Success is a Choice All of us ought to be able to breave ourselves for the predictable(adj 可预言的） challenges and setbacks(n 挫折） that crop（n. 农作物,产量,平头 v. 收割,修剪,种植） up everyday . If we expect that life won't be perfect ,we'll be able to avoid that impulse（n 冲动） to quit（v 离开，辞职，停止）. But even if you are strong enough to persist the obstacle course of life and work ,sometimes you will encounter an adverse event that will completely knock you on your back. Whether it's a financial loss,the loss of respect of your peers(平辈） or loved ones, or some other traumatic（a. 创伤的） events in your life these major setbacks leave you doubting yourself and wondering if things can ever change for the better again. Adversity(n 不幸 ，灾难）happens to all of US ,and it happens all the time. Some from of may or adversity is either going to be there or it's lying in wait just around the corner. To ignore adversity is to succumb(v 屈死） to the ultimate（a. 终极的, 根本的,极限的,最后的） self-delusion. But you must recognize that history is full of examples of men and women who achieved greatness despite（prep. 不管,尽管 v.憎恨，轻视） facing hurdles so steep that easily could have crashed their spirit and left them lying in the dust . Abraham Lincoln overcomes a difficult child-hood , depression , the death of two sons , and constant ridicule（n/v 嘲笑） during the Civil War to become arguably greatest president ever. Helen Keller made an impact on the world despite being deaf ,dumb ,and blind from all early age. Franklin Roosevelt had polio （小儿麻痹症）. There are endless（无止境的） examples.These were people who not looked adversity in the face but learned valuable lessons about overcoming（v 战胜 adj 充满了的） difficult circumstances（情形） and were able to move ahead. 本文翻译： 成功是一种选择！ 我们每天都应该让自己做好准备，迎接可预见的挫折和挑战。如果我们相信生活不可能是完美的。我们就能避免因一时的冲动而放弃追求。但即使你拥有坚强的意志，能够挺过生活和工作中的困难，有时你也会遭遇逆境，它会在你背后给你狠狠一击。 不管是出现经济损失，或是失去同辈及亲人的尊敬，或是遭受生命创伤，这些重大挫折都会使你对自己产生怀疑，并且怀疑情况是否好转。 我们每个人都可能遭遇困境，并且它时常发生。有些大灾难不是即刻发生就是待在角落等待时机。忽视逆境其实就是在欺骗自己。 但是你必须认识到历史上有许多事例都讲述了克服重重困难之后才获得成功的人。那些困难，足以粉碎他们的意志，让他们流落尘世。亚伯拉罕林肯战胜了童年的困难`绝望`丧失了两个儿子痛苦以及内战中接踵而来的嘲笑，最终成为美国历史上无可置疑的最伟大的总统。海伦凯勒早年双目失明，又是个聋哑，但是她还是对世界产生了巨大影响，而富兰克林罗斯福则患有小儿麻痹症。 类似的例子不胜枚举。这些人不仅大胆的面对困难，而且从中学到了克服困难的宝贵经验。然后勇往直前。 You have only one life The best kind of friend is the kind you can sit on a porch swing with, never say a word, and then walk away feeling like it was the best conversation you've ever had. Don't go for looks; they can deceive. don't go for wealth; even that fades away. go for someone who makes you smile because it takes only a smile to make a dark day seem bright. Dream what you want to dream; go where you want to go; be what to be, because you have only one life and one chance to do all the things you want to do. A careless word may kindle strife; a cruel word may wreck a life; a timely word may level stress; a loving word may heal and bless. A sad thing in life is when you meet someone who means a lot to you,only to find out in the end that it was never meant to be and you just have to let go. Always put yourself in the other's shoes. If you feel that it hurts you, it probably hurts the person,too. The happiest people don't necessarily have the best of everything they just make the most of everying that comes along their way. When you were born, you were crying and everyone around you was smiling. Live your life so that when you die, you're the one smiling and everyone around you is crying. To see a world in a grain of sand, and a heaven in a wild flower, hold infinity in the palm of your hand, and eternity in an hour. Let's write that letter we thought of writing "one of these days". Don't cry because it is over; Smile,because it happened. And forever has no end. 翻译: 你只有一次生命 最好的朋友就是那种你可以促膝而坐，默默无语，分别时却感到这是你曾有过的最好的交谈。 不要追求容貌，它们可能蒙骗人。不要追求财富，那会渐渐消散。追求能让你微笑的人吧，因为仅仅一个微笑就能使黑天变得光明。 做你想做的梦，到你想去的地方，做你想做的人吧，因为你只有一次生命、一个机会去做你想做的一切。 一句粗心的话可能引发冲突，一句无情的话可能毁灭生命，一句适时的话可能消除压力，一句关爱的话可能愈合伤口、带来祝福。 生命中的一件伤心事是你遇到了一个对你至关重要的人，最终却发现有缘无份，你不得不放手。 总是要设身处地为别人着想。如果你感到伤害了你，也可能会伤害别人。 最幸福的不见得胜过了一切，他们只是充分利用顺其自然的一切。 你出生时，哇哇大哭，你身边的每个人都在微笑。好好生活吧，这样你去世时，你就能一人含笑，身边的每个人都号啕大哭。 一沙一世界， 一花一天堂。 把握掌中无限。 把握瞬间永恒。 我们原想着“有一天”去写的那封信，现在就写。 不要因为结束而哭泣。 要因为发生而微笑。 而且永无止境。