自己的人生自己做主 What You Make of Your Life Is up to You
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.
Responsibility 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 answer able 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 goal. 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 two 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 eight, 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 Limitlessness 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. Carbone 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.
每個人都創造著自己的生命。擁有生命是你的絕對權利，然而人們經常否認他們有能力去描繪他們所期望的人生。他們忽視了一個基本的事實，那就是：決定著我們成敗的不是外部環境，而是我們對於自身的信念，和追求我們最想得到的生活的意願。
顯然，這裏的挑戰就是創造和擁有你自己的生命。當你開始過著自己的生活，認識到怎麽過這種生活取決於你自己時，你就能根據自己對信念的選擇和追求來描繪生活。你將會在這裏學到一些東西，比如責任和無限，它們將會指引你得到你應該得到的生活。這些東西給你提供了一些重要的也是你必需的工具，你可以用它們來掌握你的生活。
責任，承擔責任意味著承擔義務，承認你對環境的影響和你在環境中的角色，你在這種環境中能找到自己。它意味著要對自己的行為負責，並充分承擔自己的行為引起的後果。
承擔責任將會推動你向前再向前直到實現你的更大目標。我認識一位叫瑪麗的女士，她對自己承擔責任的故事一直鼓舞著我。瑪麗出生在古巴，兩歲的時候和全家一起搬到邁阿密。他們住在邁阿密的危險地帶，生活在貧窮之中，那裏每天都充斥著犯罪和吸毒。然而，年僅八歲的瑪麗就決定要活得不平凡，不走當女仆和超市收銀員的老路。於是她每天去上學，甚至有時不得不跨過門口的醉漢，因為，隻有這樣她才能接受教育，讓自己過得更好。
瑪麗最終離開邁阿密，接受了很好的教育，並開發了自身在音樂方麵的潛力。她可以向她生來就注定的命運屈服，或者繼續埋怨她的父母和她所處的環境；她也可以拒絕對當前形勢承擔責任。然而，她卻對自己承擔起責任，創造了一種她可以引以為自豪的生活。
責任是成年人的必修課。如果你還沒有學這門課，現在學還不算晚。記住，你將有充分的機會來讓自己生活得更好。
無限，無限是這樣一種感覺，那就是，沒有什麽可以阻止你去做你能做到的事。當你意識到你的發展是無止境的，你的成長潛力是無限的，你就知道了什麽叫無限。
當你生下來的時候，你知道你的潛能是無限的。當你長大進入社會，你可能會認為有許多東西阻止你達到精神、情感和智力的最高境界。然而，界限隻存在於你的心裏。當你超越它們時，你就知道了什麽叫無限。
我孩提時代的一位老師深諳無限的重要性。她每天都提醒我們，無論多麽艱難，隻要用心，我們就可以做成任何事。我衷心希望全世界的每個學校都有一位像卡波恩夫人這樣的老師，這樣，我們的孩子就能了解到自身的潛力，並努力去發掘它。
世界上，很多人都證明了這個道理：隻要努力，一個人可以成就任何事！
Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.
—Abraham Lincoln
對於大多數人來說，他們認定自己有多幸福，就有多幸福。
——亞伯拉罕·林肯
fundamental[?f?nd??mentl]adj.基本的；根本的
A fundamental human right is being withheld from these people.
這些人被剝奪了一項最基本的人權。
authentic[?:?θentik]adj.可靠的；可信的；真的；真正的
The details of the costume were totally authentic.
這件古裝的每個小細節都完全真實。
foster[?f?st?]v.養育；撫育；培養
How to foster the only child brings many debates in China.
怎樣培養獨生子女在中國引發了許多辯論。
sincere[sin?si?]adj.真誠的；誠摯的
How can I persuade you that I am sincere?
怎樣才能使你相信我是真心實意的呢？
決定著我們成敗的不是外部環境，而是我們對於自身的信念，和追求我們最想得到的生活的意願。
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承擔責任意味著承擔義務，承認你對環境的影響和你在環境中的角色，你在這種環境中能找到自己。
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當你意識到你的發展是無止境的，你的成長潛力是無限的，你就知道了什麽叫無限。
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These lessons provide you with the essential tools you need in order to take command of your life.
take command of：指揮
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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.
prevent from：阻止；防止；使不
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