英語美文朗讀 第570期 Set your soul on fire

Why are you embarking on a journey, any journey? Why are you on the quest, on what sets your soul on fire? Why? You see, the beauty of human existence lies not in just staying alive but in finding something to live for.

 

人生路漫漫，你是為了什么而出發(fā)？為什么你一直追尋你熱愛的事情？為什么？人類的偉大之處，不在于生存，而在于為夢想而活。

 

So, knowing the WHY is of utmost importance, and when you do, write it on your heart, visit what you have written every day, ensure that your decisions and actions daily are aligned with these intentions. You must be intentional in your doing.

所以，剛才這幾個問題的答案，是非常重要的，你要把它們想清楚，并且記在心里，每天都思考它們，讓它們指引你的每個決定、每個行動。你做的事情，必須是有目的的。

 

Now in pursuing your intentions you would learn daily. There's nothing like a self-made mountain. In your journey through life, you would learn and unlearn, and to do this you'll need the help of those who have gone before you, those who are living their lives with purpose. Find them, and attach yourself to them, because if you walk down the right path, eventually you'll make progress.

在追逐夢想的過程中，你每天都會有所收獲。自己創(chuàng)造的高峰，是最有意義的。在你的人生旅途中，有時你有所收獲，有時你重頭再來，要獲得成功，你就必須向比你厲害的人求助，他們是有自己人生追求的人。找到這些人，向他們看齊。因為，如果你走的路是對的，那么，你終究會取得進步。

 

On this journey of life, it's not going to be all rosy and smooth sailing. There are times when things will get a little bit confusing. There are times when you will fail. If and when that time comes, I'm going to need you to remember, falling down is an accident, but staying down is a choice.

人生路漫漫，你會遇到彩虹，也會遇到風雨。有時候，眼前的事情可能會讓你迷茫。有時候，你會失敗。在這種時候，你要記得，跌倒了，是一個意外，但是，從此一蹶不振，就是你自己的選擇。

 

Be intentional. It was Abraham Lincoln who said I'm not concerned that you have fallen, I am concerned that you arise. If and when you fail, get back up. Failure is part of the growing process. The really successful people fail their way to success.

要保持自己的理想。林肯曾經(jīng)說過，我關(guān)心的，不是你跌倒了，而是你能夠重新站起來。如果你失敗了，一定要站起來。失敗，是成長過程的一部分。那些真正成功的人，都是經(jīng)歷了無數(shù)失敗，才取得了成功。

 

What am I trying to say? Well, the thing you see, is that many people have a negative relationship with failure. When you fail, ask yourself, what is this trying to teach me? Don't wallow in despair. That's not going to help you. Don't quit either, because that is when you have indeed failed. What you should do is take the lessons and do it again. Failure is not a death sentence. It is a growth process. As a matter of fact, the earlier you fail, the better. Now is the best time to fail, so fail early, fail often, fail forward.

我想表達的是什么？你看，很多人，不懂得應對失敗。在你失敗的時候，問問你自己，我能從中獲得什么教訓？不要絕望，這對你沒有任何幫助。你也不要放棄，因為，放棄了，才是真的輸了。你應該做的，是吸取教訓，重頭再來。失敗，不是給你判死刑，它是一個成長的過程。事實上，越早失敗，越好。現(xiàn)在，就是失敗的最佳時機。所以，早點經(jīng)歷失敗，多經(jīng)歷失敗，并且要越挫越勇，不斷進步。

 

You can achieve anything in your life, so long as you set a goal and work towards it. And importantly you must believe in yourself and never quit. But I must warn you, there will come a time when you make cry and feel like you're failing at it. Those days when you struggle, want to give up, and don't want to face the world, remember this, these are the days that define you. Don't quit. Life will throw stones at you. It will get hard sometimes because of the world we have created. But if you stay strong and keep going, then you get to a point where you find out that was worth it.

只要你明確自己的目標，朝著它努力，你就能做成任何事情。重要的是，你要相信自己，永不放棄。但是，我必須提醒你，你會遇到困難，你會哭泣，你會覺得自己就要失敗了。你要記住，那些你掙扎的日子，你想要放棄的日子，你想逃避一切的日子，它們決定了你的人生。不要放棄。生活會為你制造困難，有時候一切都很糟糕，因為我們這個世界就是如此。但是，如果你一直保持堅強，保持前進，你就會發(fā)現(xiàn)，一切都是值得的。

 

There's a common saying that when life throws lemons at you, what do you do, you make lemonade from it. If you feel you've failed at life, you must develop the courage, the strength, and the wherewithal to rise above this failure, and you can only do this when you're intentional in your actions to rise again. What is it that you want out of life? Where is it? We all want something. What's yours? Visualize that thing that you deeply want and now ask yourself how can I get it? When you visualize success against your fears, your mind starts subconsciously building the will and the skills you'll need to achieve the results.

有句話說得好，如果生活用檸檬砸你，那么，你就拿它們來做檸檬汁吧。如果你覺得自己失敗了，你必須要鼓起勇氣，整理行裝，東山再起。而要想這樣做，你就要明確自己的目標，用它來指引自己的行動，重新站起來。你的人生目標是什么？它在哪里？我們都有自己的追求，你的追求是什么？想象你最渴望得到的事情，問你自己，你如何才能獲得它？在面臨恐懼時，如果你能想象成功，那么，不知不覺地，你的大腦就會培養(yǎng)意志，讓你具備必要的技能，得到你想要的收獲。

 

Your intentions will guide your actions. When you know and can visualize what it is you want, you have to prepare for it. You have to think long term and then educate yourself, but most importantly you have to practice. Practice and prepare for the steps that are to come in achieving your goals. Don't just be docile and be comfortable watching from the sidelines saying to yourself, oh someday in the future my time will come. No, no, no. Don't do that to yourself.

你的目標，會指引你的行動。當你知道自己的追求是什么，并且想象它，那么你就要準備好做出努力。你必須把目光放長遠，讓自己不斷學習，但最重要的是，你要不斷練習。不斷練習，為達成目標而做準備。不要懦弱，不要滿足于看著別人成功，不要對自己說，我也會有時來運轉(zhuǎn)的一天。不，不，不，不要這樣做。

 

Get involved in every growing process. I beg of you. As Mark Twain said, 20 years from now, you'll be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the things you did. Never forget, cowards never start, the week never finish, and winners never quit.

請你全身心投入成長的過程。正如馬克吐溫所言，20年后，比起那些你做了的事，你沒做的事會讓你感到很沮喪。請記住，懦夫永遠邁不出第一步，弱者永遠走不到終點，贏家永遠不會放棄。