Choice at The Riverbank

anton

A little horse stops at the riverbank. He needs to get to the other side but he thinks twice before he steps out his first pave. At this time, the squirrel on the tree warns him," It is dangerous. You should never try to cross if you are not ready to drown yourself". While the buffalo counters,“ I can cross it easily and you can do it too.”
We all know the ending of this old story. However, can we realize the similar situations when it occurs to us? When we are in a dilemma and there are both kind advise and sharp warnings from people around us, aren’t we on the same boat with the little horse?
For example, many junior college students have to make choices whether to continue further study or to hunt for a job. At this crucial time, we are longing for help. Soon, after the graduate students kindly offerred their stories, it’s our turn to make ours. In fact, many stories are so perfect or enviable that frustrate us sometimes. At the same time, those who get good jobs after four years seem to make better choices comparing to bear the risks of unemployed post graduate at last. Puzzled by so many stories, we may still wonder which is the right choice for us.
The little horse’s choice is to jog forward and he crosses the river successfully. He is lucky, because the buffalo, usually in China, can swim. The little horse neglects this point which would make the whole advice a tragedy.
Of course, it’s better to think twice before we take someone’s advice. We are not exactly the same with anyone else, and even the slightest difference can cause dramatic consequence. However, I don’t mean others’ suggestions are not important. On the contrary, they are of great help. We even don’t know how to start without their guide.
By the way, whatever choices we make we are walking the path of our own, facing the difficulties and thinking again and again until one day we can become someone else’s advisor.
So, if the river is too deep for him, there are two other possible choices for the little horse:
1.        He walks alongside the river and finds somewhere shallow.
2.        He finds he can’t pass it and wait until he grows big enough.

[ 本帖最后由 Cinderella 于 2008-10-28 08:36 编辑 ]

Cinderella

good article except for some grammatical mistakes. Will you please correct them? I hope I can read a better one.

anton

Thank you very much for pointing out my mistakes and giving me positive views for the article.
I have tried to revise small grammar mistakes as many as I can find.

Cinderella

  Yes, we must learn to make our own choices, not to follow others' advice blindly. Thank u for offerfing such a new perspective of reading the fable.