Making a Friend Is Like Reading a Book

張貼日期：Oct 28, 2010 1:54:34 PM

Making a Friend Is Like Reading a Book

Guo Mao-sung

     No one can deny that friends play an important part in our life. They help broaden the living field, enrich our knowledge, and cultivate our moral character. In addition, books also have a great influence on us. They serve the same function as friends do. So I can say making a friend is like reading a book.

     “Have you ever seen or heard of a baseball nerd?” I haven’t until I met one. A baseball nerd always strikes a conversation by baseball news. “Do you know last night Brother Elephants’ finally defeat President Lions’ by three to two? What a dramatic result!” He prefers talking about baseball to you as long as he finds you interested. He explains to you what designated hitter (DH) or bunt means as you wish; he teaches you how to throw a straight ball, a sinker and a curve ball and shows you how to swing. He is like a walking book on baseball. The longer you get along with him, the more you learn the baseball.

     If you have a friend who is a foot-nutrition major, you can consult him or her how to have a nutrious meal. This person can offer you a diet meal if you want to lose your weight without any side effect. He or she gives you all the information that is published in the book, even more lively and clearly.

     Besides, there are still two extremely different friends—the upright friend and the evil one. Making an upright friend is like reading a good book. This person always acts good deeds to evoke your consciousness and instinct and to prevent you from going astray. He or she is the guidance to our behavior, the insurance of our virtue. On the contrary, associating with an evil friend is like browsing through a bad book, where we can see all the dirty things—pride, covetousness, lust, anger, gluttony, envy and sloth, which are typical of an evil friend.

     Making a friend is like reading a book; both of them cast a deep impact on us, positive or negative. For our own good, therefore, we cannot be too prudent to choose a friend or to select a book.