无论是身处学校还是步入社会，大家都写过作文吧，作文是从内部言语向外部言语的过渡，即从经过压缩的简要的、自己能明白的语言，向开展的、具有规范语法结构的、能为他人所理解的外部语言形式的转化。写起作文来就毫无头绪？
There’s this famous quote that can spark an interest to challenge yourself within you:
下面这句名言或许能激发你挑战自我的兴趣：
“If something that you’re doing doesn’t challenge you, then it doesn’t change you.” Unknown
“如果你做的事情毫无挑战，那么你也将毫无改变。”——无名氏
Of course, since every one of us has room for improvement, this can also mean if you don’t change yourself, then you can’t be responsible for changing your situation in life. You can never see any improvement in your life if you stick to your comfort zone. We all need a healthy dose of normal stress in our lives, after all. We can only see what we’re really capable of if we make the effort to go over our pre-conceived limits. Don’t limit the challenges you encounter in life - challenge the limits that your “lizard brain” crafted instead:
当然，每个人都有提高的空间。这也表示，如果不改变自己，你也就无法改变你的生活境况。如果沉溺在舒适区，你永远也不会看到生活有所改观。要知道，生活中我们都需要适量的正常压力。只有努力战胜预想的极限，我们才能发现自己真正擅长什么。不要限制生活中遇到的挑战——而应挑战大脑设定的各种极限。
1. Learn a new language.
学一门新语言。
Hangul, Nihonggo, French, Filipino, Mandarin, Spanish: these are just some of the languages you can discover as you strive to challenge yourself. Learning a new language isn’t just another way to pad your resume; if you really get into it, you can even use this skill to tutor on the side and earn extra cash.
韩语、日语、法语、菲律宾语、汉语、西班牙语：当你准备挑战自己时，可以尝试学习这些语言。学一门新语言并不只是为了丰富简历；如果你全心投入，或许还能靠这个技能做家教挣点小钱。
2. Figure out what you’re scared of – and do it for one week consistently.
弄清自己害怕什么，然后坚持尝试一周。
If you’re in sales, and you’re scared of talking to people personally or over the phone, then you have a problem. You can’t just relate with your clients online, can you? Now, instead of crippling in fear and automatically thinking you’ll fail, spend at least five minutes a day to pick up the phone and make a call to a prospect. Yes, it’s scary. Yes, you may embarrass yourself. And yes, someone may hang up on you. But don’t stop on the first try just yet! You’ll get the hang of it eventually. After a while, you can look at fear in the eyes and say, “Go on, I’m not scared!”
如果你从事销售工作，却很害怕跟人当面或电话交谈，那可就有问题了。你不能只通过网络联系客户，对吧？现在，不要再畏缩害怕，不要再不自觉地认为会做不好，每天至少花5分钟拿起电话联系某个潜在客户吧。没错，这让你感到害怕。没错，你可能会出糗。而且，也会有人挂断你的电话。但是，千万不要刚尝试就放弃！因为最后你肯定能做到的。不久，你就能直面恐惧并告诉自己：“来吧，我不怕！”
3. Take a class for a hobby you’ve been wanting to pursue.
报培训班学习一直想发展的爱好。
Make sure this hobby is not linked to your career; you have to relax and de-stress while performing this. Some examples might be cooking, sewing, painting and graphic designing online.
确定这个爱好跟工作无关；在从事这项爱好时，你必须能够解压放松。类似爱好可以是烹饪、缝纫、绘画或网络平面设计。
Aside from helping you challenge yourself now, taking a class for your hobby can also give you extra income if you learn how to monetize it. (You get plus points if you take the class with a loved one. This way, you combine bonding, boosting your income and challenging yourself.)
如果你懂一点生财之道的话，参加爱好培训班除了能帮你挑战自我，还可以为你带来额外收入。（如果你是和心爱的人一起参加，你不仅能挑战自我、赚外快，还可以增进彼此感情。）
4. Attend one career-related seminar a month.
每月参加一场职场类研讨会。
Don’t settle for your current job position. Aim high in your career. Of course, with that aim, include in your action, too. Book conferences that are relevant to the industry of your profession. There, absorb the lesson. Ask sensible questions. And don’t forget to connect with the attendees and the keynote speakers. Sometimes, “It’s not what you know, it’s who you know,” may be a reality.
不要满足于当下的职位。将职业目标定高一些。当然，除了目标，还要拿出行动来。预定和自己职业行业有关的会议，然后在会上多加学习，多提合理问题，并且，别忘了和其他与会者以及重要发言人保持联系。有时候，现实就是“重点不在于你知道什么知识，而在于你认识什么人”。
5. Make a realistic budget and find out how you can cut back on something so you can invest more.
制定合理预算，想办法削减某些部分，以便加大对其他方面的。投资。
Challenge yourself to step out of your current budget and develop a better budget for yourself. Money management is not about what you make – it’s what you do with what you make.
挑战自己抛开现在的预算，然后制定一个更好的。财务管理不在于你能挣多少钱，而在于你能用挣到的钱干什么。
- So, produce a budget on paper, or in an Microsoft Excel file.
所以，在纸上制定一个预算吧，用Excel也可以。
- Identify the item you’ve been spending so much money on.
找出自己开销比较大的方面。
- Cut back on that item so you have more money to put in your emergency fund or in your investment fund.
然后削减在那方面的开销，这样你就有更多钱用来投资到应急基金或投资基金里了。
6. Dedicate at least nine minutes a day for physical exercise.
每天至少花9分钟锻炼身体。
You don’t need to go to the gym, you know. A simple 9-minute run around your neighborhood or an intense dance routine done in your living-room can do wonders for yourself. Aside from the obvious reason that exercise can help you maintain your regular weight or shed those unnecessary pounds, it can also aid in making you feel better about yourself by releasing endorphins.
要知道，你不一定非去健身馆不可。绕着小区跑步9分钟或者在卧室集中跳一段热舞，其实也能帮你维持正常体重或甩掉赘肉，而且还可以通过释放内啡肽让你感觉良好。
7. Travel and allow yourself to be interested in new people.
旅行——敞开心胸认识新朋友。
We’re not talking about the expensive kind of travelling here. Something cost-effective like going to your local museum or visiting the resort in the next city can all count as travelling! Here, don’t just limit yourself to your fellow travelers – try to connect with the service staff, like the lifeguard, or the receptionist, or the tour guide. You never know what kind of people they’re going to be. Get out of your house or go online right now to book your class. Start now and learn to challenge yourself from time to time. We all need a little push once in a while.
这里说的不是那种要花大把银子的旅行。像参观本地博物馆或邻市旅游景点这种花钱少的方式，也可 你永远不知道自己将会认识什么样的人呢。到外面或在网上报班学习吧。现在就开始学习时不时地挑战自己。我们都需要时不时地推一把。
Choose Optimism--By Rich De Vos
If you expect something to turn out badly, it probably will.Pessimism is seldom disappointed. But the same principle also works in reverse. If you expect good things to happen, they usually do! There seems to be a natural cause-and-effect relationship between optimism and success.
Optimism and pessimism are both powerful forces, and each of us must choose which we want to shape our outlook and our expectations. There is enough good and bad in everyone’s life — ample sorrow and happiness, sufficient joy and pain — to find a rational basis for either optimism or pessimism. We can choose to laugh or cry, bless or curse. It’s our decision: From which perspective do we want to view life? Will we look up in hope or down in despair?
I believe in the upward look. I choose to highlight the positive and slip right over the negative. I am an optimist by choice as much as by nature. Sure, I know that sorrow exists. I am in my 70s now, and I’ve lived through more than one crisis. But when all is said and done, I find that the good in life far outweighs the bad.
An optimistic attitude is not a luxury; it’s a necessity. The way you look at life will determine how you feel, how you perform, and how well you will get along with other people. Conversely, negative thoughts, attitudes, and expectations feed on themselves; they become a self-fulfilling prophecy. Pessimism creates a dismal place where no one wants to live.
Years ago, I drove into a service station to get some gas. It was a beautiful day, and I was feeling great. As I walked into the station to pay for the gas, the attendant said to me, “How do you feel?” That seemed like an odd question, but I felt fine and told him so. “You don’t look well,” he replied. This took me completely by surprise. A little less confidently, I told him that I had never felt better. Without hesitation, he continued to tell me how bad I looked and that my skin appeared yellow.
By the time I left the service station, I was feeling a little uneasy. About a block away, I pulled over to the side of the road to look at my face in the mirror. How did I feel? Was I jaundiced? Was everything all right? By the time I got home, I was beginning to feel a little queasy. Did I have a bad liver? Had I picked up some rare disease?
The next time I went into that gas station, feeling fine again, I figured out what had happened. The place had recently been painted a bright, bilious yellow, and the light reflecting off the walls made everyone inside look as though they had hepatitis! I wondered how many other folks had reacted the way I did. I had let one short conversation with a total stranger change my attitude for an entire day. He told me I looked sick, and before long, I was actually feeling sick. That single negative observation had a profound effect on the way I felt and acted.
The only thing more powerful than negativism is a positive affirmation, a word of optimism and hope. One of the things I am most thankful for is the fact that I have grown up in a nation with a grand tradition of optimism. When a whole culture adopts an upward look, incredible things can be accomplished. When the world is seen as a hopeful, positive place, people are empowered to attempt and to achieve.
