做人,側(cè)重于外在美,難免流于俗氣;多注重內(nèi)在美,方顯雅致。對人,咄咄逼人必招怨恨,寬宏大量常得人心;對己,心事過重傷心傷神,心態(tài)淡然自在優(yōu)雅。人生,從內(nèi)到外,保持質(zhì)樸淡雅的氣質(zhì),才能悅?cè)藧偧骸U砹岁P(guān)于人生的晨讀英語美文三篇,快來看看吧!希望能幫助到你~更多相關(guān)訊息請關(guān)注!
【篇一】關(guān)于人生的晨讀英語美文
Beauty
There were a sensitivity and a beauty to her that have nothing to do with looks. She was one to be listened to, whose words were so easy to take to heart.
It is said that the true nature of being is veiled. The labor of words, the expression of art, the seemingly ceaseless buzz that is human thought all have in common the need to get at what really is so. The hope to draw close to and possess the truth of being can be a feverish one. In some cases it can even be fatal, if pleasure is one's truth and its attainment more important than life itself. In other lives, though, the search for what is truthful gives life.
I used to find notes left in the collection basket, beautiful notes about my homilies and about the writer's thoughts on the daily s criptural readings. The person who penned the notes would add reflections to my thoughts and would always include some quotes from poets and mystics he or she had read and remembered and loved. The notes fascinated me. Here was someone immersed in a search for truth and beauty. Words had been treasured, words that were beautiful. And I felt as if the words somehow delighted in being discovered, for they were obviously very generous to the as yet anonymous writer of the notes. And now this person was in turn learning the secret of sharing them. Beauty so shines when given away. The only truth that exists is, in that sense, free.
It was a long time before I met the author of the notes.
One Sunday morning, I was told that someone was waiting for me in the office. The young person who answered the rectory door said that it was "the woman who said she left all the notes." When I saw her I was shocked, since I immediately recognized her from church but had no idea that it was she who wrote the notes. She was sitting in a chair in the office with her hands folded in her lap. Her head was bowed and when she raised it to look at me, she could barely smile without pain. Her face was disfigured, and the skin so tight from surgical procedures that smiling or laughing was very difficult for her. She had suffered terribly from treatment to remove the growths that had so marred her face.
We chatted for a while that Sunday morning and agreed to meet for lunch later that week.
As it turned out we went to lunch several times, and she always wore a hat during the meal. I think that treatments of some sort had caused a lot of her hair to fall out. We shared things about our lives. I told her about my schooling and growing up. She told me that she had worked for years for an insurance company. She never mentioned family, and I did not ask.
We spoke of authors we both had read, and it was easy to tell that books are a great love of hers.
I have thought about her often over the years and how she struggled in a society that places an incredible premium on looks, class, wealth and all the other fineries of life. She suffered from a disfigurement that cannot be made to look attractive. I know that her condition hurt her deeply.
Would her life have been different had she been pretty? Chances are it would have. And yet there were a sensitivity and a beauty to her that had nothing to do with looks. She was one to be listened to, whose words were so easy to take to heart. Her words came from a wounded but loving heart, very much like all hearts, but she had more of a need to be aware of it, to live with it and learn from it. She possessed a fine-tuned sense of beauty. Her only fear in life was the loss of a friend.
How long does it take most of us to reach that level of human growth, if we ever get there? We get so consumed and diminished, worrying about all the things that need improving, we can easily forget to cherish those things that last. Friendship, so rare and so good, just needs our care-maybe even the simple gesture of writing a little note now and then, or the dropping of some beautiful words in a basket, in the hope that such beauty will be shared and taken to heart.
The truth of her life was a desire to see beyond the surface for a glimpse of what it is that matters. She found beauty and grace and they befriended her, and showed her what is real.
