That morning Sean checked the email as usual. Then he found an unexpected email. Could he realize his dream late? Sean was now nearly 40, alone and poor. He dreamed of being. a police officer for a long time but never made it. Was it possibly different this time? .
When Sean was only 5, his uncle Paul once drove the little boy home in his police car. Sean was interested in the car, the lights and the uniform. He decided to be a hero like Paul.
However, when Sean graduated from high school, he followed his teacher's advice and finally became a reporter for a newspaper and then married. During the years, he changed several jobs but nothing made him really happy. Actually he had never really given up his childhood dream to become a policeman. His wife could not bear this and left him. Sean was forced to move back to St Ignace, where his dad lived. "I feel like a failure. "Sean says.
When his father encouraged him to search for a new. job, the opportunity came. Phoenix was in great need of police officers and one of Sean's old friends emailed him, "Do you still want to be a police officer? " Phoenix was a world away — 2,100 miles from St Ignace, but Sean knew it was his last chance and he decided to catch it.
In order to pass the test to get the job, Sean immediately began training, running a mile and a half every day. Three weeks later when he arrived in Phoenix, Sean was a man physically and emotionally (心理上) changed and finally passed the test. The following year, Sean got a prize because of his excellent job. "It took me 35 years. But a promise is a promise. How many people can say they live their life's dream? "Sean says. "I did it. It just proves that it's never too late. "
