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generati<strong>on</strong> y<br />
Fight the<br />
ExPOSITORY WRITING: LEAT AHRONY<br />
"Mom, how was your day?"<br />
"Oh! My day was so busy and stressful. Ph<strong>on</strong>es<br />
were r<strong>in</strong>g<strong>in</strong>g off the walls all day l<strong>on</strong>g! I had to solve a<br />
problem for a customer, and it was also paycheck day,<br />
and then Israel called and they were push<strong>in</strong>g for the metal<br />
parts and the results, and….<br />
"Well, at least you can feel relaxed, now that you have<br />
overcome all your challenges for the day.”<br />
"Yes, you’re right; at least I<br />
have solved all my problems”<br />
I wiggled my f<strong>in</strong>ger.<br />
“Nah ah ahhhh You d<strong>on</strong>’t<br />
have problems, you face<br />
Challenges!”<br />
I have faced many challenges<br />
<strong>in</strong> my life, but every s<strong>in</strong>gle <strong>on</strong>e<br />
has a taught me someth<strong>in</strong>g new.<br />
"The word 'problem' does not exist <strong>in</strong> my dicti<strong>on</strong>ary,"<br />
Dr E<strong>in</strong>horn, my Rabbi, tells us. A troubled woman <strong>on</strong>ce<br />
came to him and she began to weep….<br />
“I have so many problems! I need help!” She pleaded.<br />
He looked her <strong>in</strong> the eye.<br />
"Problem? You mean CHALLENGE!"<br />
One word. That is all it took to stop the tears.<br />
The word ‘challenge’ echoed through my head. He is<br />
so right!<br />
When I replaced the word ‘problem’ with ‘challenge,’ I<br />
was strengthened and uplifted.<br />
Some<strong>time</strong>s my challenge is made of mud or hay, other<br />
“Life is like a bicycle: you<br />
have to keep <strong>on</strong> peddl<strong>in</strong>g<br />
if you want to get<br />
anywhere.”<br />
<strong>time</strong>s it is built of bricks and cement. But no matter how<br />
difficult the challenge is, I fight till the very end until I<br />
ga<strong>in</strong> my sweet victory. The more challenges I fight, the<br />
more less<strong>on</strong>s I learn.<br />
Beep beep beeep beeeeep beeeeeeeeeeeep!!!!! Whether<br />
it is to the sound of your cell ph<strong>on</strong>e or your alarm clock,<br />
to most people, gett<strong>in</strong>g out of bed <strong>in</strong> the early hours<br />
of the day is a pa<strong>in</strong>. To most people, the opportunity<br />
to rest and relax for the day<br />
sounds extremely appeal<strong>in</strong>g, but<br />
not to me.<br />
I used to have moments where<br />
I day-dreamed and stared <strong>in</strong>to<br />
th<strong>in</strong> air, or watched the clock<br />
and listened to it tick… tick…<br />
tick<strong>in</strong>g... As a child, I used to<br />
pretend to feel ill so that I could<br />
avoid school and let the Disney channel enterta<strong>in</strong> me.<br />
Now, as I hear that buzz buzzz buzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz<strong>in</strong>g<br />
noise of my sky-blue alarm clock, and feel the sunlight<br />
seep<strong>in</strong>g through my curta<strong>in</strong>s, my m<strong>in</strong>d, soul, and body<br />
are ready to fight another challenge. Dicti<strong>on</strong>ary.com has a<br />
’Word of the Day.’ I have my very own, ‘challenge of the<br />
day.’<br />
When my mother was betrayed and deeply hurt by her<br />
own sister, she faced a huge challenge. Over two milli<strong>on</strong><br />
NT dollars was stolen from us. It was a <strong>time</strong> of typho<strong>on</strong>s<br />
and thunderous storms; I thought our family ship would<br />
s<strong>in</strong>k to the very bottom of the ocean. Every night I would<br />
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june 2010