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成功是一种选择

All?of?us?ought?to?be?able?to?brace?ourselves?for?thepredictable?challenges?and?setbacks?that?crop?upeveryday.?If?we?expect?that?life?won’t?be?perfect,?we’llbe?able?to?avoid?that?impulse?to?quit.?But?evenifyou?are?strong?enough?to?persist?the?obstaclecourse?of?life?and?work,?sometimes?you?willencounter?an?adverse?event?that?will?completelyknock?you?on?your?back.

Whether?it’s?a?financial?loss,?the?loss?of?respect?of?your?peers?or?loved?ones,?or?some?othertraumatic?event?in?your?life?these?major?setbacks?leave?you?doubting?yourself?and?wondering?ifthings?can?ever?changefor?the?better?again.

Adversity?happens?to?all?of?us,?and?it?happens?all?the?time.?Some?form?of?major?adversity?iseither?going?to?be?there?or?it’s?lying?in?wait?just?around?the?corner.?To?ignore?adversity?is?tosuccumb?to?the?ultimate?self-delusion.

But?you?must?recognize?that?history?is?full?of?examples?of?men?and?women?who?achievedgreatness?despite?facing?hurdles?so?steep?that?easily?could?have?crashed?their?spirit?and?leftthem?lying?in?the?dust.?Moses?was?a?stutterer,?yet?he?was?called?on?to?be?the?voice?of?God.Abraham?Lincoln?overcomes?a?difficult?childhood,?depression,?the?death?of?two?sons,?andconstant?ridicule?during?the?Civil?War?to?become?arguably?our?greatest?president?ever.?HelenKeller?made?an?impact?on?the?world?despite?being?deaf,?dumb,?and?blind?from?an?early?age.Franklin?Roosevelt?had?polio.

There?are?endless?examples.?These?were?people?who?not?only?looked?adversity?in?the?face?butlearned?valuable?lessons?about?overcoming?difficult?circumstances?and?were?able?to?moveahead.

我们每个人都应该让自己做好准备，迎接每天可以预见的挑战和突如其来的挫折。假如我们相信生活并非十全十美，我们就能够避免因一时冲动而放弃追求。但是即使你足够坚强并能够在生活和工作的障碍重重的道路上挺进，有时候你也会遭遇逆境，它将会在背后给你狠狠一击。

不管是出现经济损失，或是失去同辈及亲人的尊敬，或是遭受其他的生活重创,这些巨大的挫折都会使你对自己产生怀疑，并且想知道情况是否能够好转。

我们每个人都可能遭遇困境，而且它时常发生,有些灾祸不是即刻发生就是藏于角落以待时机。而忽视逆塊则无异于彻头彻尾的自我欺骗。

但是你必须认识到历史上有许许多多的亊例都讲述了克服重重困难之后才成为卓越不凡之人。而他们曾面对的困难如此之大，以至于足以轻易粉碎他们的意志，并让他们流落于尘俗之中。摩西曾有口吃，但他后来却成为传播上帝福音的使者。亚伯拉罕·林肯战胜了童年的艰难困苦、绝望沮丧、丧失两子之痛以及内战中纷至奋来的嘲弄，最终成为