美麗人生
她有著一種與外表無關(guān)的靈氣和美麗。她的話語輕而易舉地征服了人心,她正是我們要聆聽的聲音。
很多人都說人生的真諦是個(gè)未知的概念。言詞的費(fèi)力詮釋、藝術(shù)的著力表現(xiàn)還有人類那似乎永無休止的紛繁思考,三者都苦苦追尋人生的真諦。希望走近以至完全把握存在的真意可以令人十分狂熱。有時(shí)候,有些人以自己篤信的真理為志趣,追尋真理甚于保全生命,于是就有舍生取義之舉。然而,也有另外的一種人生,他們在尋求真諦的過程中灌溉生命。
過去,我常常在教堂的心意籃里面發(fā)現(xiàn)一些優(yōu)美的小短文,有些是關(guān)于我的布道,有些是作者日常讀《圣經(jīng)》的感想。寫這些短文的人不僅對我的一些觀點(diǎn)加以反思,同時(shí)還會引用一些他/她曾經(jīng)讀過的,令他/她難忘又喜愛的詩人或者神秘主義者的話。我給這些短文迷住了。我看到了一個(gè)執(zhí)著于追尋真與美的人。其珍而重之的字句,優(yōu)美動人。我還感覺到好像那些字句也樂于讓我們發(fā)現(xiàn),它們是那么毫無保留地,慷慨地為這無名氏作者借用,而現(xiàn)在輪到這位無名氏來學(xué)習(xí)與人分享這些美文的奧秘。分享令美愈加閃耀生輝,在這個(gè)意義上說,其實(shí)世上的真理是分毫不費(fèi)的。
過了很久我才見到這些短文的作者。
一個(gè)星期天早上,我被告知有人正在辦公室等我。幫我應(yīng)門的年輕人說“是個(gè)女人,說留言是她放的?!笨匆娝臅r(shí)候我大吃一驚,因?yàn)槲荫R上就認(rèn)出她是我的教區(qū)信徒,只是我一直不知道那些短文是她寫的。她坐在辦公室的一張椅子上,兩手相扣擱在大腿上,低垂著頭。在抬頭看我的時(shí)候,她微笑起來卻十分費(fèi)勁。那是一張破了相的臉,外科手術(shù)使她的臉皮繃得緊緊的,笑對她來說也是很困難的。為了去除臉上礙眼的肉瘤她接受了手術(shù)治療,這令她吃盡苦頭。
那個(gè)星期天早上我們聊了一會兒,并決定那個(gè)星期再找個(gè)時(shí)間一起吃頓午飯。
后來我們不止吃了一頓午飯,而是好幾頓。每次一起吃飯的時(shí)候她都戴著帽子。我想可能是她接受的某種治療使她掉了不少頭發(fā)。我們分享了各自生活中的點(diǎn)點(diǎn)滴滴。我跟她講我讀書和成長的故事。她告訴我她在一家保險(xiǎn)公司里已經(jīng)工作多年了。她從來沒有提過自己的家庭,我也沒有問。
我們還談到大家都讀過的作家作品,不難發(fā)現(xiàn)她非常喜歡看書。
這些年我經(jīng)常想起她,在這個(gè)以外表、地位和財(cái)富等虛名浮利掛帥的社會中她是怎樣一路挺過來的呢?毀掉的容顏使她怎么也無法變得耀眼迷人。我知道這深深地刺痛著她。
如果她長得漂亮,她的生命軌跡會不會有所不同呢?有可能。不過她有種獨(dú)特的靈氣和美,與外表完全無關(guān)。她的話輕而易舉地征服了人心,她正是我們要聆聽的聲音。她的雋語出于一顆受過傷卻充滿愛的心,就像所有人的心一樣,只不過她比別人更注重對自己心靈的關(guān)注、用心去體會生活并從中學(xué)習(xí)。她擁有一種細(xì)膩的美感。她生命里的恐懼就是失去朋友。
我們究竟要花多長時(shí)間才能達(dá)到如此高度的成熟?能否終達(dá)到還是個(gè)未知數(shù)呢。我們老覺得身心疲憊,懷才不遇,只顧為眼前的不足憂心忡忡,卻忘了珍視一些歷久常新的東西。友誼珍貴而美好,只需我們用心呵護(hù),有時(shí)候簡簡單單的表示就已經(jīng)足夠了,譬如偶爾寫幾句話給朋友,或者在籃子里投入一些優(yōu)美動人的字條,以期大家都能分享,記住美妙的時(shí)刻、美好的感覺。
她生命的真諦就是要透過事物的表面一睹其真正的本質(zhì)。她發(fā)現(xiàn)了美和上帝的慈愛,而美和慈愛也待她如友,把生命的真諦呈現(xiàn)給她。
【篇二】關(guān)于人生的晨讀英語美文
The Dreamer 追夢人
Go with your passion.It has been said that who see the invisible can do the impossible.
