A friend of mine wanted to lose some weight①.
　　He tried everything. He spent a whole day eating fi sh soup only.
　　Then he spent another day fasting②. Then he started to skip③ breakfast. Then， for an afternoon he had fruit only. Then only rice， for 12 hours.
　　But nothing would work. Big belly④， small arms.
　　"Why do you want to be skinnier？" I asked.
　　"I don’t really know， it’s just better." he replied.
　　And then he only had salad for a day. And then a Chinese takeaway⑤.
　　He didn’t know what he wanted， he only knew what he didn’t really want.
　　I like this quote⑥ from Lewis Carroll.
　　One day Alice came to a fork in the road and saw a Cheshire cat in a tree.
　　"Which road do I take？" she asked.
　　"Where do you want to go？" was his response⑦.
　　"I don’t know." Alice answered.
　　"Then，" said the cat， "it doesn’t matter." Hard work is just a tool. But where do you actually⑧ want to go？
　　我有個朋友很想减肥。
　　他尝试过很多方法，甚至一天就只喝鱼汤。
　　然后第二天节食，第三天开始不吃早餐，下午只吃水果，接下去时只吃米饭坚持12小时
　　然而，大肚子、小胳膊一直在。我曾问他为什么想变瘦。
　　他回答说他也不知道，只是觉得瘦更好。
　　接下去他一天只吃沙拉，隔天只点了份中国菜外卖。
　　他不知道自己想要的，但他知道自己特别不想要的。
　　我很喜欢出自路易斯·卡罗尔的一席话。
　　一天，爱丽丝走到岔路口，看到一只柴郡猫正在树上。
　　“我该走哪条路呢？”她问。“你想走哪条？”他反问。
　　“我不知道。”爱丽丝回答。
　　“其实选哪条都不要紧。”猫回答。努力只是工具，重要的是知道自己想要什么。