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Essay: Reflection of life


yǒu

gè
xiǎo
nán
hái
gēn
tā
de
fù
qīn
zǒu
zài
shān
zhōng
.
.

A son and his father were walking on the mountains.

xiǎo
nán
hái
bù
xiǎo
xīn
diē
dǎo
le
,
,
rěn
bù
zhù
tòng
de
dà
jiào
le

shēng
wā


Suddenly, his son falls, hurts himself and screams: "AAAhhhhhhhhhhh!!!"

dàn
shì
lìng
tā
chī
jīng
de
shì
,
,
tā
tīng
dào
le

gè
shēng
yīn
cóng
shān
zhōng
de
mǒu
chǔ
chuán
chū

,
,
zhòng
fù
tā
de
shēng
yīn
wā


To his surprise, he hears the voice repeating, somewhere in themountain: "AAAhhhhhh!!!"

tā
hěn
hǎo

de
dà
shēng
wèn


shì



Curious, he yells: "Who are you?"

jié
guǒ
tā
dé
dào
de
dā
àn
yě
shì


shì
shuí


He receives the answer: "Who are you?"

xiǎo
nán
hái
shēng

le
,
,
dà
shēng
dè
hǒu
zhāo

dǎn
xiǎo
guǐ


Angered at the response, he screams: "Coward!"

zhè


dé
dào
de
dā
àn
yě
shì

dǎn
xiǎo
guǐ


He receives the answer: "Coward!"

tā
hěn
hǎo

de
wèn
tā
fù
qīn

dào

zěn
me
huí
shì





He looks to his father and asks: "What's going on?"

fù
qīn
xiào
xiào
de
gēn
ér

shuō

ér


,
,
zhù

tīng

.
.

The father smiles and says: "My son, pay attention."

fù
qīn
dà
hǒu
le

shēng

wǒ
qīn
pèi

.
.

And then he screams to the mountain: "I admire you!"

jié
guǒ
lìng

gè
shēng
yīn
chuán
huí
lái
de
yě
shì

wǒ
qīn
pèi

.
.

The voice answers: "I admire you!"

tóng
yàng
de
,
,
fù
qīn
zài


dà
shēng
de



shì
guàn
jūn
.
.

Again the man screams: "You are a champion!"

zhè
gè
shēng
yīn
yě
huí
dā


shì
guàn
jūn
.
.

The voice answers: "You are a champion!"

xiǎo
nán
hái
gǎn
dào
fēi
cháng
de
yà

,
,
dàn
yòu
bù
jiě
.
.

The boy is surprised, but does not understand.


shí
fù
qīn
xiàng
xiǎo
nán
hái
jiě
shì
shuō


bān
rén
men
chèn
zhè
shì
huí
yīn
,
,
dàn
shí

shàng
zhè
shì
shēng
mìng
.
.

Then the father explains: "People call this ECHO, but really this is LIFE.


suǒ
shuō
de
zuò
de
měi

jiàn
shì
zuì
hòu
dōu
huì
huí
yìng
dào

shēn
shàng
.
.

It gives you back everything you say or do.

wǒ
men
de
shēng
mìng
jìu
shì
hěn
jiǎn
dān
de
huí
yìng
wǒ
men
suǒ
zuò
guò
de
shì
.
.

Our life is simply a reflection of our actions.

rú
guǒ

yào
zhè
gè
shì
jiè
yǒu
gèng
duō
de
ài
,
,
nā
me

jìu
yào
zài

de
xīn
zhōng
chuàng
zào
chū
gèng
duō
de
ài
.
.

If you want more love in the world, create more love in your heart.

rú
guǒ

yào

de
tuán
duì
gèng
yōu
xìu
,
,
nā
me

yě
yào
xiān
ràng



gèng
yōu
xìu
.
.

If you want more competence in your team, improve your competence.

zhè
yàng
de
guān

kě

tào
yòng
zài
měi

jiàn
shì
shàng
,
,
zài
shēng
mìng
zhōng
de
měi

jiàn
shì
.
.

This relationship applies to everything, in all aspects of life;

shēng
mìng
,
,
huì
huí
yìng


měi

jiàn

céng
zuò
guò
de
shì
.
.

Life will give you back everything you have given to it.

shēng
mìng
zhōng
méi
yǒu

wài
,
,
tā
jìu
shì

de
fǎn
shè
.
.

Your life is not a coincidence, it's a reflection of you!

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