原文
When I was nine years old living in a smaIl town in North Carolina I found an ad for selling greeting cards in the back of a children's magazine.I thought to myself I can do this.I begged my mother to let me send for the kit.Two weeks later when the kit arrived,I ripped off the brown paper wrapper,grabbed the cards and dashed from the house.Three hours later.I returned home with no card and a pocket full of money proclaiming,“Mama.a(chǎn)ll the people couldn't wait to buy my cards!”A salesperson was born.when I was twelve years old,my father took me to see Zig Ziegler.I remember sitting in that dark auditorium listening to Mr,Zigler raise everyone's spirits up to the ceiling,I left there feeling like I could do anything.When we got to the car,I turned to my father and said.“Dad.I want to make people feel like that.”My father asked me what I meant."I want to be a motivational speaker just like Mr.Zigler,“I replied.A dream was born.
Recently,I began pursuing my dream of motivating others.After a four-year relationship with a major furtune 100company beginning as a salestrainer and ending as a regional sales manager,I left the company at the height of my career,Many people were astounded that I would leave after earning a six-figure income.And they asked why I would risk everything for a dream.
I made my decision to start my own company and leave my secure position after attending a regional sales meeting.The vice-president of our company delivered a speech that changed my life.He asked us,“If a genie would grant you three wishes what would they be?”After giving us a moment to write down the three wishes.he then asked us,"why do you need a genie ?"I would never forget the empowerment I felt at that moment.
I realized that everything I had accomplished一the graduate degree,the successful sales career,speaking engagements,training and managing for a fortune l00company had prepared me for this moment.I was ready and did not need a genie's help to become a motivational speaker.
When I tearfully told my boss my plans this incredible leader whom Irespect so much replied,"Precede with reckless abandon and you will be successful“
Having made that decision,I was immediately tested.One week after I gave notice,my husband was“l(fā)aid off from his job.We had recently bought a new home and needed both incomes to make the monthly mortgage payment and now we were done to no income.It was tempting to turn back to my former company,knowing they wanted me to stays but l was certain that if I went back,I would never leave.I decided I still wanted to move forward rather than end up with a mouth full of”if onlys"later on.A motivational speaker was born.
When l held fast to my dream,even during the tough times.The miracles really began to happen.In a short time period my husband found a better job.We didn't miss a mortgage payment.And I was able to book several speaking engagements with new clients.I discovered the incredible power of dreams.I loved my old job,my peers and the company I left,but it was time to get on with my dream.To celebrate my success I had a local artist paint my new offlce as a garden.At the top of one wall she stenciled,“The world always makes way for the dreamer.”
譯文
