33.I stood at my grandmother's front door with my son.Holding a(1)b
of soapy water,he was blowing bubbles (肥皂泡).He blew and blew,but (2)n
bubbles came out.He handed me the bottle sadly and said, "Daddy,can you make bubbles?" I hadn't blown bubbles for years,so I said, "I'll try." I blew hard at first,but (3)f
.After several tries,I changed the way I blew.I (4)
of blowing hard on the loop (環狀物),I breathed on it gently (溫柔地).I made it.My son (5)j
up and down as a big beautiful bubble came out. I (6)e
to him, "Son,you can't blow hard;you must breathe gently on the loop to make bubbles." He followed my (7)a
and big bubbles came out. There are some things that you can get with force,but there are (8)o
things that only come with the gentleness of a soft breath.Too often,we try to force love.It won't come.It just breaks before the bubble can ever form (9)b
we put too much force on it. The closer something is to higher spirit,the (10)m
it is like bubbles.It can't be forced and is more often found in the soft things of life. To blow beautiful bubbles,you just need to breathe.
Zhang Guimei,the head teacher of Huaping High School for Girls in Lijiang,Yunnan Province,is famous for giving her time and energy to educate girls from poor families. _______________________________________________________________________________________