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选择乐观
假如你预期某事会有不妙的结果，结局也许就真的不妙——悲观的想法很少落空。但这个法则反过来也同样成立：如果你自感鸿运当头，通常就会有好运降临！在乐观与成功之间似乎有一种天然的因果关系。
乐观和悲观都是强大的力量，我们每个人都必须在这两者之间做出选择，从而给我们对未来的展望和预期染上或明或暗的色彩。每个人的生命中都有足够多的幸与不幸——数不清的哀伤和喜悦，欢欣与痛苦——给我们乐观或悲观的理由。我们可以选择哭或是笑，祝福或是诅咒。我们可以选择用什么样的眼光去看待生活——是昂首去寻找希望抑或垂头在绝望中逡巡。
我喜欢向上看。我会把注意力集中在生活中光明的一面，忽略那些阴暗的角落。天性和个人选择是我成了一个乐观主义者。当然，我知道生命中总有伤痛，年逾古稀的我曾不止一次经历过危机。但是，当一切尘埃落定，我发现生命中的美好远远比丑恶为多。
乐观的态度不是一种奢侈品；它是我们生活的必需。你看待生活的方式将决定你的感受、你的表现，以及你与他人相处得怎样。反过来，悲观的想法、态度和预期也会自成因果：它们是能自我实现的预言。悲观会制造出无人愿望的黑暗处所。
几年前，我驱车去一个加油站加油，那天天气很好，我的心情也不错。当我走进加油站付油钱时，服务员问我：“你感觉怎样？”问题问得有点古怪，我感觉很好，于是便照实回答了他。他又说：“你气色不好。”他的话让我非常吃惊。我告诉他我的感觉从未像现在这么好，但说此话时已不像原来那么底气十足。而他则毫无顾忌的继续大讲我的气色是如何的差劲，还说我肤色发黄。
在离开加油站的时候，我觉得有点心神不宁。驶出一个街区之后，我把车泊在路旁，从镜中审视自己的脸。我怎么了？我得了黄疸病吗？是不是有什么异常？等我回到家里，我开始觉得有点恶心。我的肝脏出了毛病吗？是不是染上了什么怪病？
再次光顾那么加油站的时候，我已恢复正常，感觉良好，而且明白了各种蹊跷。这个地方不久前把墙漆成了一种鲜亮的、胆汁般的黄色，这颜色使置身其中的每一个人都给映得像得了肝炎。不知道有多少人也曾有过和我相似的经历。和每一个完全陌生的人的一次短短对话竟然改变了我整整一天的心情。他说我面有病容，很快我就真的觉得不舒服，仅仅是一个消极的看法就大大影响了我感觉和行为的方式。
唯一比否定态度更有力量的是一个积极的肯定，一句充满乐观与希望的话语。最让我心存感激的事情之一就是我生长在一个有着光荣的乐观主义传统的国度。当一种文化从整体上采取了一种积极向上的态度，不可思议的事情也能变成现实。当人们把世界看作一个光明与希望之地，它们将被赋予努力进取和成就功业的力量。
Just for today
就为了这天
Just for today I will try to live through this day only and not tackle my whole life problem at once。 I can do something for twelve hours that would appall me if I had to keep it up for a lifetime。
就为了这天，我将尽力只度过这天而不立刻去解决终身的问题。对一件令我沮丧而又务必坚持一辈子的事，我只能坚持十二个小时。
Just for today I will be happy。 This assumes to be true what Abraham Lincoln said，that "Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be。"
就为了这天，我会很快乐。亚伯拉罕-林肯说过，“大多数人都是决定想怎样高兴就怎样高兴。”这已经被认为是真理。
Just for today I will adjust myself to what is， and not try to adjust everything to my own desires。 I will take my "luck" as it es。
就为了这天，我会做自我调整适应事物本来的面目，而不是想方设法使每一件事满足自我的欲望。当机会来临的时候我会抓住它。
Just for today I will try to strengthen my mind。 I will study。 I will learn something useful。 I will not be a mental loafer。 I will read something that requires effort， thought and concentration。
就为了这天，我会尽力心强志坚。我会学习，学一些有用的东西。我不会做一个精神上的流浪汉。我会读一些需要努力、思考和注意力集中的东西。
Just for today I will exercise my soul in three ways。 I will do somebody a good turn and not get found out: If anybody knows of it， it will not count。 I will do at least two things I don't want to do—just for exercise。 I will not show anyone that my feelings are hurt: they may be hurt， but today I will not show it。
就为了这天，我会用三种方法来磨炼我的灵魂。我会做对某人有利的事但不能被发现，若有人发现了就不算数。我将会做至少两件我不愿做的事情——只为了磨练。我不会让任何人感到我的感情受到了伤害：它们可能受到了伤害，但这天我不想表现出来。
Just for today I will be agreeable。 I will look as well as I can， dress beingly， talk low， act courteously， criticize not one bit，and try not to improve or regulate anybody but myself。
就为了这天，我会过得很惬意。看起来我到达了最佳状态，穿着得体、讲话谦虚、行为礼貌、一点不吹毛求疵，尽量改善和调节自我而不是别人。
Just for today I will have a program， I may not follow it exactly， but I will have it。 I will save myself from two pests: hurry and indecision。
就为了这天，我会制定一个计划，我也许不会严格地遵守它，但我必须要有计划。我会避免两种错误：仓促行事和优柔寡断。
Just for today I will have a quiet half hour all by myself and relax。 During this half hour， sometime， I will try to get a better perspective of my life。
就为了这天，我将会独自静静地呆上半小时放松。在这半小时里，某个时刻，我会日后对我的生活有个更好的看法。
Just for today I will be unafraid。 Especially I will not be afraid to enjoy what is beautiful，and to believe that as I give to the world， so the world will give to me。
就为了这天，我将不再害怕。尤其我不会再害怕享受美丽的事物，并且相信我给予世界的，世界也会给予我。
Today I shed my old skin which hath， too long， suffered the bruises of failure and the wounds of mediority。
Today I am born anew and my birthplace is a vineyard where there is fruit for all。
Today I will pluck grapes of wisdom from the tallest and fullest vines in the vineyard，for these were planted by the wisest of my profession who have come before me，generation upon generation。
Today I will savor the taste of grapes from these vines and verily I will swallow the seed of success buried in each and new life will sprout within me。
The career I have chosen is laden with opportunity yet it is fraught with heartbreak and despair and the bodies of those who have failed， were they piled one atop another， would cast a shadow down upon all the pyramids of the earth。
Yet I will not fail， as the others， for in my hands I now hold the charts which will guide through perilous waters to shores which only yesterday seemed but a dream。
Failure no longer will be my payment for struggle。 Just as nature made no provision for my body to tolerate pain neither has it made any provision for my life to suffer failure。 Failure， like pain， is alien to my life。 In the past I accepted it as I accepted pain。 Now I reject it and I am prepared for wisdom and principles which will guide me out of the shadows into the sunlight of wealth， position， and happiness far beyond my most extravagant dreams until even the golden apples in the Garden of Hesperides will seem no more than my just reward。
Time teaches all things to him who lives forever but I have not the luxury of eternity。 Yet within my allotted time I must practice the art of patience for nature acts never in haste。 To create the olive， king of all trees， a hundred years is required。 An onion plant is old in nine weeks。 I have lived as an onion plant。 It has not pleased me。 Now I wouldst become the greatest of olive trees and， in truth， the greatest of salesman。
And how will this be accomplished？ For I have neither the knowledge nor the experience to achieve the greatness and already I have stumbled in ignorance and fallen into pools of self—pity。 The answer is simple。 I will commence my journey unencumbered with either the weight of unnecessary knowledge or the handicap of meaningless experience。 Nature already has supplied me with knowledge and instinct far greater than any beast in the forest and the value of experience is overrated， usually by old men who nod wisely and speak stupidly。
In truth， experience teaches thoroughly yet her course of instruction devours men's years so the value of her lessons diminishes with the time necessary to acquire her special wisdom。 The end finds it wasted on dead men。 Furthermore， experience is comparable to fashion; an action that proved successful today will be unworkable and impractical tomorrow。
Only principles endure and these I now possess， for the laws that will lead me to greatness are contained in the words of these scrolls。 What they will teach me is more to prevent failure than to gain success， for what is success other than a state of mind？ Which two， among a thouand wise men， will define success in the same words; yet failure is always described but one way。 Failure is man's inability to reach his goals in life， whatever they may be。
In truth， the only difference between those who have failed and those who have successed lies in the difference of their habits。 Good habits are the key to all success。 Bad habits are the unlocked door to failure。 Thus， the first law I will obey， which precedeth all others is ——I will form good habits and become their slave。
As a child I was slave to my impulses; now I am slave to my habits， as are all grown men。 I have surrendered my free will to the years of accumulated habits and the past deeds of my life have already marked out a path which threatens to imprison my future。 My actions are ruled by appetite， passion， prejudice， greed， love， fear， environment， habit， and the worst of these tyrants is habit。 Therefore， if I must be a slave to habit let me be a slave to good habits。 My bad habits must be destroyed and new furrows prepared for good seed。
I will form good habits and become their slave。
And how will I accomplish this difficult feat？ Through these scrolls， it will be done， for each scroll contains a principle which will drive a bad habit from my life and replace it with one which will bring me closer to success。 For it is another of nature's laws that only a habit can subdue another habit。 So， in order for these written words to perform their chosen task， I must discipline myself with the first of my new habits which is as follows：
I will read each scroll for thirty days in this prescribed manner， before I proceed to the next scroll。