我九歲的時(shí)候住在北卡羅來納州的一個(gè)小鎮(zhèn)上,在一本兒童雜志的背面友現(xiàn)了一則招聘明信片推銷員的廣告。我對自己說,我能干這事。我懇求媽媽讓我去叫人送來全套貨物。兩個(gè)星期后,貨送來了,我一把撕下明信葉上棕色的包裝紙,沖出了家門,三個(gè)小時(shí)后,我的卡片已一張不剩,倒是裝著滿滿一口袋錢回到了家,大叫:“媽媽,所有的人部迫不及待地想要買我的卡片!”一個(gè)推銷員誕生了。
我十二歲的時(shí)候,父親帶我去見齊格·齊格勒先生,我還記得當(dāng)時(shí)坐在昏暗的禮堂里聽著齊格勒先生的演說,他把每個(gè)人部說得熱情高漲、躍躍欲試,離開的時(shí)候我覺得自己可以做任何事情。我們上了車,我轉(zhuǎn)向父親對池說道:“爸爸,我也想讓人們這樣?!卑职謫栁业脑捠鞘裁匆馑肌!拔蚁氘?dāng)一個(gè)象齊格勒先生這樣的動員演說者?!蔽一卮鸬馈R粋€(gè)夢想誕生了。
近,我開始鼓舞他人,努力實(shí)現(xiàn)自己的夢想。在此之前的四年里,我在一個(gè)擁有100家公司的財(cái)團(tuán)做事,從一個(gè)銷售培訓(xùn)者做到地區(qū)銷售經(jīng)理,在我事業(yè)達(dá)到顛峰時(shí)我離開了這家公司。許多人都十分驚訝,在收入達(dá)到六位數(shù)時(shí)我卻選擇了離開。他們問我為什么要為了夢想而去冒險(xiǎn)。
我是在參加了地區(qū)銷售會議后,才拿定主意離開自己的安全港灣,去開自已的公司的。在那次會議上,我們公司的副總裁做了演說,從而改變了我的命運(yùn)。他問我們:“如果一個(gè)神仙會滿足你的三個(gè)愿望,那人你將會希望得到什么?”他讓我們寫下自已的愿望,然后問我們:“為什么你們會需要神仙呢?”在那一刻,我永遠(yuǎn)也忘不了這句話對我的震憾。
我意識到,我有了畢業(yè)證書、成功的銷售經(jīng)驗(yàn)、做過無數(shù)演講,為一家擁有100個(gè)公司的財(cái)團(tuán)做過銷售培訓(xùn)和管理工作——所有這一切部使我為這一刻做好了準(zhǔn)備。我準(zhǔn)備好了去成為一名動機(jī)演說者,不需要神仙的幫助。
當(dāng)我眼淚汪汪地告訴老板我的計(jì)劃時(shí),這個(gè)我十分尊重的領(lǐng)導(dǎo),令人難以置信地答道:“勇往向前吧!你一定能夠成功?!?BR> 我決意剛定,就遭受了考驗(yàn),我辭職的一個(gè)星期后,丈夫也失業(yè)了。我們剛剛買了一座新房子,需要雙方的工資來付清每個(gè)月的抵押貸款,但現(xiàn)在我們卻一分收入也沒有了。這時(shí)我想回公司去,知道他們?nèi)韵胍遥墒俏抑酪坏┗厝ゾ驮僖渤霾粊砹?,我決定繼續(xù)前進(jìn),決不做一個(gè)滿口“如果”、只說不做的人,一個(gè)動機(jī)演說者誕生了。
我緊緊追隨著我的夢想。甚至在艱苦的時(shí)期也不放棄,然后奇跡果真開始出現(xiàn)。短短的時(shí)間內(nèi),我丈夫找到了一汾更好的工作,我們沒有拖欠任何一個(gè)月的抵押貸款,我也開始有新客戶預(yù)約演說。我發(fā)現(xiàn)了夢想不可思議的力量。我熱愛我過去的工作、我的同事和我離開的那家公司,但是,我實(shí)現(xiàn)夢想的時(shí)機(jī)已經(jīng)成熟了。為了慶祝我的成功、我清當(dāng)?shù)匾晃凰囆g(shù)家將我的新辦公室漆成了一座花園,在一面墻的頂端,她刷下了這樣一句話:“這個(gè)世界永遠(yuǎn)屬于追夢的人?!?BR> 【篇三】關(guān)于人生的晨讀英語美文
Motivation is a skill that we all possess but few of us ever really use. There are times in our lives when we are able to motivate ourselves to overcome almost any difficulty. However, there are also times when it seems like we can’t even motivate ourselves to overcome even the smallest difficulty. What is the secret for mastering your own motivation?
動力是我們?nèi)巳硕紦碛械哪芰?但我們中只有很少的人懂得運(yùn)用它。在我們的生活中總有這樣的時(shí)刻,我們能鼓勵(lì)自己獲得動力去克服幾乎任何困難。但有些時(shí)候,我們卻無法獲得動力去解決一些看似小的困難。那么掌控你的動力的奧秘到底是什么呢?
First, find out what makes you want to achieve anything in life. When you have a firm understanding of what drives you to accomplish your goals, you will know how to motivate yourself. Whether the drive comes from finding comfort or from feeling like you have control over your life, it is wise to have a firm understanding of yourself and your values.
首先,要明確是什么令你渴望在一生中有所成就。如果你清晰地了解驅(qū)使你達(dá)到目標(biāo)的動力是什么,你便知道了讓自己獲得動力的方法。無論這種驅(qū)動力是來自尋求更多的舒適感還是想要掌控自己的生活,深入了解自己的想法和價(jià)值觀都是明智的行為。
We each have our own ideas about what is important in our lives. Some people think that money is the answer to everything, so they live their lives and make their decisions based on money. Other people may want to become an important part of their society, so this drives them to achieve whatever they want in their lives.
什么才是生活中重要的東西?對于這個(gè)問題,我們各自持有不同看法。有些人認(rèn)為金錢決定一切事情,因此他們的生活圍繞著賺錢,他們的決定是以金錢作為基礎(chǔ)的。也許還有些人希望能成為他們所在的社會中一個(gè)重要的組成部分,因此這驅(qū)使他們一生中不斷追求他們渴求的東西。
Knowing what you want and what your values are is a good beginning of learning how to master your own motivation. When you can control your motivation to overcome difficulties, you will be able to accomplish what you want in life.
