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心灵鸡汤精选With Every Footstep
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【文章梗概】一由于队友受伤，我幸运也成为了跳马决赛的替补队员。虽然我非常惊讶并且紧张害怕，但 我抓住这次宝贵的机会。在队长和家人的支持下，我信心满满地参加决赛，但在起跳过程中步伐仓促，最 后导致落地不稳。我非常羞愧。在家人的安慰下，我重拾信心参加第二天的平衡木决赛,以享受比赛的心 态参加平衡木决赛，我完美地完成了动作，意料之外获得了金牌。
You have made known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in
Ps. 16:11
I was not only a little surprised, hut worried to find myself in the Finals at the 1996 Olympic G
ames when Kerri Strug was forced to pull out as a result of an ankle injury. I had done well during the team competition, but had just missed qualifying for the Vault Finals competition. When my coach, Steve, and I were Mified that I'd become eligible to compete in this event, I wasn't feeling prepared to be Kerri's replacement.
My first reaction was, How can I? Duc to an extremely sore wrist, I had not been able to work a second vault. Vault Finals require that the gymnast compete on two vaults from two different vault families. This was a moment when all of my gymnastics experience had to be there (o support me. Steve encouraged me lo give il a try.
Once I recovered from the initial shock, I knew that I didn't want to give up the opportunity to compete in another event of the 1996 Olympics. I fully intended to give it my best shot from that moment forward. With a positive attitude, and with support from Steve and my parents, I gave it everything I had during my workouts, and they went great. I didn't miss a single vault-even while wanning up for the actual competition. I focused on how great an opportunity it was to be given the chance to compete.
However, my positive altitude and joy quickly turned to tears of embarrassment and discouragement. When the time came to compete, i sprinied hard down the runway, hut as I approached the 父beard、I knew that my steps were off. I was not coming onto the vault horse at the right place! In an instant, it was all over. I had missed placing one of my hands down on the horse, which resulted in my performing an oidrci史eous flip in the air and landing on my seat right in front of literally hundreds of thousands of people! I felt the hot flush of embarrassment swimming from my stomach straight up to my bright red face.
As soon as the event was over, I headed up to the USA gymnastics suite,spring怎么读怎么读 where I knew my parents would be waiting for me. My tears were flowing pretty freely, so my parents took me aside so that we could have a little privacy. I try always to place my trust in God to direct my path. I never pray to win, but I always ask God to help me do my best. I had been so full of joy and confidence going into the competition. What had happened?
Mom asked me if I remembered the poem Footprints that hung on (he wall of my room. She reminded me that God had always been walking with me. Never had he abandoned m
e. Maybe it was time for me to allow God to carry me. Rather than be worried about once again failing, I could remember that I didn't have to do this all by myself. All I needed to remember was that God is always by my side. Instead of dreadin父 Beam Finals the next day, 1 needed to be grateful for the opportunity to express the talent that God had given me, and not to be concerned about winning or losing.
The next evening, I was calm and at peace while I waited for my turn to compete. When I mounted the beam, I heard a man yell at someone in the crowd, “Turn your [camera] flash off!'' I consciou小 thought, 44How sweet of him to be concerned about my welfare.^^ A camera flash can cause an accident that could potentially end a career, or worse. It struck me that I had never before heard what was going on around me when I was competing. I was usually so iremendous卜 focused, I had blocked out everything else. But that night,s competition was different from any other. I felt an emotional connection with the audience whose love of gymnastics, and the athletes who represented the sport, seemed to completely surround me. At that moment, I was able to let in all the joy of the evening, of being in the Olympic Games, and of the sport of gymnastics.
I took a few calming breaths and thanked God for being with me, and for the talent that he has given me. And then, I went for it!
I aced my routine! I felt so great when my feel hit the mat. I honestly had no idea as to whether or not I would win a medal. But at that moment, medals truly did not matter. I had accomplished something far greater than a world record in gymnastics. I had felt the comfort and strength of God's presence with every footstep of the routine.
I took home an Olympic Gold Medal to remind me of that night. But the night was golden in more ways than one. I will always treasure in my heart what it is like to experience God's presence.
Shannon Miller【词汇过关】
请写出下面文单词在文章中的中文意思。
I. vault[v?:lt]] n.
2,eligible [?el?d??bl] adj.
3.springboard [?spr??b?:d] n.
4.flip[fl?p]n.
5.suite[swi:t]n.

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