My Dream
I’ve been skating for several years. I’ve also done a lot of traveling in that time. Every town I visited I would find the skate shop there. Skate-boarders have the most creative art. Most of it is subtle humor poking fun at police and government， but in a friendly way. Skateshops were a Mecca for people of different cultures drawn together because of similar ideas and interests.
Many people think of skating as an art itself， instead of a sport. Schools and family were always cramming organized sports down my throat. But there are things like skating that non-conformists can find interest in.
The biggest influence for me to open a skate shop though actually started only a couple years ago. My nephew who just turned eleven， begged me to sell him one of my old boards. I just gave him one. He picked it up with a passion. He would skate in the morning before school， then in the afternoon right after he got off the bus with his backpack still on. For his birthday all he wanted me to do was build him ramps. I started putting my store together a few months ago. Now it has become a personal challenge for me.
I want my career to be something I love. I want to wake up in the morning and be happy to go to my job. With God’s continuing grace and my good friends support hopefully this dream will last.
我已經滑了好幾年冰了，那時候還旅行過很多次。我每遊覽到一個城鎮都會去找那裏的滑冰店。滑板最富於創造藝術，大多數滑板都有精妙的幽默，用來取笑警察和政府，不過是用一種友好的方式。滑冰店是一個麥加聖地，使各種不同文明的人因相似的觀念和興趣聚集到一起。
很多人認為滑冰本身就是一門藝術，而非一項運動。學校和家庭總是為我排滿很多組織的運動，但像滑冰這樣的活動，即使是非滑冰者也能從中找到樂趣。
我決定要開一家滑冰店，事實上是始於兩年前。我的侄子那時剛十一歲，他懇求我把一個舊滑板賣給他，我就送了一個給他。他激動地收下了。早晨上學前他會滑；下午從公交車上一下來，等不及放下書包就又滑。他生日的時候，隻想要我幫他建一個斜坡。數月前，我開始著手開店。現在，它成了我一個私人的挑戰。