認(rèn)識到你內(nèi)心的想法和你的價(jià)值觀是開始學(xué)習(xí)如何獲得動力的良好開端。當(dāng)你可以掌握動力去克服苦難時(shí),你就可以成就人生中的事業(yè)。
【篇一】關(guān)于人生的晨讀英語美文
Beauty
There were a sensitivity and a beauty to her that have nothing to do with looks. She was one to be listened to, whose words were so easy to take to heart.
It is said that the true nature of being is veiled. The labor of words, the expression of art, the seemingly ceaseless buzz that is human thought all have in common the need to get at what really is so. The hope to draw close to and possess the truth of being can be a feverish one. In some cases it can even be fatal, if pleasure is one's truth and its attainment more important than life itself. In other lives, though, the search for what is truthful gives life.
I used to find notes left in the collection basket, beautiful notes about my homilies and about the writer's thoughts on the daily s criptural readings. The person who penned the notes would add reflections to my thoughts and would always include some quotes from poets and mystics he or she had read and remembered and loved. The notes fascinated me. Here was someone immersed in a search for truth and beauty. Words had been treasured, words that were beautiful. And I felt as if the words somehow delighted in being discovered, for they were obviously very generous to the as yet anonymous writer of the notes. And now this person was in turn learning the secret of sharing them. Beauty so shines when given away. The only truth that exists is, in that sense, free.
It was a long time before I met the author of the notes.
One Sunday morning, I was told that someone was waiting for me in the office. The young person who answered the rectory door said that it was "the woman who said she left all the notes." When I saw her I was shocked, since I immediately recognized her from church but had no idea that it was she who wrote the notes. She was sitting in a chair in the office with her hands folded in her lap. Her head was bowed and when she raised it to look at me, she could barely smile without pain. Her face was disfigured, and the skin so tight from surgical procedures that smiling or laughing was very difficult for her. She had suffered terribly from treatment to remove the growths that had so marred her face.
We chatted for a while that Sunday morning and agreed to meet for lunch later that week.
As it turned out we went to lunch several times, and she always wore a hat during the meal. I think that treatments of some sort had caused a lot of her hair to fall out. We shared things about our lives. I told her about my schooling and growing up. She told me that she had worked for years for an insurance company. She never mentioned family, and I did not ask.
We spoke of authors we both had read, and it was easy to tell that books are a great love of hers.
I have thought about her often over the years and how she struggled in a society that places an incredible premium on looks, class, wealth and all the other fineries of life. She suffered from a disfigurement that cannot be made to look attractive. I know that her condition hurt her deeply.
Would her life have been different had she been pretty? Chances are it would have. And yet there were a sensitivity and a beauty to her that had nothing to do with looks. She was one to be listened to, whose words were so easy to take to heart. Her words came from a wounded but loving heart, very much like all hearts, but she had more of a need to be aware of it, to live with it and learn from it. She possessed a fine-tuned sense of beauty. Her only fear in life was the loss of a friend.
How long does it take most of us to reach that level of human growth, if we ever get there? We get so consumed and diminished, worrying about all the things that need improving, we can easily forget to cherish those things that last. Friendship, so rare and so good, just needs our care-maybe even the simple gesture of writing a little note now and then, or the dropping of some beautiful words in a basket, in the hope that such beauty will be shared and taken to heart.
The truth of her life was a desire to see beyond the surface for a glimpse of what it is that matters. She found beauty and grace and they befriended her, and showed her what is real.