First， I will read the words in silence when I arise。 Then， I will read the words in silence after I have partaken of my midday meal。 Last， I will read the words again just before I retire at day's end， and most important， on this occasion I will read the words aloud。
On the next day I will repeat this procedure， and I will continue in like manner for thirty days。 Then， I will turn to the next scroll and repeat this procedure for another thirty days。 I will continue in this manner until I have lived with each scroll for thirty days and my reading has become habit。
And what will be accomplished with this habit？ Herein lies the hidden secret of all man's accomplishments。 As I repeat the words daily they will soon become a part of my active mind， but more important， they will also seep into my other mind， that mysterious source which never sleeps， which creates my dreams， and often makes me act in ways I do not comprehend。
As the words of these scrolls are consumed by my mysterious mind I will begin to awake， each morning， with a vitality I have never known before。 My vigor will increase， my enthusiasm will rise， my desire to meet the world will overcome every fear I once knew at sunrise， and I will be happier than I ever believed it possible to be in this world of strife and sorrow。
Eventually I will find myself reacting to all situations which confront me as I was commanded in the scrolls to react， and soon these actions and reactions will become easy to perform， for any act with practice becomes easy。
Thus a new and good habit is born， for when an act becomes easy through constant repetiton it becomes a pleasure to perform and if it is a pleasure to perform it is man's nature to perform it often。 When I perform it often it becomes a habit and I become its slave and since it is a good habit this is my will。
Today I begin a new life。
And I make a solemn oath to myself that nothing will retard my new life's growth。 I will lose not a day from these readings for that day cannot be retrieved nor can I substitute another for it。 I must not ， I will not， break this habit of daily reading from these scrolls and， in truth， the few moments spent each day on this new habit are but a small price to pay for the happiness and success that will be mine。
As I read and re—read the words in the scrolls to follow， never will I allow the brevity of each scroll nor the simplicity of its words to cause me to treat the scroll's message lightly。 Thousands of grapes are pressed to fill one jar with wine， and the grapeskin and pulp are tossed to the birds。 So it is with these grapes of wisdom from the ages。 Much has been filtered and tossed to the wind。Only the pure truth lies distilled in the words to come。 I will drink as instructed and spill not a drop。 And the seed of success I will swallow。
Today my old skin has become as dust。 I will walk tall among men and they will know me not ， for today I am a new man， with a new life。
《今天，我天始新的生活》
今天，我爬出满是失败创伤的老茧。
今天，我重新来到这个世上，我出生在葡萄园中，国内的葡萄任人享用。
今天，我要从最高最密的藤上摘下智慧的果实，这葡萄藤是好几代前的智者种下的。
今天，我要品尝葡萄的美味，还要吞下每一位成功的种子，让新生命在我心里萌牙。
我选择的道路充满机遇，也有辛酸与绝望．失败的同伴数不胜数，叠在一起，比金字塔还高。
然而，我不会像他们一样失� 失败和我，就像水火一样，互不相容。我不再像过去一样接受它们。我要在智慧的指引下，走出失败的阴影，步入富足、健康、快乐的乐园，这些都超出了我以往的梦想． 我要是能长生不老，就可以学到一切，但我不能永生，所以，在有限的人生里，我必须学会忍耐的艺术，因为大自然的行为一向是从容不迫的．造物主创造树中之王橄摊树需要一百年的时间，而洋葱经过短短的九个星期就会枯老．我不留恋从前那种洋葱式的生活，我要成为万树之王——橄榄树，成为现实生活中最伟大的推销员．
怎么可能？我既没有渊博的知识，又没有丰富的。经验，况且，我曾一度跌入愚昧与自怜的深渊．答案很简单。我不会让所谓的知识或者经验妨碍我的行程．造物生已经赐予我足够的知识和本能，这份天赋是其它生物望尘莫及的。经验的价值往往被高估了，人老的时候开口讲的多是糊涂话．说实在的，经验确实能教给我们很多东西，只是这需要花费太长的时间．等到人们获得智慧的时候，其价值已随着时间的消逝而减少了．结果往往是这样，经验丰富了，人也余生无多．经验和时尚有关，适合某
只有原则是持久的，而我现在正拥有了这些原则．这些可以指引我走向成功的原则全写在这几张羊皮卷里．它教我如何避免失败，而不只是获得成功，因为成功更是一种精神状态．人们对于成功的定义，见仁见智，而失败却往往只有一种解释：失败就是一个人没能达到他的人生目标，不论这些目标是什么。
事实上，成功与失败的最大分野，来自不同的习惯。好习惯是开启成员的钥匙，坏习惯则是一扇向失败敞开的门。因此，我首先要做的便是养成良好的习惯，全心全意去实行。
小时候．我常会感情用事，长大成人了，我要用良好的习惯代替一时的冲动。我的自由意志屈服于多年养成的恶习，它们威胁着我的前途。我的行为受到品味、情感、偏见、欲望、爱、恐惧、环境和习惯的影响，其中最厉害的就是习惯。因此．如果我必须受习惯支配的话，那就让我受好习惯的支配。那些坏习惯必须戒除，我要在新的田地里播种好的种子。 我要养成良好的习惯，全心全意去实行。
这不是轻而易举的事情，要怎样才能做到呢，靠这些羊皮卷就能做到。因为每～卷里都写着一个原则，可以摒除—项坏习惯，换取一个好习惯，使人进步，走向成功。这也是自然法则之一，只有一种习惯才能抑制另一种习惯。所 清晨即起，默默诵读；午饭之后，再次默读；夜晚睡前，高声朗读。
第二天的情形完全一样。这样重复三十天后，就可以打开下一卷了。每一卷都依照同样的方法读上三十天，久而久之，它们就成为一种习惯了。
这些习惯有什么好处呢？这里隐含着人类成功的秘诀。当我每天重复这些话的时候，它何成了我精神活动的一部分，更重要的是，它们渗入我的心灵。拥是个神秘的世界，永不静止，创造梦境，在不知不觉中影响我的行为。
当这些羊皮卷上的文字，被我奇妙的心灵完全吸收之后，我每天都会充满活力地醒来。我从来没有这样精力充沛过。我更有活力，更有热情，要向世界挑战的欲望克服了一切恐惧与不安。在这个充满争斗和悲伤的世界里，我竟然比以前更快活。 最后，我会发现自己有了应付一切情况的办法。不久，这些办法就能运用自如．因为，任何方法，只要多练习，就会变得简单易行。
经过多次重复，一种看似复杂的行为就变得轻而易举，实行起来，就会有无限的乐趣，有了乐趣，出于人之天性，我就更乐意常去实行。于是，一种好的习惯便诞生了．习惯成为自然。既是一种好的习惯，也就是我的意原。
今天，我天始新的生活．
我郑重地发誓，绝不让任何事情妨碍我新生命的成长。在阅读这些羊卷的时候，我绝不浪费一天的时间，因为时光一去不返，失去的日子是无法弥补的。我也绝不打破每天阅读的习惯。事实上，每天在这些新习惯上花费少许时间，相对于可能获得的愉乐与成功而言，只是微不足道的代价。 当我阅读羊皮卷中的字句时，绝不能出为文字的精炼而忽视内容的深沉。一瓶葡萄美酒需要千百颗果子酿制而成，果皮和渣子抛给小鸟。葡萄的智慧代代相传，有些被过滤，有些被淘汰，随风飘逝。只有纯正的真理才是永恒的。它们就精炼在我要阅读的文字中。我要依照指示，绝不浪费，饮下成功的种子。
今天，我的老茧化为尘埃。我在人群中昂首阔步，不会有人认出我�
Youth
Youth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind. It is not a matter of rosy cheeks, red lips and supple knees. It is a matter of the will, a quality of the imagination, vigor of the emotions; it is the freshness of the deep spring of life.
Youth means a temperamental predominance of courage over timidity, of the appetite for adventure over the love of ease. This often exits in a man of 60, more than a boy of grows merely by the number of years; we grow old by deserting our ideas. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul. Worry, fear, self-distrust bows the heart and turns the spirit back to dust.
Whether 60 or 16, there is in every human being’s heart the lure of wonders, the unfailing childlike appetite of what’s next and the joy of the game of living. In the center of your heart and my heart there is a wireless station; so long as it receives messages of beauty, hope, cheer, courage and power from men and from infinite, so long as you are young.
When the aerials are down, and your spirit is covered with the snows of cynicism and the ice of pessimism, then you’ve grown old, even at 20, but as long as your aerials are up, to catch waves of optimism, there’s hope you may die young at 80.
Youth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind. It is a matter of the will, a quality of the imagination, vigor of the emotions; it is the freshness of the deep spring of life. These are what I have and what we have at this period of life. So, I'm still young, yes, definitely ! Come on my fellow friends, show your energy and passion to this god damn world ! Let the universe hear our voice, see our cheek, hug our enthusiasm and witness our maturity. We're going to create a brand new future !
年轻
塞缪尔·厄尔曼
年轻，并非人生旅程的一段时光，也并非粉颊红唇和体魄的矫健。
它是心灵中的一种状态，是头脑中的一个意念，是理性思维中的创造潜力，是情感活动中的一股勃勃的朝气，是人生春色深处的一缕东风。
年轻，意味着甘愿放弃温馨浪漫的爱情去闯荡生活，意味着超越羞涩、怯懦和欲望的胆识与气质。而60岁的男人可能比20岁的小伙子更多地拥有这种胆识与气质。没有人仅 毁灭，人类才出现了老人。
岁月可以在皮肤上留下皱纹，却无法为灵魂刻上一丝痕迹。忧虑、恐惧、缺乏自信才使人佝偻于时间尘埃之中。
无论是60岁还是16岁，每个人都会被未来所吸引，都会对人生竞争中的欢乐怀着孩子般无穷无尽的渴望。
在你我心灵的深处，同样有一个无线电台，只要它不停地从人群中，从无限的时间中接受美好、希望、欢欣、勇气和力量的信息，你我就永远年轻。一旦这无线电台坍塌，你的心便会被玩世不恭和悲观失望的寒冷酷雪所覆盖，你便衰老了——即使你只有20岁。但如果这无线电台始终矗立在你心中，捕捉着每个乐观向上的电波，你便有希望超过年轻的80岁。
所以只要勇于有梦，敢于追梦，勤于圆梦，我们就永远年轻！
千万不要动不动就说自己老了，错误引导自己！年轻就是力量，有梦就有未来！
What is Your Recovery Rate?
What is your recovery rate? How long does it take you to recover from actions and behaviors that upset you? Minutes? Hours? Days? Weeks? The longer it takes you to recover, the more influence that incident has on your actions, and the less able you are to perform to your personal best. In a nutshell, the longer it takes you to recover, the weaker you are and the poorer your performance.
You are well aware that you need to exercise to keep the body fit and, no doubt, accept that a reasonable measure of health is the speed in which your heart and respiratory system recovers after exercise. Likewise the faster you let go of an issue that upsets you, the faster you return to an equilibrium, the healthier you will be. The best example of this behavior is found with professional sportspeople. They know that the faster they can forget an incident or missd opportunity and get on with the game, the better their performance. In fact, most measure the time it takes them to overcome and forget an incident in a game and most reckon a recovery rate of 30 seconds is too long!
