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Dear Ronny,
Years ago you came to me for help. You said, " Grandpa, how is it that you' ve so much in your life? You' re still full of energy, and I' m already tired of trying hard. What should I do? " Here is what I believe.
I think a lot of it has to do with how a person looks at things. I call it ‘keeping your eyes wide .
First, realize that life is filled with , but many are good ones. If you don' t keep watching for them, you' ll miss of the excitement. Welcome challenges(挑战). They' ll make you wiser, stronger, and more powerful than you were the day before. When you make a mistake, be thankful for the things they teach you.
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It' s also important to decide what you want. Then keep your mind focused on it, and be prepared to receive it.
But be ready to end up in some new places too. As you grow up, you' ll be given bigger shoes to fill. So be ready for endings challenging beginnings. Sometimes we have to be brave enough to move from the to the unfamiliar.
Remember that your decisions will create your successes and failures(失败). So consider all the roads ahead, and decide which ones to follow. Then believe in yourself, get up, and get going.
Most important of all, never give up yourself. The person that ends up as a winner is the one who has the strong will to win. Give life everything you' ve got, and life will give its back to you.
Love always,
Grandpa
It's 2021. You feel sick, so you go to the doctor. She checks your fever, looks at your throat, and asks what you've been thinking about lately. When you leave, she gives you some medicine, but also a list of thinking skills that you are supposed to practice daily. She says that the way you think is causing some of your illness.
Doctors and other scientists who study the human mind and try to explain why people behave in the way that they do, called psychologists, are starting to believe it. You know that your brain is connected to every part of your body through your nervous system. Now scientists have proved that how you think and feel can have an influence on the health of your body.
Stress is caused whenever there is a problem or a change in your life. Of course, everybody has stress more or less; nobody's life is perfect. In fact, stress is necessary. Without stress, we would never learn anything or grow or change. We would probably be bored to death. But too much stress can hurt you. It can weaken your body's protection so that you are more likely to catch diseases. It can even make you more likely to have an accident.
When you feel stress, your brain sends a message to your body to produce a chemical called adrenaline (肾上腺素) . Adrenaline speeds up your breathing and your heartbeat. Today you have a different kind of stress. Problems like endless homework or troubles with your family are the kind of things you can't fight or run away from, so you don't use up all that adrenaline. lt just stays bottled up inside you, and that's what can do something bad to you.
What can you do about stress? First, you can try to find ways to change things so you aren't under so much stress. You can set up a plan to finish homework or go to a doctor or a psychologist to try to work things out with your family or your friends. But sometimes you can't change a stressful situation. Sometimes you don't even want to. A big change might be a good change, but it will still be stressful.
Meng Meihui,14,from Dongying, Shandong, loved reading certain pieces of work. But she paid particular attention to her classmate' s every composition, just to find her faults.
" Everyone said she was better at writing than me. I didn' t believe it. I wanted to beat her," Meng said. Meng was caught by the green-eyed monster-jealousy(嫉妒)
Jealousy is 1 among students. Most people may feel a little bit unhappy when others are better than them. It' s natural. However, if students don' t change theirs mindset(思维方式)and deal with it well, jealousy can bring out many problems.
Su Lulu, 14, from Xiamen, Fujian， said those who are too jealous of others might lose 2 easily. " Few people like those who always try to find faults in others," Su said. " A popular student should be open-minded. "
Besides affecting students' interpersonal(人际间的)relationships, jealousy may also limit students' development.
Meng said that during that time, she paid too much attention to her competitor(竞争者)and 3 to improve herself. " It was tiring and useless," she said.
Luckily, Meng 4 realized the problem. She stopped her silly behavior and focused on her own progress.
Wang Xiao, a psychology(心理学)teacher at Huangshi Foreign Language School, Hubei, agreed with Meng' s practice. Wang said the best way to deal with jealousy is to turn it into motivation(动力)
" 5 those who are better than you and focus on yourself, " Wang said. " It' s more important to improve yourself than to be better than others. "
Wang also suggested that students be confident about themselves. " Everyone has their advantages and disadvantages. Don' t 6 your disadvantages with others' advantages," he said.
Americans think that travel is good for you. Some even think it can help solve one of the country' s worst problems — crime (犯罪).
Crime worries a lot of people. Every year, the n of crimes goes up and up. And many criminals (罪犯) are young. Most of them - 85 percent are boys. They often come from sad homes, with only one parent or no parents at all. There are problems with alcohol and drugs.
There are many young criminals in prison. But prison doesn' t change them - 60 to 70 percent will go b to crime when they come out of prison.
One man, Bob Burton, thought of a new idea. In the old days, young men had to live a difficult life on the road. They learned to be strong and brave, and to help their friends in time of danger. This helped them to grow into m . So Bob Burton started " Vision Quest (幻想探究)" .
He takes young criminals on a long, long j with horses and wagons 3,000 miles through seven states. They are on the road for more than a year. The young people on Vision Quest all have bad problems. Most of them have already s time in prison. This is their last chance.
It' s hard work on the road. The day starts before the sun comes up. The boys and girls have to feed the horses. Some of them have never loved anyone before, b they can love their horses. That love can help them to have a new life.
Not all young people on Vision Quest will leave crime behind them. 30 or 40 percent will one day be in prison a . But that' s a lot better then 60 or 70 percent. Bob Burton is right. Travel can be good for them.
If you lose 12 times in a row, will you just give up? Dale Carnegie, a pioneer in public speaking and self-development, kept trying. And he became famous by showing people how to be successful.
Carnegie was born into a poor family in the United States. The boy didn' t see a train until he was 12 years old. In his teens, he had to get up at 3 am every day to milk the cows for his family.
When Carnegie first entered college, he felt upset because of his ragged clothes and ordinary looks. His mother encouraged him, " Why not try to be better in other things instead of just dress and good looks? "
Carnegie tried to be more active in college. He joined the debate team. But one after another, he lost 12 competitions. The young man was very disappointed with himself. He said later that he thought of killing himself after failing so many times. But soon Carnegie was seen practicing public speaking on the riverside. His hard work paid off at last. In 1906, Carnegie won a famous speech contest and became well-known. " Believe that you will succeed, and you will," he said.
In order to share his success, Carnegie opened schools and wrote books. His best-sellers include How to Win Friends and Influence People and How to Stop Worrying and Start Living. More than 50 million copies of his books have been translated in 38 languages. They are still helping people on the road to success.
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