美麗人生
她有著一種與外表無關(guān)的靈氣和美麗。她的話語輕而易舉地征服了人心,她正是我們要聆聽的聲音。
很多人都說人生的真諦是個(gè)未知的概念。言詞的費(fèi)力詮釋、藝術(shù)的著力表現(xiàn)還有人類那似乎永無休止的紛繁思考,三者都苦苦追尋人生的真諦。希望走近以至完全把握存在的真意可以令人十分狂熱。有時(shí)候,有些人以自己篤信的真理為志趣,追尋真理甚于保全生命,于是就有舍生取義之舉。然而,也有另外的一種人生,他們在尋求真諦的過程中灌溉生命。
過去,我常常在教堂的心意籃里面發(fā)現(xiàn)一些優(yōu)美的小短文,有些是關(guān)于我的布道,有些是作者日常讀《圣經(jīng)》的感想。寫這些短文的人不僅對我的一些觀點(diǎn)加以反思,同時(shí)還會引用一些他/她曾經(jīng)讀過的,令他/她難忘又喜愛的詩人或者神秘主義者的話。我給這些短文迷住了。我看到了一個(gè)執(zhí)著于追尋真與美的人。其珍而重之的字句,優(yōu)美動人。我還感覺到好像那些字句也樂于讓我們發(fā)現(xiàn),它們是那么毫無保留地,慷慨地為這無名氏作者借用,而現(xiàn)在輪到這位無名氏來學(xué)習(xí)與人分享這些美文的奧秘。分享令美愈加閃耀生輝,在這個(gè)意義上說,其實(shí)世上的真理是分毫不費(fèi)的。
過了很久我才見到這些短文的作者。
一個(gè)星期天早上,我被告知有人正在辦公室等我。幫我應(yīng)門的年輕人說“是個(gè)女人,說留言是她放的?!笨匆娝臅r(shí)候我大吃一驚,因?yàn)槲荫R上就認(rèn)出她是我的教區(qū)信徒,只是我一直不知道那些短文是她寫的。她坐在辦公室的一張椅子上,兩手相扣擱在大腿上,低垂著頭。在抬頭看我的時(shí)候,她微笑起來卻十分費(fèi)勁。那是一張破了相的臉,外科手術(shù)使她的臉皮繃得緊緊的,笑對她來說也是很困難的。為了去除臉上礙眼的肉瘤她接受了手術(shù)治療,這令她吃盡苦頭。
那個(gè)星期天早上我們聊了一會兒,并決定那個(gè)星期再找個(gè)時(shí)間一起吃頓午飯。
后來我們不止吃了一頓午飯,而是好幾頓。每次一起吃飯的時(shí)候她都戴著帽子。我想可能是她接受的某種治療使她掉了不少頭發(fā)。我們分享了各自生活中的點(diǎn)點(diǎn)滴滴。我跟她講我讀書和成長的故事。她告訴我她在一家保險(xiǎn)公司里已經(jīng)工作多年了。她從來沒有提過自己的家庭,我也沒有問。
我們還談到大家都讀過的作家作品,不難發(fā)現(xiàn)她非常喜歡看書。
這些年我經(jīng)常想起她,在這個(gè)以外表、地位和財(cái)富等虛名浮利掛帥的社會中她是怎樣一路挺過來的呢?毀掉的容顏使她怎么也無法變得耀眼迷人。我知道這深深地刺痛著她。
如果她長得漂亮,她的生命軌跡會不會有所不同呢?有可能。不過她有種獨(dú)特的靈氣和美,與外表完全無關(guān)。她的話輕而易舉地征服了人心,她正是我們要聆聽的聲音。她的雋語出于一顆受過傷卻充滿愛的心,就像所有人的心一樣,只不過她比別人更注重對自己心靈的關(guān)注、用心去體會生活并從中學(xué)習(xí)。她擁有一種細(xì)膩的美感。她生命里的恐懼就是失去朋友。
我們究竟要花多長時(shí)間才能達(dá)到如此高度的成熟?能否終達(dá)到還是個(gè)未知數(shù)呢。我們老覺得身心疲憊,懷才不遇,只顧為眼前的不足憂心忡忡,卻忘了珍視一些歷久常新的東西。友誼珍貴而美好,只需我們用心呵護(hù),有時(shí)候簡簡單單的表示就已經(jīng)足夠了,譬如偶爾寫幾句話給朋友,或者在籃子里投入一些優(yōu)美動人的字條,以期大家都能分享,記住美妙的時(shí)刻、美好的感覺。
她生命的真諦就是要透過事物的表面一睹其真正的本質(zhì)。她發(fā)現(xiàn)了美和上帝的慈愛,而美和慈愛也待她如友,把生命的真諦呈現(xiàn)給她。
【篇二】關(guān)于人生的晨讀英語美文
The Dreamer 追夢人
Go with your passion.It has been said that who see the invisible can do the impossible.
原文
When I was nine years old living in a smaIl town in North Carolina I found an ad for selling greeting cards in the back of a children's magazine.I thought to myself I can do this.I begged my mother to let me send for the kit.Two weeks later when the kit arrived,I ripped off the brown paper wrapper,grabbed the cards and dashed from the house.Three hours later.I returned home with no card and a pocket full of money proclaiming,“Mama.a(chǎn)ll the people couldn't wait to buy my cards!”A salesperson was born.when I was twelve years old,my father took me to see Zig Ziegler.I remember sitting in that dark auditorium listening to Mr,Zigler raise everyone's spirits up to the ceiling,I left there feeling like I could do anything.When we got to the car,I turned to my father and said.“Dad.I want to make people feel like that.”My father asked me what I meant."I want to be a motivational speaker just like Mr.Zigler,“I replied.A dream was born.