Imagine yourself to be an actor in a play on the stage. Your aim is to play your part to the best of your ability. You have been given a script and at the end of each sentence is a ful stop. Each time you get to the end of the sentence you start a new one and although the next sentence is related to the last it is not affected by it. Your job is to deliver each sentence to the best of your ability.
Don’t live your life in the past! Learn to live in the present, to overcome the past. Stop the past from influencing your daily life. Don’t allow thoughts of the past to reduce your personal best. Stop the past from interfering with your life. Learn to recover quickly.
Remember: Rome wasn’t built in a day. Reflect on your recovery rate each day. Every day before you go to bed, look at your progress. Don’t lie in bed saying to you, “I did that wrong.” “I should have done better there.” No. look at your day and note when you made an effort to place a full stop after an incident. This is a success. You are taking control of your life. Remember this is a step by step process. This is not a make-over. You are undertaking real change here. Your aim: reduce the time spent in recovery.
The way forward?
Live in the present. Not in the precedent.
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你的恢复速率是多少？
你的恢复速率是多少？你需要多长时间才能从让你烦恼的行为中恢复？几分钟？几小时？几天？几星期？你需要的恢复时间越长，那个事件对你的影响越大，你也就越不能做到最好。简言之，你的恢复时间越长，你就越软弱，你的表现也就越差劲。
你充分意识到，要保持身体健康你需要锻炼，并且你无疑会接受，你的心脏和呼吸系统在锻炼后的恢复速度是衡量健康的一个合理尺度。同样，你越快摆脱使你烦恼的问题，越快恢复平静，你就越健康。此� 他们知道，越快忘记一件事或失去的机会而好好比赛，他们的发挥就越好。实际上，大多数运动员会佰自己克服并忘记比赛中一个事件所需的时间，而且大多数人都认为30秒的恢复时间太长了！
想象自己是一位站在舞台上的戏剧赏。你的目标是尽全力扮演好你的角色。你已经拿到了剧本，而剧本中的每句话都以句号结尾。每次你念到一个句子的末尾，你就会开始一个新的句子。尽管下一句和上一句有关联，但并不受它的影响。你的工作是尽力说好每句台词。
不要生活在过去！要学会生活在现在，学会克服过去；不要让过去影响你的日常生活；不要让过去的思想妨碍你做到最好；不要让过去干扰你的生活；学会快速恢复。
记住，罗马不是一日建成的'。每天都反思自己的恢复速率；每天上床睡觉前，都看看自己的进步；不要躺在床上对自己说：“我那个做错了。”“我应该做到更好。”不要那样做；回想自己的一天，并注意努力给某个事件画上句号的时刻。这就是一个成功，你在控制自己的生活。记住这是一个循序渐进的过程。这不是简单的修修补补。你正在进行的是真正的改变，你的目标是减少用在恢复上的时间。
将来该怎么做呢？
生活在现在，而不是从前。
When someone looks into your eyes they should see something alive within you. Having a dream is like owning a lighthouse1 which directs you on your journey.
At every turn we come across its mystery. At each new level we become more of the person we were meant to become. In lonely times, when we pass through a storm of disappointment, we find our faith is unshaken, our strength still strong.
Believe in your faith. Set the vision before your eyes. Write down your most sincere dreams and when the opportunity comes, step into your dream. It may take one season or more, but the result is the same. Make big dreams and then go out and make them realities. The highest hopes of the dreamer are revealed with every step taken in their journey to the impossible. For a season we must protect the dream so that it can grow quietly on the inside. But if we tenderly care for our deepest expectations, slowly but surely the dream will become new life.
Dreaming is an act of faith. The light of your expectations will cast off the shadows of a disbelieving world. God has given us the dreamer as a gift to light an unbelieving world.
Find your treasure within and cherish2 it. Tomorrow is waiting for you to take the first step.
Today is an excellent day for small improvements. Whatever is working for you, find a way to improve it just a little. There’s no need to make a huge change, just a small one, something you can do right now.
If you called just one additional customer each day, over the course of the next month you would talk to about 20 new people. If you learned just one more new word each day, in the next year you would increase your vocabulary by more than 300 words.
Small improvements can add up over time into big accomplishments. Look around you. Consider the work you do each day. Think about how you could do it just a little bit better.
In a marathon race, each step the winner takes is just a little bit longer and a little bit faster than each stride taken by the 100th place finisher. Yet over the course of the race, that small difference adds up in a big way.
Do just a little bit more today, and tomorrow too, and each day after that. Anyone can make just a small improvement, and that can make a big, big difference.
Do not believe in your own will,never become a general.
The Warring States era,a father and his son off to war.My father has done a general,his son was just a pawn.Also a horn sounded,the thunderous drums of war,my father solemnly hold a quiver,in which a flying arrow.Father solemnly said to his son:"this is a home attack treasure arrow,with the side,the power is infinite,but must not be drawn out."
It is an extremely delicate quiver,making thick leather,with a faint light copper pan edge,look at the exposed end of the eye can be identified with the finest peacock feathers.Son very happy,greedily suppose arrow,arrow shape,ear like whistling sound through arrow,the enemy's coach crashed off the horse and shoot.
Sure enough,with Bao arrow son extraordinary bravery,invincible.When the horn sounded troops,the son again also could not help but victorious pride,completely abandoned his father's exhortations,driving his strong desire to call a pull-out Bao arrow,trying to see what happens.Suddenly he was stunned.
A broken arrow,arrow bag filled with a broken arrow.
I always scoop out the broken arrow only fight it! Son in a cold sweat,as if an instant loss of the pillars of the house,came the collapse of the will.
The result is self-evident,the son died in the war.
Misty smoke,the father picked up the arrow,heavily said:"I do not believe they will never do the general."
The victory or defeat lies in a treasure arrow,how stupid,and when a person and handle the core of life to others,and how dangerous! For example,put their hopes in the children; the happiness depends on her husband; the life security lies in the unit body.。.。.。
Reminder:his is an arrow,if it tough,if it is sharp,if it archery,crack shot,sharpen it,it can only save yourself.
I do not know who wrote those words, but I have always liked them as a reminder that the future can be anything we want to make it.
We can take the mysterious, hazy future and carve out of it anything that we can imagine, just like a sculptor carves a statue from a shapeless stone.
We are all in the position of the farmer. If we plant a good seed, we reap a good harvest. If our seed is poor and full of weeds, we reap a useless crop. If we plant nothing at all, we harvest nothing at all.
I want the future to be better than the past. I don’t want it contaminated by the mistakes and errors with which history is filled. We should all be concerned about the future because that is where we will spend the reminder of our lives.
The past is gone and static. Nothing we can do will change it. The future is before us and dynamic. Everything we do will effect it.
Each day will brings with it new frontiers, in our homes and in our businesses, if we will only recognize them. We are just at the beginning of the progress in every field of human endeavor.
I believe that everyone wants to love and be loved and that happiness stems from a facing and acceptance of self that allows you to give and receive love.
我相信，爱与被爱是每个人的渴望。一个人是否幸福，关键在于他是否拥有爱并能够接受爱。
Some think of love as a passionate, hungry, dramatic feeling, all consuming in intensity and desire. As I see it, this is, rather, immature love: it is a demand on others, not a giving of oneself. Mature love, the love that brings happiness, flows out of an inner fullness, and accepts, understands and is tender toward the other person. It does not ask to be served but only where it may serve.
在有些人看来，爱就是一种充满活力、渴望且极富戏剧性的情感，是zhan有一切的激情与yu望。而我认为，这种爱是极不成熟的爱：它是向他人的索求，而不是奉献。只有成熟的爱才能带来幸福，它是内心真挚情感的流露，能够接受并理解他人，给予对方温柔与体贴。它不索求服务，而是处处提供服务。
Six years ago I could hardly breathe because of acute sinus. My stomach was always upset and full of queasiness and I had trouble sleeping, even though I felt exhausted all the time. In desperation, after doctors who treated the physical symptoms failed to ease the pain, I tried psychoanalysis. I was lucky to find a wise, compassionate man who showed me what it meant to be able to trust myself and others.
6年前，由于身患急性鼻窦炎，我几乎难以呼吸。胃部也常感不适，易恶心呕吐。失眠问题也一直困扰着我，即使我感到疲惫不堪却依然辗转难眠。可是，医生对我的病症所做的`治疗却毫不奏效，我的痛苦丝毫未减。绝望中，我尝试了心理疗法。很幸运的是，我找到了一位博学、热情的医生，他让我懂得了，能够相信自己与他人的意义所在。
The physical ills are gone, but more than that, I have at long last started to acquire a philosophy of living. I had never possessed one. I had lived on dogma and dicta which I had accepted unquestioningly through the years, even though I believed little of it, because I feared to question. But by being unable to live naturally and at peace with myself I was flying in the face of nature. She was punishing me with illness and, at the same time, informing me all was not well just in case I wanted to do something about it.
我身体的疾病得以治愈，而更多的是我最终开始学会一门生活的哲学。我一直是一个循规蹈矩的人，虽然我并不相信那些教条与格言，但多年来，由于不敢质疑，我一直不假思索地将其视为生活的准则。然而我却难以正常而平静地生活，总是坐立不安。最终，我受到了惩罚，病魔缠身，同时也得到了启示：必须对现状做出改变，否则将万事不顺。
In order to change, I needed help in facing myself. For me it was not easy to “know thyself”。 All my life I had accepted the lesser of the two evils and run away from self because truth was more dangerous. Once I thought that to survive I had to put on a mask and forget what lay underneath. But masks are false protections and the inner part of me refused to go unheard forever.
为了改变现状，我需要帮助来面对自我。对我来说，“认识自己”并不是件简单的事。一生中，我选择了两个罪恶中较轻的一个：逃避自我，因为真相往往更为危险。曾经我以为，戴上面具，忘记面具下的一切，就能生存下去。
It caught up eventually, and unless it was to master me I had to face such feelings as fear, anger, envy, hatred, jealousy and excessive need for attention. When I realized I could not have done anything else except what I did, I was able to like myself more and be able to like others not for what they could give me but for what I could give to them.
