2022年精选即兴三分钟演讲稿【热门12篇】

2022年精选即兴三分演讲稿(精选12篇)

2022年精选即兴三分钟演讲稿 篇1

同学们,各位青年朋友们: 大家上午好!

五月的春风情深意暖,五月的花海流溢飘香,和着春潮,伴着夏韵,在花海灿烂夺目的

季节里,我们迎来了“五四”运动九十五周年和中国共青团成立九十周年的日子。去年我在

这里和大家进行了一次关于“中国梦”的交流,今天我想和大家谈谈“青春”这个话题。 近些年关于青春的电影电视作品很多,例如:《奋斗》、《我的青春我做主》、《致青春》、

《那些年,我们一起追过的女孩儿》等等。偶然间, 当你发现自己已成了那道令老年人羡慕,

中年人留恋,少年人向往的青春风景线的时候,是不是浑身上下澎湃着青春的热血,洋溢着青

春的热情。然而,你是否思索过青春是什么呢?青春该如何度过?什么样的青春最值得回忆? 有人说,青春就是享受,吃喝玩乐最潇洒。 有人说,青春就是奋斗,汗水浇灌的青春最绚烂。 有人说,青春就是狂欢,肆意享受、奢侈生活最欢乐。 有人说,青春就是拼搏,陶醉在成功的喜悦中最幸福。 那么,你认为呢?

当今时代是一个电火行空邀宇宙的时代,当今世界是一个瞬息万变迷人眼的世界!知识更

新日新月异,科技进步突飞猛进.“落后就要挨打,懒惰就会失败”已成为一个不可抗拒的规律。

我想我们每个人都有自己内心的梦想,为了梦想都应该竭尽全力去拼搏。只有拼搏才 能实现我们青春的价值啊! 我相信,在场的不少同学肯定都是科比的球迷。对,就是凌晨四点的科比。科比是一个

高中生球员,没有经过大学nc联赛的历练,但却是nba最有影响力的球员。曾经有记者问

科比:“科比,你为什么如此成功?”科比反问记者:“你知道洛杉矶凌晨4点的样子吗?”

记者摇摇头。科比:“我知道每一天凌晨4点洛杉矶的样子。每天洛杉矶早上四点仍然在黑暗

中,我就起床行走在黑暗的洛杉矶街道上。一天过去了,洛杉矶的黑暗没有丝毫改变;两天

过去了,黑暗依然没有半点改变;十多年过去了,洛杉矶街道早上四点的黑暗仍然没有改变,

但我却已变成了肌肉强健,有体能、有力量,有着很高投篮命中率的运动员。” 这就是科比,发誓不做第二个乔丹,要做自己的科比,他在青春里用拼搏为自己注解,

用奋斗为成功奠基。

所以,青春是一道绚丽的风景,一串跳动的音符。青春是躁动的,青涩的,青春更是热情的,

激昂的。“青年者,人生之王,人生之春,人生之华也。”人们历来把青春视为花朵一般美丽,黄

金一样宝贵。青春之所以宝贵就在于它正处于人生发展曲线中“四大高峰”时期:生理变化

高峰、智力发展高峰、社会需求高峰、创造高峰。因此,青年时期往往是人的一生中出成果最

多的时期。古今中外,大凡有作为有成就的人,都是从青少年时期起,打下基础崭露头角,做出

重大贡献的。因此,我们为什么不去珍惜青春年华,牢牢抓住时间骏马的僵绳,去拼搏、去奋斗,

给自己留下一段美丽的回忆呢。不要等到青春老去,再 唱起《老男孩儿》:青春如同奔流的江河,一去不回来不及告别,只剩下麻木的我没有了

当年的热血。

奋斗是青春最美丽的底色。没有奋斗的青春是苍白的,没有可供回忆的青春是悲哀的。

只有奋斗才能展现青春的绚烂多彩。“我们无法选择自己的出身,但我们可以凭借自己的知识

能力,改变我们的未来;我们无法选择自己的外貌,但我们可以提升自己的内涵和素养,时刻展现笑容;很多事情是不期而至的,我们无法选择它何时开始。但是,我们却可以决定它的结果,这完全取决于自己奋斗的结果。