Recently,I began pursuing my dream of motivating others.After a four-year relationship with a major furtune 100company beginning as a salestrainer and ending as a regional sales manager,I left the company at the height of my career,Many people were astounded that I would leave after earning a six-figure income.And they asked why I would risk everything for a dream.
I made my decision to start my own company and leave my secure position after attending a regional sales meeting.The vice-president of our company delivered a speech that changed my life.He asked us,“If a genie would grant you three wishes what would they be?”After giving us a moment to write down the three wishes.he then asked us,"why do you need a genie ?"I would never forget the empowerment I felt at that moment.
I realized that everything I had accomplished一the graduate degree,the successful sales career,speaking engagements,training and managing for a fortune l00company had prepared me for this moment.I was ready and did not need a genie's help to become a motivational speaker.
When I tearfully told my boss my plans this incredible leader whom Irespect so much replied,"Precede with reckless abandon and you will be successful“
Having made that decision,I was immediately tested.One week after I gave notice,my husband was“l(fā)aid off from his job.We had recently bought a new home and needed both incomes to make the monthly mortgage payment and now we were done to no income.It was tempting to turn back to my former company,knowing they wanted me to stays but l was certain that if I went back,I would never leave.I decided I still wanted to move forward rather than end up with a mouth full of”if onlys"later on.A motivational speaker was born.
When l held fast to my dream,even during the tough times.The miracles really began to happen.In a short time period my husband found a better job.We didn't miss a mortgage payment.And I was able to book several speaking engagements with new clients.I discovered the incredible power of dreams.I loved my old job,my peers and the company I left,but it was time to get on with my dream.To celebrate my success I had a local artist paint my new offlce as a garden.At the top of one wall she stenciled,“The world always makes way for the dreamer.”
譯文
我九歲的時(shí)候住在北卡羅來納州的一個(gè)小鎮(zhèn)上,在一本兒童雜志的背面友現(xiàn)了一則招聘明信片推銷員的廣告。我對自己說,我能干這事。我懇求媽媽讓我去叫人送來全套貨物。兩個(gè)星期后,貨送來了,我一把撕下明信葉上棕色的包裝紙,沖出了家門,三個(gè)小時(shí)后,我的卡片已一張不剩,倒是裝著滿滿一口袋錢回到了家,大叫:“媽媽,所有的人部迫不及待地想要買我的卡片!”一個(gè)推銷員誕生了。
我十二歲的時(shí)候,父親帶我去見齊格·齊格勒先生,我還記得當(dāng)時(shí)坐在昏暗的禮堂里聽著齊格勒先生的演說,他把每個(gè)人部說得熱情高漲、躍躍欲試,離開的時(shí)候我覺得自己可以做任何事情。我們上了車,我轉(zhuǎn)向父親對池說道:“爸爸,我也想讓人們這樣?!卑职謫栁业脑捠鞘裁匆馑肌!拔蚁氘?dāng)一個(gè)象齊格勒先生這樣的動員演說者?!蔽一卮鸬馈R粋€(gè)夢想誕生了。
近,我開始鼓舞他人,努力實(shí)現(xiàn)自己的夢想。在此之前的四年里,我在一個(gè)擁有100家公司的財(cái)團(tuán)做事,從一個(gè)銷售培訓(xùn)者做到地區(qū)銷售經(jīng)理,在我事業(yè)達(dá)到顛峰時(shí)我離開了這家公司。許多人都十分驚訝,在收入達(dá)到六位數(shù)時(shí)我卻選擇了離開。他們問我為什么要為了夢想而去冒險(xiǎn)。
