Write Your Own Life 人生問卷

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Suppose someone gave you a pen—a sealed，solid-colored pen.

You couldn’t see how much ink it had.It might run dry after the first few tentative words or last just long enough to create a masterpiece (or several)that would last forever and make a difference in the scheme of things.You don’t know before you begin.

Under the rules of the game，you really never know.You have to take a chance！

Actually，no rule of the game states you must do anything.Instead of picking up and using the pen，you could leave it on a shelf or in a drawer where it will dry up，unused.

But if you do decide to use it，what would you do with it？How would you play the game？

Would you plan and plan before you ever wrote a word？Would your plans be so extensive that you never even got to the writing？Or wouldyou take the pen in hand，plunge right in and just do it，struggling to keep up with the twists and turns of the torrents of words that take you where they take you？

Would you write cautiously and carefully，as if the pen might run dry the next moment，or would you pretend or believe (or pretend to believe)that the pen will write forever and proceed accordingly？

And of what would you write：Of love？Hate？Fun？Misery？Life？Death？Nothing？Everything？

Would you write to please just yourself？Or others？Or yourself by writing for others？

Would your strokes be tremblingly timid or brilliantly bold？Fancy with a flourish or plain？

Would you even write？Once you have the pen，no rule says you have to write.Would you sketch？Scribble？Doodle draw？

Would you stay in or on the lines，or see no lines at all，even if they were there？Or are they？

There’s a lot to think about here，isn’t there？Now，suppose someone gave you a life...

人生的路也是走出來的。當(dāng)你彷徨失措時(shí)，不如就把它設(shè)想成一幅畫卷，你會發(fā)現(xiàn)其實(shí)畫筆就在手中。去開拓你的人生吧！

參考翻譯（高昆）

假如有人給了你一支密封的單色鋼筆。你無法了解它還剩下多少墨水。這些墨水也許只夠用來試探性的寫幾個(gè)字，也許足夠你去完成一部，甚至幾部意義深遠(yuǎn)的傳世之作。但在動(dòng)筆前，這一切不得而知。

這樣的游戲規(guī)則，讓你無法預(yù)料結(jié)果。只能碰碰運(yùn)氣了！其實(shí)，這個(gè)游戲并沒有規(guī)定你一定要用它去做什么。你完全可以把它丟到書架上或抽屜里，不去管它，任由它的墨水自然風(fēng)干。但是，如果你決定使用它，你會怎么做呢？你的游戲又該怎么玩呢？

你是否會在每寫一個(gè)字前都反復(fù)計(jì)劃？你是否會因?yàn)橛?jì)劃太宏偉以致你從未落筆？或者你只是手握鋼筆，一頭扎進(jìn)去，不管不顧的隨著思緒信筆由來？

你在寫的時(shí)候會如履薄冰就像下一筆墨水就會用盡一樣，還是你會若無其事的認(rèn)定墨水永無枯竭之時(shí)呢？

你又會寫些什么呢：愛？恨？喜？悲？生？死？什么也不寫？還是隨便寫些有的沒的。

寫這些是為了充實(shí)自我？愉悅他人？還是為別人譜寫以平衡自我呢？

落筆時(shí)，你是戰(zhàn)戰(zhàn)兢兢，還是鏗鏘有力？是滿心構(gòu)思？還是毫無頭緒？

是否你根本不會去寫什么？因?yàn)橐?guī)則沒要求你必須去寫。那么你會去素描寫意？信筆涂鴉？還是隨便畫畫呢？

你會寫在條格內(nèi)還是條格外，還是盡管有條格，可是你根本看不到呢？那些究竟是不是條格呢？

一支筆可以引出好多該考慮的問題，難道不是嗎？那么，現(xiàn)在讓我們想想，假如把筆換成人生……

Face Adversity With A Smile 笑對逆境

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All of us ought to be able to brace ourselves for the predictable challenges and setbacks that crop up everyday.If we expect that life won’t be perfect，we’ll be able to avoid that impulse to quit.But even if you are strong enough to persist the obstacle course of life and work，sometimes you will encounter an adverse event that will completely knock you on your back.