2022年精选即兴三分钟演讲稿 篇2

人的生命,似洪水奔流,不遇着岛屿和暗焦,难以激起美丽的浪花。现实是此岸,理想是彼岸,中间隔着湍急的河流,行动则是架在河上的桥梁。人的价值是由自己决定的。燧石受到的敲打越历害,发出的光就越灿烂。正如恶劣的品质可以在幸运中暴露一样,最美好的品质也是在厄运中被显示的。

人生的最终价值在于觉醒和思考的能力,而不只在于生存。人生是各种不同的变故、循环不已的痛苦和欢乐组成的。那种永远不变的蓝天只存在于心灵之间,向现实的人生去要求未免是奢侈的。勤劳远比黄金可贵。

希望是附之于存在的,有存在,便有希望,有希望,便是光明。人间没有永恒的夜晚;世界没有永恒的冬天。过去属于死神,未来属于自己。冬天已经到来,春天还会远吗?假如生活欺骗了你,不要忧郁,也不要愤慨!不顺心的时候暂且容忍吧:相信吧,快乐的日子很快就会到来。宿命论是那些缺乏意志力的弱者的借口。

世界上有两种人,一种人,虚度年华;另一种人,过着有意义的生活。在第一种人眼里,生活就像一场睡眠,如果在他看来,是睡在既温暧又柔和的床辅上,那他便十分心满意足了;在第二种人眼里,可以说,生活就是建立功绩,人就在完成这个功绩中享到自己的幸福。

2022年精选即兴三分钟演讲稿 篇3

敬爱的老师,亲爱的同学:

大家好!

地震是自然界10大灾害之一,也是损失最为严重的灾难,带给社会和人们的是破坏和毁灭。

目前,人类对地震的预报,仍然是一道尚未攻克的科学难题。我国地震工作者经过30多年的不懈努力,在成功地预地震上,积累了丰富而宝贵的经验。现在全国建有400多个台站,网点20__多个。防震减灾贯彻的是以“预防为主,防御与救助相结合”的方针,重点抓好防震减灾宣传工作。一旦地震发展,主要是保证震时和震后如何有条不紊地进行家庭的防震救灾。

那么,地震发生前有哪些预兆呢?

1、地下水异常。

由于地下岩层受到挤压或拉伸,使地下水位上升或下降;或者使地壳内部气体和某些物质随水溢出,而使地下水冒泡、发浑、变味等。记这样一个顺口溜更有利于我们发现地震:井水是个宝,前兆来得早,天雨水质浑,天早井水冒,水位变化大,翻花冒气泡,有的变颜色,有的变味道。

2、动物异常。

震前一、二天,牛、马赶不进圈,乱蹦乱跳,嘶叫不止,烦燥不安,饮食减少;一些猪羊不吃食,烦燥不安,乱跑乱窜;狗狂叫不止;鸡不进窝,惊啼不止;鸭不下水;家兔乱蹦乱跳,惊恐不安;鸽子在震前数天惊飞,不回巢;密蜂一窝一窝地飞走;老鼠反应最灵敏,在震前一天至数天,老鼠突然跑光了,有的叼着小老鼠搬家;有些冬眠的蛇爬出洞外,上树;鱼惊慌乱跳游向岸边,翻白肚等。震前动物有预兆;老鼠搬家往外逃;鸡飞上树猪拱圈;鸭不下水狗狂叫;冬眠麻蛇早出洞;鱼儿惊慌水面跳。

地震前我们又该如何准备呢?

