Life can sometimes feel like it’s uncontrollably toward disasters—just like the feeling you get when you’re lost control of your moving car. It’s the feeling of complete helplessness and panic. While we may be feeling overwhelmed with everything going on in our lives right now, there are still some steps we can take to control our lives again.
The first thing we need to do is to accept. When we’re feeling overwhelmed, it only means we are living, breathing humans. Life is like a roller coaster ride with its ups, downs, twists and turns. It’s also like the change of the seasons. Sometimes we forget this.
When we accept it, no matter how much we try, we may not be able to control our reality. But we can change our expectations to match our reality. This may mean changing our goals and tasks. Changing may feel like failure and giving up at the moment, but this ability is a chance to create success in the long term. Working with reality rather than against it can give us the ability to think and hope.
Sometimes, when we’re feeling overwhelmed, we may pay no attention to the things we manage to complete. However, celebrating our small wins creates space for gratitude in our hearts. Celebrating wins (whatever size) allows us to clearly see the progress we are making.
Feeling overwhelmed may be a part of life, but if we just step back a bit, we can see the ups and downs of our roller coaster ride are just called LIFE!
【小题1】Why did the writer describe life as a roller coaster ride and the change of the seasons?| A．To show life is full of challenges. |
| B．To suggest we should learn to get used to changes. |
| C．To suggest we should have fun sometimes. |
| D．To show feeling overwhelmed is a natural part of life. |
| A．Be against the reality. | B．Change our goals. |
| C．Try it again and again. | D．Give up our hope. |
| A．Celebrating small success can do good to us. |
| B．Small expectations are better than big wins, |
| C．Stopping dreaming helps people succeed. |
| D．Small wins make people go to wrong places. |
| A．Get away from difficulties | B．Get over the feeling of being overwhelmed |
| C．Control our life | D．Accept and get used to reality |
