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So many of us hold on to little resentments that may have stemmed from an argument,
a misunderstanding, or some other painful event. Stubbornly, we wait for someone
else to reach out to us—believing this is the only way we can forgive or rekindle
(重新激起) a friendship or family relationship.
An acquaintance of mine whose health isn’t very good recently told me that she hasn’
t spoken to her son in almost three years. “Why not?” I asked. She said that she
and her son had had a disagreement about his wife and that she wouldn’t speak to
him again unless he called first. When I suggested that she be the one to reach
out, she resisted initially and said, “I can’t do that. He’s the one who should
apologize.” She was literally willing to die before reaching out to her only son.
After a little gentle encouragement, however, she did decide to be the first one
to reach out. To her amazement her son was grateful for her willingness to call and
offered an apology of his own.
As is usually the case when someone takes the chance and reaches out, he wins.
Whenever we hold on to our anger we turn “small stuff” into really “big stuff”
in our minds. We start to believe that our positions are more important than our
happiness. They are not. If you want to be a more peaceful person you must understand
that being right is almost never more important than allowing yourself to be happy.

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The way to be happy is to let go and reach out. Let other people be right. This doesn’
t mean that you’re wrong. Everything will be fine. You’ll experience the peace
of letting go as well as the joy of letting others be right. You’ll also notice
that as you reach out and let others be “right” they will become less defensive
and more loving toward you. They might even reach back. But if for some reason they
don’t that’s okay too. You will have the inner satisfaction of knowing that you
have done your part to create a more loving world and certainly you’ll be more
peaceful yourself.

1. In the sentence “Stubbornly we want for someone else to reach out to us...”
the phrase “reach out” is closest in meaning to ______.
A. offer help B. be in pursuit of
C. offer an apology D. offer one’s hand
2. According to the passage, the author’s friend never spoke to her son for three
years because ______.
A. she had got an argument with her daughter-in-law
B. she had disagreed about her son’s marriage
C. she had got an argument about her daughter- in-law
D. she had disliked her son’s wife for many years
3. By telling the story about a mother and her son, the author wants us to learn
that ______.
A. it’s fine to be the first one to apologize

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