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成长是一件怎样的事

    乔叶和许多人一样，小时候，我一直以为成长是因为年幼：我学习，我锻炼，我劳动，都是因为我还小，还得成长。而一旦长大，就不需要再付出任何努力。仿佛成长是一种储蓄，只要存够了一定的数额，就可以坐享其成，再无旁忧。

    后来才明白，不是这样。

    成长是一件最漫长的事情，漫长至终生。年龄阶段不同，成长的主题不同：一岁成长的是身体，十岁成长的是知识，二十岁成长的是情感，五十岁成长的是智慧……无论哪一方面的侧重，对于一个有悟性的人来说，成长都是一种必然的状态。所谓“活到老，学到老”，学，就是成长的另一种说法。

    成长是一件最丰饶的事情。因为成长，今天的麦苗是鲜绿的，明天就会变成金黄。因为成长，今天的玫瑰是含苞的，明天就会娇艳绽放。但不是所有的成长都有着明朗绚丽的色调，有些成长，注定是那种深沉厚重的乐章。你知道种庄稼有一道程序叫“蹲苗”吗？就是天旱的时候也不去浇水，没有水庄稼就不能往上长了，但是为了生存，它们就会拼命地往下扎根，吸取土层深处的水。这样，它们的根就能扎得牢牢实实的，再一浇水，就会长得又壮又稳。“蹲”，是一种必要的积蓄过程。不扎实地“蹲”，就不可能延展出发达的根系去获得最丰厚的滋养，就不可能在低潮之后充满爆发力地重新站起来。“蹲”，以一种外表的低姿态，隐含着一种内在精神的拔节。“蹲”，是另一种意义的成长。

    成长是一件最深情的事情。每当我做了一件糟糕的事情，我就对自己说：不要紧，吸取教训，如果明天遇到了相同的情况，你一定会做得好一些，因为，你还会成长。每当我看到镜子里又憔悴了一分的容颜，我就对自己说：别忧伤，谁的身体都会老去，幸亏你的内心还在成长，这比什么都重要。我清楚地知道：永远有比自己年轻的人。但我并不觉得任何比我年龄小的人都是年轻的，同时也不敢认为比我年龄大的人都比我衰老。因为有无数的人没有意识到自己的年轻，没有让自己得到有效的成长，而真正知道成长意义的人，往往都是那些在生理上不再年轻的人。 我私下里认为，这是命运对知晓学习的人一种额外奖赏。

    一直感觉到自己的成长，一直知道自己在成长，这让我感觉幸福非常。

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Dear Mr. Rupp,

    The day I met you was the first day of high school. We liked each other immediately. You gave me a lot of advice over the next four years, like how I should get my ass to Berkeley where I belonged. I'm still there, by the way. I wish you were still around, too.

    I remember your laugh, which would start with a rough guffaw(狂笑) and end with a hacking smoker's cough that would make even the most rebellious (叛逆的) teenager decide to lay off the cigarettes. I remember the way you didn't lower your standards, yet still refused to give up on us. You were tough on us, and we were tough on you. Love is tough sometimes.

    The last time I wrote you a letter, it was 2005—four years after I graduated. I had just become a teacher, like you, and it had given me a new appreciation for the work you did with countless high school students over the years.

    It's hard to say what I'll miss the most about you. There are simply too many memories to sort through those four years, and it hurts to think you'll never read this letter. I want to believe that you knew how much you meant to your family, your students, your community, and your colleagues, but that would be a lot of realization to handle, even for you.

    You changed the lives of everyone around you. Even now, you are reminding me to cherish life and its brevity and beauty, and to tell the people I love how much they mean to me before it is too late.

    Dear teacher, dear mentor, and dear friend—I miss you and all that is about you. God bless you in Heaven.

To infinity and beyond,

Teresea

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