然而，面具是虚假的掩护，我的内心决不肯永远缄默。最终这种情感占了上风，如果它不曾主宰我，我就依然得面对恐惧、愤怒、羡慕、仇恨、嫉妒和极其需要关注的情感。除了顺从自己的内心，我别无选择，当我意识到这一点时，我便更喜欢自己，也更爱他人。这并不是为了他人能给予我什么，而是我能给予他们什么。
The Bible shows the way to easy, happy living in many of its pages. It advises, “It is more blessed to give than to receive.” Those who expect the most are apt to receive the least. I had expected much and was filled with fury because nothing in the outside world relieved my emptiness and despair. Nothing did, either, until I could face the anger and fury, the emptiness and despair, and slowly start to know such new feelings as compassion, conviction, control, calm. I learned, too, of reason—that judicious combination of thought and feeling that enables me to take more responsibility for myself and others, that allows me to slay the ghosts of the past.
如何能简单幸福地生活，《圣经》中的众多例子都告诉了我们。它建议：“施比受更有福。”那些期望最多的人，往往收获最少。曾经，我期望颇多，内心却充满了愤怒与狂躁，因为外界任何事物都无法填补我内心的空虚与绝望。一切都于事无补，直到我能够面对愤怒、狂躁、空虚与绝望，并慢慢地开始懂得同情、信仰、自制与平静这些新的情感。我也明白了，理智正是思想与情感最明智的结合，它能够让我为自己与他人承担起更多的责任，驱除往昔纠缠我的幽灵。
For me there is much hard work ahead to achieve greater happiness. Yet, the very struggle I have put into achieving a measure of it makes happiness that much more dear.
对我来说，要想更加幸福，还需付出更多艰辛的努力。但是，为获得一定程度的幸福而付出的艰辛努力，才使得幸福弥足珍贵。
Innovation
The term innovation may refer to both radical and incremental changes in thinking, in things, in processes or in services (Mckeown, 20xx) Invention that gets out in to the world is innovation. In many fields, something new must be substantially different to be innovative, not an insignificant change, e.g., in the arts, economics, business and government policy. In economics the change must increase value, customer value, or producer value. The goal of innovation is positive change, to make someone or something better. Innovation leading to increased productivity is the fundamental source of increasing wealth in an economy.
Innovation is an important topic in the study of economics, business, technology, sociology, and engineering. Colloquially, the word "innovation" is often used as synonymous with the output of the process. Since innovation is also considered a major driver of the economy, the factors that lead to innovation are also considered to be critical to policy makers.
Dream What You Dream of 做你想做的梦
There are moments in life when you miss someone so much that you just want to pick them from your dreams and hug them for real!
When the door of happiness closes, another opens, but often times we look so long at the closed door that we don't see the one which has been opened for us.
Don't go for looks; they can deceive. Don't go for wealth; even that fades away. Go for someone who makes you smile because it takes only a smile to make a dark day seem bright. Find the one that makes your heart smile.
Dream what you want to dream; go where you want to go; be what you want to be, because you have only one life and one chance to do all the things you want to do.
做你想做的梦
在一生有多少这样的时刻：我们对一个人朝思暮想，只想一把把他们从梦中拉出来，真切的拥抱一回！
一扇通往幸福的门关闭了，另一扇幸福之门打开了，可有多少次啊，我们徘徊在那扇关闭的`门前，却忽略了那扇早已为我们开启的新的幸福之门。
不要以貌取人，外貌可能会欺骗你；不要追逐财富，财富会消失的。去寻找那个让你笑口常开的人吧，一个微笑就可以使暗淡的日子豁然开朗。去追寻那个令你心灵愉悦的人吧！
做你想做的梦，去你想去的地�
1. Make yourself a priority
优先考虑自己
If you don’t take care of yourself, nobody else will. You have to be number one. All things in your life stem from your happiness. Be someone who makes you happy!
如果自己不照顾好自己，别人就更指望不上了。把自己放在首位。生活中一切因你的快乐而存在。做个为自己的快乐而生的人吧！
2. Enjoy the small things
享受生活中的那些小事
Take walks more often. Stop and look at a babbling brook. Sit in an oversized chair at Barnes & Noble and read a great book. Observe an elderly couple holding hands. Life is made up of these small and seemingly insignificant things. They aren’t insignificant. Be sure to take the time to appreciate them.
多散步。因潺潺流水而驻足；闲坐在巴诺书店的大号椅子上读本好书；观察一对手挽手的老夫妇；生活就是一连串看似微不足道的琐事。它们虽不起眼，但一定要抽出时间去欣赏。
3. Get outside
留恋户外
Being outdoors is good for you. Soak in the sunlight, get those endorphins kicking, and enjoy the beauty that nature offers.
户外活动有益身心。沐浴阳光下，激活内啡肽，享受自然的美。
4. Be confident in who you are
对自己要有自信
Every person is unique and special in their own way. Understanding this early in life is critical. Be proud of who you are and don’t be afraid to let the world know it.
每个人都与众不同。年轻时，清楚这一点至关重要。为自己感到骄傲，而且要勇敢地让世界知道这一点。
5. Take calculated risks
承担可估算的风险
Life is a series of risks and rewards. Be smart with your risks and understand the consequences.
生活伴随着风险与回报。在风险面前保持警醒，并有勇气承担后果。
6. Focus on the present
关注当下
Worrying to a certain degree about your future is normal, but don’t overlook the power of being in the present moment. You can’t change the past, but you can control what you do right now.
对未来有些担心很正常，但不要忽视活在当下的能量。你无力改变过去，但现在却由你掌控。
7. Stop caring about what people think of you
别在意别人对你的看法
Fear of criticism is one of the most destructive fears known to humanity. It can debilitate you to the point paralysis. Learn early in life that it doesn’t matter what people think of you. It really doesn’t. And besides, people are too worried about what you think about them to care about you!
对人类来说，担心受指责是最具毁灭性的恐惧之一。它会使你脆弱得不堪一击。年轻时就要懂得，人们怎么看你无关紧要。的确如此。另外，人们过于担心你对他们的看法而无暇顾及你。
8. Remember that people are good at heart
记住人性本善
Being a lifelong cynic can and will make your life an uphill climb. Recognize that people are inherently good and you will embrace relationships in a far greater capacity.
与愤世疾 承认人善的本性，你就会敞开胸怀，广交朋友。
9. Be a positive person
积极向上
Make being positive a habit early in life. Your success in life will come from your thoughts and your thoughts can be either negative or positive. Only you can control which you choose.
年轻时就要养成积极向上的习惯。生活成败取决于思想，而思想有积极和消极之分。只有你是自己思想的`主宰。
10. Let go of negative influences
远离负面影响
Avoid bad situations, unhealthy relationships, and people who make your life worse. Letting go of a good friend who is going to drag you down is a difficult yet intelligent decision. Failure to do so can negatively affect where you end up in life.
避开困境、不健康的关系和那些搅扰你生活的人。对使你止步不前的好朋友说再见虽难却是明智之举。如果不忍割舍，那只会让你的生活变得一团糟。
I have a few candles stored in a drawer in my dining room. They’re meant for romantic dinners and special occasions, but since the arrival of our three children they have lain unnoticed among the napkins and other things. They are waiting to be taken out and lit to share their glow with anyone who will take the time to bask in their brilliance.
Are not our souls like those candles, patiently waiting for someone to come and let us be ourselves? We are all waiting for our own moments to shine; we each have a special light, unmatched by any other.
Candles are made up of wax and a wick; we have bodies, but our essence lies in our minds and souls. Candles are unique in their colors, shapes and designs. Our life histories and experiences are the backdrops of who we are, but our minds are like candle wicks, and make our passions flame. Unlike the candles in my drawer, who get used or not used depending on my whims, we control our own thoughts, and how brightly we will burn or dimly we will shine.
Is your soul candle dimmed by circumstance or lack of passion and direction? Is it hidden in a drawer of stress, worry or resentment? Make a choice to let yourself shine the way you were meant to shine.
Enjoy that uniquenesss1. You do not have to pretend in order to seem more like someone else. You do not have to lie to hide the parts of you that are not like what you see in anyone else.
You were meant to be different. Nowhere, in all of history, will the same things be going on in anyone’s mind, soul and spirit as are going on in yours right now.
If you did not exist, there would be a hole in creation, a gap2 in history, and something missing from the plan for humankind. Treasure your uniqueness. It is a gift given only to you. Enjoy it and share it!
No one can reach out to others in the same way that you can. No one can speak your words. No one can convey your meanings. No one can comfort others with your kind of comfort. No one can bring your kind of understanding to another person. No one can be cheerful and light-hearted3 and joyous4 in your way. No one can smile your smile. No one else can bring the whole unique impact of you to another human being.
Share your uniqueness. Let it flow out freely among your family and friends, and the people you meet in the rush and clutter of living, wherever you are. That gift of yourself was given to you to enjoy and share. Give yourself away!
See it! Receive it!
Let it inform you, move you and inspire you!
You are unique!
“We are reading the first verse of the first chapter of a book whose pages are infinite…”
I do not know who wrote those words, but I have always liked them as a reminder that the future can be anything we want to make it. We can take the mysterious, hazy future and carve out of it anything that we can imagine, just as a sculptor carves a statue from a shapeless stone.
We are all in the position of the farmer. If we plant a good seed, we reap a good harvest. If our seed is poor and full of weeds, we reap a useless crop. If we plant nothing at all, we harvest nothing at all.
I want the future to be better than the past. I don’t want it contaminated by the mistakes and errors with which history is filled. We should all be concerned about the future because that is where we will spend the remainder of our lives.
The past is gone and static. Nothing we can do will change it. The future is before us and dynamic. Everything we do will affect it. Each day brings with it new frontiers, in our homes and in our business, if we only recognize them. We are just at the beginning of the progress in every field of human endeavor.
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Some people go through life standing at the excuse counter.
They say they’d like to do this or that, but then they offer all the excuses in the world for why they can’t do whatever it is. No matter what the excuses are, the only thing that is usually limiting them is their own self-perception.
