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You Are Responsible for Your Life

Stop wasting your time thinking of reasons for your failures and shortcomings.

Instead, realize that the seeds of success were planted within you when you were born. Only you have the power to make those seeds grow.

The seeds, and the power to grow them, are contained in the human mind.

Success is a choice and not a chance. You can be a success if only you make the right choice.

You cannot be successful without first developing your self-esteem. Your level of self-esteem is always based on the degree of control that you are able to exercise over yourself, and thus over your life.

你要对自己的生活负责

不要浪费时间去思考失败和缺点的原因。

相反，要意识到成功的种子是在你出生的时候种在你体内的。只有你有能力让这些种子生长。

种子，以及培育它们的力量，都包含在人类的头脑中。

成功是一种选择，而不是机会。只要你做出正确的选择，你就能成功。

不先培养自尊，你就不可能成功。你的自尊水平总是取决于你对自己的控制程度，从而决定了你对生活的控制程度。

People with low self-esteem do not believe that they have any power, or responsibility for their lives. They are leaves tossed by the winds of chance blown about with any sudden change in the weather.

You can exercise control over your life only to the degree that you believe that you are responsible for whatever happens in your life.

自卑的人不相信他们对自己的生活有任何权力或责任。它们是随风飘落的树叶，随风随天气的突然变化而四处飘荡。

只有当你相信自己对生活中发生的一切负责时，你才能控制自己的生活。

Failures think that everything happens by accident while successful people realize that they are responsible.

Everything happens as a result of something. If we can identify the cause, we can control the effect.

We are responsible for what we consciously choose to accept and believe. Our attitudes and actions are a result of habits ingrained in us over a period of time.

One generally rises to the level that one expects. We are responsible for setting our expectations. Our success depends upon our level of confidence.

We are responsible for either reinforcing good habits or kicking bad habits and consciously replacing them with consistently practiced good habits.

In short, in all areas of your life, whether they are financial, physical, emotional, or spiritual, you are responsible.

Once you recognize this, accept it, and firmly believe it, you are on the road to success.

失败者认为一切都是偶然发生的，而成功的人却意识到他们有责任。

每件事的发生都是由于某种原因。如果我们能找出原因，我们就能控制效果。

我们对自己有意识地选择接受和相信的东西负责。我们的态度和行为是长期以来根深蒂固的习惯的结果。

一个人通常会上升到自己期望的水平。我们有责任设定我们的期望。成功与否取决于我们的自信程度。

我们有责任加强好习惯或改掉坏习惯，并有意识地用一贯实践的好习惯取代它们。

简言之，在你生活的各个方面，无论是经济、身体、情感还是精神，你都要负起责任。

一旦你认识到这一点，接受它，并坚信它，你就在通往成功的路上。

美文阅读笔记

㈠她朴素的衣裙轻轻扫过城中的湖水，湖水就荡漾起了波纹，就有鱼儿想跃出水面。她走过小山边弯曲的道路，两边的桃树就要开花了，花瓣有一些洒到水里，一片片的桃花柳绿。

在夜里她手中的小提琴奏出月光的碎影，弓与弦接触的刹那，春风已随雨降落在马颊河畔。

孩子们头上的蝴蝶结飞动时，父亲弯腰咳嗽时，一代又一代的叫四月的女孩像岁月的背影渐行渐远，渐渐渺无行迹，只有这声在树间的鸟儿还通晓这一切。

若奏响一曲轻音乐，那么第二天柳絮就飞上了天，就有无数的鸟儿来和鸣，就会有风像舅舅说的一样：你看，这风都不像冬天的风带着刀刃，这风里有春天的味道。

㈡各种挫折是红尘中无形的“减速板”在起作用，是上天给驾驶人生之“车”者的警醒。在“减速板”面前，高速、中速、慢速的“驾驶者”，豪华车、普通车、超载车都将分别有不同的结果。

驾驶人生之“车”者往往春风得意、顺风顺水时，并不知何时该“减速”，即使有智者提醒，也不会在意，仍会高歌猛进，认为自己无所不能，战无不胜，于是遭遇“减速板”时仍不“减速”，结果招来灾祸。

㈢老子说：“知足不辱，知止不殆，可以长久。”

孔子说：“知止而后有定，定而后能静，静而后能安，安而后能虑，虑而后能得。”适可而止，方会有稳定发展、持久发展，高速行驶用刹车于车有损，缓缓减速而停方于车无损。适时主动“减速”，遏制无止境的欲望与获利心，方可长久。

㈣这世界上所有的际遇，都是上天给人的提醒，而不是惩罚。

每个人都有一次改过自新的机会。若要人爱你，首先要变得可爱起来。

陈钜龙用10年的时间证明，无论好人还是坏人，上帝还是囚犯，在面对自己的遭遇和他人的不幸时，永远记得，爱才是唯一的救赎。