Learn to Treasure What You Have Got
The biggest weakness of human nature is that they don"t know how to treasure what has been achieved. This is exactly the reason why we always think that "the grass is greener on the other side of the fence", and also the explanation to most of the betrayals and regrets in life. We won"t be conscious of how important something is until the moment we lose it.
The fatal shortcoming is reflected in our childhood. A kid may easily get fond of other kids" toys and begin to treat his own ones like garbage. A little girl may burst into tears when another kid takes one of her dolls away, even if she does not like this doll at all before the robbery. As grown ups, we still can"t stop scrambling for dolls. Sarcastically, it"s uncertain whether they are really that priceless to us or not.
The Bible has never failed to teach people to learn the true meaning of treasure and gratitude. But it seems that few of us are good students. Sometimes we suddenly realize what we have is precious, but the satisfaction will not last for long. We forget about it the next day, and begin our greedy, endless hunt again for what we haven"t got yet.
Maybe it"s hard to change human nature. So the only thing we can do is to remind ourselves to be grateful again and again,and learn lessons from bitter regrets time after time. A grateful mood is difficult to keep for we are too forgetful to the pains we have suffered, but as long as we can feel the gratitude, we will begin to relish our life.
An easily satisfied person is always the one who is easy to be happy. We all know the following story.
A vagrant is lying on the bench, enjoying the sunshine. A millionaire comes to ask him, "Why don"t you go to work and make some money?" "Why should I?" "Then you can come back and enjoy the sunshine more comfortably!" But the vagrant answers, "Now I am comfortable enough, so it"s not necessary to go to work at all." The interesting story just wants to show us that the "well being" standard of your life is determined by your attitude. Anyway, enjoying your own beautiful green grass with gratitude is far more satisfying than envying your neighbor"s.
簡 評
人們都說“知足常樂”。可又有多少人珍惜自己所擁有的東西，不羨摹別人呢?作者開篇就點明了這個道理，然後分別就兒童喜新厭舊的心理，以及成人貪婪、健忘的本性展開了一番論述，最後用一個有趣的故事說明一個人幸福的標準是由自己的態度決定的，從而進一步論證了本文的觀點。
本篇議論文論點鮮明、結構緊湊、語言流暢、發人深省。作者觀察細致，感受深刻，分析透徹，足見他是位熱愛思考的有心人。語言上略有不妥之處，雖無大礙，但有改進的餘地，以求更加純熟、地道。
(點評教師：時麗娜)