Looking At The Falling Rain

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LOOKING AT THE FALLING RAIN Today, people have to face too much pressure in their daily life: family, work/school and other relationships. Doing what people like to do is a good medicine for people to overcome their stress. However, depending on each person, there are many activities for people to do. Some people choose inside activities; others like outside activities. The rest love to do something strange, but they think it is normal. I am a person who belongs to this group. My strange hobby, which helps me overcome stress in my life, is looking at the rain falling. One of the reasons I like looking at the rain falling is because it is a good moment for me to look backward to my past. While looking at rain on the balcony, I always think mostly about my past. I always ask myself many questions about many aspects. The most common questions are, "What have I done recently?" or "Am I pleased with what I did?" Many questions with negative answers come up in my mind. Sometimes there are some positive answers for these question; however, in fact, I think I could do better than what I did. I wish I could return the past to fix it, but it is impossible to change everything that has already happened. Moreover, rain also lets me remember some good memories in my life. It can be a memory about either friendship or family. We always say, "Nothing lasts forever", but it does not mean that we cannot remember our past. Looking backward is a good idea for people to get experience from their mistakes and avoid doing these mistakes again. I remember one of the happiest memories which I enjoy mostly when I was sitting on the bench in the rain inside my garden in the rainy day after I moved to America. This memory reminds me when I was with my friends in ninth grade. I was in a group of eleven people, including me. We came from different family situations, were moved from
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