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Lunch hour.Escaping from my office,I fled down Main Street in pursuit of freedom from the routine of the day.An old bell clanged(叮当作响) against the door of a dusty used bookstore when I pushed it open.
Looking through the horizon of shelves and lots of magazines,my eyes suddenly met his and my heart began to race.They were the blazing(闪烁) orange eyes of an African lion on the cover of a National Geographic magazine.I hadn't seen those eyes in thirty years,but their impact on me hadn't faded.As a kid I used to dream about Africa,living with wild animals.
The opportunity of spending a"gap year"volunteering in Africa or joining the Youth Corps had long since passed.Or had it?Yes,it's true I couldn't go to Africa for several months,but maybe I could volunteer in Africa for a few weeks.
Over the next several weeks I began to budget and save,determined to make it happen.The big day came.I arrived and met my boss,a young South African ranger(护林员) named Gary.He said,"Let me guess,you're here because you dreamed of Africa."
"Yes!"I smiled.
"Well it's time to wake up,Canada.This is a working game reserve;these are wild animals."
"Okay."
"You're going to have to get out of your comfort zone,take some risks.Have the courage of a lion."
The next morning when we began our patrol(巡逻) in an open-air jeep,giant African elephants appeared in the morning mist.I was no longer dreaming in the pages of a National Geographic magazine,I was living them.
Moments later Gary parked the jeep and handed me a heavy shovel(铲子) and said,"Time to shovel dung(粪)."Elephant dung.Mountains of jye.ai.It will be used as fertilizer in the reserve's sustainable vegetable garden.
Within fifteen minutes my back was aching,and my new work gloves were stretched out and so slippery with dung and sweat that they refused to stay on my hands.This wasn't the dream of Africa I had.
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I began to question myself.
But at that moment I remembered Gary's words"step out of your comfort zone".
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【答案】 I began to question myself.You came all the way to Africa to shovel elephant dung?Maybe my dream of Africa was a silly childhood vision.Maybe I was lost and should have spent this money on therapy instead.What would my friends and co-workers say if they could see me now,knee-deep in dung,barely able to lift this heavy shovel?They'd think I was a fool.Humiliation began to creep over me,engulf me even.Throwing the shovel away,I dropped myself onto the ground.
But at that moment I remembered Gary's words"step out of your comfort zone".I needed to have the courage of a lion.Lions don't complain.They' re the king of the jungle because there's nowhere they won't go.And I'm in Africa.This elephant dung will help feed a village,and I get to contribute to something meaningful,something bigger than my mouthy little ego.Get out of your head and focus on that.I dug in deep.This was my dream,to come to Africa.As I became heavy with appreciation,the shovel lightened up.The joy of being in this place was even greater than I had imagined and dreamed.
But at that moment I remembered Gary's words"step out of your comfort zone".I needed to have the courage of a lion.Lions don't complain.They' re the king of the jungle because there's nowhere they won't go.And I'm in Africa.This elephant dung will help feed a village,and I get to contribute to something meaningful,something bigger than my mouthy little ego.Get out of your head and focus on that.I dug in deep.This was my dream,to come to Africa.As I became heavy with appreciation,the shovel lightened up.The joy of being in this place was even greater than I had imagined and dreamed.
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