以热情为话题的英语作文

Yearsago,whenIstartedlookingformyfirstjob,wiseadvisersurged,"Barbara,beenthusiastic!Enthusiasmwilltakeyoufurtherthananyamountofexperience."Howrighttheywere.Enthusiasticpeoplecanturnaboringdriveintoanadventure,extraworkintoopportunityandstrangersintofriends."Nothinggreatwaseverachievedwithoutenthusiasm,"wroteRalphWaldoEmerson.Itisthepastethathelpsyouhangintherewhenthegoinggetstough.Itistheinnervoicethatwhispers,"Icandoit!"whenothersshout,"No,youcan’t."

IttookyearsandyearsfortheearlyworkofBarbaraMcClintock,ageneticistwhowonthe1983NobelPrizeinmedicine,tobegenerallyaccepted.Yetshedidn’tletuponherexperiments.Workwassuchadeeppleasureforherthatsheneverthoughtofstopping.Weareallbornwithwide-eyed,enthusiasticwonderasanyoneknowswhohaseverseenaninfant’sdelightatthejingleofkeysorthescurryingofabeetle.

Itisthischildlikewonderthatgivesenthusiasticpeoplesuchayouthfulair,whatevertheirage.At90,cellistPabloCasalswouldstarthisdaybyplayingBach.Asthemusicflowedthroughhisfingers,hisstoopedshoulderswouldstraightenandjoywouldreappearinhiseyes.Music,forCasals,wasanelixirthatmadelifeaneverendingadventure.AsauthorandpoetSamuelUllmanoncewrote,"Yearswrinkletheskin,buttogiveupenthusiasmwrinklesthesoul."

Howdoyourediscovertheenthusiasmofyourchildhood?Theanswer,Ibelieve,liesintheworditself."Enthusiasm"comesfromtheGreekandmeans"Godwithin."AndwhatisGodwithinisbutanabidingsenseoflove―properloveofself(self-acceptance)and,fromthat,loveofothers.Enthusiasticpeoplealsolovewhattheydo,regardlessofmoneyortitleorpower.Ifwecannotdowhatweloveasafull-timecareer,wecanasapart-timeavocation,liketheheadofstatewhopaints,thenunwhorunsmarathons,theexecutivewhohandcraftsfurniture.ElizabethLaytonofWellsville,Kan,was68beforeshebegantodraw.Thisactivityendedboutsofdepressionthathadplaguedherforatleast30years,andthequalityofherworkledonecritictosay,"IamtemptedtocallLaytonagenius."Elizabethhasrediscoveredherenthusiasm.Wecan’taffordtowastetearson"might-have-beens."Weneedtoturnthetearsintosweataswegoafter"what-can-be."Weneedtoliveeachmomentwholeheartedly,withalloursenses―findingpleasureinthefragranceofaback-yardgarden,thecrayonedpictureofasix-year-old,theenchantingbeautyofarainbow.Itissuchenthusiasticloveoflifethatputsasparkleinoureyes,aliltinourstepsandsmoothsthewrinklesfromoursouls.