Little Prince- Chapter Twenty

"Then he went on with his reflections: " I thought that I was rich, with a flower that was unique in all the world;and all I had was a common rose. A common rose, and three volcanoes that come up to my knees-and one of them perhaps extinct forever…That doesn' t make me a very great prince…" And he lay down in the grass and cried.

小王子原以為自己那朵玫瑰花是獨一無二的，結果她有同類。他發現自己只擁有一點東西就難過得哭了。這種情境會使我想起『寫作』時的矛盾…我覺得自己有努力創出文章，但是碰見許多高手，跟對方比較後就感到灰心。『寫作』過程雖遇到挫敗，卻不要否定自己過往所付出的，繼續耕耘，好比練球，日積月累，總會有成果。