Looking up, the sky is filled with stars.
The light from the stars is not dazzling, and the soft and round halo is like pebbles in a crystal clear stream, gurgling in the velvet-textured canopy. The countless faint lights make people completely forget about the action of "counting" , just immersed in it.
Hurrah.
A breeze blew across my face, and in an instant it seemed as if all the stars in the world had fallen. I couldn't help but stretch out my right hand, as if I was a child again, innocently believing that as long as I stood on my tiptoes high enough, I could touch the stars. Feel the temperature of the stars with your fingertips.
In a daze, goosebumps appeared on the surface of the skin, and reason returned to the mind. Only then did he realize that he was naive, but he was not shy or reserved, he was just deeply immersed in this brilliance. , completely forget all worries for the time being and simply enjoy the moment.
"Gawain, what are you worried about?"
MacDonald turned to look at his friend, raised the corner of his mouth slightly, and asked with concern, but Gawain didn't know why, and instead looked back in confusion. MacDonald thought for a while, and organized his words.
"You seem... to have a sense of urgency, every time you train. Of course, this is not to say that this is not a good thing. It is a good thing to go all out in training, but... but, too much is never enough, you know, right? I just It feels like you are worried about something and want to grasp something."
After saying that, MacDonald was a little worried, worried that he had said the wrong thing and violated Gawain's privacy, so he quickly apologized.
"Sorry, I didn't mean to criticize you..."
Gawain chuckled, "I know, Mike from Canada."
A joke made Macdonald laugh, and his reserved expression relaxed a little.
Gawain thought about it seriously, and then showed a shallow smile, with a little bitterness, "Maybe, maybe I do have a sense of urgency, I just..."
Taking a long breath, Gawain turned to look at Macdonald, his eyes so bright in the night.
"I just want to cherish every day I stand on the court, because none of us can be sure of what will happen in the future: whether we will become professional players, or whether we will say goodbye to tennis after graduation, or whether it will happen because of a sudden... Injuries change the course of life.”
"Mike, competitive sports are full of charm, but they are also cruel."
Gawain, he means it.
According to the trajectory of the previous life, tomorrow, February 15th, the Bruins will challenge the University of Oklahoma Sooners away in the small town of Norman, Oklahoma.
At that time, Gao Wen, who will serve as the sixth singles player, will appear in the game. Then during the game, Gao Wen accidentally sprained his knee while desperately saving the ball. The pain was unbearable. After diagnosis by the team doctor, Gao Wen was forced to withdraw from the game - losing the game. After the game, the Bruins lost another game, and finally lost to their opponents with a score of "3:4", ushering in their first defeat of the season.
At the same time, Gao Wen went to the hospital for an MRI, which later confirmed that the knee ligament was slightly torn, which became a turning point in his entire career.
Although he recuperated and rehabilitated, Gao Wen still caught up with the National Championship Game in May and competed with the team. However, injuries posed hidden dangers, and he later experienced varying degrees of knee hydration, cruciate ligament tears, and other injuries. Injuries, surgeries and rehabilitation begin to take over a major part of life.
Later, he was forced to give up tennis and never returned to the court.
As he said, one injury put him and McDonald on completely different life trajectories.
Everything happens tomorrow.
Since his rebirth, Gawain himself has not noticed it, but the day of "February 15th" is like a sharp sword hanging above his head, oppressing him all the time, penetrating into his daily training and life bit by bit. all aspects.
If it were to happen again, would he make the same mistake again?
Maybe, maybe not, Gawain has no answer, but the only thing Gawain can be sure of is that he will not escape, and he will not let the shadow of his previous life trap him. After finally winning a second chance, he refuses to stay. He refuses to regret even if it is too late, he must bravely face the difficulties.
MacDonald looked at his friend in front of him with a smile and clear eyes. Although he was a little bitter and helpless, the vitality shone in the depths of his eyes, which made MacDonald not only sigh but also get excited.
"Mike, do you believe in dreams?"
Gawain spoke, but without waiting for Macdonald's answer, he continued.
"I want to believe that, like Rudy, it doesn't matter if he's thought of as a fool."
"Every day when I stand on the court, I want to cherish every minute, give it my all, and seize the moment firmly in front of me."
Daniel-'Rudy'-Ruettiger, an ordinary boy with no height, no weight and no talent, dreams of becoming a player at the University of Notre Dame, a traditional NCAA football school. This is almost An impossible dream that even his family and friends laughed at him.
However, after three years of hard work, Rudy became a sparring partner for the University of Notre Dame football team. He was unable to play and was not even considered a formal sparring partner for the team. However, he persisted, just for the sake of the future. To be able to stand on the field wearing a Notre Dame jersey one day.
As a senior, in the last game of Rudy's college career, he was still not shortlisted and was still a dispensable partner; however, his diligence, perseverance and spirit moved his teammates. His teammates used the threat of refusing to play to get Rudy a spot on the roster.
Later, twenty-seven seconds before the end of the game, when Notre Dame had already secured victory, the coach still refused to let Rudy play. However, the entire team and the audience cheered for Rudy. After winning a valuable opportunity to appear, Rudy appeared——
Not only did he play, but he sacked the opposing quarterback to end the game.
Just twenty-seven seconds, but it was the most shining and glorious moment in Rudy's life.
After the game, his teammates lifted Rudy high and walked off the court. That was 1975. Since then, no player has been able to enjoy such treatment.
In Rudy, there is a foolish courage, the courage to be laughed at, despised and spurned by people, just like a fool, but it is this courage that makes Rudy's life shine with unparalleled light.
Perhaps, in the eyes of those realists, the flash point of "twenty-seven seconds" is meaningless at all, not equivalent to so many years of hard work, and not worth it.
But the real reality is that Rudy's family was originally just blue-collar workers in the steel factory, passed down from generation to generation, but because of Rudy's success, his family's views changed. Later, with Rudy's encouragement and support, his younger brother All my sisters went to college, which changed their lives.
Those twenty-seven seconds were never just twenty-seven seconds.
Later, this true story was adapted into a movie, "Chasing Dreams from the Heart of a Child".
