Online Class Notes (Jesse)

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I think of laws. If we are overwhelmed by happiness and forget the law, we will taste bitterness sooner or later. OIC, there is no happiness without pain. So there IS a point of struggling in your life, only to make it better in the distant future. Therefore if I choose instant happiness, it is not going to last. Somehow I have to and I am meant to experience different flavours in my life. And it is only when I experience different flavours in my life do I really have the courage to claim that I once lived. I came, I lived my life to the fullest, and I left.

To live my life to the fullest doesn’t necessarily mean that my life should be full of laughter and no sorrow. Instead, it is bitterness, sweetness, sourness, spiciness and many other flavours that make a life full. If tomorrow is my last day alive, will I wave this world goodbye without regrets? If my answer is yes, then I can safely declare that I have lived my life to the fullest. So all I need now is to take action. Stop doing those meaningless things that are wasting my life. I need inner growth. Only by growing my inner self can I really grow.

April 9, 2021 (during the small hours)
People say interest is the best teacher. Is it really so? What if I have no interest at all?

Having been an English teacher for over four years, I have already reached the bottleneck in my career and my level of English. I plan to study further in English and teaching. I comfort myself with the thought that studying abroad will bring changes to my life, but why don’t I teach myself now? I have to admit that I don’t have the intrinsic motivation for learning English any longer. How pathetic!

Whenever people ask me why I chose to be an English teacher, the first answer that comes to my mind is that I had to because I majored in English in university. When they ask why I chose English as my major, I always say I’m interested in English and I’m good at it.

But recently, I find it hard to push my English to the next level. I don’t have the motivation and perseverance to improve my English! What’s worse, the more determined I am to learn English, the worse I feel about myself, and the more difficulty I have in learning English. Is it because I am being too impatient？Perhaps I am. But I can’t find the interest in learning English anymore! I know I shouldn’t be so impatient, but I can’t help it. How I wish I could see myself in the future. I feel so much pressure. I can’t accept myself.

Who defines if your life is meaningful or not? Everybody comes and goes. There are numerous lives on the planet, let alone those in the universe. How many of them are remembered? But what’s the point of being remembered? You live your own life. So it is you who define your life. It is you who decide what your life is and will be like. Does it mean we need to enjoy ourselves and have a freewheeling life? But is it really possible for us to choose a life full of happiness? Is it really possible for us to live only to be happy?

I think of laws. If we are overwhelmed by happiness and forget the law, we will taste bitterness sooner or later. OIC, there is no happiness without pain. So there IS a point of struggling in your life, only to make it better in the distant future. Therefore if I choose instant happiness, it is not going to last. Somehow I have to and I am meant to experience different flavours in my life. And it is only when I experience different flavours in my life do I really have the courage to claim that I once lived. I came, I lived my life to the fullest, and I left.

To live my life to the fullest doesn’t necessarily mean that my life should be full of laughter and no sorrow. Instead, it is bitterness, sweetness, sourness, spiciness and many other flavours that make a life full. If tomorrow is my last day alive, will I wave this world goodbye without regrets? If my answer is yes, then I can safely declare that I have lived my life to the fullest. So all I need now is to take action. Stop doing those meaningless things that are wasting my life. I need inner growth. Only by growing my inner self can I really grow.

April 9, 2021 (during the small hours)
People say interest is the best teacher. Is it really so? What if I have no interest at all?

Having been an English teacher for over four years, I have already reached a bottleneck in my career and my level of English. I plan to study English and teaching further. I comfort myself with the thought that studying abroad will bring changes to my life, but why don’t I spend more time on self-learning now? I have to admit that I don’t have the an intrinsic motivation for learning English any longer. How pathetic!

Whenever people ask me why I chose to be an English teacher, the first answer that comes to my mind is that I had to because I majored in English in university. When they ask why I chose English as my major, I always say I’m interested in English and I’m good at it.

But recently, I have found / have been finding it hard to push my English to the next level. I don’t have any motivation and perseverance to improve my English! What’s worse, the more determined I am to learn English, the worse I feel about myself, and the greater the difficulty I have in learning English. Is it because I am being too impatient？Perhaps I am. But I can’t find any interest in learning English anymore! I know I shouldn’t be so impatient, but I can’t help it. How I wish I could see myself in the future. I feel so much pressure. I can’t accept myself.

Who defines if your life is meaningful or not? Everybody comes and goes. There are numerous lives on the planet, let alone those in the universe. How many of them are remembered? But what’s the point of being remembered? You live your own life. So it is you who defines your life. It is you who decides what your life is and will be like. Does it mean we necessarily need to enjoy ourselves and have a freewheeling life? But is it really possible for us to choose a life full of happiness? Is it really possible for us to live only to be happy?

I think of laws. If we are overwhelmed by happiness and forget the law, we will taste bitterness sooner or later. OIC, there is no happiness without pain. So there IS a point of struggling in your life, only to make it better in the distant future. Therefore if I choose instant happiness, it is not going to last. Somehow I have to and I am meant to experience different flavours in my life. And it is only when I experience different flavours in my life do I really have the courage to claim that I once lived. I came, I lived my life to the fullest, and I left.

To live my life to the fullest doesn’t necessarily mean that my life should be full of laughter and no sorrow. Instead, it is bitterness, sweetness, sourness, spiciness and many other flavours that make a life full. If tomorrow is my last day alive, will I wave this world goodbye without regrets? If my answer is yes, then I can safely declare that I have lived my life to the fullest. So all I need now is to take action. Stop doing those meaningless things that are wasting my life. I need inner growth. Only by growing my inner self can I really grow.

Grammar

at that time i can choose between – at that time I could choose between / I needed to choose between

a / the / any…

So it is you who defines your life. – why add “s”???