How to Stride in the Crevice? It was 2 am; my dad's phone started screaming and vibrating all of a sudden, almost jumping around like a startled rabbit. It wasn't an alien attack that flashed through his mind first. It was the seismic alarm, indicating that there was an earthquake breaking out 200 km from our home. I felt lucky that we didn't live in that stricken area—one of my friend's dads who was living there said that the building was trembling violently, almost on the verge of collapsing. Just several days ago, a typhoon and an extremely heavy rainstorm overtook many provinces and ruthlessly claimed the lives of numerous people. Looking back at the past years, it's as if 'Earth Online' suddenly switched to the 'hard mode' at some point. The COVID-19 pandemic, floods, heatwave blasts around the world, and frequent extreme weather events have become commonplace. Now, even the official alien theory has popped up in the US Congress. It seems that living a smooth and tranquil life has already become a luxury for many people. Something has bothered me for months and kept me worried. I somehow lost connection with my net friend from Brazil. We used to be in touch with each other for about two and a half years. We talked about everything on WeChat, including hobbies, lifestyles, cultures, and much more. But in April of this year, I suddenly found that she seemed to have stopped using WeChat—my initial thought. However, later I found it might be more complicated—I couldn't contact her through any means, be it WeChat, Hellotalk, or email. I even used two different email addresses to send her emails, but I received no reply. I shouldn't have thought the worst, but the truth was that she was dealing with severe depression. I was quite shocked when I first heard this news because she seemed to be really extroverted and harmonious with her family and friends—she used to share fragments of her life, such as family photos and views of her city. Among them, what I remember most clearly was her last Christmas trip to a beach. She shared photos of the sky and the sapphire sea intermingling on her WeChat Moments. She even told me she wished to visit China this year, and I promised to create a detailed plan for her. But why did she suddenly disappear? She had shared her Gmail account and password with me, so I thought about logging into her account to check if she was alright. However, when I tried to find our past chat history, I discovered that the history from several months ago had been deleted by the system. Unfortunately, I can't do anything to check if she's okay now. All I can do is wish her safety and well-being. I really appreciate this wise and thought-provoking paragraph below: "We always wander, struggle, hesitate, and walk alone in the crevice of time, as if we cannot find a foothold. However, no matter which era we live in, we should face the world and embrace our lives with a tolerant heart. Living in the present moment, being content, and treating life with kindness will eventually be reciprocated with kindness.” So serpentine and rocky as the road ahead may be, never immerse yourself in the endless sea of misery. Choose a positive mentality and live your life to the fullest—that is how to stride in the crevice. 注：最后一段開頭的引用出自2021北京高考某優(yōu)秀作文《論生逢其時》原文為：我們永遠在時代的夾縫里徘徊，掙扎 ，躊躇，獨行 ，仿佛找不到一個立足之地 。然而不論生活在哪個時代 ，我們都應(yīng)懷著寬容之心 ，去面對這個世界 ，去活著 。生逢其時 ，知足常樂 ，我們一直以善意對待的生活 ，終將以善意回饋你我。 以下是ChatGPT生成的中文翻譯： 凌晨2點鐘，我父親的手機突然開始尖叫和震動，幾乎像一只受驚的兔子一樣跳來跳去。不是他第一時間想到的外星人襲擊，而是地震警報，說離我們家200公里處正在發(fā)生地震。我感到幸運，我們并不住在那個受災(zāi)地區(qū)，我一個朋友的父親住在那里，他說樓房搖搖欲墜，幾乎要倒塌了。 就在幾天前，臺風和極大的暴雨席卷了許多省份，無情地奪走了許多人的生命?；仡欉^去的幾年，仿佛在某個時刻，“地球在線”突然切換到了“困難模式”。新冠疫情、洪水、世界各地的熱浪爆發(fā)以及頻繁發(fā)生的極端天氣現(xiàn)象已經(jīng)變得司空見慣。現(xiàn)在，甚至在美國國會中出現(xiàn)了官方的外星人理論?？雌饋?，過上平穩(wěn)寧靜的生活已經(jīng)對許多人來說變得奢侈 有一件事困擾了我數(shù)月，使我擔憂不已。我不知何故與來自巴西的網(wǎng)友失去了聯(lián)系。我們曾經(jīng)保持聯(lián)系達兩年半之久。我們在微信上談?wù)摳鞣N各樣的事情，包括愛好、生活方式、文化等等。但在今年4月，我突然發(fā)現(xiàn)她似乎不再使用微信——這是我最初的想法。然而，后來我發(fā)現(xiàn)情況可能更為復(fù)雜——無論是微信、Hellotalk還是電子郵件，我都無法與她聯(lián)系。我甚至使用了兩個不同的電子郵件地址給她發(fā)送電子郵件，但都沒有收到回復(fù)。我不應(yīng)該想到最壞的情況，但事實是她正面臨嚴重的抑郁癥。當我第一次聽到這個消息時，我感到非常震驚，因為她似乎真的很外向，與家人和朋友和諧相處，曾經(jīng)與家人一起分享生活片段，比如家庭照片和城市景觀。其中我記得最清楚的是她去年圣誕節(jié)去海灘的旅行。她在微信朋友圈里分享了天空和藍寶石般的海洋交織在一起的照片。她甚至告訴我，她希望今年來中國旅行，我答應(yīng)為她制定詳細的計劃。但她為什么突然消失了呢？她把她的Gmail賬號和密碼告訴了我，所以我考慮登錄她的賬號，查看她是否安好。然而，當我試圖找到我們過去的聊天記錄時，我發(fā)現(xiàn)幾個月前的記錄已被系統(tǒng)刪除。不幸的是，我無法查看她現(xiàn)在的情況。我所能做的只是祝愿她安全健康。 我真的很喜歡下面這段明智而發(fā)人深省的文字：“我們總是在時間的縫隙中徘徊、掙扎、猶豫并獨自行走，仿佛找不到立足之地。然而，無論生活在哪個時代，我們都應(yīng)該以寬容的心面對這個世界，擁抱我們的生活?；钤诋斚拢瑵M足于現(xiàn)在，用善意對待生活，最終將會得到回報的善意?！睙o論前方的道路多么蜿蜒崎嶇，永遠不要陷入無盡的苦海。選擇積極的心態(tài)，活出最充實的生活——這就是如何在時代的夾縫中獨行。