假如我又回到了童年(1/3)

If I were a boy again,

I would practice perseverance more often,

and never give up a thing because it was inconvenient.

If we want light,

we must conquer darkness.

Perseverance can sometimes equal genius in its results.

"There are only two creatures," says a proverb,

"Who can surmount the pyramids - the eagle and the snail."

If I were a boy again,

I would school myself into a habit of attention;

I would let nothing come between me and the subject in hand.

I would remember that a good skater never tries to skate in two directions at once.

The habit of attention becomes part of our life,

if we begin early enough.

I often hear grown up people say,

"I could not fix my attention on the sermon or book,

although I wished to do so",

and the reason is,

the habit was not formed in youth.

If I were to live my life over again,

I would pay more attention to the cultivation of the memory.