterfuture.Iknowthatit’scheesytosaythingslikethat,butitisthetruth.Thusthewordthathaschangedtheworld,andwillcontinuetodoso,is“love”.
Acoupleofweeksago,whenIlearnedthethemeoftoday’scompetition,Iaskedsomeofmyroommates:
“Whatdoes‘faith’meantoyou?
”Justcomingbackfromaphilosophyclass,thegirlswereinapoeticmood:
“FaithiswhatJohnLennonhadwhenhewrotethelegendarysong‘Imagine’anddreamedof‘worldpeace’”,“FaithiswhattheHebrewshadwhentheyfollowedMosesthroughtheRedSeainsearchoftheirfreedom.”“AndfaithiswhatthepilgrimshadwhentheyjourneyedtothatstrangelandonMayflower,andstartedtheirpursuitofanewlife.”
Thanksforthehistorylessongirls,butIwasnotaskingforagreat,historiceventwherefaithmighthavealteredtheentirecourseofhumanity.AllIaskedwas“whatdoesfaithmeantoyou,tous,theindividualstoilingwithlife’shardchoiceseachday?
”Personallyspeaking,faithislikeoxygen:
Ididn’tknowhowpreciousitwasuntilIrantheriskoflosingit.
Myheartstirsstilleverytimememorybringsmebacktothreeyearsago,whenthedevastatingearthquakeengulfedourcountry.Asoneofthefewcitiesthattookthehitthehardestthatday,myhometownwassuddenlydevouredbyablackholeofdepression.Havingforsakenourworldlypossessions,myfamilyjoinedthearmyoftentseverynight,holdingourbreathandwaitingfordaybreak;
havingabandonedthecomfortofhome,wemanagedtoliftourselvesup,alongwithneighborsandfriends,wheneachafter-shockthreatenedtotearusdown.Asapoliticianonceputit,inthefaceofdisaster,we’reremindedthatlifecanbeunimaginablycruel,butit’salsointhesemoments,thatwerediscoverourcommonfaithinlife.
Indeed,duringthosedarkhours,faithblazedinthecourageofmymathteacherMs.Liu,whenshestayedbehindinashakingbuildinguntilshemadesurethatthelaststudenthadsafelyevacuated;
faithradiatedfromthepersistenceofmydadwhenhekepthiseyeswideopeneverysinglenight,sothatmymomandIcouldhaveagoodnight’ssleep;
faithwasignitedfromtheempathyofmynext-doorneighbor,whenshetookastrangerthatwasinshockintoherarmsandconsoledhimwithherwarmembrace.Intheend,faithwasrekindledinthepassionofmeandmyfellowclassmates,whoimmediatelygotbacktopreparingforourCollegeEntranceExaminationtheverynextday,withgrittedteeth,andaconvictionassteadyasarock.
Ladiesandgentlemen,thisiswhatfaithmeanstome.It’sthesmallvoiceinourearsthatsays:
bestrong,begood,anddon’tgiveupwheneverwe’refrustratedbylife.That'
swhyafterthreeyears,myfriendsandfamilyhavepickedthemselvesup,dustedthemselvesoffandwithtougherspirits,begunagaintheirjourneytowardsabetterfuture.
Atlast,totwistthelyricsoflastyear’scharitysong,Icalluponmyfellowyoungfriendstochanttogetherwithme,inthenameoffaith,forallthosewhoarestillsufferinginHaiti,JapanandMyanmar:
whenIgetolder,Iwillbestronger,they’llcallmefaith,justlikeawavingflag.LetuscarryaboveourheadsthewavingflagcalledFaith,andletitsmanyinspirationsliftusupfromwherewebelong.
Idon'
tthinkthatonewordnecessarilycouldchangetheworldbuttherearemany"
one"
wordsyoucouldusethathavemuchpower.Theobviouswouldbelovebutmostpeopledonotunderstandthetypeoflovethatisimportant;
itisGodlylove.Otherwordsthathavemeaningare:
1.Integrity=Tostandupforsomethingthathasameaning2.Value=Somethingscouldbeofsmallvalue,whereothersareoflargevalue(spiritually)3.Faithfulness=Goesalongwithbeinganhonestandmoralperson4.Humility=Tobeabletoknowonesplaceandnotthinksohighlyofonesselfandviews5.Tenacious=ThisisoneofthosenewwordsthatIhavelatchedonto.:
)Ithinkofabulldogorpitbullwiththeirhugemouthsandstrongjaws;
theyholdontotheobjectandwon'
tletgoeventohisdeath.Ifwelookatallthesewordsinaspiritualsenseyoucanseehowtheyallintertwinedtogetherforthebettermentofaspiritualperson.
Actuallythatoneword,justONE,canchangeaperson'
slife/self-