Gwendolyn Brooks wrote a poem for her
children. It’s called “Speech to the Young: Speech to the Progress –Toward.” And
she says at the end, “Live not for battles won. / Live not for
the-end-of-the-song. /Live in the along.” She’s saying, like Eckhart Tolle,
that you have to live for the present.
You have to be in the moment. Whatever has happened to you in your past has no
power over this present moment, because life is now.
* be/live in the moment: to have full
awareness of the present
ex> If you live in the moment,
you will feel like your time is better spent.
But I think she’s also saying, be part
of something. Don’t live for yourself
alone.
* live for oneself: to live with only
oneself in mind; be selfish
ex> If you live just for
yourself, you will find that you are very lonely.
In order to be truly happy, you must
live along with and you have to stand
for something larger than yourself.
* stand for: to have a guiding principle
in one’s life; represent or symbolize
ex> Malcolm X once said, “If you don’t
stand for something, you will fall for anything.”
ex> The swastika, which is the
reverse of the Buddhist symbol, stands for the Nazi party.
ex> I won’t stand for such
rude behavior. (=to put up with or
tolerate)
Because life is a reciprocal exchange. To move forward you have to give back.
* reciprocal: something that is equally
felt or experienced by both sides.
ex> The deal between the two
countries was reciprocal – both got something they wanted.
* give back: to return something in
equal amounts to what is received
ex> After Andrew became a doctor, he
returned home to give something back to his community.
<Practice Makes Perfect>
1. I always try to be in the
moment and not think about the past or the future.
2. Sarah is so selfish, she only lives
for herself.
3. Martin Luther King stood
for equality among the races.
4. Their love was completely reciprocal
and they never parted.
5. The company provided food for the poor as a way of giving back to the community.
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