If I’ve learned anything, I’ve learned that a person —any person —may do anything they set their mind on doing. The things you need are willingness to work for what you want, patience to learn what you need to know and, most important of all, belief in yourself. You only need a seed, and then your faith in yourself will grow with you as you move forward.
If your self-perception is that you can’t accomplish something because you’re not smart enough, then take the time to learn what you need to know, and then your self-perception will change.
If your self-perception is that you can’t accomplish something because you never finish anything you start, then go and finish something and change your self- perception.
If your self-perception is that you’re too lazy, too busy, too unworthy, too unfocused, too depressed, or too dependent on others to accomplish great things, then you’re right. You are that because you believe you are, but in fact, you can change that! Life is change, and the past doesn’t equal the future. Your reality today is the result of your past beliefs and actions. Change your beliefs and actions, and you will change your future. Whether you think you can or you can’t, you’re right. You are what you think.
Think about that the next time you need an excuse.
A New Day 崭新的一天
The sun has begun to set and I hang up the smile I’ve worn all day， though I will make sure it is the first thing I put back on in the morning just in case it is “that day。” I want her to see me at my very best。
太阳将要下山，我收起挂了一天的微笑，但是我会确保明天早上第一件事就是将它又挂回去，以防这天就是“那一天”。我期望她看到我的最佳状态。
I do the normal routine， eat dinner， clean the house， write—the usual stuff。 And then I lay down hoping to fall asleep quickly so my new day will hurry up and arrive。 A new day with a brand new sun。 But as I lay there and wait for the world to turn half way around， I think about her。 And sometimes I smile， and sometimes that smile will turn into asnicker， and then often that snicker will turn into a burst of laughter。
我按平时的规律吃晚餐、打扫屋子、写作——做着日常事务。然后我躺下，期望能快点入睡，新的一天就能快点到来——拥有新生太阳的崭新的一天。可当我躺在那儿，等待着世界的日夜回转时，我想到了她。有时我会笑起来，有时那微笑变成了窃笑，然后窃笑又常常变成爆笑。
And then there are times I get that lump in my throat and that tight feeling in my chest， and sometimes that feeling overwhelms me and begins to turn into a tear， and often that tear multiplies itself and I can no longer fight the feeling and I lose the battle。 Then somehow through either the joy or the sadness I drift and find myself asleep。 Then the dreams begin and keep me pany until my new day arrives。
也有些时候，我的喉咙像是被一块东西哽住了，胸口发闷；有时那种伤感席卷而来，我开始流泪，眼泪常常越流越多，我再也无力抵抗悲伤，败下阵来。然后不知怎的，我在或喜悦或悲伤中飘荡，逐渐入眠。然后梦境开始伴我左右，直至新的一天到来。
When I awake it’s with such excitement because I tell myself this could be the day that every other day has led up to and the first day of the rest of my life。 I quickly don my smile because I do so want her to see me at my very best。 Then I look out the window because， even though I know it’s dawn， I still have to confirm I’ve been given another chance to find her。
醒来时，我兴奋不已，因为我告诉自我这天也许就是之前其他� 我迅速挂上微笑，因为我真的很想让她看到我的最佳状态。然后我朝窗外看�
And there it is…the sun， even when it’s cloudy; somehow I still see it。 And it smiles at me and I say， “Thank you，” and I smile back。
它在那里……太阳，虽然还是云雾重重，但我还是看到它了。它朝我微笑，我道了声“多谢”，回以一笑。
Then I ask myself， “Is this the day?” And the excitement rushes over me again。 And then I ask myself， “Where’s it going to be?”
然后我问自我：“这天就是那一天吗？”兴奋之情再次充溢全身。然后我问自我：“它会在哪里呢？”
Maybe it’ll be at the water fountain， and， unexpectedly， there I’ll find her， and much more than my thirst will be quenched。 Maybe it’ll be at the grocery store and there she’ll appear as I’m picking out fruit， and she’ll show me the difference between fresh and spoiled。 Then， from that moment， nothing that I eat will ever taste the same because she’ll bring out the simplest beauties in everything I see， taste， smell， hear， or touch。
也许它会藏在饮水机里，没想到我真能在那里找到� 也许它会躲在杂货店里，我拿起水果的时候，她就出现了，她会给我展示新鲜和变质的不一样。然后，从那一刻开始，我所尝到的一切味道不再一样，因为但凡我看到的、尝到的、闻到的、听到的或摸到的东西，她都带出了它们最简单的美丽。
Or maybe today will be the day when my angel brings an item up to the cash register without its price tag。 And as I wait behind this angel with all the frustrated people who are in such a hurry with their busy lives， I will find myself with such blessed extra time。 Just enough time to start a conversation with this beautiful vision standing in front of me that I might not otherwise have noticed， but， because of a “price check on register 5，” I was able to find her。
或许就在这天，我的天使把一件没有价格标签的商品拿到收银台。我在天使身后排队，看着身心疲惫的人们忙忙碌碌地过日子，庆幸自我得到了这样的额外时光，让我能够和面前的倩影闲聊一会儿，否则我也许会错过，但只因为一句“请到5号收银台付款”，我就能找到她。
Thank you for the sun， which began my new day。 Thank you for granting me the faith when I arose this morning that I would find her in this new day。 But most of all， thank you for me not having to ever wait on another sunrise because whenever I want to see it， I will look at her and there it shall always be， in her eyes; she will forever hold it for me。
感谢太阳，它是新一天的开始。感谢你让我今早一齐床就满怀信心，明白自我能在这新的一天找到她。但最要感谢的是我不必再等下一个日出，因为无论我想何时看到它，我都能够看向她，它总会出此刻她的双眸里；�
She is my sunrise， my dawn， my new day。
她是我的日出，我的黎明，我崭新的一天。
It is the road you take that decides your destiny but not your destiny that decides the road you take.
The question is: Are you satisfied with who you are? Are you doing what you are capable of doing? Do you get excited about what you are going to do when you get up in the morning? It is high time you asked these questions that reflect the truth about your life. More often than not we have the ability to achieve much greater things, but we get caught in the average things in life and waste our potential. Each one of us has immense ability. But most of us fail to use it. Why?
1、 There is no exact purpose for your life.
2、 You underestimate yourself.
3、 You are too busy to think about any-thing.
4、 You are in a comfortable zone.
5、 You fear failure.
Ask yourself, what difference am I making in the lives of others? Would you be happy and satisfied with what you have achieved? Are you following your passion? You must find what you love and what gives you fulfillment.
Don’t be afraid to make a new beginning. Go deep and explore the possibilities. As you go deeper and deeper, you begin to add meaning to your life.
There lies in the heart of every man and woman a quiet hunger：a longing for an earth shaking significance.
在咱们每个人心中都深藏着一份无声而实在巴望：一种发明光辉人生的巴望。
It can be heard in the quiet, most unedited times like when our head hits the pillow at night. As the pressures of the day fade away the voice catches our attention: “I was meant for more than this, there has got to be something more.”
这种巴望有时会在不经意的安静时间，比方当咱们在夜晚将头靠落有枕头上时听到。当一天的压力逐步退去，有种声响会震慑咱们的魂灵：“日子不仅仅是这么，我的人生能够更绚烂。”
Many people have learned to accept a life of quiet resignation, committed to maintaining the status-quo. But still, in the times we least expect it, we hear that distant call again: a call for meaning, purpose, passion, significance. It continues to haunt us, to stalk us, and as we try to silence it with reason and maturity we find that indeed, it is a fire within our bones and it will not yield.
很多人现已承受一种抛弃寻求愿望的日子，只安于现状。可是有时就在咱们最不经意的一霎那，咱们会再次听到那悠远的'呼喊：呼喊着一种充分，有内在，赋有热情和含义的日子。这种呼喊会一向回旋在咱们耳边，缠绕着咱们，即便咱们试图用沉着和成熟去缄默沉静它，咱们却发现实事上它是咱们心里骨子里的一团火焰，永久不会平息。
Our suspicions are correct. There is a larger story and we have a role to play in it. It has been said that what a man does during his life shall echo throughout eternity.
咱们的直觉是准确的。有一个绚烂的人生故事，而咱们即是这个故事的主角。有这么一句话：一个人的终身回肠荡气，永存。
If you are ready to find your purpose, find the voice. Go back to the places that you have heard it most clear. For some it comes in the early morning, before the cares of the day have drowned them out. For others it comes through music, or movies, or books, or it is found on a walk through the woods or on the side of a mountain.
假如你现已准备好去发现你人生的意图，去倾听那个声响吧。回到那个你最能明晰接触到你心里深处的当地。对某些人来说，这个声响会在清晨，开端一天的繁忙之前呈现。而对某些人，它会在听音乐，看电影或读书时闪现，也或许当你在林间或山岗漫步时听到这种呼喊。
Stick to your special talents
You were born with a special talent. It may be to sing, write, teach, paint, mentor, preach, defend or befriend. You have something special to offer the world, something you can do better than 10,000 others. You must keep learning and trying new things to find your special talent. The world needs your gift. Be aware that even a special talent can go stale if you don’t keep using and honing it. Endeavor to keep your talents and all your skills up to date.
An advantage isn’t an advantage unless you use it. Find ways to use your advantages to set and reach your goals. Likewise, you should recognize and then try to minimize the impact of your limitations. Remember that not all advantages are transferable. Just because you are talented in one area doesn’t mean that you will be talented at everything you try. The successful real estate investor can easily lose her money opening a restaurant. Stick to your advantages and don’t stray from them without reasoned justification.
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固守自己的优势
你生而有自己的特殊天赋。你的特长可能是唱歌，写作，教书，绘画，劝导，步道，辩护或交友。你总有些特殊之处可以贡献给这个世界，有些事你可以做的比另外一万个人做的都好。你必须不断学习和尝试新的事物从而发现自己的特殊才能。时间需要你的贡献馈赠。要明白即使是特殊才能如果不经常使用而且磨练的话也会失效。因此要尽力使自己的天赋与所有的技能跟上时代。
任何优势如果不用的话也就不称其为优势了。找到办法运用你的优势来确定并实现你的目标。同样的你应该意识到自己的不足之处并尽力将其不利影响限制在最小程度。切记并不是所有的优势都能够相互转换的：你在某一方面有天赋并不意味着你在自己所尝试的一切事情上都有天赋。一个成功的房地产投资商很可能因为开餐馆而亏本。因此要固守自己的优势，在没有理性的确定判断之前不要轻易离开自己擅长的领域。
You’ve probably heard the old saying “The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.”
