爱华网第一篇：Youth青春
Youth
Youth is not a time of life; itis a state of mind; it is not a matter of rosy cheeks, red lips andsupple knees; it is a matter of the will, a quality of theimagination, a vigor of the emotions; it is the freshness of thedeep springs of life.
Youth means a temperamentalpredominance of courage over timidity, of the appetite foradventure over the love of ease. This often exists in a man of 60more than a boy of 20. Nobody grows old merely by a number ofyears. We grow old by deserting our ideals.
Years may wrinkle the skin, butto give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul. Worry, fear, self-distrustbows the heart and turns the spirit back to dust.
Whether 60 or 16, there is inevery human being’s heart the lure of wonders, the unfailingappetite for what’s next and the joy of the game of living. In thecenter of your heart and my heart, there is a wireless station; solong as it receives messages of beauty, hope, courage and powerfrom man and from the infinite, so long as you areyoung.
When your aerials are down, andyour spirit is covered with snows of cynicism and the ice ofpessimism, then you’ve grown old, even at 20; but as long as youraerials are up, to catch waves of optimism, there’s hope you maydie young at 80.
第二篇： Three Days toSee(Excerpts)假如给我三天光明（节选）
Three Days to See
All of us have read thrillingstories in which the hero had only a limited and specified time tolive. Sometimes it was as long as a year, sometimes as short as 24hours. But always we were interested in discovering just how thedoomed hero chose to spend his last days or his last hours. Ispeak, of course, of free men who have a choice, not condemnedcriminals whose sphere of activities is strictlydelimited.
Such stories set us thinking,wondering what we should do under similar circumstances. Whatevents, what experiences, what associations should we crowd intothose last hours as mortal beings, what regrets?
Sometimes I have thought itwould be an excellent rule to live each day as if we should dietomorrow. Such an attitude would emphasize sharply the values oflife. We should live each day with gentleness, vigor and a keennessof appreciation which are often lost when time stretches before usin the constant panorama of more days and months and years to come.There are those, of course, who would adopt the Epicurean motto of“Eat, drink, and be merry”. But most people would be chastened bythe certainty of impending death.
In stories the doomed hero isusually saved at the last minute by some stroke of fortune, butalmost always his sense of values is changed. He becomes moreappreciative of the meaning of life and its permanent spiritualvalues. It has often been noted that those who live, or have lived,in the shadow of death bring a mellow sweetness to everything theydo.
Most of us, however, take lifefor granted. We know that one day we must die, but usually wepicture that day as far in the future. When we are in buoyanthealth, death is all but unimaginable. We seldom think of it. Thedays stretch out in an endless vista. So we go about our pettytasks, hardly aware of our listless attitude towardlife.
The same lethargy, I am afraid,characterizes the use of all our faculties and senses. Only thedeaf appreciate hearing, only the blind realize the manifoldblessings that lie in sight. Particularly does this observationapply to those who have lost sight and hearing in adult life. Butthose who have never suffered impairment of sight or hearing seldommake the fullest use of these blessed faculties. Their eyes andears take in all sights and sounds hazily, without concentrationand with little appreciation. It is the same old story of not beinggrateful for what we have until we lose it, of not being consciousof health until we are ill.
I have often thought it wouldbe a blessing if each human being were stricken blind and deaf fora few days at some time during his early adult life. Darkness wouldmake him more appreciative of sight; silence would teach him thejoys of sound.
第三篇：Companionship ofBooks 以书为伴（节选）
Companionship ofBooks
A man may usually be known bythe books he reads as well as by the company he keeps; for there isa companionship of books as well as of men; and one should alwayslive in the best company, whether it be of books or ofmen.
A good book may be among thebest of friends. It is the same today that it always was, and itwill never change. It is the most patient and cheerful ofcompanions. It does not turn its back upon us in times of adversityor distress. It always receives us with the same kindness; amusingand instructing us in youth, and comforting and consoling us inage.
Men often discover theiraffinity to each other by the mutual love they have for a book justas two persons sometimes discover a friend by the admiration whichboth entertain for a third. There is an old proverb, ‘Love me, lovemy dog.” But there is more wisdom in this:” Love me, love my book.”The book is a truer and higher bond of union. Men can think, feel,and sympathize with each other through their favorite author. Theylive in him together, and he in them.
