How to Catch a Frog读后感

作者：Heather Ross

Much of Heather Ross's creative work has been inspired by her being born into an eccentric family of artists and idealists in a rural corner of Vermont during the 1970s. According to Heather, that environment was defined by stunning natural beauty, creative and innovative living, and daily lessons in self-reliance. It also included equal parts of general dysfunction, a self-imposed but nearly inescapable poverty, and little exposure to basic life skills. When, as a twenty-something, Heather complained to her mother about a long list of things she had missed out on and that had compromised her chance of ever leading a normal life (immunizations, a healthy respect for authority), her mother waved a hand and replied, Well, you should thank me, because you have a lot of good stories instead. How to Catch a Frog is a collection of those stories, plus others that show Ross's eventual route to success as an artist, entrepreneur, and mother, all animated by Ross's delightful illustrations and how-to instructions.

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今天终于把这本书看完了，这是一本写得很好、设计得很有趣的回忆录。描写了自己对家乡的深情眷恋、对许多亲人的美好记忆、以及自己磕磕绊绊的人生中的其他人。看目录似乎是在介绍各种有趣的小技能，而内容实则是在按时间顺序描写相关的故事。每个故事都很生动有趣、饱含深情。从小生活在一个拥有美好自然风光的家乡，拥有快乐有趣的童年，隐隐又让人看到缺失父爱甚至是母爱且贫穷的童年，然而也有外公外婆、爷爷奶奶、舅舅舅妈的疼爱。而后因为母亲自身无法过好自己的生活，而无形中影响了作者没能过好自己的人生，不断各种跌跌撞撞。但由于自己的坚韧，加上父亲和妹妹的支持，逐渐成为一个企业家最后却又失败，生活又跌入低谷直到遇见自己的老公——一个在一个充满爱的家庭中长大的人，她的人生才正式进入正常轨道，37岁成为一个快乐的妻子，40岁生下孩子开始拥有自己的美满家庭。这本书也让人看到失败不可怕；不管什么样的生活中都可以看到有人在给自己的人生带来美好的故事。

一个比较大的感悟是关于青少年时期是否得到足够关爱对人生的重要性。各种故事从两个方面描写了亲情关爱。一个是亲人们对自己的爱的各种细节以及对一些家庭和美的朋友们的美好家庭生活的描写，比如Jane舅妈、母亲的美好、好友Kerry、老公TC；一个是缺乏父爱母爱的人不懂得如何好好过好自己的人生的悲惨故事，比如她的目前、舅舅Mike甚至青年时期的自己。用这样的对比让人看到亲情对人生的重要性，好的亲情塑造好的性格，教会你如何去爱去过好自己的人生，缺乏的亲情关爱令你对自己的人生迷茫。