Главная страница «Первого сентября»Главная страница журнала «Английский язык»Содержание №33/2003
 
YOUTH ENGLISH SECTION

Do You Believe in Miracles?

Have you ever asked yourself this question?

I think every person once believed in miracles. When? In childhood. Grandfather Frost, Snow-Maiden, and gnomes were among our most favourite fairy characters. We were afraid of Kaschey Bessmertni, and Baba-Yaga, and we really believed in them. And now? Certainly not. But I think that every person wants to touch childhood, to return to it, at least for a moment. In childhood the fairy miracles were real, but in adult life...what does a miracle mean for us in adult life? And is there any room for it in our hearts?

I was interested to know what other people think. Some people said that “a miracle is the birth of a child; we can explain it, but it is difficult to understand....” Other people consider “a miracle to be peace in the world”, or as “something that you did not expect, but it happens, and this ‘something’ is very good and kind”. And there was the quite different opinion: “A miracle is magic”.

Well, is it worth believing in miracles? I think that only frank, sincere and kind people can believe in them. When I think whether I believe in miracles myself, I remember one very interesting film about a small family (a father, a mother, and a daughter), Christmas and, of course, Christmas miracles. The little girl believed in miracles, as any child, but her mother did not. Being burdened with troubles she did not notice this magical time, the miracles happening around her; she did not see or did not want to see all the fascination of life. As almost every American film, this one has a happy ending, and the mother saw this world through her daughter’s eyes, visited Santa Claus, heard the magical ringing of bells in the night’s silence. The film may seem quite naive, but thanks to it I understood that it is necessary to believe in miracles, though they are different for every person.

As for me, a miracle is life itself, all that surrounds us: nature, sky, sea, freedom. I consider it is important to see all of these and to understand their true value. I love you world!!! They say life is happy not because of some events and conditions; happiness depends on one’s attitude to them. Look around, many of us do not notice the surrounding people or listen to them; we live in own world, comfortable to us, which we have built ourselves. But we live among people and communication is one of the most significant values. One of the most interesting, clever and well-known writers Chekhov said: “If every person would do on his piece of earth everything he can, what a wonderful world it would be.” Let’s create and, most important, believe in miracles!! Let’s believe in our dreams!!

By Vera Protsko,
Far-East State University first year student,
Vladivostok