Justasisrevealedinthepictureabove,theyoung,nowadays,justliketheboyinthedrawing,arepronetoreachforwhatisbeyondtheirgrasp,butignorethesignificanceofdoingsomethingtrivialandsimplebeforeaccomplishinggreatfeats。
Thereisnodoubtthatthesymbolicmeaningsubtlyconveyedinthepictureshouldbegivendeepconsideration.Asweallknow,amanwhodoesnotsweeparoom,doesn'tmentiontosweeptheworld.Inotherwords,thefoundationsofabuildingmustbestrong,orelsethewholestructurewillfalldownsomeday.Therefore,whenitcomestothekeytosuccess,themostimportantthingliesindoingeverytinythingwellaroundyou。
Asthesayinggoes,“thehighesteminenceistobegainedstepbystep。”Toachievethegoal,notmerelydoweneedambition;wealsoneedtorealizetheimportanceofdealingwithtrivialityfromthebeginning.Onlyinthiswaycanwegetonthewaytosuccessdowntoearth。
Theworldisnotonlyhungry,butalsothirstyforwater.Thismayseemstrangetoyou,sincenearly75%oftheearth'ssurfaceiscoveredwithwater.Butabout97%ofthishugeamountisseawater,orsaltwater.Mancanonlydrinkandusetheother3%--thefreshwaterthatcomesfromrivers,lakes,underground,andothersources.Andwecannotevenuseallofthat,becausesomeofitisintheformoficebergsandglaciers.Evenworse,someofithasbeenpolluted.
However,asthingsstandtoday,thissmallamountoffreshwater,whichisconstantlybeingreplacedbyrainfall,isstillenoughforus.Butourneedforwaterisincreasingrapidly--almostdaybyday.Onlyifwetakestepstodealwiththisproblemnowcanweavoidasevereworldwidewatershortagelateron.Alimitedwatersupplywouldhaveabadeffectonagricultureandindustry.Letmegiveyoujustonesmallexampieofhownecessarywateristoindustry.Didyouknowthattoproduceasingletonofsteel,ittakesabout91,000litersofwater?
Weallhavetolearnhowtostopwastingourpreciouswater.Oneofthefirststepsweshouldtakeistodevelopwaysofreusingit.Experimentshavealreadybeendoneinthisfield,butonlyonasmallscale.
Asweknow,manygreatpeoplecouldsucceedjustbecausetheydideverythingbigorsmallearnestly.
PreservingNaturalResources.
However,naturalresourcesarenotinexhaustible.Somereservesarealreadyonthebrinkofexhaustionandthereisnohopeofreplacingthem.
Asyouknow,there'snoenoughcleanwaterforpeople.Somanyofthemlosetheirlivesbecauseofwater.It'stimethatwemustdosomethingusefultoprotectourenvironment.Wecanplanttreesandtakegoodcareofthem.
Wecansavethewaterandaskourparentstodoso.Wecan'tthrowanylitterontothegroundandweshouldcollectthemforrecycling.
Ifwetakegoodcareofourearthtoday,itwillbemorebeautifultomorrow.