John,afamousmusician,tookhispricelessantiqueviolinandplayeditinthecrowdedsubwaystation.Themusicfromtheviolinwasdelicatelystreamingthroughoutthewholestation.However,duringtheone-hourplay,onlysixorsevenpeopleweretrulyappreciatingthecharmingmusic.Athree-year-oldkidwassofascinatedbythemusicthatheforgoteverythingaround.Johnonlygot52dollarsforhisworkthatday.

However,innormaldays,whenJohnisabouttoholdaconcert,oneticketcanbesoldatmorethan100dollarsanditisextremelyhardtobuyaticketevenatsuchahighprice.Therefore,later,manypassers-byinthestationthatdayfeltdeeplyregretfulfornotrecognizingthefamousmusicianandmissingsuchavaluablebutcheapmusicfeast.

Ihaveaverybusyfriendwhohadtotallychangedafterknowingthathiswifecamedownwithincurableillness.Hecookedbyhimselfforthefamilyandtookawalkwithhiswifeeveryday.Nonetheless,hiswifestilldidnotmanagetoconquertheillnessandpassedawayafterthreemonths.Afterthat,heoftensighedmiserablythatduetohispastbusylife,hehadmissedalotofbeautifultimewithhiswife.Butnow,itisimpossibletomakeupforit.

Itisnousecryingoverspiltmilk.Wehavemissedalotofpreciousthingsinourlifewithoutknowingtocherishthem.

Actually,Ialsomissedsomethingpreciousbefore.Thereasonwhywewouldhavemissedthosepreciousthingsislessthansimple:wehadthoughtthatwecouldstillownthemtomorrow.

Nevertheless,tomorrowisactuallybynomeansreliable.TherewasafamousBuddhistmonksayingthatinmanypeople’slives,theyhaveonlydonetwothings:waitingandregretting.Theresultisthattheywerealwaystoolatetocherishwhattheyhadbeforetheylostit.Wewouldoftenclaimtodosomethingwhenwegrowup,orwhenwehavemoneyorwhenwebecomeold,etc.However,whenwereachtheconditionwehaveexpected,wecouldnolongerrealizeourwish,becausewehavelostitbythen.

小题1:Thereasonwhypeopleoftenregretmaybethat_______.