你肯定听过这样一句谚语：“竹篱外的草总是分内绿”，别人的仿佛总比我们好。
Perhaps you feel like it’s true. You look at other people’s lives, and you envy them. They seem to be doing so much better than you. They’ve got a great job. Lots of money. A happy home life. They seem to have it all. And you can’t help wishing that you did, too.
也许� 所以你忍不住盼望：要是自己也能拥有这些就好了。
But none of us ever really know what it’s like to live someone else’s life. No-one’s life is perfect – whatever it looks like from the outside.
但咱们素来无从知晓，如果让我们去过别人的生活会是什么样子。也许从外面看来很美好，但不人的生活是白璧无瑕的。
Plus, it’s a safe bet that some of your friends are looking at your life and thinking very similar things. Whatever state your life is in, you’ve got a lot of good things. You just need to recognize them again.
而且我完整可以确定，有一些你的朋友也跟你一样，看着你的生活想着相似的事情。实在不论你现在的生活状况如何，你都已经占有了许多美妙的事情，你只须要从新意识自己的生活。
I. Enjoy What You Have
享受你所拥有的一切
One of the best ways to love your current life is to write a list of things you’re grateful for. It doesn’t matter if they seem small or insignificant: little everyday moments of happiness count. You might think of:
酷爱自己现在的生活，最好的方法之一就是写下性命中让你心怀感谢的事情。就算是很琐碎很没有意思也没有关系：恰是这些日常生活中快活的小时刻让我们的生活变得有意义。你可能会想到：
1. People who you’re grateful for – your family, friends, housemates, co-workers…
你感激的那些人：你的家人、友人、室友、共事等等；
2. Treats which you enjoy – the smell of fresh coffee, the taste of dark chocolate, a long bath after a hard day…
你喜欢的那些货色：新颖现磨咖啡的香味，黑巧克力的滋味，还有辛劳一天后好好洗个热水澡；
3. Things which make your day easier – the dishwasher, online grocery shopping, fast internet access at work…
会让生活变得轻松的事物：洗碗机、网上购物、工作时的快捷网络；
4. Anything special which you’ve grown accustomed to – your wedding ring, your smartphone, a favorite coat…
已经让你变得习惯的特殊物件：结婚戒指、智能手机、最爱好的外套；
5. Happy moments – chatting with a friend, something which made you laugh, playing with your kids…
那些欢喜时光：和朋友的闲聊、让你开怀大笑的事情、和孩子们一起游玩。
II. Focus on the Good Points
专注生活中好的方面
When we’re thinking about future goals and ambitions, it’s easy to end up in quite a negative mood about the present. Perhaps you start thinking through all the things you want to change in your life: losing weight, getting fit, quitting smoking, switching jobs…
当我们想到未来的目的和幻想时，我们很轻易对当下陷入一种消极的情感中。也许你开端想到生活中你想改变的所有事情：减肥、健身、戒烟、换工作等等。
As well as thinking of what you might want to change, look at the areas of your life which are currently good. Maybe:
在想到你想要转变的这些事件的'同时，也看看当初的生涯中已经很好的局部，兴许是：
1. You get on well with your colleagues at work, and you’ve got a good relationship with your boss
你跟同事相处得十分融洽，跟老板的关联也很好；
2. You’ve got some real strengths – like being able to establish a quick connection with clients, and being organised
你已经培育了一些真正的上风：比喻说能很快的与客户树立接洽，而且比拟有条理；
3. Your house is set up pretty much how you want it – there might not be loads of space, but it feels like home
家里的结构正是你始终想要的：可能空间不大，但无比有家的温馨；
…and so on. How could you make more of these good things? Perhaps you could spend more time on your hobbies, or concentrate on your particular strengths at work.
还有良多。这些好的方面应当如何应用呢？也许你能够在自己的喜好上花更多的时光，或在工作上专一于本人的专长。
III. Live in the Moment
活在当下
It’s appropriate to plan for the future, and to learn from the past – but it’s not a good idea to constantly have your mind on how “things will be better next year when…” or on “life was so much better last year because…”
为将来打算和从过去学习，这都是很准确的做法，但假如你的心里总是在纠结 “明年等。的时候事情可能会好起来” 或是“去年的生活轻松多了由于。” ，那就不太对了。
Being able to live in the moment means appreciating what’s around you. It’s about having your attention on now, instead of reminiscing about what’s already gone, or worrying about what’s yet to come. Living in the moment means:
活在当下，意思是要观赏现在生活中四周的所有。把你的注意力放在现在，而不是追忆已成从前的旧事，或是忧心还未到来的来日。活在当下象征着：
1. Enjoying your days off, without constantly thinking about Monday morning.
休息日就好好休息，别老是想着立刻要来的周一；
2. Taking time to stop and watch a beautiful sunset, or to enjoy the smell of fresh-mown grass.
花点时间停下来看看漂亮的夕阳，或者闻闻刚修剪过的草坪的青草香；
3. Eating your meals more mindfully – instead of grabbing a sandwich on the run.
更居心的享受每一餐食品，而不是抓一个三明治促了事。
By keeping your attention on the present moment, the here-and-now, you can get much more enjoyment from the life you already have.
让你的留神力专注在当下的时间，此刻此处。你会从已经领有的生活中感触到更多的乐趣。
当你失去了内心的坚持，便失去了自己。当你失去了自己，世界也会把你遗忘。对我来说，每分钟都是那么美好。而且每当我看到别人的笑容，都会在心中深深感恩。
1. When you lose touch with your inner stillness, you lose touch with yourself. When you lose touch with yourself, you lose yourself in the world.
1. 当你失去了内心的坚持，便失去了自己。当你失去了自己，世界也会把你遗忘。
2. The giving of love is an education in itself.
2. 给予别人关爱是一种教育。
3. The purpose of life, is to love it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.
3. 人生的目标，是热爱生活，尝尽世间百态，热情接触新事物以及不惧更新更丰富的经历。
4. For me, every hour is grace. And I feel gratitude in my heart each time I meet someone and look at his or her smile.
4. 对我来说，每分钟都是那么美好。而且每当我看到别人的笑容，都会在心中深深感恩。
5. The soul should always stand ajar, ready to welcome the ecstatic experience.
5. 灵魂应该始终整装待发，准备好接受奇妙的经历。
6. I know of no greater happiness than to be with you all the time, without interruption, without end.
6. 我所知的最幸福的事，就是能整日与你在一起，没有打扰，没有终局。
7. When the deepest part of you becomes engaged in what you are doing, when your activities and actions become gratifying and purposeful, when what you do serves both yourself and others, you are doing what you were meant to be doing.
7. 当内心的'最深处真正融入你正在做的事，当你的行动变得令人满意、目标明确，当你做的事利己利人，那你正在做命中注定的事了。
8. Your pain is an opportunity for you to learn about yourself.
8. 痛苦是一个了解你自己的机会。
9. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can’t find them, make them.
9. 能在这个世界上获得成功的人是早晨起床后寻找他们想要的机遇，如果他们找不到的话，就自己创造。
10. A good time to laugh is anytime you can.
10. 什么时候是欢笑的好时候，任何时候。
Don’t allow your troubles to get the best of you.Instead,allow those troubles to make the best of you.
不要被烦恼击败，相反，要让这些烦恼磨练出更优秀的你
Don’t tire yourself out fighting against the challenges.Instead,find new energy by embracing1 those challenges and working through them to create real value.
不要因与挑战作斗争而身心疲惫，相反，要在接受挑战、战胜挑战的过程中找到活力去创造真正的价值。
Always remind yourself that discour-agement is nothing more than a response you’ve chosen.When you find that you’ve chosen to let it be,you can just as surely choose to let it go.
时常提醒自己，气馁只不过是你自己的选择。当你发现是你选择了气馁，你当然也可以选择不这样。
Replace discouragement with determin-ation.It is your life’s energy,and you can point it in whatever direction you choose.Your most powerful response is not based only on what has already happened.Your most powerful response also takes into account what you wish to make happen next.
用决心消除气馁，这就是你生命的活力，是放之四海而皆准的。你最有力的反应不仅仅受所发生的事情的影响，而且与你期待发生的事情有一定关联。
Look forward,and envision in great detail the future you desire.Then gather all your energy,and step forward to make it be.
向前看，详尽地展望你所期盼的未来。然后集中你所有的精力，努力前进，让梦想成真
There are two friends together to go to distant places to find the happiness of life and happiness,on the way in time to reach the target will brave the wind and dew,and encountered a roaring waves of the sea,and the sea shore is happiness and joy of heaven,about how to live through the sea,two people have different views,a a suggestion of logging near trees caused a wooden boat to cross the sea,another is that no matter which cannot be got the sea crossing,and why bother with the dead,the current dry,and then easily walk.
Then,proposed shipbuilding people every day to cut down trees,ships manufacturing hard and actively,and incidentally,learn to swim; and one day rest and sleep,then do not observe to the river day,when a friend of the ship was ready to sail out of the sea,another friend was still laughing at his stupidity.
However,a friend of shipbuilding is not angry.Just before leaving,he said something to his friend:"to do everything is not always successful,but if you don't do everything,you will never get the chance to succeed."
Can think of to do to lay seawater over the sea,this is indeed a great idea,but unfortunately,this is just a "great" doomed to failure and creative.
The sea never dried up,and the friend of that shipyard finally reached the other side of the target after a storm.The two men later settled down on the two banks of the sea,and they also spawned many of their own side of the sea is called the fertile land of happiness and happiness.We live in a group of people who are called diligent and courageous.The other side of the sea is called failure and loss,and live in a group of people we call lazy and cowardly.
This story tells us:
(one) it is better to stand up than to stand up by thinking.
