The book my parents bought me for the first time wasAnne Of Green Gables〔L. M. Montgomery〕. (Of course, except picture books.) At that time, though I was a first grader, I could not understand what the author had wanted to say in that book. However, as I grew up and I read it repeatedly, I gradually understood and felt the author's intention. Then, the book became the most favorite book. Later, I read Anne of Green Gables 2 and it also became my favorite book.
The other day, I found some words in Anne of Green Gables 2. The words told us very common things, but I felt them so attractive. Of course, this is because Anne's series are my favorite ones. But, I think it gives us useful idea to think what we do.
"Life can become not only narrower but also wider. It depends on not what our lives give us but what we pour into our lives."
In connection with the words, I want to introduce Dag Hammarskjold's (Swedish Diplomat,1905-1961)words;
"We are not permitted to choose the frame of our destiny. But what we put into is ours."