唤醒心灵的生活哲理（一）

 What has life taught you?  Think about all the things you would love to tell yourself if you could travel back in time to give your younger self some advice about life.

生活教会了你什么呢？如果可以回到过去，想想你会告诉过去的自己什么样的生活哲理。

1.In life, you usually get what you ask for, but it rarely¹ comes in the package you think it’s supposed to come in.

生活中，你往往能得偿所愿，但是你想要的东西并会以你认为的方式摆在你面前，而是经过了一层特殊的包装。

2.Never let one bad day make you feel like you have a bad life.

绝对不要让糟糕的一天变成倒霉的一生。

3.Just because today is a terrible day doesn’t mean tomorrow won’t be the best day of your life. 

今天的不顺心并不意味着明天不能成为生活中最美好的一天。

4.A mistake is an accident.  Cheating and lying are not mistakes.  They are intentional² choices.

犯错是意外；欺骗和撒谎不是犯错，而是有意为之。

5.Surround yourself with positive people who are going to push you toward³ greatness.  Eliminate those who are trying to keep you from it.

与那些能助你走向成功的乐观积极的人在一起，远离那些会阻碍你成功的人。

6.Don’t let something that doesn’t matter cause you to lose something that does.

别让那些不重要的事来影响你，从而让你失去那些真正重要的东西。

7.Sometimes people aren’t who they seem to be, and sometimes people are so much more than you originally⁴ thought.

有时候，人们并不是外表看上去的那样，而是比你以为得要复杂得多。

8.Loving someone isn’t just about saying it every day, it’s showing it every day in every way.

爱一个人并不是每天说说就可以的，而是要体现在每天的每一个动作之中。

9.Of all the things that can be stolen from you – your possessions⁵, your youth, your health, your words, your rights – what no one can ever take from you is your freedom to choose what you will believe in, and who and what your heart will love.

财富、青春、健康、话语、权力，即使这些东西都能从你身边被偷走，有一样东西是谁也偷不走的，那就是你选择相信什么和真爱什么的自由。

10.Age wrinkles⁶ the body.  Quitting on your dreams wrinkles the soul.

岁月使身体长出了皱纹，而放弃梦想则会使灵魂生出皱纹。

1 rarely   

adv.很少，难得；非常地，非凡地

参考例句：

• Such fish is rarely met with in the north country.这种鱼在北方难得看到。
• He rarely comes here anymore.现在他难得来这儿了。

2 intentional   

adj.故意的，有意（识）的

参考例句：

• Let me assure you that it was not intentional.我向你保证那不是故意的。
• His insult was intentional.他的侮辱是有意的。

3 toward   

prep.对于，关于，接近，将近，向，朝

参考例句：

• Suddenly I saw a tall figure approaching toward the policeman.突然间我看到一个高大的身影朝警察靠近。
• Upon seeing her,I smiled and ran toward her. 看到她我笑了，并跑了过去。

4 originally   

adv.本来，原来，最初，就起源而论，独创地

参考例句：

• Originally I didn't want to go.我本意不想去。
• After much discussion they settled on the plan originally proposed.他们讨论了很久，然后确定了原来提出的那个计划。

5 possessions   

n.[法]财产；占有( possession的名词复数 )；领地；个人财产；持有违禁物

参考例句：

• The group forswears all worldly possessions. 这个团体放弃一切尘世财物。
• I lost some of my most prized possessions in the fire. 大火吞噬了我的一些最珍贵的物品。

6 wrinkles   

n.（尤指皮肤上的）皱纹( wrinkle的名词复数 )；皱褶；有用的建议；妙计v.使起皱纹( wrinkle的第三人称单数 )；（尤指皮肤）起皱纹

参考例句：

• There were fine wrinkles around her eyes. 她眼角上出现了鱼尾纹。
• His face was lined with wrinkles. 他的脸上都是皱纹。 来自《简明英汉词典》