英语经典美文

Every living person has problem

what is the secret ingredient of tough people that enables them to succee d? Why do they survive the tough times when others are overcome by the m? Why do they win when others lose? Why do they soar when others sin k?

The answer is very simple. It's all in how they perceive their problems. Yes, very living person has problems. A problem-free life is an illusion- a mirage in the desert. Accept that fact.

Every mountain has a peak. Every valley has its low point. Life has its ups and downs, its peaks and its valleys. No one is up all the time, nor i s that down all the time. Problems do end. They are all resolved in time.

You may not be able to control the times, but you can compose your r esponse. You can turn you pain into profanity-or into poetry. The choice is up to you. You may not have chosen your tough time, but you can choos e how you react to it. For instant, what is the positive reaction to a terribl e financial setback? In this situation would it be the positive resection to c op out and run away? Escape through alcohol, drug, or suicide? No! Such negative reactions only produce greater problems by promising a temporar y 'solution' to the pressing problem. The positive solution to a problem ma y require courage to initiate it. When you control your reaction to the see mingly uncontrollable problem of life, then in fact you do control the probl em's effect on you your reaction to the problem is the last word! That's th e bottom line. What will you let this problem do to you? It can make you tender or tough. It can make you better or bitter. It all depends on you.

In the final analysis, the tough people who survive the tough times do

so because they’ve chosen to react positively to their predicament. Tough times never last, but tough people do. Tough people stick it out. History teaches us that every problem has a lifespan. No problem is permanent. S torms always give way to sun. Winter always thaws into springtime. Your storm will pass. Your winter will thaw. Your problem will be solved

2\学会生活在现实中

Learn to live in the present moment

To a large degree, the measure of our peace of mind is determined by ho w much we are able to live on the present moment. Irrespective of what happened yesterday or last year, and what may or may not happen tomor row, the present moment is where you are---always!

我们内心是否平和在很大程度上是由我们是否能生活在现实之中所决定的．不管昨天或去年发生了什么，不管明天可能发生或不发生什么，现实才是你时时刻刻所在之处．

Without question, many of us have mastered the neurotic art of spending much of our lives worrying about variety of things--all at once. We allow p ast problems and future concerns dominate your present moments, so mu ch so that we end up anxious, frustrated, depressed, and hopeless. On the flip side, we also postpone our gratification, our stated priorities, and our happiness, often convincing that "someday" will be much better than today. Unfortunately, the same mental dynamics that tell us to look toward the f uture will only repeat them so that 'someday' never actually arrives. John Lennon once said, "Life is what is happening while we are busy making ot her plans." When we are busy making 'other plans', our children are busy growing up, the people we love are moving away and dying, our bodies ar