A good book is often the besturn of a life enshrining the best that life could think out; forthe world of a man’s life is, for the most part, but the world ofhis thoughts. Thus the best books are treasuries of good words, thegolden thoughts, which, remembered and cherished, become ourconstant companions and comforters.
Books possess an essence ofimmortality. They are by far the most lasting products of humaneffort. Temples and statues decay, but books survive. Time is of noaccount with great thoughts, which are as fresh today as when theyfirst passed through their author’s minds, ages ago. What was thensaid and thought still speaks to us as vividly as ever from theprinted page. The only effect of time have been to sift out the badproducts; for nothing in literature can long survive e but what isreally good.
Books introduce us into thebest society; they bring us into the presence of the greatest mindsthat have ever lived. We hear what they said and did; we see the asif they were really alive; we sympathize with them, enjoy withthem, grieve with them; their experience becomes ours, and we feelas if we were in a measure actors with them in the scenes whichthey describe.
The great and good do not die,even in this world. Embalmed in books, their spirits walk abroad.The book is a living voice. It is an intellect to which on stilllistens.
第四篇：If I Rest,IRust 如果我休息，我就会生锈
If I Rest, I Rust
The significant inscriptionfound on an old key---“If I rest, I rust”---would be an excellentmotto for those who are afflicted with the slightest bit ofidleness. Even the most industrious person might adopt it withadvantage to serve as a reminder that, if one allows his facultiesto rest, like the iron in the unused key, they will soon show signsof rust and, ultimately, cannot do the work required ofthem.
Those who would attain theheights reached and kept by great men must keep their facultiespolished by constant use, so that they may unlock the doors ofknowledge, the gate that guard the entrances to the professions, toscience, art, literature, agriculture---every department of humanendeavor.
Industry keeps bright the keythat opens the treasury of achievement. If Hugh Miller, aftertoiling all day in a quarry, had devoted his evenings to rest andrecreation, he would never have become a famous geologist. Thecelebrated mathematician, Edmund Stone, would never have publisheda mathematical dictionary, never have found the key to science ofmathematics, if he had given his spare moments to idleness, had thelittle Scotch lad, Ferguson, allowed the busy brain to go to sleepwhile he tended sheep on the hillside instead of calculating theposition of the stars by a string of beads, he would never havebecome a famous astronomer.
Labor vanquishes all---notinconstant, spasmodic, or ill-directed labor; but faithful,unremitting, daily effort toward a well-directed purpose. Just astruly as eternal vigilance is the price of liberty, so is eternalindustry the price of noble and enduring success.
第五篇：Ambition抱负
Ambition
It is not difficult to imaginea world short of ambition. It would probably be a kinder world:with out demands, without abrasions, without disappointments.People would have time for reflection. Such work as they did wouldnot be for themselves but for the collectivity. Competition wouldnever enter in. conflict would be eliminated, tension become athing of the past. The stress of creation would be at an end. Artwould no longer be troubling, but purely celebratory in itsfunctions. Longevity would be increased, for fewer people would dieof heart attack or stroke caused by tumultuous endeavor. Anxietywould be extinct. Time would stretch on and on, with ambition longdeparted from the human heart.
Ah, how unrelieved boring lifewould be!
There is a strong view thatholds that success is a myth, and ambition therefore a sham. Doesthis mean that success does not really exist? That achievement isat bottom empty? That the efforts of men and women are of nosignificance alongside the force of movements and events now notall success, obviously, is worth esteeming, nor all ambition worthcultivating. Which are and which are not is something one soonenough learns on one’s own. But even the most cynical secretlyadmit that success exists; that achievement counts for a greatdeal; and that the true myth is that the actions of men and womenare useless. To believe otherwise is to take on a point of viewthat is likely to be deranging. It is, in its implications, toremove all motives for competence, interest in attainment, andregard for posterity.
