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　　Leaping on a narrow balance beam(平衡木)is not easy．But Lola Walter, a 13-year-old gymnast, is an expert at it．

　　To perfect her skills, Lola 　　1　　 for four hours a day, five days a week．At the state championships in March, she finished seventh out of 16 girls．

　　That's especially impressive, 　　2　　 she is legally blind, born with a rare condition that causes her eyes to shift constantly．She often sees double and can't 　　3　　 how far away things are．

　　When she was little, her mom 　　4　　 that even though she couldn't see 　　5　　, she was fearless．So her mom signed her up for gymnastics when she was three．She loved the 　　6　　 right away and gymnastics became her favorite．

　　Though learning gymnastics has been more 　　7　　 for her than for some of her tournaments, she has never quit．She doesn't let her 　　8　　 stop her from doing anything that she wants to．

　　She likes the determination it takes to do the sport．Her biggest 　　9　　 is the balance beam．Because she has double vision, she often sees to beams．She must use her sense of touch to help her during her routine．Sometimes she even closes her eyes．“You have to 　　10　　 your mind that it'll take you where you want to go．” says Lola．

　　To be a top-level gymnast, one must be brave．The beam is probably the most 　　11　　 for anyone because it's four inches wide．At the state competition, Lola didn't fall 　　12　　 the beam．In fact, she got an 8.1 out of 10－her highest score yet．

　　Lola doesn't want to be 　　13　　 differently from the other girls on her team．At the competitions, the judges don't know about her vision 　　14　　．She doesn't tell them, because she doesn't think they need to know．Her mom is amazed by her 　　15　　 attitude．

　　Lola never thinks about 　　16　　．She is presently at level 7 while the highest is level 10 in gymnastics．Her 　　17　　 is to reach level 9．She says she wants to be a gymnastics coach to pass down what she's learned to other kids 　　18　　 she grew up．

　　Lola is 　　19　　 of all her hard work and success．She says it's helped her overcome problems in her life outside gymnastics, too．Her 　　20　　 for others is “just believe yourself”．

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　　Years ago, when I started looking for my first job, wise advisers said,“Barbara, be enthusiastic!Enthusiasm will take your further than any amount of experience．”How right they were!

　　“Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm,”wrote Ralph Waldo Emerson．It is the paste that helps you hang on there when the going gets tough．It is the inner voice that whispers,“I can do it!”when others shout,“No, you can't!”It took years and years for the early work of Barbara McClintock, a geneticist who won the 1983 Nobel Prize in medicine, to be generally accepted．Yet she didn't let up on her experiments．Work was such a deep pressure for her that she never thought of stopping．

　　We are all born with wide-eyed, enthusiastic wonder and it is this childlike wonder that gives enthusiastic people such youthful air, whatever their age．At 90, cellist(大提琴家)Pablo Casals would start his day by playing Bach(巴赫)．As the music flowed through his fingers, his bend shoulders would strengthen and joy would reappear in his eyes．As author and poet Samuel once wrote,“Yeas make the skin old, but to give up enthusiasm makes the soul old．”

　　Enthusiastic people also love what they do, regardless of money, title or power．Patricia Mcllrath, retired director of the Missouri Repertory Theater in Kansas City, was once asked where she got her enthusiasm．She replied, “My father, a lawyer, long ago told me, I never made a penny until I stopped working for money．”

　　If we can't do what we love as a full-time career, we can do it as a hobby．Elizabeth Layton of Wellsville, Kan, was 68 before she began to draw．This activity ended her sadness that had troubled her for at least 30 years, and the quality of her work led one critic(评论家)to say,“I am persuaded to call Layton a genius．”

　　We can't afford to waste tears on“might-have-beens”．We need to turn the tears into sweat as we go after“what-can-be”．We need to live each moment whole-heartedly, with all our senses－finding pleasure in the sweet smell of a backyard garden, the simple picture of a six-year-old, and the beauty of a rainbow．

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