佚名/Anonymous
Every person creates his or her own reality. Authorship of your life is one of your absolute rights; yet so often people deny that they have the ability to script the life they desire. They look past the fundamental truth that it is not our external resources that determine our success or failure, but rather our own belief in ourselves and our willingness to create a life according to our highest aspirations.
Clearly, the challenge here is to create and own your own reality. When you begin to live your life understanding that what you make of it is up to you, you are able to design it according to your authentic choices and desires. You will learn lessons here, such as responsibility and limitlessness, which will lead you to the life you were meant to live. These lessons provide you with the essential tools you need in order to take command of your life.
Responsibility To take responsibility means you admit your accountability and acknowledge your influence and role in the circumstances in which you find yourself. It means you are answer able for your behavior and you fully accept any consequences created by your actions.
To take responsibility will propel you forward and onward to your greater goal. I know of a woman named Mary whose story of personal responsibility has always inspired me. Mary was born in Cuba and moved to Miami with her family when she was two years old. They lived in terrible poverty in a dangerous part of the city, where crime and drugs were part of everyday life. Mary was determined, however, even at the young age of eight, to make something of her life other than follow the expected route of becoming a maid, or a cashier at the local supermarket. So she got herself to school each and every day, sometimes having to step over drunks passed out in the doorway, just so she could get education and give herself a better life.
Mary eventually left Miami, obtained a good education, and fostered her natural music ability. Mary could have given in to the life she was born into, or remained mired in blaming her parents and culture for her circumstances. She could have refused to take responsibility for the situation. Instead, however, Mary took responsibility for herself and created a life of which she can be proud.
Responsibility is a major lesson of adulthood. If you still haven't learned the lesson of responsibility, it's not too late. Remember, life will provide you with plenty of opportunities to get it right.
Limitlessness Limitlessness is the sense that there are no boundaries to what you can become or do. You learn it when you know that your evolution is never-ending and your potential for growth reaches to infinity.
You were born knowing your limitlessness. As you grew and became socialized in this world, however, you might have come to believe that there are boundaries that prevent you from reaching the highest levels of spiritual, emotional, or mental evolution. However, boundaries exist only in your mind. When you are able to transcend them, you learn the lesson of limitlessness.
When I was young, I had a teacher who understood the importance of this lesson. She reminded us every day that we could do anything we set our minds to, no matter how impossible it might seem or how strong the opposition is. It is my sincere hope that there is a teacher like Mrs. Carbone in every school around the world, so that our children can know the wonder and power they have within themselves and will strive to access it.
In this world, we have countless people who have proven that a person can do whatever he or she strives to do.
每个人都创造着自己的生命。拥有生命是你的绝对权利，然而人们经常否认他们有能力去描绘他们所期望的人生。他们忽视了一个基本的事实，那就是：决定着我们成败的不是外部环境，而是我们对于自身的信念，和追求我们最想得到的生活的意愿。
显然，这里的挑战就是创造和拥有你自己的生命。当你开始过着自己的生活，认识到怎么过这种生活取决于你自己时，你就能根据自己对信念的选择和追求来描绘生活。你将会在这里学到一些东西，比如责任和无限，它们将会指引你得到你应该得到的生活。这些东西给你提供了一些重要的也是你必需的工具，你可以用它们来掌握你的生活。
责任，承担责任意味着承担义务，承认你对环境的影响和你在环境中的角色，你在这种环境中能找到自己。它意味着要对自己的行为负责，并充分承担自己的行为引起的后果。
承担责任将会推动你向前再向前直到实现你的更大目标。我认识一位叫玛丽的女士，她对自己承担责任的故事一直鼓舞着我。玛丽出生在古巴，两岁的时候和全家一起搬到迈阿密。他们住在迈阿密的危险地带，生活在贫穷之中，那里每天都充斥着犯罪和吸毒。然而，年仅八岁的玛丽就决定要活得不平凡，不走当女仆和超市收银员的老路。于是她每天去上学，甚至有时不得不跨过门口的醉汉，因为，只有这样她才能接受教育，让自己过得更好。
玛丽最终离开迈阿密，接受了很好的教育，并开发了自身在音乐方面的潜力。她可以向她生来就注定的命运屈服，或者继续埋怨她的父母和她所处的环境；她也可以拒绝对当前形势承担责任。然而，她却对自己承担起责任，创造了一种她可以引以为自豪的生活。
责任是成年人的必修课。如果你还没有学这门课，现在学还不算晚。记住，你将有充分的机会来让自己生活得更好。
无限，无限是这样一种感觉，那就是，没有什么可以阻止你去做你能做到的事。当你意识到你的发展是无止境的，你的成长潜力是无限的，你就知道了什么叫无限。
当你生下来的时候，你知道你的潜能是无限的。当你长大进入社会，你可能会认为有许多东西阻止你达到精神、情感和智力的最高境界。然而，界限只存在于你的心里。当你超越它们时，你就知道了什么叫无限。
我孩提时代的一位老师深谙无限的重要性。她每天都提醒我们，无论多么艰难，只要用心，我们就可以做成任何事。我衷心希望全世界的每个学校都有一位像卡波恩夫人这样的老师，这样，我们的孩子就能了解到自身的潜力，并努力去发掘它。
世界上，很多人都证明了这个道理：只要努力，一个人可以成就任何事！
Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.
—Abraham Lincoln
对于大多数人来说，他们认定自己有多幸福，就有多幸福。
——亚伯拉罕·林肯
fundamental[?f?nd??mentl]adj.基本的；根本的
A fundamental human right is being withheld from these people.
这些人被剥夺了一项最基本的人权。
authentic[?:?θentik]adj.可靠的；可信的；真的；真正的
The details of the costume were totally authentic.
这件古装的每个小细节都完全真实。
foster[?f?st?]v.养育；抚育；培养
How to foster the only child brings many debates in China.
怎样培养独生子女在中国引发了许多辩论。
sincere[sin?si?]adj.真诚的；诚挚的
How can I persuade you that I am sincere?
怎样才能使你相信我是真心实意的呢？
决定着我们成败的不是外部环境，而是我们对于自身的信念，和追求我们最想得到的生活的意愿。
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承担责任意味着承担义务，承认你对环境的影响和你在环境中的角色，你在这种环境中能找到自己。
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当你意识到你的发展是无止境的，你的成长潜力是无限的，你就知道了什么叫无限。
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These lessons provide you with the essential tools you need in order to take command of your life.
take command of：指挥
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As you grew and became socialized in this world, however, you might have come to believe that there are boundaries that prevent you from reaching the highest levels of spiritual, emotional, or mental evolution.
prevent from：阻止；防止；使不
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