We do not choose to be born. Wedo not choose our parents. We do not choose our historical epoch,the country of our birth, or the immediate circumstances of ourupbringing. We do not, most of us, choose to die; nor do we choosethe time or conditions of our death. But within all this realm ofchoicelessness, we do choose how we shall live: courageously or incowardice, honorably or dishonorably, with purpose or in drift. Wedecide what is important and what is trivial in life. We decidethat what makes us significant is either what we do or what werefuse to do. But no matter how indifferent the universe may be toour choices and decisions, these choices and decisions are ours tomake. We decide. We choose. And as we decide and choose, so are ourlives formed. In the end, forming our own destiny is what ambitionis about.
第六篇：What I have Livedfor 我为何而生
What I Have LivedFor
Three passions, simple butoverwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love,the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering ofmankind. These passions, like great winds, have blown me hither andthither, in a wayward course, over a deep ocean of anguish,reaching to the very verge of despair.
I have sought love, first,because it brings ecstasy---ecstasy so great that I would oftenhave sacrificed all the rest of my life for a few hours for thisjoy. I have sought it, next, because it relieves loneliness---thatterrible loneliness in which one shivering consciousness looks overthe rim of the world into the cold unfathomable lifeless abyss. Ihave sought it, finally, because in the union of love I have seen,in a mystic miniature, the prefiguring vision of the heaven thatsaints and poets have imagined. This is what I sought, and thoughit might seem too good for human life, this is what---at last---Ihave found.
With equal passion I havesought knowledge. I have wished to understand the hearts of men. Ihave wished to know why the stars shine. And I have tried toapprehend the Pythagorean power by which number holds sway abovethe flux. A little of this, but not much, I haveachieved.
Love and knowledge, so far asthey were possible, led upward toward the heavens. But always itbrought me back to earth. Echoes of cries of pain reverberate in myheart. Children in famine, victims tortured by oppressors, helplessold people a hated burden to their sons, and the whole world ofloneliness, poverty, and pain make a mockery of what human lifeshould be. I long to alleviate the evil, but I cannot, and I toosuffer.
This has been my life. I havefound it worth living, and would gladly live it again if the chancewere offered me.
第七篇：When Love BeckonsYou 爱的召唤
When Love BeckonsYou
When love beckons to you,follow him, though his ways are hard and steep. And when his wingsenfold you, yield to him, though the sword hidden among his pinionsmay wound you. And when he speaks to you, believe in him, thoughhis voice may shatter your dreams as the north wind lays waste thegarden.
For even as love crowns you soshall he crucify you. Even as he is for your growth so is he foryour pruning. Even as he ascends to your height and caresses yourtenderest branches that quiver in the sun, so shall he descend toour roots and shake them in their clinging to the earth.
But if, in your fear, you wouldseek only love’s peace and love’s pleasure, then it is better foryou that you cover your nakedness andpass out of love’s threshing-floor, into the seasonless world whereyou shall laugh, but not all of your laughter, and weep, but notall of your tears. Love gives naught but it self and takes naughtbut from itself. Love possesses not, nor would it be possessed, forlove is sufficient unto love.
Love has no other desire but tofulfill itself. But if you love and must have desires, let these beyour desires:
To melt and be like a runningbrook that sings its melody to the night.
To know the pain of too muchtenderness.
To be wounded by your ownunderstanding of love;
And to bleed willingly andjoyfully.
To wake at dawn with a wingedheart and give thanks for another day of loving;
To rest at the noon hour andmeditate love’s ecstasy;
To return home at eventide withgratitude;
And then to sleep with a payerfor the beloved in your heart and a song of praise upon yourlips.
第八篇：The Road toSuccess 成功之道
The Road to Success
It is well that young menshould begin at the beginning and occupy the most subordinatepositions. Many of the leading businessmen of Pittsburgh had aserious responsibility thrust upon them at the very threshold oftheir career. They were introduced to the broom, and spent thefirst hours of their business lives sweeping out the office. Inotice we have janitors and janitresses now in offices, and ouryoung men unfortunately miss that salutary branch of businesseducation. But if by chance the professional sweeper is absent anymorning, the boy who has the genius of the future partner in himwill not hesitate to try his hand at the broom. It does not hurtthe newest comer to sweep out the office if necessary. I was one ofthose sweepers myself.
