A Brilliant Day

Haynes 张一贺 220110723

It is an ordinary afternoon in autumn - at least for this town. The mother duck is swimming with her babies in the lake, and the splashing of the ducklings as they shake their heads make the yellow dog sleeping near the lake open his eyes and sneeze and then go back to sleep again. The autumn breeze is still blowing gently as usual, and the yellow leaves are also falling gently as usual. This has been the case for so long that people have become so familiar with ordinary life that no one would set aside ten seconds to take a picture of the dog or the ducklings. Of course, it is said that the President of Country A and the Prime Minister of country B are meeting now. Today is an important day for the government workers of both countries because they are so busy that they cannot even find time to drink a cup of water. It is said that far to the west, there are two countries at war, and the people of both countries are covered with fear and gloom, and today is still a very important day for them. And the people on the streets of this town are still the same as every day in the past, wearing a variety of clothes, walking through the streets with a variety of expressions on their faces, and David is one of them.

David is an ordinary middle-aged man in the small town, with an ordinary but happy family. His parents gave him a common name, hoping that he could have an ordinary and stable life. It can be said that if we put him in a crowd, he certainly would not be the first person to be seen. His career is also as inconspicuous as his life; he is an inconspicuous supporting actor in a theatre group. Today is also an ordinary day for him, but somehow, there is something unusual. Today is the first day of their new play, and he is playing the brother of an experienced hunter, who only has two lines in the play, but in order to give the best experience to the audience, he has been rehearsing with the protagonists for more than three months, so on the day of the real performance, even if the time of his part is less than two minutes, He's still a little bit nervous -- this is more of a challenge than playing a tree six months ago.

Now it's less than three hours before the play begins, and David has just left his house, leaving his wife and daughter, to get on his bike and head to the theatre. Before he left, his wife gently kissed him on the forehead, hoping that he would do a good job today. Her daughter Lily put her favorite candy in his pocket before he left and said to him, "Dad, I hope you will be smiling when you come home today." Lily gave him a big hug as she spoke, which made him feel full of vigor. With the wishes of his wife and daughter, David is already dressed and ready to go on stage. He took a deep breath and silently told himself, "This is the result of three months of hard work. It's time to make your voice heard, even if for a few minutes."

So, at the moment when the spotlight belongs to him light up, he raises his head and a confident smile appears on his face. It can be said that he shows his best form to the audience from the past three months. During the performance, he responds to every line of his opponent with full emotions, and makes every movement and expression the most standard degree - even if it is only some lines and actions that are not very impressive.

When the hunter holds out his hand to David, he moves firmly toward the center of the stage; When the two people on stage have an argument, he puts his own feelings into the real scene, actively responding to every line of the hunter; It isn't until the hunter is shot and the lights dim again that actor David's mission for the day comes to an end. He hears waves of applause coming from the audience, and he knows that he has done a good job today; when he walks out of the spotlight, a satisfied smile quickly flashes across his face.

With this satisfaction and the bonus from the company, David makes his way home in the evening. He can’t wait to see the smiling faces of his wife and daughter. He wants to tell them aloud that he done a good job today and didn’t disappoint them. When he reaches a dessert shop that he usually passed, he stops. This time, it is different than usual; he opens the door and walks in, buys his daughter a strawberry cake with his new winnings, and then continues his usual way home.

Orange lights hang over the dry flagstones, and the evening breeze brings people a hint of coolness, not cold, but refreshing. When he goes back and opens the door, he is greeted by a sumptuous dinner and the praise of his daughter and wife; at this moment, he truly feels that he is the protagonist of the world - and this world, not the so-called large and complex world, but the small world of his own, which seems to be "ordinary". He thinks today is a brilliant day. As night falls, the house reflects a warm light, and this warm and ordinary scene is also being staged in many families in all corners of the world.

This extraordinary world is made up of many ordinary people; just as a beautiful flower is also made up of many inconspicuous petals. In the eyes of the petal, it is enough to do her work as a petal, to stay in her position, to look at the world from her own perspective, to think, to live, and to wither. In its eyes, they are all of the life, and the fact is true, everyone is the protagonist of their own life, no one can dictate how you should live or how wonderful your life should be. Paying attention to yourself should always be put in the first place because once you can do this well, your life is dazzling enough.（张一贺）