Something to look forward to

By Vicky Glembocki

Little children look forward to the arrival of lunar New Year,adults to that of spring.Days spent in expectation come and go really very fast.Very soon I finished primary school,went to junior and senior middle school,and finally to college;with ever greater desire for more varied things:for graduation with honours,for an ideal job,for a successful career,for more earnings to share my parents’burden,for a satisfactory life...Climbing the upward steps of hope I had become a fully grown man before I was aware of it,a busy breadwinner with a family on my hands.

Life began to show its various parts.Whether I have turned more vulgar（adj.庸俗的）or great,I have always something to look forward to.It may be arrival of a letter,publication of an article,the bonus-distributing day,a gratifying result of something,a get-together or a pleasant trip.Such expectations serve as a support to a person's faith in life.

A day without hope would be unimaginably pale.There must be something to look forward to each day to brighten one's life and keep it out of shadows.To a person cherishing hopes every morning rises a new sun.Even if it is a fantasy or an illusion（n.幻觉；幻想）,so long as it shows a ray of hope it still urges you on in pursuit of that little sparkle without letup.

Without moisture （n.水分） content,soil turns into desert.Without hope,what is there left to a person?A small hope support a person for a day,a great one for a lifetime.

Human beings cannot do without something to look forward to.

May everyone have something new to look forward to in 2018.

细娃盼过年，大人盼开春。在盼头中，日子真的流得飞快，转眼上了小学，继而初中，然后高中，最后大学；盼的欲望更加强烈，盼的内容也渐渐丰富了：盼有好成绩毕业，盼有一份好工作，盼事业有成，盼挣钱替父母分忧，盼令人满意的生活……不知不觉，天天踩着石阶而上，自己竟成了一个大男人，一个挣钱养家糊口的忙碌人了。

生活开始变得复杂。然而，无论自己是否变得庸俗，还是变得伟大，盼头依然天天有。盼信件，盼稿件被采用，盼发奖金，盼某事满意结果，盼一次聚会、一次旅行……人就在盼头中找到了依托。

没有盼头的日子是苍白不可想象的。人，得天天有点什么盼头，生活才不至于暗淡。有了盼头，会觉得太阳每天都是新的。不管是望梅止渴，还是画饼充饥，它都会激励你不停手中的桨，去追逐哪怕是一星微小的火光。

土地去掉水份，就成了沙漠；人没有了盼头，还剩什么？小盼头支撑人的一天，大盼头支撑人的一生。

人，是绝不能没有盼头的。

愿大家在2018年都有新盼头。