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.
我已经滑了好几年冰了，那时候还旅行过很多次。我每游览到一个城镇都会去找那里的滑冰店。滑板最富于创造艺术，大多数滑板都有精妙的幽默，用来取笑警察和政府，不过是用一种友好的方式。滑冰店是一个麦加圣地，使各种不同文明的人因相似的观念和兴趣聚集到一起。
很多人认为滑冰本身就是一门艺术，而非一项运动。学校和家庭总是为我排满很多组织的运动，但像滑冰这样的活动，即使是非滑冰者也能从中找到乐趣。
我决定要开一家滑冰店，事实上是始于两年前。我的侄子那时刚十一岁，他恳求我把一个旧滑板卖给他，我就送了一个给他。他激动地收下了。早晨上学前他会滑；下午从公交车上一下来，等不及放下书包就又滑。他生日的时候，只想要我帮他建一个斜坡。数月前，我开始着手开店。现在，它成了我一个私人的挑战。