1.信仰的力量

On January 29th, the first day of the Chinese year, grandma took me to the Yade Buddha Temple to pray for being able to have a lucky year.
The whole city was dipped in warm light, when we arrived. God! I hardly made out this temple because the whole block was filled with people. We could move our feet just a little at a time. Now you may have the idea how many people there were. But it was amazing that the crowd was so quiet. Worshippers, one by one, seriously knelt down before the statue of the Buddha.
I thought that I hadn‘t done anything as earnestly as them when I saw those worshippers praying so devoutly. Everyone kept quiet, closed his eyes. I seemed like that there was only him in this world. I was shocked. From them, I felt the strength of belief. I learnt that not only the belief of the Buddhism, but also the beliefs of all the beautiful things can enable us to be successful. Once we get our belief, the eternal spirit shall help us overcome all the difficulties we might meet with.

2.信仰

Belief, a creation of human‘s wise (wisdom), always plays an important role in human‘s society. As a say (saying) goes:“ If one‘s mind is full, it won‘t be filled in (with) any bad idea.” Anyone who has strong beliefs can enjoy a colorful life. Otherwise, he will lose himself in his way of life.
Beliefs are so important that it can change one‘s fate. Two little mice fell in a bucket of cream. The first mouse quickly gave up and drowned. The second mouse wouldn‘t quit. He struggled so hard that eventually he churned that cream into butter and crawled out.
Obviously, the latter mouse is the one who has his own beliefs. There are always hopes in his eyes that encourage him to fight, and fight, and fight. He never gives up when he is in some difficulty situations. Because the optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty, while the pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The first mouse is one of these kinds of pessimists. He holds no belief in his life and become the slave of his fate.
Thus, it can be seen that one with firm beliefs is likely to get successful and master his own life.

3.我的信仰

It seems to me that what any man’s beliefs are depends upon how he spends his life. I’ve spent a good part of mine as a professional baseball player and the game that I play for a living is naturally a very important thing to me. I’ve learned a lot of things on the baseball diamond about living — things that have made me happier and I hope a better person.
I’ve found that when I make a good play and take my pitcher off the hook it’s just natural for me to feel better than if I made a flashy play that doesn’t do anything except make me look good for the grandstands. It works the same way off the ball field too. Doing a good turn for a neighbor a friend or even a stranger gives me much more satisfaction than doing something that helps only myself. It’s as if all people were my teammates in this world and things that make me closer to them are good and things that make me draw away from them are bad.
Another belief very important to me is that I am only as good as my actual performance proves that I am. If I cannot deliver then my name and reputation don’t mean a thing. I thought of this when in the season of 20XX I told my team that I would not play in 20XX. I reached this decision because I realized that I wouldn’t be able to give my best performance to the people who would pay my salary by coming through the turnstiles. I don’t see how anyone can feel right about success or fame that is unearned. For me most of the satisfaction in any praise I receive comes from the feeling that it is the reward for a real effort I have made.
Many ball players talk a lot about luck and figure that it is responsible for their successes and failures on and off the field. Some of them even carry around a rabbit’s foot and other good-luck charms or they have superstitions they go through to make sure things are going the way they want them to. I’ve never been able to go along with people who believe that way. I’ve got a feeling that there’s something deeper and more important behind the things that happen to me and whether they turn out good or bad. It seems to me that many of the things which some people credit to luck are the results of Divine assistance. I can’t imagine an all-wise all-powerful God that isn’t interested in the things I do in my life. Believing this makes me always want to act in such a way as to deserve the things that the Lord will do for me.
Maybe that’s the most important thing of all. Doing good in order to deserve good. A lot of wonderful things have happened to me in my lifetime. I’ve had a long rewarding career in organized baseball. The fans have been swell to me and I’ve always liked my teammates. But what really matters is that I’ve got just about the best folks that anyone could ask for. Doing what I can to make things more pleasant for my father and mother and for my wife and our son has been one of the things I have enjoyed most because it seems to be a way for me to pay back something of what I owe them for all the encouragement and pleasure they’ve given me.
I guess the best way to sum it all up is that I’m happy to be around and I’d like to be able to make other people glad of it too.