走过低谷，成功在望 Every Living Person Has Problems

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What is the secret ingredient of tough people that enables them to succeed?Why do they survive the tough times when others are overcome by them?Why do they win when others lose?Why do they soar when others sink?

The answer is very simple. It's all in how they perceive their problems. Yes, every living person has problems. A problem—free life is an illusion—a mirage in the desert. Accept that fact.

Every mountain has a peak. Every valley has its low point. Life has its ups and downs, its peaks and its valleys. No one is up all the time, nor are they down all the time. Problems do end. They are all resolved in time.

You may not be able to control the times, but you can compose your response. You can turn your pain into profanity—or into poetry. The choice is up to you. You may not have chosen your tough time, but you can choose how you will react to it. For instance, what isthe positive reaction to a terrible financial setback?In this situation would it be the positive reaction to cop out and run away?Escape through alcohol, drug, or suicide?No！Such negative reactions only produce greater problems by promising a temporary“solution”to the pressing problem. The positive solution to a problem may require courage to initiate it. When you control your reaction to the seemingly uncontrollable problem of life, then in fact you do control the problem's effect on you. Your reaction to the problem is the last word！That's the bottom line. What will you let this problem do to you?It can make you tender or tough. It can make you better or bitter. It all depends on you.

In the final analysis, the tough people who survive the tough times do so because they've chosen to react positively to their predicament. Tough times never last, but tough people do. Tough people stick it out. History teaches us that every problem has a lifespan. No problem is permanent. Storms always give way to the sun. Winter always thaws into springtime. Your storm will pass. Your winter will thaw. Your problem will be solved.

坚忍不拔的人能够获得成功，秘诀是什么呢？那些艰难的日子，为什么他们能挺过，而其他人却被挫败？为什么他们会成功，而其他人却要承受失败？为什么他们可以一飞冲天，而其他人却身陷泥沼？

答案很简单，这完全取决于他们如何看待自己面临的难题。不错，人人有本难念的经。没有烦恼的人生只能是一种幻想——是沙漠中的海市蜃楼。接受现实吧！

每一座山都有顶峰，每一个峡谷都有深底。人生总有浮沉，总有巅峰和低谷。没有人一生都一帆风顺，亦没有人一世都命运乖蹇。困难终有解决的一天，所有难题都会迎刃而解。

你或许不能掌控时势，但能冷静应对；你或许无法选择时运，但能选择应对方式。比如说，面临一场严重的金融危机时，如何做才算得上积极应对呢？借酒消愁？沉溺毒品？抑或自杀？这就是积极应对吗？当然不是！这种消极的应对方式看似解决了迫在眉睫的问题，而事实上，这只会让问题更为棘手。要知道，鼓起勇气着手解决问题才能算是积极面对。对于生活中看似无法解决的难题，你只有把握好应对方案，才不至于让它影响你的生活。因此，应对难题的方式是至关重要的。难题会怎样影响你的生活呢？它能让你变得脆弱，也能让你学会坚强；它能使你幸福，也能令你痛苦。这一切全在于你的解决方式。

总之，面临困境时，坚忍的人选择积极应对，从而顺利挺过艰难的岁月。时运不济不会没完没了，坚忍的人总会坚持到底。历史告诉我们，每一道难题自有其产生和终结之道，没有解决不了的难题。

W词汇笔记

ingredient[in'gri：diənt]n.成分；因素

例 Honeysuckle is often an ingredient of some herbal medicine.

金银花常是草药的一种成分。

tough[tʌf]adj.艰苦的，困难的；坚强的，不屈不挠的

例 Conditions are rather tough here.

这里的条件比较艰苦。

overcome[,əuvə'kʌm]v.战胜；克服

例 We overcome all the difficulties depend on our power.

我们依靠自己的力量，克服了一切困难。

perceive[pə'si：v]v.察觉；感觉；认知；理解

例 I perceived his comment as a challenge.

我认为他的批评是对我的激励。

S小试身手

这完全取决于他们如何看待自己面临的难题。

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没有烦恼的人生只能是一种幻想——是沙漠中的海市蜃楼。

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你或许不能掌控时势，但能冷静应对。

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P短语家族

You may not be able to control the times, but you can compose your response.

be able to：会；能

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Life has its ups and downs……

ups and downs：沉浮；盛衰；高低

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