首先我们要掌握防震减灾知识,提高自我保护意识;其次我们要明确地震时的疏散路线和避震场所;清除楼道和门前的杂物;妥善处置室内易燃易爆物品;最后我们还应该关闭煤气,切断电源,熄灭炉子火等;衣袋里装上家庭成员名单、工作单位、通讯号码等。

地震时我们该怎样求生呢?我们一定要牢记以下几点:

1、能撤离时,迅速有序地疏散到选定的安全地区,不要拥挤在楼梯和过道上。

2、来不及撤离,应就近避震,震后再迅速撤离到安全地方。例如:在家里可躲在床或桌下面或跨度较小的房间,如卫生间等。在教室里可躲在书桌下或墙角边。在车间里可躲在机床下或小房间。在影剧院,在饭店可躲在椅子下。

3、撤到室外或正在室外的人员要选择空旷地带避难。

4、避震时,要注意保护头部,如用枕头顶在头上,用脸盆顶在头上,用书包顶在头上,用双手护住头部。

我的演讲完毕,谢谢!

2022年精选即兴三分钟演讲稿 篇4

我们可以轻松而温馨地品味母亲冲调的一杯热茶,而往往谢绝列车上坐在身边的朋友的一焙香茗;我们可以轻松易地相信朋友不经意间的一句调侃,却对一个素昧平生的陌生人的忠告感到满腹狐疑。

这真是一个复杂的世界!屡见不鲜的骗局,肆意在生活的舞台上上演;流言和谣传,让每一张陌生人的容颜显得居心叵测。我们生活在自己狭小的天地间,不敢伸手去触及外面的世界。甚至害怕从外界来的所有……

有一个静静的夜晚,你在小路上寂寞地走着,突然你看到前方的一个陌生的影子,而且他向你走来,看了看你的眼睛――他要干什么?抢劫、殴打、甚至……他是不是盯上我很久了,是一场有预谋的行动?你惶惶地想,甚至不自觉地把手捏成拳头,以防突如其来的袭击――可是他一言不发地走过,溶入了夜色。你开始平静下来,却仍然在想,这件事情,是不是还有下文?……

累了,我们都累了,我们忘了曾经呼唤过的信任。隔膜和顾忌,让信任变得像是遥远的星辰,可望而可不即。你为一道难题搔首踟蹰的时候,一位与你只是点头之交的同学轻轻地告诉你答案。你怀疑,你看着他的眼睛,那里闪烁着和善和友爱,于是你释然地微笑。

你在一个陌生的地方感到无所适从的时候,一位好心的路人问起,并帮你解决了疑惑。你怀疑,可是你从他的话语和行动中感到了关怀和诚挚,于是你衷心地道谢。

其实有很多时候,别人没有给我们疑惑,而是我们自己的心灵因为戒备而多疑;我们不应该因为感情的生疏,造成认知的误区。

在这个复杂的世界里,让自己变得简单,把别人看得简单,这就是一种深层的信任。一杯香茗,你可以品味出信任的醇香;一句忠告,你可以领略信任的意味。

信任亲友是人的天性,而信任他人则是一种美德,在信任的过程中,快乐而全面地,认识这个看似复杂的世界.。

2022年精选即兴三分钟演讲稿 篇5

当无数人进入甜美的梦乡时,是谁还穿梭在各个病房之间;当人们举家团圆的欢庆时刻,是谁还默默地忙碌在工作岗位上?当可怕的病魔肆虐横行时,又是谁用瘦弱的身躯组成一道道钢铁长城?是她们,是那些默默付出,无私奉献的白衣天使!我自豪,我是她们中的一员!

