Thanksgiving ( Journal #27 )

This year is going to end and next year is coming. In this year, I have experienced some big events that make me feel unforgettable. Here are some reasons that influenced me a lot and the events also teach me a lot.

First, this year, I have experienced my father’s back surgery. My father barely has health problems. He always pays more attention on his health, so he exercises every day and eats healthily. On June, 2007, he started feeling pain on his left thigh. Initially, he thought that it wasn’t a big deal, so he ignored the pain problem instead of more exercising. However, as time goes by, the pain problem was getting worse and he couldn’t even walk. At that time, I couldn’t stand any more, so I insisted that I wanted to send my father to hospital for seeking medical treatment. Thus, I called my former colleagues for I asked them to arrange wards and examination procedure for my father. Before my father got the hospital, my colleagues had already arranged everything and waited for us in the emergency room. After my father accepted examinations, we were informed that my father was likely to have back surgery. So, they started arranging surgery schedule and preparing any details for my father. Ultimately, my father got through the crisis successfully. I really appreciate my colleagues because of them, my father could get his health life back and I could put my stress down before I left for USA. I feel moved because some of them I don’t even know them, but they still do their best for my father. In my father’s ward, I could usually see lots of colleagues to visit my father. They encouraged me and my father and also provided their personal experiences to us for soothing our tension. I appreciate those people indeed.

Secondary, I appreciate my whole family. Since they knew that I was going to leave for USA, they gave their whole support to me and encouraged me when I felt frustrated. Especially my father, even though he lain in the hospital and was going to received the surgery, he still asked me don’t change my schedule that I planed to leave for USA. He always tells me that I have to move on my life and don’t feel hesitant about my decisions. Because of my family, I can pursue my dream and I can stand on this foreign land now.

Finally, I am going to thank those people who have ever helped me before. From planning my dream to practicing my dream, I experienced numerous difficult times but when I fell into despairing situations, those people would unknowingly appear to my life to help me to overcome the difficult situations. Because of those people’s carefulness and kindness, I could carry out those complicated procedure and continue to move on my dream.

That is why I really appreciated those people. I don’t believe that people can live without each other in the world. We receive people’s help everyday. If someone asks me that what you will do to repay those people, I will answer that all I can do for those people is that I will keep helping others. I hope that we can use our own power to influence those who don’t care about others and make our world be batter.