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Mental Attitude
精神状态
Success is in the blood. There are men whom fate can never keep down; they march forward
in a jaunty1 manner, and take by divine right the best of everything that the earth affords. They
do not lie in wait, nor scheme , nor fawn2 , nor seek to adapt their sails to catch the breeze of
popular favor. Still, they are ever alert and alive to any good that may come their way, and when it
comes they simply appropriate it, and tarrying not, move steadily3 on.
Good health!Whenever you go out of doors, draw the chin in, carry the crown of the head
high, and fill the lungs to the utmost; drink in the sunshine; greet your friends with a smile.
Do not fear being misunderstood; and never waste a moment thinking about your enemies.
Try to fix firmly in your own mind what you would like to do, and then without violence of
direction you will move straight to the goal.
Fear is the rock on which we split, and hate the shoal on which many a ship is stranded4.
When we become fearful, the judgment5 is as unreliable as the compass of a ship whose hold is full
of iron ore; when we hate, we have unshipped the rudder...
Keep your mind on the great and splendid thing you would like to do; and then, as the days
go gliding6 by, you will find yourself unconsciously seizing the opportunities that are required for
the fulfillment of your desire, just as the coral insect takes from the running tide the elements that
it needs. Picture in your mind the able, earnest, useful person you desire to be, and the thought that
you hold is hourly transforming you into that particular individual you so admire.
Preserve a right mental attitude — the attitude of courage, frankness and good cheer.
Darwin and Spencer have told us that this is the method of Creation. Each animal has evolved
the parts it needed and desired. The horse is fleet because he wishes to be; the bird flies because
it desires to; the duck has a web foot because it wants to swim. All things come through desire and
every sincere prayer is answered. We become like that on which our hearts are fixed7.
Many people know this, but they do not know it thoroughly8 enough so that it shapes their
lives.
That which we fear will surely come upon us. By a wrong mental attitude we have set in
motion a train of events that ends in disaster. People who die in middle life from disease, almost
without exception, are those who have been preparing for death.
Character is the result of two things, mental attitude, and the way we spend our time. It is
what we think and what we do that make us what we are.
成功存在于血性之中。有的人,命运永远不能让他们屈从低头;他们喜洋洋地大步向
前,如有神助,获取世间最美好的东西。他们不搞突然袭击,不耍阴谋,不巴结奉承,也
不试图调整自己的船帆去捕捉世人青睐的微风。而他们却对遇到的任何好机遇都十分机警
敏感,机会一到,立即抓住,毫不拖延,稳步前行。
保持健康的体魄!每当你出门时,挺胸抬头,深呼吸,享受阳光,微笑着迎接朋友。
不要怕误解;不要浪费片刻时间去想你的敌人。牢记你想要做的事情,沿着正确的方
向,你就能直奔目标。
恐惧是使我们粉身碎骨的礁石,仇恨是使很多船搁浅的浅滩。我们心怀恐惧时,就如
同在一艘装满铁矿的船上使用指南针一样,判断是非的能力会大大减弱。当我们仇恨时,
等于从船上卸掉了航舵。
专注于你想要做的辉煌大事,这样随着时间的推移,你会发现自己不知不觉地抓住了
你渴望实现大事所需的机遇,就像珊瑚虫从流动的潮汐中吸收养分那样。在头脑中想象你
渴望成为的自我形象:能干、认真、大有作为,你怀有的思想每时每刻都在把你变成你所
钦羡的特殊个体。
保持正确的精神状态——勇敢、坦诚、乐观的精神状态。
达尔文和斯宾塞告诉我们,这是上帝创造天地万物的方法。每种动物都演变出自身所
需要、所渴望的部分。马飞驰,因为它愿意;鸟翱翔,因为它渴望;鸭带脚蹼,因为它想
畅游水中央。万物源于渴望,所有虔诚的祈祷都如愿以偿。是我们的思想造就了我们。
许多人知道这一点,可是尚没有真正参透,以便形成自己的人生。
我们担心的一切终将向我们袭来。如果精神状态不好,我们便启动了一连串以灾难告
终的事件。英年因病早逝的人们,毫无例外,是自己准备了死亡的条件。
个性是两样东西的结果:精神状态和生活度日的方式。我们是什么样子,完全是由我
们的所思所为决定的。
1 jaunty | |
adj.愉快的,满足的;adv.心满意足地,洋洋得意地;n.心满意足;洋洋得意 | |
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n.未满周岁的小鹿;v.巴结,奉承 | |
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3 steadily | |
adv.稳定地;不变地;持续地 | |
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a.搁浅的,进退两难的 | |
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n.审判;判断力,识别力,看法,意见 | |
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v. 滑翔 adj. 滑动的 | |
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adj.固定的,不变的,准备好的;(计算机)固定的 | |
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adv.完全地,彻底地,十足地 | |
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