Assuming that you have allobtained employment and are fairly started, my advice to you is“aim high”. I would not give a fig for the young man who does notalready see himself the partner or the head of an important firm.Do not rest content for a moment in your thoughts as head clerk, orforeman, or general manager in any concern, no matter howextensive. Say to yourself, “My place is at the top.” Be king inyour dreams.
And here is the prime conditionof success, the great secret: concentrate your energy, thought, andcapital exclusively upon the business in which you are engaged.Having begun in one line, resolve to fight it out on that line, tolead in it, adopt every improvement, have the best machinery, andknow the most about it.
The concerns which fail arethose which have scattered their capital, which means that theyhave scattered their brains also. They have investments in this, orthat, or the other, here there, and everywhere. “Don’t put all youreggs in one basket.” is all wrong. I tell you to “put all your eggsin one basket, and then watch that basket.” Look round you and takenotice, men who do that not often fail. It is easy to watch andcarry the one basket. It is trying to carry too many baskets thatbreaks most eggs in this country. He who carries three baskets mustput one on his head, which is apt to tumble and trip him up. Onefault of the American businessman is lack ofconcentration.
To summarize what I have said:aim for the highest; never enter a bar room; do not touch liquor,or if at all only at meals; never speculate; never indorse beyondyour surplus cash fund; make the firm’s interest yours; breakorders always to save owners; concentrate; put all your eggs in onebasket, and watch that basket; expenditure always within revenue;lastly, be not impatient, for as Emerson says, “no one can cheatyou out of ultimate success but yourselves.”
第九篇：On Meeting theCelebrated 论见名人
On Meeting theCelebrated
I have always wondered at thepassion many people have to meet the celebrated. The prestige youacquire by being able to tell your friends that you know famous menproves only that you are yourself of small account. The celebrateddevelop a technique to deal with the persons they come across. Theyshow the world a mask, often an impressive on, but take care toconceal their real selves. They play the part that is expected fromthem, and with practice learn to play it very well, but you arestupid if you think that this public performance of theirscorresponds with the man within.
I have been attached, deeplyattached, to a few people; but I have been interested in men ingeneral not for their own sakes, but for the sake of my work. Ihave not, as Kant enjoined, regarded each man as an end in himself,but as material that might be useful to me as a writer. I have beenmore concerned with the obscure than with the famous. They are moreoften themselves. They have had no need to create a figure toprotect themselves from the world or to impress it. Theiridiosyncrasies have had more chance to develop in the limitedcircle of their activity, and since they have never been in thepublic eye it has never occurred to them that they have anything toconceal. They display their oddities because it has never struckthem that they are odd. And after all it is with the common run ofmen that we writers have to deal; kings, dictators, commercialmagnates are from our point of view very unsatisfactory. To writeabout them is a venture that has often tempted writers, but thefailure that has attended their efforts shows that such beings aretoo exceptional to form a proper ground for a work of art. Theycannot be made real. The ordinary is the writer’s richer field. Itsunexpectedness, its singularity, its infinite variety affordunending material. The great man is too often all of a piece; it isthe little man that is a bundle of contradictory elements. He isinexhaustible. You never come to the end of the surprises he has instore for you. For my part I would much sooner spend a month on adesert island with a veterinary surgeon than with a primeminister.
第十篇：The 50-PercentTheory of Life 生活理论半对半
The 50-Percent Theory ofLife
I believe in the 50-percenttheory. Half the time things are better than normal; the otherhalf, they re worse. I believe life is a pendulum swing. It takestime and experience to understand what normal is, and that gives methe perspective to deal with the surprises of thefuture.
Let’s benchmark the parameters:yes, I will die. I’ve dealt with the deaths of both parents, a bestfriend, a beloved boss and cherished pets. Some of these deathshave been violent, before my eyes, or slow and agonizing. Badstuff, and it belongs at the bottom of the scale.
Then there are those highpoints: romance and marriage to the right person; having a childand doing those Dad things like coaching my son’s baseball team,paddling around the creek in the boat while he’s swimming with thedogs, discovering his compassion so deep it manifests even in hiskindness to snails, his imagination so vivid he builds a spaceshipfrom a scattered pile of Legos.
But there is a vast meadow oflife in the middle, where the bad and the good flip-flopacrobatically. This is what convinces me to believe in the50-percent theory.
