How to Build Your Life

佚名 / Anonymous

Every person creates his or her own reality. Authorship of your life is one of your absolute rights； yet so often people deny that they have the ability to script the life they desire. They look past the fundamental truth that it is not our external resources that determine our success or failure， but rather our own belief in ourselves and our willingness to create a life according to our highest aspirations.

Clearly， the challenge here is to create and own your own reality. When you begin to live your life understanding that what you make of it is up to you， you are able to design it according to your authentic choices and desires. You will learn lessons here， such as responsibility and limitlessness， which will lead you to the life you were meant to live. These lessons provide you with the essential tools you need in order to take command of your life.

To take responsibility means you admit your accountability and acknowledge your influence and role in the circumstances in which you find yourself. It means you are answerable for your behavior and you fully accept any consequences created by your actions.

To take responsibility will propel you forward and onward to your greater good. I know of a woman named Mary whose story of personal responsibility has always inspired me. Mary was born in Cuba and moved to Miami with her family when she was 2 years old. They lived in terrible poverty in a dangerous part of the city， where crime and drugs were part of everyday life. Mary was determined， however， even at the young age of 8， to make something of her life other than follow the expected route of becoming a maid， or a cashier at the local supermarket. So she got herself to school each and every day， sometimes having to step over drunks passed out in the doorway， just so she could get education and give herself a better life.

Mary eventually left Miami， obtained a good education， and fostered her natural music ability. Mary could have given in to the life she was born into， or remained mired in blaming her parents and culture for her circumstances. She could have refused to take responsibility for the situation. Instead， however， Mary took responsibility for herself and created a life of which she can be proud.

Responsibility is a major lesson of adulthood. If you still haven’t learned the lesson of responsibility， it’s not too late. Remember， life will provide you with plenty of opportunities to get it right.

Limitlessness， the final lesson you must learn is limitlessness， it is the sense that there are no boundaries to what you can become or do. You learn it when you know that your evolution is never-ending and your potential for growth reaches to infinity.

You were born knowing your limitlessness. As you grew and became socialized in this world， however， you might have come to believe that there are boundaries that prevent you from reaching the highest levels of spiritual， emotional， or mental evolution. However， boundaries exist only in your mind. When you are able to transcend them， you learn the lesson of limitlessness.

When I was young， I had a teacher who understood the importance of this lesson. She reminded us every day that we could do anything we set our minds to， no matter how impossible it might seem or how strong the opposition is. It is my sincere hope that there is a teacher like Mrs. Carbene in every school around the world， so that our children can know the wonder and power they have within themselves and will strive to access it. In this world， we have countless people who have proven that a person can do whatever he or she strives to do.

每個(gè)人都在創(chuàng)造著自己的生活。擁有自己的生活是你的絕對(duì)權(quán)利。然而，人們總是否認(rèn)自己擁有描繪所渴望的生活的能力，他們忽視了這樣一個(gè)最根本的真理：決定我們成敗的不是外部環(huán)境，而是我們內(nèi)心深處的自我信念和創(chuàng)造我們最想得到的生活的意愿。

顯然，這里的挑戰(zhàn)是創(chuàng)造和擁有你自己的真實(shí)生活。當(dāng)你開始過著自己的生活，認(rèn)識(shí)到怎樣去營(yíng)造完全取決于自己時(shí)，你就能根據(jù)自己的選擇和渴望來設(shè)計(jì)生活。你會(huì)在這里學(xué)到一些東西，比如責(zé)任和無限，他們將會(huì)指引你打造自己想要的生活。這些啟示將會(huì)賦予你打造生活所必需的基本工具。

承擔(dān)責(zé)任意味著承擔(dān)義務(wù)，并承認(rèn)你對(duì)環(huán)境的影響和你在環(huán)境中的角色。它意味著你要對(duì)自己的行為負(fù)責(zé)，并完全接受你的行為所導(dǎo)致的一切后果。

承擔(dān)責(zé)任將會(huì)促使你不斷前進(jìn)，直到實(shí)現(xiàn)更大的目標(biāo)。我認(rèn)識(shí)一個(gè)叫瑪麗的女士，她對(duì)自己負(fù)責(zé)的故事一直鼓舞著我。瑪麗出生在古巴，兩歲時(shí)和全家一起搬到邁阿密。他們住在邁阿密最危險(xiǎn)的貧困區(qū)，那里每天都充斥著犯罪和吸毒。然而，瑪麗年僅8歲時(shí)，就決定打造自己的生活，不走當(dāng)女仆或在當(dāng)?shù)刈龀惺浙y員的老路。于是，她每天去上學(xué)，有時(shí)候不得不跨過門口的醉漢，只有這樣她才能接受教育，過上更好的生活。

瑪麗最終離開了邁阿密，受到了很好的教育，并開發(fā)了自身在音樂方面的潛力。她本可以屈從于生來注定的命運(yùn)，或者一味埋怨她的父母和所處的環(huán)境；她也可以拒絕對(duì)當(dāng)前的情形負(fù)責(zé)。但是，她卻對(duì)自己負(fù)責(zé)，打造了能引以為豪的生活。

責(zé)任是成年人的主修課，如果你還沒有學(xué)會(huì)這堂課，現(xiàn)在還不晚。記住，生活會(huì)賜予你足夠多的機(jī)會(huì)讓你完全學(xué)懂。

無限，你最后必須學(xué)會(huì)的課程是無限，它是一種你去成就自我或創(chuàng)造生活時(shí)沒有任何束縛的感覺。當(dāng)你懂得自己的發(fā)展永無止境、潛能無窮無盡時(shí)，便學(xué)會(huì)了這門課。

你生下來便知道自己的潛能。可是，當(dāng)你長(zhǎng)大成為社會(huì)中的一員，你可能會(huì)開始相信，有太多的限定阻礙你實(shí)現(xiàn)最高的精神、情感或智力進(jìn)展。然而，限定只存于你的心里。當(dāng)你能超越他們的時(shí)候，你就學(xué)會(huì)了無限這一課。

我孩提時(shí)的一位老師深諳無限的重要性。她每天都提醒我們，無論多么艱難，只要用心，我們就能成就任何事。我衷心地希望世界上的每一個(gè)學(xué)校都有一位像卡波恩夫人這樣的老師，那樣，我們的孩子就能知道自身的潛力，并努力去挖掘。世界上，無數(shù)的人都證明了這個(gè)道理：世上無難事，只怕有心人。

記憶填空

1. They look the fundamental truth that it is not our external resources that determine our success or failure， but our own belief in ourselves and our willingness to create a according to our highest aspirations.

2. You will learn here， such as responsibility and limitlessness， will lead you to the life you were meant to live. These lessons provide you with the essential you need in order to command of your life.

3. Responsibility is a lesson of adulthood. you still haven’t learned the lesson of responsibility， it’s not too . Remember， life will provide you with plenty of opportunities to get it .

佳句翻譯

1. 它意味著你要對(duì)自己的行為負(fù)責(zé)，并完全接受你的行為所導(dǎo)致的一切后果。

2. 當(dāng)你能超越他們的時(shí)候，你就學(xué)會(huì)了無限這一課。

3. 她每天都提醒我們，無論多么艱難，只要用心，我們就能成就任何事。

短語應(yīng)用

1. These lessons provide you with the essential tools you need in order to take command of your life.

take command of：開始擔(dān)任……的指揮

2. She could have refused to take responsibility for the situation.

take responsibility for：負(fù)起對(duì)……的責(zé)任，對(duì)……負(fù)責(zé)