Joy in the journey
If you have ever been discouraged because of failure,
please read on. For often, achieving what you set out to do is not the
important thing. Let me explain.
Two brothers decided to dig a deep
hole behind their house. As they were working, a couple of older boys stopped
by to . “What are you doing?” asked one of
the visitors. “We plan to dig a hole all the way through the !”
one of the brothers volunteered .
The older boys began to ,
telling the younger ones that digging a hole all the way through the earth
was . After a long silence, one of
the picked up a jar full
of spiders, worms and many other kinds of insects. He the
lid and showed the wonderful to the
scoffing（嘲笑的）visitors. Then he said quietly and ,
“Even if we don’t dig all the way through the earth, look at what we have
found the way!”
Their goal was far too ambitious,
but it did cause them to dig. And that is a
goal is for — to cause us to move in the we
have chosen, in other words, to keep us !
But not every goal will be fully . Not
every job will end . Not every hope will
come to pass. Not every love will last. Not every dream will be .
But when you fall of your aim,
perhaps you can say, “Yes, but look at what I found along the way! Look at the
wonderful things my life because I
tried to do something!” It is in the digging life
is lived. And I believe it is the joy in the journey, in the end, that truly .
1.A.
rest B.
work C. watch D.
laugh
2.A.
house B.
earth C. wall D.
road
3.A.
calmly B. patiently C.
excitedly
D. impatiently
4.A.
laugh B.
think C. stare D.
smile
5.A.
important B. difficult C.
impossible D. interesting
6.A.
passers-by B. watchers C.
visitors D.
diggers
7.A.
moved B. removed C.
broke D. pushed
8.A.
contents B. scenes C.
pictures
D. jars
9.A.
properly B.
confidently C.
carefully D. happily
10.A.
in
B.
along
C. to D.
out
11.A.
what B.
how C.
where D.
which
12.A.
way B.
direction C. life D.
sight
13.A.
thinking B. moving
C. digging D. living
14.A.
made B.
prepared C. kicked
D. achieved
15.A.
hopelessly B.
pleasantly C.
surprisingly D. successfully
16.A.
come true B. realized C.
made D.
treasured
17.A.
short
B. lost C.
out D.
behind
18.A.
breaking into B. turning
to C. coming
into D. holding to
19.A.
when B. where
C. which D.
that
20.A.
matters B. happens
C. appears D. exists
