①A young man once asked his grandpa，“Grandpa , how is it that you’ve accomplished so much in your life? You’re still full of energy and I’m already tired of struggling. How can I get the same enthusiasm that you’ve got?”.

    ②The following is the grandpa’s answer:

    ③I think a lot of it has to do with how a person looks at things. I call it “keeping your eyes wide oper.”

    ④First, realize that life is filled with surprises, but many are good ones. If you don’t keep watching for them, you’ll miss half the excitement. Expect to be thrilled once in a while, and you will be.

    ⑤When you meet up with challenges, welcome them. They’ll leave you wiser, stronger, and more capable than you were the day before. When you make a mistake, be grateful for the things it taught you. Resolve to use that lesson to help you reach your goals.

    ⑥And always follow the rules——even the little ones. When you follow the rules, life works. If you think you can ever really get by with breaking the rules, you’re only fooling yourself.

    ⑦It’s also important to decide exactly what you want. Then keep your mind focused on it, and be prepared to receive it.

    ⑧But be ready to end up in some new places too. As you grow with the years, you’ll be given bigger shoes to fill. So be ready for endings as well as challenging beginnings.

    ⑨Sometimes we have to be brave enough to move from the familiar to the unfamiliar. Life isn’t just reaching peaks. Part of it is moving from one peak to the next. If you rest too long in between, you might be tempted to quit. Leave the past in the past. Climh the next mountain and enioy the view.

    ⑩Dump things that weigh you down emotionally and spiritually. When an old resentment, belief or attitude becomes heavy, lighten your load. Shed those hurtful attitudes that slow you down and drain your energy.

    ⑾Remember that your choices will create your successes and your failures. So consider all the pathways ahead, and decide which ones to follow. Then believe in yourself, get up, and get going.

    ⑿And be sure to take breaks once in a while. They’ll give you a renewed commitment to your dreams, and a cheerful, healthy perception of the things that matter the most to you.

    ⒀Most important of all: never give up on yourself. The person that ends up a winner,is the one who resolves to win. Give life everything you’ve got, and life will give its best back to you.

    ①一個(gè)年輕人問他的爺爺：“爺爺，您這一輩子是如何這么成功的呢？您仍然充滿活力，而我卻已經(jīng)厭倦奮斗了。我怎么才能擁有和您一樣的熱情呢？”

    ②以下是他爺爺?shù)幕卮穑?nbsp;

    ③我想成功主要取決于一個(gè)人看待事物的方式，我稱其為“始終睜大自己的眼睛”。

    ④首先，要認(rèn)識(shí)到生命中充滿了讓人意想不到的事情，其中不乏好事。時(shí)刻留意它們，否則你多半會(huì)錯(cuò)失這些令人激動(dòng)的事。作好準(zhǔn)備隨時(shí)迎接那些驚喜，你會(huì)如愿以償。

    ⑤勇于迎接挑戰(zhàn)。每經(jīng)歷一次挑戰(zhàn)你會(huì)變得更明智、更堅(jiān)強(qiáng)、更能干。當(dāng)你犯錯(cuò)誤時(shí)，應(yīng)該為得到的教訓(xùn)心存感激。下決心利用此教訓(xùn)助你實(shí)現(xiàn)目標(biāo)。

    ⑥永遠(yuǎn)遵守規(guī)則，即使是小規(guī)則。遵守規(guī)則，生命的機(jī)器才開始運(yùn)轉(zhuǎn)。如果你認(rèn)為自己確曾違反規(guī)則但僥幸過關(guān)，那你只是在愚弄自己。

    ⑦決定自己究竟需要什么也是很重要的。然后集中精力，準(zhǔn)備去迎接它的到來。

    ⑧不過，也要準(zhǔn)備面對(duì)新的境況。隨著年歲的增長，你將會(huì)有更廣闊的發(fā)展空間。所以，既要準(zhǔn)備結(jié)束，又要挑戰(zhàn)開始。

    ⑨有時(shí)，我們必須要有足夠的勇氣，從熟悉轉(zhuǎn)到陌生。人生不只是攀登高峰，有時(shí)是從一個(gè)山頂?shù)搅硪粋€(gè)山頂。如果你在兩座山頂之間休息過久，你也許就會(huì)想要放棄。讓過去的過去吧，攀登下一座山峰，欣賞它美麗的風(fēng)景。

    ⑩卸下那些情緒和精神上的負(fù)擔(dān)吧。如果積怨、信念或態(tài)度讓你變得心情沉重的話，那么不妨輕裝上陣吧。改變那些不良的態(tài)度，它們只會(huì)讓你步伐緩慢，耗盡你的精力。

    ⑾記住，成功和失敗都取決于你的選擇。因此，要考慮前方所有的道路，然后決定該沿著哪條路走。相信自己，動(dòng)身出發(fā)。

    ⑿一定要偶爾停下來歇歇腳。它們會(huì)讓你重振理想，對(duì)人生中的最重要的事物有一個(gè)積極健康的認(rèn)知。

    ⒀最重要的是：永遠(yuǎn)都不要放棄自己。最終的贏家就是下定決心要贏的那個(gè)人。把你所有的一切都獻(xiàn)給人生，人生便會(huì)把最好的饋贈(zèng)給你。