(two) no matter how long you have gone and how tired you are,do not lie down at the door of the "successful" home.
(three) dreams are not fantasies.
If you could choose what kind of world to live in, what kind of world would you choose? If you could decide what would happen tomorrow, with what kinds of things would you fill it?
If you had the power to decide what types of opportunities would come your way, what opportunities would you select? If you knew that your experiences would match your expectations, what would your expectations be?
In fact, you do have the power to choose your own way. You do have the ability to decide what kinds of events, experiences, opportunities and circumstances come your way.
The world you experience is the world that your dreams, your thoughts, your expectations and your actions most closely resonate. The world you see and live in is the world you most sincerely expect to see.
The universe is filled with endless possibilities, and those possibilities keep growing with every minute. The way you live determines which of those possibilities will come into your life.
With your thoughts, your actions, your values, your dreams and expectations, you choose what kind of world you live in. The way you live is closely mirrored in the world you see.
Catch the star that holds your destiny, the one that forever twinkles within your heart. Take advantage of precious opportunities while they still sparkle before you. Always believe that your ultimate goal is attainable as long as you commit yourself to it.
追随能够改变你命运的那颗星，那颗永远在你心中闪烁的明星。当它在你面前闪耀时，抓住这宝贵的机会。请谨记，只要你坚持不懈，最终的目标总能实现。
Though barriers may sometimes stand in the way of your dreams, remember that your destiny is hiding behind them.Accept the fact that not everyone is going to approve of the choices youve made,have faith in your judgment,catch the star that twinkles in your heart,and it will lead you to your destinys path. Follow that pathway and uncover the sweet sunrises that await you.
尽管实现梦想的途中有时会遇到障碍，要知道这是命运对你的挑战。不是每个人都会赞成你的`选择，接受这个现实，并相信自我的判断，追随那颗在你心中闪烁的明星，它会引领你踏上命运的征途。坚持不懈，你就能享受那些幸福时刻。
Take pride in your accomplishments,as they are stepping stones to your dreams. Understand that you may make mistakes, but dont let them discourage you. Value your capabilities and talents for they are what make you truly unique. The greatest gifts in life are not purchased, but acquired through hard work and determination.
每前进一步，你都应引以为豪，因为它们是你实现梦想的阶梯。要知道在这个过程中你也许会犯错误，但不要气馁。珍视自我的潜能，因为它们使你独一无二。生命中最珍贵的礼物不是花钱买来的，而是通过努力和决心而获取的。
Find the star that twinkles in your heart for you alone are capable of making your brightest dreams come true. Give your hopes everything youve got and you will catch the star that holds your destiny.
寻找心中那颗闪耀的明星，因为只有你自己才能够让美好的梦想变成现实。满怀希望并全力以赴，你就能摘下改变命运的那颗星。
Knowledge is one thing, virtue is another; good sense is not conscience, refinement is not humility, nor is largeness and justness of view faith. Philosophy, however enlightened, however profound, gives no command over the passions, no influential motives, no vivifying principles.
Liberal Education makes not the Christian, not the Catholic, but the gentleman. It is well to be a gentleman, it is well to have a cultivated intellect, a delicate taste, a candid, equitable, dispassionate mind, a noble and courteous bearing in the conduct of life--these are the connatural qualities of a large knowledge; they are the objects of a University; I am advocating, I shall illustrate and insist upon them; but still, I repeat, they are no guarantee for sanctity or even for conscientiousness, they may attach to the man of the world, to the profligate, to the heartless, pleasant, alas, and attractive as he shows when decked out in them. Taken by themselves, they do but seem to be what they are not; they look like virtue at a distance, but they are detected by close observers, and on the long run; and hence it is that they are popularly accused of pretense and hypocrisy, not, I repeat, from their own fault, but because their professors and their admirers persist in taking them for what they are not, and are officious in arrogating for them a praise to which they have no claim. Quarry the granite rock with razors, or moor the vessel with a thread of silk, then may you hope with such keen and delicate instruments as human knowledge and human reason to contend against those giants, the passion and the pride of man.
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知识是一回事，美德是另一回事。好意并非良心，优雅并非谦让，广博与公正的观点也并非信仰。哲学，无论多么富有启迪和深奥莫测，都无法驾驭情感，不具备有影响力的动机，不具有导致生动活泼的原理。
文科教育并不造就徒抑或天主教徒，而是造就了绅士。造就一个绅士诚为美事。有教养的才智，优雅的情趣，正直、公正而冷静的头脑，高贵而彬彬有礼的举止--这些是与渊博的学识生来固有的品质， 它也是大学教育的目的。对此我提倡之，并将加以阐释和坚持。然而我要说的是，它们仍然不能确保圣洁，或甚至不能保证诚实。它们可以附庸于世故的俗人，附庸于玩世不恭的浪子。唉，当他们用它伪装起来时，就更增加了他们外表上的冷静、快活和魅力。就其本身而言，它们似乎已远非其本来面目，它们似乎一远看的美德，经久久细察方可探知。因此它们受到广泛的责难，指责其虚饰与伪善。我要强调，这绝非是因为其自身有什么过错，而是因为教授们和赞美者们一味地把它们弄得面目全非，并且还要殷勤地献上其本身并不希冀的赞颂。如若用剃刀就可以开采出花岗岩，用丝线即能系泊位船只，那么，也许你才能希望用人的知识和理性这样美妙而优雅的东西去与人类的情感与高傲那样的庞然大物进行抗争。
Life is not about just getting by.Life is about reaching ever higher,building one achievement on top of another,and creating real,meaningful value in each moment.
生活并不是过得去就行，而是需要我们每时每刻都有所超越，不断取得成就，并且创造真正的、有意义的价值。
A common stone on the ground does a great job of just getting by.You,on the other hand,are destined1 for much more spectacular things.Yes,indeed,you will certainly meet a number of challenges when you make the effort to raise your world even a little bit higher.The good thing is,you are superbly equipped to thrive on those challenges.
地上的一块普通的石子只是躺在那里就做得很好了。然而，你注定是要做大事的。是的，当你努力提升自己时，你的确会遇到许多困难，哪怕只是提升一点点。幸运的是，你有能力战胜那些挑战。
If life seems unsuccessful,it’s not because of the challenges or limitations that stand in your way.It’s because you refuse to see the exceptional opportunities that those challenges represent.
如果生活看起来并不是一帆风顺的，那并不是因为你前方的道路上有挑战或阻碍，而是因为你没有看到那些挑战中蕴藏的良机。
This is your precious and unique life,and it is absolutely worth all the trouble and effort you must go through to make it great.Within you at this moment are beautiful dreams,and you can begin to live in the direction of those dreams whenever you choose.
这是你所珍爱的'、独一无二的生活。为了让它变得更美好，经历困难、付出努力都是值得的。此刻，你的内心充满着美好的梦想，只要你选择，你就可以朝着梦想的方向生活。
Let go of the false security of just getting by,and get yourself into focus on a purpose that will bring your life gloriously to life.Your very own pathway to success is just one quick step away.
摒弃生活只要过得去就行这样的错误观点，全心投入一个目标——让你的生活更加精彩。成功之路离你仅一步之遥。
What is your direction indicator of ascended
One windy spring day， I observed young people having fun using the wind to fly their kites。 Multicolored creations of varying shapes and sizes filled the skies like beautiful birds darting and dancing。 As the strong winds gusted against the kites， a string kept them in check。
Instead of blowing away with the wind， they arose against it to achieve great heights。 They shook and pulled， but the restraining string and the cumbersome tail kept them in tow， facing upward and against the wind。 As the kites struggled and trembled against the string， they seemed to say， “Let me go! Let me go! I want to be free!” They soared beautifully even as they fought the restriction of the string。 Finally， one of the kites succeeded in breaking loose。 “Free at last，” it seemed to say。 “Free to fly with the wind。”
Yet freedom from restraint simply put it at the mercy of an unsympathetic breeze。 It fluttered ungracefully to the ground and landed in a tangled mass of weeds and string against a dead bush。 “Free at last” free to lie powerless in the dirt， to be blown helplessly along the ground， and to lodge lifeless against the first obstruction。
How much like kites we sometimes are。 The Heaven gives us adversity and restrictions， rules to follow from which we can grow and gain strength。 Restraint is a necessary counterpart to the winds of opposition。 Some of us tug at the rules so hard that we never soar to reach the heights we might have obtained。 We keep part of the mandment and never rise high enough to get our tails off the ground。
Let us each rise to the great heights， recognizing that some of the restraints that we may chafe under are actually the steadying force that helps us ascend and achieve。
什么是你攀升的方向标
在一个有风的春日，我看到一群年轻人正在迎风放风筝玩乐，各种颜色、各种形状和大小的风筝就好像美丽的鸟儿在空中飞舞。当强风把风筝吹起，牵引线就能够控制它们。
风筝迎风飘向更高的地方，而不是随风而去。它们摇摆着、拉扯着，但牵引线以及笨重的尾巴使它们处于控制之中，并且迎风而上。它们挣扎着、抖动着想要挣脱线的束缚，仿佛在说：“放开我！放开我！我想要自由！”即使与牵引线奋争着，它们依然在美丽地飞翔。最后，一只风筝成功挣脱了。“最后自由了，”它好像在说，“最后能够随风自由飞翔了！”
然而，脱离束缚的自由使它完全处于无情微风的摆布下。它毫无风度地震颤着向地面坠落，落在一堆乱草之中，线缠绕在一颗死灌木上。“最后自由”使它自由到无力地躺在尘土中，无助地任风沿着地面将其吹走，碰到第一个障碍物便毫无生命地滞留在那里了。
有时我们真像这风筝啊！上苍赋予我们困境和约束，赋予我们成长和增强实力所要遵从的规则。约束是逆风的必要匹配物。我们中有些人是如此强硬地抵制规则，以至我们从来无法飞到本来能够到达的高度。我们只遵从部分戒律，因此永远不会飞得足够高，使尾巴远离地面。
让我们每个人都飞到高处吧，并且认识到这一点：有些可能会令我们生气的约束，实际上是帮忙我们攀升和实现愿望的平衡力。