我是一名护士,还记得那是一个寒风凛冽的冬夜,一个小伙子被几个人抬着冲进来时,已经是面目全非、血肉模糊了,又是一起可怕的车祸。一场紧张的抢救随即开始。量血压、迅速建立静脉通道、气管插管„与主治医生配合的有条不紊,我们整整忙碌了五个小时,高强度的工作已经让我们忘记了疲惫!可是小伙子还是离开了人世。容不得我们休息,家属的责怪声、漫骂声、哭喊声、打闹声一起涌来。是啊!又有谁忍心眼睁睁地看着一条鲜活的生命突然从眼前消失呢?没有安慰,不需要安慰,我们的心底不能有一丝涟漪,只能悄悄地独自将伤口抚平,再次投入到紧张而有序的工作中。是啊!护士的工作不允许我们在感伤中苦苦徘徊。

比大地更广阔的是海洋,比海洋更广阔的是天空,比天空更广阔的是心灵,作为一名护士,我们要拥有博大的胸怀,纵使受了委屈,我们的脸上依然是灿烂的微笑,我们知道:这微笑是阳光,能减轻病人的疼痛;这微笑是雨露,能滋润患者的心灵;这微笑是翅膀,承载了千万个家庭健康平安的希望!

我是一名护士,打针、输液、查房就这样开始了一天的生活。还记得有一次病房里住着一位老人,脾气非常暴躁,每天给他输液送药他都大发雷霆。对于这些,我没有丝毫抱怨,更没有不理不睬,而是主动嘘害问暖,去病房与他拉家常,津津有味地听他讲陈年往事。每当我看到他久久地沉浸在回忆中时,就感觉自己的心和他更贴近了,我更理解他了,他也更配合我的工作了。临出院时他紧紧拉着我的手说:“你就是我的好孙女”。这时所有的委屈、不快都一下子烟消云散了。是啊!作为一名护士,要用春天的雨露去滋润患者久旱的心田,要用有力的双手搀扶患者走过心灵的沼泽,要积极与病人架立一座座心灵之桥,患者才能积极配合治疗,早日康复。

我是一名护士,可是儿子感冒发烧时,我却医学教|育网搜集整理不能象其他母亲一样守侯在他身边,在丈夫劳累时,我不能及时送上一杯新沏的茶,在爸爸妈妈思念女儿时,我也只能说工作太忙。作为母亲,我何尝不想像其他母亲一样时刻陪伴着儿子,帮他驱除病痛;作为妻子,我何尝不想享受儿女情长;作为女儿,我又何尝不想对父母尽一份孝心?可是,为了病人,我只能选择扮演好一个角色。作为母亲、妻子、女儿,我欠家人的太多太多了,我不是一个好母亲、好妻子、还女儿,但我深知我是一名好护士,一名深受病人爱戴的好护士。

斗转星移,寒来暑往,如今我在护士的工作岗位上已耕耘了整整十四个年头。十四年,几千个日日夜夜,可在这寂静的夜晚我细细搜寻,却找不到走过的痕迹。是啊!护士这份工作太普通了,普通的许多人都忘记了这个职业,护士工作太琐碎了,琐碎的好象自己什么也没做。护士工作太辛苦了,辛苦的许多人都不愿从事这个职业。可是正是我们这些普通人,默默的奉献自己的一份关爱,一份汗水,一份真情,换来的却是千家万户的幸福和健康拥有者的安详。献祝福网

诗人泰戈尔曾经说过:“天空中没有翅膀的痕迹,但我已飞过!”作为一名护士,我深信,丰碑无语,行胜于言。患者在你心中有多重,你在人民的心中就有多重!

2022年精选即兴三分钟演讲稿 篇6

从幼儿园到四年级,对我们好的老师有很多,但我印象最深的,还是现在教我们的宋老师和张老师。

宋老师说话很快,如果不认真听,就连一个字从耳边溜走,你就不知道宋老师说的是什么了。宋老师对我们要求很严,上课不认真听讲、不会做题、做的慢、忘带家庭作业,宋老师就按没完成作业处置,就是打板子。卷子不写名字打板子抄一遍这不算什么,可是宋老师反复讲了好几遍的题做错了,打板子抄一百遍!不过,宋老师还是很关心我们的。有一次,一位同学流鼻血了,宋老师赶紧给他拿纸,然后又叫了一位同学带他去医务室。“严师出高徒”宋老师才教我们半个学期,我们的期中考试就考出了全校第一名的好成绩。可是考第五单元的时候,我们班被八班超过了,宋老师就说:“考好了,有奖励;考不好,就会有惩罚。今天,你们的作业是两张大卷,10乘10除。”我们听了都唉声叹气,宋老师真是让我们有喜也有悲啊!

