I stood on my grandmother's front porch with my son. He had a bottle of bubbles. You know the 1 it's basically soapy water with a plastic loop on each end. You dip the loop in the bottle, pull it out, and blow it to make bubbles. My son understood the principle but was 2 trying to blow bubbles. He 3 dip and dip and blow and blow, but alas, no bubbles. He 4 me the bottle and loop and asked me, "Daddy, can you make bubbles?"

    I hadn't blown bubbles in years. I am a 5 by education, fairly well-trained in surfactant(活性剂) technology. I have 6 several shampoos, so I understand surface tension and related foaming(发泡沫)characteristics of surfactants. All that knowledge is 7 useless when trying to blow bubbles from a loop 8with soapy water. I was having no9 success than my son. I dipped and puffed, still no bubbles; the soapy film on the loop would just pop without 10 any bubbles, like bubbles; it can't be forced. Blow beautiful bubbles; breathe easy.

    After several fruitless 11 , I changed strategies. 12 puffing on the loop of soapy water, I gently 13 on it. My son screamed with delight as a big beautiful bubble formed and 14 away. He grabbed the loop, dipped and blew. No bubbles. I 15 to him, "Son, you can't blow hard. You must ever so gently breathe on the loop to make bubbles." He contained his urgent 16 to make big bubbles by blowing hard and 17 my advice. Big bubbles. There are some things that you can get with 18force, but other things like love or respect only 19 the gentleness of a soft breath. The 20something is to higher spirit, the more it is like bubbles: it can't be forced and is more often found in the soft things in life. Blow beautiful bubbles: breathe easy.