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1、一、GrowGreatbyDreamsThequestionwasonceaskedofahighlysuccessfulbusinessman,"Howhaveyoudonesomuchinyourlifetime?"Hereplied,"Ihavedreamed.IhaveturnedmymindloosetoimaginewhatIwantedtodo.ThenIhavegonetobedandthoughtaboutmydreams.InthenightIdreamtaboutmydreams.AndwhenIawokeinthemorning,Isawthewa
2、ytomakemydreamsreal.Whileotherpeopleweresaying,'Youcan'tdothat,itisimpossible,'IwaswellonmywaytoachievingwhatIwanted."AsWoodrowWilson,28thPresidentoftheU.S.,said:"Wegrowgreatbydreams.Allbigmenaredreamers."Thereisawholenessaboutthepersonwhohascometotermswithhislimitations,whohasbeenbraveen
3、oughtoletgoofhisunrealisticdreamsandnotfeellikeafailurefordoingso.Thereisawholenessaboutthemanorwomanwhohaslearnedthatheorsheisstrongenoughtogothroughatragedyandsurvive,shecanlosesomeoneandstillfeellikeacompleteperson.二、TheMoreLovingOne--W.H.AudenLookingupatthestars,IknowquitewellThat,for
4、alltheycare,Icangotohell,ButonearthindifferenceistheleastWehavetodreadfrommanorbeast.HowshouldwelikeitwerestarstoburnWithapassionforuswecouldnotreturn?Ifequalaffectioncannotbe,Letthemorelovingonebeme.AdmirerasIthinkIamOfstarsthatdonotgiveadamn,Icannot,nowIseethem,sayImissedoneterriblyalld
5、ay.WereallstarstodisappearordieIshouldlearntolookatanemptyskyAndfeelitstotaldarksublime,Thoughthismighttakemealittletime.一、PowerofSelfTalkTocomeabovetoughertimesyouhavetopepyourselfup,whenyouarefeelinglow,lostandconfused.Thiscanbedoneeffectivelybyself-talk.Self-talkisawayoftalkingtoonesel
6、f.Itcanbeeffectivelyusedforsoulsearching.Whentalkingtoourselves,wehardlylieasourconscience{kɔnʃəns]controlsourspeech.Selftalkisefficientbecausewhenwearevocalaboutourthoughts,itmakesalargerimpactonourmind.Ourbrainthenreceivesthesamemessagefromthemindaswellastheears.Thisrepetitionpeptalksan
7、dthoughtsfinetunestheperformanceofbrain.二、EveryWomanisBeautifulAlittleboyaskedgod,god,whydowomancrysoeasily?godsaidwhenImadewoman,shehadtobespecial.Imadehershoulderstrongenoughtocarrytheweightoftheworld,yet,gentleenoughtogivecomfort.Igaveherahardnessthatallowshertok