张老师虽然对我们很和气,可是张老师对于不带作业、上课不认真听、回答问题答不上来、上学迟到,可比宋老师惩罚的要严。张老师上课,无论什么问题,只要是我们不懂的,张老师就必须要讲到我们会为止。有一回张老师布置了很多作业,我们都愁眉苦脸的,张老师看见了,就问我们:“作业多吗?”我们嘴上说不多,可是心里却说好多呀!张老师说:“这好像不是你们的心里话,那好吧,你们这几天表现的很好,含义深刻的句子和精彩句就不用抄写了。”我们听了转悲为喜,高兴得跳了起来。

这就是我的两位好老师,你们的呢?

2022年精选即兴三分钟演讲稿 篇7

Good afternoon, my dear friends.

I am very happy to meet you here.It is my great honor to communicate with you at such a special occation.First of all,please allow me to express my appreciation to you all to listion to me.

I am proud of being a college student.The collegelife is fresh,new teachers, new classmates and new friends. I like the friendship, and their wide knowledge and opening mind. The grand library, school buildings and wide playground attrattde me very much.My college life is better than I expected, I can do anything I like. In the college we can not only learn the professional knowledge,but also develop our comprehensive abilities.If we can make full use of the period,we can learn many useful things.Besides,we should have the active attitude to our life,do a contributionto the society.Collegelife is the most precious time in our life.Most of us want to become an outstanding man. But there are some students still waste their time. They get together for eating, drinking or playing cards. They're busy in searching for a girlfriend or a boyfriend. They completely forget their task as college students.

Finally, I hope everybody can try their best to become a worthy person to our country, and make great contributions to the society!

2022年精选即兴三分钟演讲稿 篇8

good morning, ladies and gentlemen. i’d like to share my teaching dream with you. but before that, i want to say something about the beginning of this dream. in march this year, three teachers from australia came to our school. during the meeting, we exchanged a lot about education. i found that though we have almost the same teaching philosophy, we have different routines. what impressed me most was that their schools end at 3:00 in the afternoon and have no night classes. i can’t tell which kind of routine is better, but the sharp contrast made me think about a better education. the following is a dreamy school in my mind, in which there is no pressure but pleasure.

in this school, the buildings are well designed, close to nature. in the morning, children can read while enjoying the beautiful sunrise. in the evening, they can exercise by the lake reflecting the amazing sunset. in the spring, they can go to the wild, lie on the lawn, and watch the kite flying in the blue sky. in the summer, they can go to the forest, live in a cabin, and listen to the rhythm of the rain. …

students are free but polite and they respect each other. they can leave at 4:00 every afternoon, or perhaps earlier. they have the freedom to organize time. they can go to the library, go to the lab, the computer rooms or the playground. they’re self-motivated and have a strong thirst for knowledge. and there are no frequent exams and rankings. students won’t be forced to wear uniforms everyday, and there is no required hair style. everyday is so colorful that they are looking forward to the next day when going to bed at night,

every teacher in this school can give a course as they like. there is no tedious rating, no scraps of quantitative management and no rigid standard. teachers can fully display their personality in class, and they feel very happy and content to teach. every morning, on thoughts of giving lessons, they are excited. after class, they are delighted , with smiles on their faces. some experts, scholars and masters are also visiting teachers in this school.yang zhenning can give physics classes for a day. yi zhongtian opens lectures on chinese culture for a week. speaking of music, we can ask wang lihong to give music lectures, just as he did in oxford university. if necessary, we can also invite david beckham to speak something about the world cup …

the principal of the school focuses on education rather than waste time in endless meetings and social activities. teachers’ wages are not high but enough to live comfortably. there are no other things to do except to teach. there are no paper requirements, no titles and no ranks because they don’t need to be judged by those things. almost every teacher is a well-known scholar and master in a particular field. a language teacher may be a writer at the same time. a math teacher may try to overcome a world-class guess. a physics teacher can win invention awards and a music teacher may return from an international music competition again.