One spring I planted corn tooearly in a bottomland so flood-prone that neighbors laughed. I feltchagrined at the wasted effort. Summer turned brutal---the worstheat wave and drought in my lifetime. The air-conditioned died; thewell went dry; the marriage ended; the job lost; the money gone. Iwas living lyrics from a country tune---music I loathed. Only asurging Kansas City Royals team buoyed my spirits.
Looking back on that horriblesummer, I soon understood that all succeeding good things merelyoffset the bad. Worse than normal wouldn’t last long. I am owed andsavor the halcyon times. The reinvigorate me for the next nastysurprise and offer assurance that can thrive. The 50-percent theoryeven helps me see hope beyond my Royals’ recent slump, a field ofstruggling rookies sown so that some year soon we can reap anOctober harvest.
For that on blistering summer,the ground moisture was just right, planting early allowedpollination before heat withered the tops, and the lack of rainspared the standing corn from floods. That winter my criboverflowed with corn---fat, healthy three-to-a-stalk ears filledwith kernels from heel to tip---while my neighbors’ fields yieldedonly brown, empty husks.
Although plantings past mayhave fallen below the 50-percent expectation, and they probablywill again in the future, I am still sustained by the crop thatflourishes during the drought.
第十一篇：What is YourRecovery Rate? 你的恢复速率是多少？
What is Your RecoveryRate?
What is your recovery rate? Howlong does it take you to recover from actions and behaviors thatupset you? Minutes? Hours? Days? Weeks? The longer it takes you torecover, the more influence that incident has on your actions, andthe less able you are to perform to your personal best. In anutshell, the longer it takes you to recover, the weaker you areand the poorer your performance.
You are well aware that youneed to exercise to keep the body fit and, no doubt, accept that areasonable measure of health is the speed in which your heart andrespiratory system recovers after exercise. Likewise the faster youlet go of an issue that upsets you, the faster you return to anequilibrium, the healthier you will be. The best example of thisbehavior is found with professional sportspeople. They know thatthe faster they can forget an incident or missd opportunity and geton with the game, the better their performance. In fact, mostmeasure the time it takes them to overcome and forget an incidentin a game and most reckon a recovery rate of 30 seconds is toolong!
Imagine yourself to be an actorin a play on the stage. Your aim is to play your part to the bestof your ability. You have been given a script and at the end ofeach sentence is a ful stop. Each time you get to the end of thesentence you start a new one and although the next sentence isrelated to the last it is not affected by it. Your job is todeliver each sentence to the best of your ability.
Don’t live your life in thepast! Learn to live in the present, to overcome the past. Stop thepast from influencing your daily life. Don’t allow thoughts of thepast to reduce your personal best. Stop the past from interferingwith your life. Learn to recover quickly.
Remember: Rome wasn’t built ina day. Reflect on your recovery rate each day. Every day before yougo 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 atyour day and note when you made an effort to place a full stopafter an incident. This is a success. You are taking control ofyour life. Remember this is a step by step process. This is not amake-over. You are undertaking real change here. Your aim: reducethe time spent in recovery.
The way forward?
Live in the present. Not in theprecedent.
第十二篇：Clear Your MentalSpace 清理心灵的空间
Clear Your MentalSpace
Think about the last time youfelt a negative emotion---like stress, anger, or frustration. Whatwas going through your mind as you were going through thatnegativity? Was your mind cluttered with thoughts? Or was itparalyzed, unable to think?
The next time you find yourselfin the middle of a very stressful time, or you feel angry orfrustrated, stop. Yes, that’s right, stop. Whatever you’re doing,stop and sit for one minute. While you’re sitting there, completelyimmerse yourself in the negative emotion.
Allow that emotion to consumeyou. Allow yourself one minute to truly feel that emotion. Don’tcheat yourself here. Take the entire minute---but only oneminute---to do nothing else but feel that emotion.
When the minute is over, askyourself, “Am I wiling to keep holding on to this negative emotionas I go through the rest of the day?”
Once you’ve allowed yourself tobe totally immersed in the emotion and really fell it, you will besurprised to find that the emotion clears ratherquickly.
If you feel you need to hold onto the emotion for a little longer, that is OK. Allow yourselfanother minute to feel the emotion.