Whether it’s a financial loss，the loss of respect of your peers or loved ones，or some other traumatic events in your life，these major setbacks leave you doubting yourself and wondering if things can ever change for the better again.

Adversity happens to all of us，and it happens all the time.Some form of major adversity is either going to be there or it’s lying in wait just around the corner.To ignore adversity is to succumb to the ultimate self-delusion.

But you must recognize that history is full of examples of men and women who achieved greatness despite facing hurdles so steep that easily could have crashed their spirit and left them lying in the dust.Abraham Lincoln overcomes a difficult child-hood，depression，the death of two sons，and constant ridicule during the Civil War to become arguably greatest president ever.Helen Keller made an impact on the world despite being deaf，dumb，and blind from an early age.Franklin Roosevelt had polio.

There are endless examples.These were people who not only looked adversity in the face but learned valuable lessons about overcoming difficult circumstances and were able to move ahead.

逆境并不可怕，可怕的是你不敢面對。面對逆境并不困難，困難的是坦然接受……

參考翻譯（胡尊艷）

每個(gè)人都應(yīng)打起精神去迎接每天的挫折和挑戰(zhàn)。如果我們相信生活不可能是十全十美的，那我們就能避免因一時(shí)沖動(dòng)而放棄追求。但即使你足夠堅(jiān)強(qiáng)，能夠克服生活和工作中的困難，有時(shí)一些不好的事還是足以將你擊垮。

無論是出現(xiàn)了金錢的損失，還是失去朋友、愛人的尊敬，或是遭受生命重創(chuàng)，這些風(fēng)浪都會使你對自己產(chǎn)生疑慮，甚至懷疑人生的前景是否還會變得光明。

人生遲早要經(jīng)歷逆境。也許有的人正在經(jīng)歷，有的人在等待經(jīng)歷。忽視逆境無疑相當(dāng)于自欺欺人。

但你不能否認(rèn)，歷史上還是有很多歷經(jīng)重重足以將他們徹底摧毀的磨難但終獲成功的人。亞伯拉罕？林肯克服了童年的不幸、情緒的低潮期，也克服了喪失兩個(gè)兒子的悲痛以及內(nèi)戰(zhàn)中接踵而來的嘲笑，可以說他是有史以來最偉大的總統(tǒng)。盡管海倫？凱勒早年雙目失明，雙耳失聰，也不能說話，但她還是對世界產(chǎn)生了重大影響。

而富蘭克林？羅斯福曾患過小兒麻痹癥。這樣的例子數(shù)不勝數(shù)。這些人不僅勇于直面逆境，而且從中汲取到了引領(lǐng)他們勇往直前的寶貴經(jīng)驗(yàn)。

I Will Become Master Of Myself 掌控自己的情緒

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The tides advance；the tides recede.Winter goes and summer comes.Summer wanes and the cold increases.The sun rises；the sun sets.The moon is full；the moon is black.The birds arrive！the birds depart.Flowers bloom；flowers fade.Seeds are sown；harvests are reaped.All nature is a circle of moods and I am a part of nature and so，like the tides，my moods will rise；my moods will fall.

It is one of nature’s tricks，little understood，that each day I awaken with moods that have changed from yesterday.Yesterday’s joy will become today’s sadness；yet today’s sadness will grow into tomorrow’s joy.Inside me is a wheel，constantly turning from sadness to joy，from exultation to depression，from happiness to melancholy.Like the flowers，today’s full bloom of joy will fade and withers into despondency，yet I will remember that as today’s dead flower carries the seed of tomorrow’s bloom so，too，does today’s sadness carry the seed of tomorrow’s joy.

And how will I master these emotions so that each day will be productive？For unless my mood is right the day will be a failure.Trees and plants depend on the weather to flourish but I make my own weather，yea I transport it with me.

And how will I master my emotions so that every day is a happy day，and a productive one？I will learn this secret of the ages：Weak is he who permits his thoughts to control his actions；strong is he who forces his actions to control his thoughts.Each day，when I awaken，I will follow this plan of battle before I am captured by the forces of sadness，self-pity and failure—If I feel depressed I will sing.If I feel sad I will laugh.

If I feel ill I will double my labor.If I feel fear I will plunge ahead.