我是在參加了地區(qū)銷售會議后,才拿定主意離開自己的安全港灣,去開自已的公司的。在那次會議上,我們公司的副總裁做了演說,從而改變了我的命運(yùn)。他問我們:“如果一個(gè)神仙會滿足你的三個(gè)愿望,那人你將會希望得到什么?”他讓我們寫下自已的愿望,然后問我們:“為什么你們會需要神仙呢?”在那一刻,我永遠(yuǎn)也忘不了這句話對我的震憾。
我意識到,我有了畢業(yè)證書、成功的銷售經(jīng)驗(yàn)、做過無數(shù)演講,為一家擁有100個(gè)公司的財(cái)團(tuán)做過銷售培訓(xùn)和管理工作——所有這一切部使我為這一刻做好了準(zhǔn)備。我準(zhǔn)備好了去成為一名動機(jī)演說者,不需要神仙的幫助。
當(dāng)我眼淚汪汪地告訴老板我的計(jì)劃時(shí),這個(gè)我十分尊重的領(lǐng)導(dǎo),令人難以置信地答道:“勇往向前吧!你一定能夠成功?!?BR> 我決意剛定,就遭受了考驗(yàn),我辭職的一個(gè)星期后,丈夫也失業(yè)了。我們剛剛買了一座新房子,需要雙方的工資來付清每個(gè)月的抵押貸款,但現(xiàn)在我們卻一分收入也沒有了。這時(shí)我想回公司去,知道他們?nèi)韵胍遥墒俏抑酪坏┗厝ゾ驮僖渤霾粊砹?,我決定繼續(xù)前進(jìn),決不做一個(gè)滿口“如果”、只說不做的人,一個(gè)動機(jī)演說者誕生了。
我緊緊追隨著我的夢想。甚至在艱苦的時(shí)期也不放棄,然后奇跡果真開始出現(xiàn)。短短的時(shí)間內(nèi),我丈夫找到了一汾更好的工作,我們沒有拖欠任何一個(gè)月的抵押貸款,我也開始有新客戶預(yù)約演說。我發(fā)現(xiàn)了夢想不可思議的力量。我熱愛我過去的工作、我的同事和我離開的那家公司,但是,我實(shí)現(xiàn)夢想的時(shí)機(jī)已經(jīng)成熟了。為了慶祝我的成功、我清當(dāng)?shù)匾晃凰囆g(shù)家將我的新辦公室漆成了一座花園,在一面墻的頂端,她刷下了這樣一句話:“這個(gè)世界永遠(yuǎn)屬于追夢的人?!?BR> 【篇三】關(guān)于人生的晨讀英語美文
Motivation is a skill that we all possess but few of us ever really use. There are times in our lives when we are able to motivate ourselves to overcome almost any difficulty. However, there are also times when it seems like we can’t even motivate ourselves to overcome even the smallest difficulty. What is the secret for mastering your own motivation?
動力是我們?nèi)巳硕紦碛械哪芰?但我們中只有很少的人懂得運(yùn)用它。在我們的生活中總有這樣的時(shí)刻,我們能鼓勵(lì)自己獲得動力去克服幾乎任何困難。但有些時(shí)候,我們卻無法獲得動力去解決一些看似小的困難。那么掌控你的動力的奧秘到底是什么呢?
First, find out what makes you want to achieve anything in life. When you have a firm understanding of what drives you to accomplish your goals, you will know how to motivate yourself. Whether the drive comes from finding comfort or from feeling like you have control over your life, it is wise to have a firm understanding of yourself and your values.
首先,要明確是什么令你渴望在一生中有所成就。如果你清晰地了解驅(qū)使你達(dá)到目標(biāo)的動力是什么,你便知道了讓自己獲得動力的方法。無論這種驅(qū)動力是來自尋求更多的舒適感還是想要掌控自己的生活,深入了解自己的想法和價(jià)值觀都是明智的行為。
We each have our own ideas about what is important in our lives. Some people think that money is the answer to everything, so they live their lives and make their decisions based on money. Other people may want to become an important part of their society, so this drives them to achieve whatever they want in their lives.
什么才是生活中重要的東西?對于這個(gè)問題,我們各自持有不同看法。有些人認(rèn)為金錢決定一切事情,因此他們的生活圍繞著賺錢,他們的決定是以金錢作為基礎(chǔ)的。也許還有些人希望能成為他們所在的社會中一個(gè)重要的組成部分,因此這驅(qū)使他們一生中不斷追求他們渴求的東西。
Knowing what you want and what your values are is a good beginning of learning how to master your own motivation. When you can control your motivation to overcome difficulties, you will be able to accomplish what you want in life.
認(rèn)識到你內(nèi)心的想法和你的價(jià)值觀是開始學(xué)習(xí)如何獲得動力的良好開端。當(dāng)你可以掌握動力去克服苦難時(shí),你就可以成就人生中的事業(yè)。