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Years ago I worked at a factory in a small
county. Every day I got up very early and often did much extra work at night. I
was so tired and exhausted. My whole life was hopeless. Then one day I read the
following article from a magazine：
"A woman went to live with her husband in
camp on the Mojave Desert（沙漠）during the war. She
simply hated the place: the heat was almost unbearable, 125degrees in
the shade, the wind blew incessantly, and there was sand-sand everywhere. Finally,
in desperation（不顾-切地）she wrote
her parents in Ohio that she couldn't stand it another minute and was coming
home.
Quickly came the reply by airmail from her
father just two lines：
'Two men looked out from prison bars. One saw
the mud, the other saw stars.'
The daughter did some real thinking, not only
with the intellect（思维）but also with her heart. She
decided to stick to her post.
She made friends with the natives, learned to
love the country, and eventually wrote a book about it. The desert hadn't
changed, but her attitude had. Because she listened with her heart to the words
her father sent, a whole new world opened up to her. "
A change of attitude could change everything. After
reading the article, I was deep in thought（陷入沉思）.