When you feel you’ve had enoughof the emotion, ask yourself if you’re willing to carry thatnegativity with you for the rest of the day. If not, take a deepbreath. As you exhale, release all that negativity with yourbreath.
This exercise seemssimple---almost too simple. But, it is very effective. By allowingthat negative emotion the space to be truly felt, you are dealingwith the emotion rather than stuffing it down and trying not tofeel it. You are actually taking away the power of the emotion bygiving it the space and attention it needs. When you immerseyourself in the emotion, and realize that it is only emotion, itloses its control. You can clear your head and proceed with yourtask.
Try it. Next time you’re in themiddle of a negative emotion, give yourself the space to feel theemotion and see what happens. Keep a piece of paper with you thatsays the following:
Stop. Immerse for one minute.Do I want to keep this negativity? Breath deep, exhale, release.Move on!
This will remind you of thesteps to the process. Remember; take the time you need to reallyimmerse yourself in the emotion. Then, when you feel you’ve felt itenough, release it---really let go of it. You will be surprised athow quickly you can move on from a negative situation and get towhat you really want to do!
第十三篇：Be Happy快乐
Be Happy!
“The days that make ushappy make us wise.”----John Masefield
when I first read this line byEngland’s Poet Laureate, it startled me. What did Masefield mean?Without thinking about it much, I had always assumed that theopposite was true. But his sober assurance was arresting. I couldnot forget it.
Finally, I seemed to grasp hismeaning and realized that here was a profound observation. Thewisdom that happiness makes possible lies in clear perception, notfogged by anxiety nor dimmed by despair and boredom, and withoutthe blind spots caused by fear.
Active happiness---not meresatisfaction or contentment ---often comes suddenly, like an Aprilshower or the unfolding of a bud. Then you discover what kind ofwisdom has accompanied it. The grass is greener; bird songs aresweeter; the shortcomings of your friends are more understandableand more forgivable. Happiness is like a pair of eyeglassescorrecting your spiritual vision.
Nor are the insights ofhappiness limited to what is near around you. Unhappy, with yourthoughts turned in upon your emotional woes, your vision is cutshort as though by a wall. Happy, the wall crumbles.
The long vista is there for theseeing. The ground at your feet, the world about you----people,thoughts, emotions, pressures---are now fitted into the largerscene. Everything assumes a fairer proportion. And here is thebeginning of wisdom.
第十四篇：The Goodness oflife 生命的美好
The Goodness of Life
Though there is much to beconcerned about, there is far, far more for which to be thankful.Though life’s goodness can at times be overshadowed, it is neveroutweighed.
For every single act that issenselessly destructive, there are thousands more small, quiet actsof love, kindness and compassion. For every person who seeks tohurt, there are many, many more who devote their lives to helpingand to healing.
There is goodness to life thatcannot be denied.
In the most magnificent vistasand in the smallest details, look closely, for that goodness alwayscomes shining through.
There si no limit to thegoodness of life. It grows more abundant with each new encounter.The more you experience and appreciate the goodness of life, themore there is to be lived.
Even when the cold winds blowand the world seems to be cov ered in foggy shadows, the goodnessof life lives on. Open your eyes, open your heart, and you will seethat goodness is everywhere.
Though the goodness of lifeseems at times to suffer setbacks, it always endures. For in thedarkest moment it becomes vividly clear that life is a pricelesstreasure. And so the goodness of life is made even stronger by thevery things that would oppose it.
Time and time again when youfeared it was gone forever you found that the goodness of life wasreally only a moment away. Around the next corner, inside everymoment, the goodness of life is there to surprise and delightyou.
Take a moment to let thegoodness of life touch your spirit and calm your thoughts. Then,share your good fortune with another. For the goodness of lifegrows more and more magnificent each time it is givenaway.
Though the problems constantlyscream for attention and the conflicts appear to rage everstronger, the goodness of life grows stronger still, quietly,peacefully, with more purpose and meaning than everbefore.
第十五篇：Facing the EnemiesWithin 直面内在的敌人
Facing the EnemiesWithin
We are not born with courage,but neither are we born with fear. Maybe some of our fears arebrought on by your own experiences, by what someone has told you,by what you’ve read in the papers. Some fears are valid, likewalking alone in a bad part of town at two o’clock in the morning.But once you learn to avoid that situation, you won’t need to livein fear of it.