2022年精选即兴三分钟演讲稿 篇9

Most people would like to be popular with others, but not everyone can achieve this goal. What is the secret to popularity? In fact, it is very simple. The first step is to improve our appearance. We should always make sure that we stay in good shape and dress well.

When we are healthy and well'groomed, we will not only look better but also feel better. In addition, we should smile and appear friendly. After all, our facial expression is an important part of our appearance. If we can do this, people will be attracted to our good looks and impressed by our confidence.

Another important step is developing more consideration for others. We should always put others first and place their interests before our own. It's also important to be good listeners; in this way people will feel comfortable enough to confide in us. However, no matter what we do, we must not gossip.

Above all, we must remember to be ourselves, not phonies. Only by being sincere and respectful of others can we earn their respect. If we can do all of the above, I am sure popularity will come our way.

2022年精选即兴三分钟演讲稿 篇10

女士们,先生们,尊敬的miss heibi:

首先,非常感谢miss heibi给我这样一个机会,向大家说一说我的心中所想。

我演讲的题目是:“一个关于我的大学的梦”。今年夏天,我及在座的各位一同来到了我们的临沂师范学院,现在,她被称为“临沂大学”。

有时,我总会听到这样的一些话,“成为临沂大学的学生是多么悲哀”,“我怎么会来到这里呢?”,诸如此类,不绝于耳。然而,与他们的观点相反,我对于能够进入临沂大学学习感到无比自豪,我爱我们的学校,我为她感到骄傲!

也许,我们的大学的历史不够长,她没有什么值得炫耀的历史文化遗产。然而,在最近的十年,她却取得了超常规的跨越式发展:我们建成了全亚洲最宏伟的校园,我们由一所师范类学校转变为综合性大学,我们引进国内外先进教学模式,聘请知名教授为我们讲学,并且我们学校还有许多像missheibi一样的外教,等等。这一切的成就的取得离不开政府的坚强领导,离不开社会各界的大力支持,离不开全校师生的精诚努力。

现在,我们有了新的党委书记,ms. ding(她和我拥有同一个姓氏,并且,她还做过我们县的领导人,是的,我仰慕她很久了)。我对她充满了期待。

我爱我的家乡——临沂,她是一片人才辈出的神圣之地;我爱我的大学——临沂大学,她是一片充满激情与梦想的热土。

我想对那些讨厌临沂大学的人说,能进入临沂大学学习是你的荣耀,只有把你自己做好了才有资格去评价你的学校。

我的名,“启航”,在汉语中是“船只出海”的意思,它意味着新的开始。我希望,我能和我们的学校一起扬帆启航,在跨越式发展的道路上取得一个又一个的胜利!

最后,要再次感谢我们的missheibi,她是一位非常优秀的老师。她不仅拥有美丽的外表,而且拥有一颗善良的心灵。她能不远万里从美国来到中国,来到临沂,这让我非常感动。在她身上,我看到了,作为一名老师身上背负的责任。我感受到,作为一名人民教师是多么的光荣!

miss heibi,我们会想念你!

谢谢大家!谢谢!

