Last summer, I was suffering from too much stress, I'd just graduated from a challenging doctoral program and was1from the years of research, study and writing. I took a vacation to celebrate, but the academic intensity(紧张) had become a2. Sitting on the beautiful lawn（草地） of the hotel on Mackinac Island, I just felt like I should be studying or working as usual.
3seeing natural beauty would have relaxed me, but I couldn't4. I couldn't help looking at my cell phone repeatedly in case I missed something important." Enough," I murmured. I needed to5, but why couldn't I?
A dragonfly buzzed around me. With each6, this creature's wings changed color — blue one moment, green the next. Dragonflies usually fascinated me with their quick movements that7me of acrobats (杂技演员) in the wind, but I wasn't in the8that day. What I needed then was9, not movement. As if on cue, the dragonfly came to rest on a blade of grass in front of me.
I watched that dragonfly carefully for many minutes. So did the dragonfly. "It's not a matter of relaxing," it seemed to say. "It's a matter of10the now, the here. Life is so short. Be here in the moment and let the11take care of itself." Suddenly, I12this beautiful creature, who only had months to live, was "instructing" me about the13of life and felt much relaxed. The dragonfly seemed14that its message had been delivered. It sprang from the grass and flew away. I didn't see it again. But I would never forget what it taught me: Be here and15yourself.
