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Successful communication can always make us thankful and understanding. I didn't realize the importance of acceptance until I talked with my father after he finished one of his favorite .
My father used to be a strong manloved to take part in different activities. However, a terrible illness took all that away. Now he can't walk and it is not so easy for him himself with clear words. He is used to sitting quietly in a chair and keeping reading novels. One night, I visited him with my sisters and sat him. While talking about life, I said we must give up something as we grow — our youth, our beauty, our friends — but it always seems that after we give something up, we get something new in its place. Thenmy father tried to speak up and asked what he got when he gave up everything!
All of us were silent at that moment, because we could not think of anything to say. To surprise, he answered his own question later, "I got the love of my family. " I looked at my sisters and saw tears falling down their faces, along with hope and thankfulness.
I by his words, too. From then on, when I began to feel annoyed with someone. I would remember his words and try to stay calm. If he could replace（ 代 替 ）his great with a feeling of love for others, then I should be able to give up my small irritations（ 恼 怒 ）. In this way, I learned the power of acceptance from my father. I not listening to him carefully when I was a little boy. Sometimes I wonder how many things I have missed because of my silliness. In the future, I will spend more time with him. I hope to have more chances to know what a great father I have.