2022年精选即兴三分钟演讲稿 篇11

我们的祖国幅员辽阔,历史悠久,人文荟萃,文学瑰宝似满天繁星,数不胜数。而中国古代伟大的思想家、政治家、教育家,儒家学派创始人,孔子,其学说不仅影响了中国几千年的发展进程,还深刻地影响着每一个中国人的思想和行为模式。

《老子》作为国学的精粹,它像春风细雨丝丝入地,慢慢的渗透我们的心田,让我们感悟到了中国传统文化的博大精深。

《老子》是一部智慧之书。无论是其宇宙论还是其人生观,无不放射着照耀四海的理性光芒,充满了一种彻察彻悟的大智慧,体现出人类从原始崇拜时代走入理性思考时代的文化进步。而且,正如多数中国古代圣贤一样,其思维的焦点在于人生。虽然老子对宇宙本原、宇宙生成、宇宙运动变化规律都作了深刻的追问和解答,创造了独特而且自洽的形而上体系,但他所最关心的,仍是人生和政治问题。他敬畏自然、尊重规律,强调人要“道法自然”,都是在启发人们从“天道”体察“人道”,引导人们顺从规律而少犯错误。

道,这一课告诉我们:可以用语言表达的“道”就不是真正意义上的“道”;可以用概念来表达的“名”,不是永恒不变的“名”,“常无”和“常有”同出于道,名称却不同,同样叫做微妙。

国学世界的知识是无限的,是永不泯灭今后,今天我们正处在一个知识快速更新的时代,更应该加强学习,要多读书,读好书,读自己感兴趣的书,“工欲善其事,必先利其器;士欲宣其义,必先读其书。我要多加学习,让“国学经典”中的智慧之光,引领自己走出迷茫,使自己的人生轻松而洒脱。作为中国人,我们应该以此为骄傲,也希望大家能继承并发扬中国传统国学文化,使其在历史的舞台上熠熠生辉、永不衰竭,国学,必将世代相传!

2022年精选即兴三分钟演讲稿 篇12

One day in 1819, 3,000 miles off the coast of Chile, in one of the most remote regions of the Pacific Ocean, 20 American sailors watched their ship flood with seawater.

They'd been struck by a sperm whale, which had ripped a catastrophic hole in the ship's hull. As their ship began to sink beneath the swells, the men huddled together in three small whaleboats.

These men were 10,000 miles from home, more than 1,000 miles from the nearest scrap of land. In their small boats, they carried only rudimentary navigational equipment and limited supplies of food and water.

These were the men of the whaleship Essex, whose story would later inspire parts of “Moby Dick.”

Even in today's world, their situation would be really dire, but think about how much worse it would have been then.

No one on land had any idea that anything had gone wrong. No search party was coming to look for these men. So most of us have never experienced a situation as frightening as the one in which these sailors found themselves, but we all know what it's like to be afraid.

We know how fear feels, but I'm not sure we spend enough time thinking about what our fears mean.

As we grow up, we're often encouraged to think of fear as a weakness, just another childish thing to discard like baby teeth or roller skates.

And I think it's no accident that we think this way. Neuroscientists have actually shown that human beings are hard'wired to be optimists.

So maybe that's why we think of fear, sometimes, as a danger in and of itself. “Don't worry,” we like to say to one another. “Don't panic.” In English, fear is something we conquer. It's something we fight.

It's something we overcome. But what if we looked at fear in a fresh way? What if we thought of fear as an amazing act of the imagination, something that can be as profound and insightful as storytelling itself?

It's easiest to see this link between fear and the imagination in young children, whose fears are often extraordinarily vivid.

When I was a child, I lived in California, which is, you know, mostly a very nice place to live, but for me as a child, California could also be a little scary.

I remember how frightening it was to see the chandelier that hung above our dining table swing back and forth during every minor earthquake, and I sometimes couldn't sleep at night, terrified that the Big One might strike while we were sleeping.

And what we say about kids who have fears like that is that they have a vivid imagination. But at a certain point, most of us learn to leave these kinds of visions behind and grow up.

We learn that there are no monsters hiding under the bed, and not every earthquake brings buildings down. But maybe it's no coincidence that some of our most creative minds fail to leave these kinds of fears behind as adults.

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