Fears, even the most basicones, can totally destroy our ambitions. Fear can destroy fortunes.Fear can destroy relationships. Fear, if left unchecked, candestroy our lives. Fear is one of the many enemies lurking insideus.
Let me tell you about five ofthe other enemies we face from within. The first enemy that you’vegot to destroy before it destroys you is indifference. What atragic disease this is! “Ho-hum, let it slide. I’ll just driftalong.” Here’s one problem with drifting: you can’t drift your wayto the to of the mountain.
The second enemy we face isindecision. Indecision is the thief of opportunity and enterprise.It will steal your chances for a better future. Take a sword tothis enemy.
The third enemy inside isdoubt. Sure, there’s room for healthy skepticism. You can’t believeeverything. But you also can’t let doubt take over. Many peopledoubt the past, doubt the future, doubt each other, doubt thegovernment, doubt the possibilities nad doubt the opportunities.Worse of all, they doubt themselves. I’m telling you, doubt willdestroy your life and your chances of success. It will empty bothyour bank account and your heart. Doubt isan enemy. Go after it. Get rid of it.
The fourth enemy within isworry. We’ve all got to worry some. Just don’t let conquer you.Instead, let it alarm you. Worry can be useful. If you step off thecurb in New York City and a taxi is coming, you’ve got to worry.But you can’t let worry loose like a mad dog that drives you into asmall corner. Here’s what you’ve got to do with your worries: drivethem into a small corner. Whatever is out to get you, you’ve got toget it. Whatever is pushing on you, you’ve got to pushback.
The fifth interior enemy isovercaution. It is the timid approach to life. Timidity is not avirtue; it’s an illness. If you let it go, it’ll conquer you. Timidpeople don’t get promoted. They don’t advance and grow and becomepowerful in the marketplace. You’ve got to avoidovercaution.
Do battle with the enemy. Dobattle with your fears. Build your courage to fight what’s holdingou back, what’s keeping you from your goals and dreams. Becourageous in your life and in your pursuit of the things you wantand the person you want to become.
第十六篇：Abundance is a LifeStyle 富足的生活方式
Abundance is a LifeStyle
Abundance is a life style, away of living your life. It isn’t something you buy now and then orpull down from the cupboard, dust off and use once or twice, andthen return to the cupboard.
Abundance is a philosophy; itappears in your physiology, your value system, and carries its ownset of beliefs. You walk with it, sleep with it, bath with it, feelwith it, and need to maintain and take care of it aswell.
Abundance doesn’t alwaysrequire money. Many people live with all that money can buy yetlive empty inside. Abundance begins inside with some mainself-ingredients, like love, care, kindness and gentleness,thoughtfulness and compassion. Abundance is a state of being. Itradiates outward. It shines like the sun among the many moons inthe world.
Being from the brightness ofabundance doesn’t allow the darkness to appear or be in the pathunless a choice to allow it to. The true state of abundance doesn’thave room for lies or games normally played. The space is too fullof abundance. This may be a challenge because we still need toshine for other to see.
Abundance is seeing people fortheir gifts and not what they lack or could be. Seeing all thingsfor their gifts and not what they lack.
Start by knowing what yourabundances are, fill that space with you, and be fully present fromthat state of being. Your profession of choice is telling you ofknowing and possibilities. That is their gift. Consultants andcustomer service professionals have the ministrative assistants andvirtual assistants have an abundance of coordination and timemanagement. Abundance is all around you, and all within. See whatit is; love yourself for what it is, not what you’re missing, orwhat that can be better, but for what it is atthis present moment.
Be in a state of abundance ofwhat you already have. I guarantee they are there; it always isburied but there. Breathe them in as if they are the air youbreathe because they are yours. Let go of anything that isn’tabundant for the time being. Name the shoe boxes in your closetwith your gifts of abundance; pull from them every morning ifneeded. Know they are there.
Learning to trust in your ownabundance is required. When you begin to be within your own spaceof abundance, whatever you need will appear whenever you need it.That’s just the way the higher po
