ItdoesnothavetobeJanuary1sttogiveyourselfachancetomakethemostoutofyourday—andyourlife.Everydayisafreshstarttolearn,grow,developyourstrengths,freeyourselffrompastregretsorhurts,andmoveforwardolderandwiser.Everydaygivesyouachancetoreinvent(彻底改造)yourself.Eachdayisabrand-newandblankpaper.Howwouldyouliketocreateyourday?Whatwouldyouliketopaintonit?Ifyouwakeupinanegativemind,youaremorelikelytopaintadarkpicturethroughouttheday,andyourpicturewillnotreflecthope,joyandhappiness.Ifyoutakeeachdaytothinkpositively,howwouldyourlifebedifferent?Everydayyouwillgiveyourselfthegiftofan“attitudeofgratitude”.Eachdayisachancetolookatthingsinadifferentway.Youcanexperienceeachdayinthebeautyoftheworld.Youfindyourselfchangingfrom“Ican’t”to“Ican.”Withafocusonpositiveintentions,youfeelyouarefullofpowerandmorelikea“winner”thana“loser”.Youpaymoreattentiontothepresent,andyouwillbemorelikelytolivefullyinthepresenteachmomentofeachday.Afterall,thepastisagreatplacetovisit.Butyoudon’twanttolivethere!Sohowaboutstartingeachdaytakingamomenttothinkofapositiveintentionfortheday?Thefirstparagraphmainlytellsus().
Mostyoungadultsnowchoosetoendrelationshipsviatext,followedcloselybysocialmedia.Gonearethedaysofgivingsomeonethecourtesyofface-to-facechat—mostbreakupsarenowconducteddigitally.Accordingtoasurvey,morethanhalf(56percent)ofthosewhowentthroughabreakuplastyearendedtheirrelationshipbymeansoftechnology.Manysaidtheychosetechnologyasitmadetheprocess“lessawkward,”revealednewreport.Morethanhalfofthosewhowentthroughabreakuplastyearendedtheirrelationshipdigitally,eitherthroughtextmessage,socialmedia,ore-mail.Themajoritywhoendedtheirrelationshipviatextmessageexplainedthatitmadetheprocess“lessawkward”.58percentofthosewhobrokeupthroughe-mailclaimedtheyhadchosenthatmethodasitallowedthemto“fullyexplaintheirreasons.”Whenaskediftheywouldbeannoyediftheyweredumpeddigitally,aboutthreequarterssaid“yes”.“Thedigitalworldhaswellandtrulytakenover,evenwhenitcomestoourrelationships,itseems,”saysaspokesperson.“Howeveryouwanttobreakupisentirelyuptoyou,butitmaybeworthnotingthatwefoundthatquitealotofpeoplewouldbehurtbyadigitalbreakup,asit'sseenasalittletooimpersonal.”Theword“awkward”underlinedinParagraph2means().
Musicisanimportantpartoflifeanditaffectseveryone,fromtheyoungestchildtotheoldestadult.Musicisanimportantpartoflifebecauseitexpressesfeelings.Whensomeonehasahardtimeexplainingthings,asongcouldsayexactlywhattheyarefeeling.Thefeelofthesongcanalsohelp.Theemotioncanbefeltthroughtheartist’svoiceandtone.Theinstrumentsarealsohelpfulwithexpressingtheemotion.Thesongisusuallyveryrelatable(与….有某种联系的)tothepersonfeelingit.Relatablesongsarelikedmost.Musicisanimportantpartoflifebecauseitcanhelpwithemotions.Whenasongisbeingwritten,itishardnottowritewhatyouarefeeling.Ifthesongtouchespeopledeeplyenough,itwillgivethemthechancetoletouttheiremotions.Musicisanimportantpartoflifebecausewherewordsfail,itspeaks.Asongexplainswhatwordscannot.Theyaretheexplanationswetryfordaystofind.Itishardtoimagineaworldwithoutmusic,Ifyouwanttosaysomethingbutcouldnot,musicwouldbetheperfectoutlet(发泄情感的方法)forfeelings.Whoisaffectedbythemusic?