I was feeling a little blue because my mother had been laid off from her job and she had lots of bills to pay. It left me wondering what was going to happen to us now.
I got off the college shuttle bus and started walking. That’s36I heard piano music and singing rising above the noise of the people and the traffic. I walked a little slower so that I could37where it was coming from. 38the crowd I saw a young lady sitting at a piano with a carriage next to her. She was singing songs about love, keeping on trying, and not underestimating (低估) the power within yourself. The way she was singing 39me a bit. I stood there watching her play for about fif minutes, thinking that it must 40to perform alone in the middle of a crowded place.
She must have felt my 41because she would 42look in my direction. Then I walked over and put some43in her carriage and she said, “Thank you”. Instead of continuing my way home, I said to her, “I have been44a rough time lately, but you’ve made me45again.”
“I’m happy that I could help,” she replied. “Why are you so sad?”
“Well, my mum told me she had got 46from her job, and that made me sad. I’m not so sure what to do …”
“You see, here’s the problem,” she explained. “While you were 47, your head was down. Don’t look48, because49comes in different ways and if your head were down, you might lose it.”
She also explained to me that she saw a lot of50 people in the world and she tried to bring more51 by sharing motivational (鼓舞人心的) music. She told me that when she wasn’t music she studied52. So, that was how she knew some of the things she was telling me.
I53a little wider because I knew that she was doing a good thing. So, after we54, my heart was55and lightened by a musical soul!
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