英语美文：心态的力量

　　摘要：人说，你改变不了环境，但可以改变自己;你改变不了事实，但可以改变态度;你改变不了过去，但可以改变现在;你不能控制他人，但可以掌握自己;你不能样样顺利，但可以事事尽心;你不能左右天气，但可以改变心情;你不能选择容貌，但可以展现笑容。

　　People say, you can not change the environment, but can change their own; you can not change the facts, but can change attitudes; you can not change the past, but can be changed now; you can not control other people, but can be masters of our own; you can not do everything well, but can be conscientious in everything; you can not about the weather, but you can change the mood; you can not choose looks, but it can show a smile.

　　Indeed, one key to the success lies in his (her) mind. The difference between successful people and the losers are: winners will be setbacks and difficulties due to personal ability, experience, imperfect, to emphasize the inherent, they are willing to continuously improve and develop the right direction; and the losers will blame on the opportunity, and the environment injustice, emphasizing external and uncontrollable factors that created the position of their life, they always complain, wait and give up!

　　人说，你改变不了环境，但可以改变自己;你改变不了事实，但可以改变态度;你改变不了过去，但可以改变现在;你不能控制他人，但可以掌握自己;你不能样样顺利，但可以事事尽心;你不能左右天气，但可以改变心情;你不能选择容貌，但可以展现笑容。

　　的确，一个人能否成功的关键还在于他(她)的心态。成功人士与失败者的差异是：成功者将挫折、困难归因于个人能力、经验的不完善，强调内在，他们乐意不断向好的方向改进和发展;而失败者则怪罪于机遇、环境的不公，强调外在、不可控制的因素造就了他们的人生位置，他们总是抱怨、等待与放弃!

心态的力量

　　In many cases, is a humble person who is looked down upon his own. Person's appearance, his family, and so a priori condition that can not be changed, but at least inner state, the spirit of the will is entirely their own control. Mentality, the final decision of life high. There is no absolute bad thing, only the mentality of the absolute poor people. If even the state of mind will not adjust, how they deal with things more complicated than the mentality of it!

　　很多时候，是出身卑微的人是自己看低了自己。人的相貌、家境等等先天条件是无法改变的，但至少，内心状态、精神意志完全是自己控制的。心态，最终决定人生的高度。世上没有绝对不好的事情，只有心态绝对不好的人。如果连心态都不会调整，他们又怎么处理比心态更为复杂的事情呢!

　　No matter what the situation, a person's attitude is very important. Passion put to work, and numbness sluggish to work completely different. Emerson said: "A move toward their goals is always people who gave him the whole world to give way." On the contrary, failure is not because we do not have the strength, but because we are susceptible to all around us, used to go along with the lack of assertive, attitude unstable, easily frustrated reason.

　　无论做什么事情，一个人的态度非常重要。激情投入地工作，与麻木呆滞地工作，完全不同。爱默生说："一个朝着自己目标永远前进的人，整个世界都给他让路。"反之，失败不是因为我们不具备实力，而是我们易被环境左右，惯于附和，缺乏主见，心态不稳定，容易沮丧的缘故。

　　As long as we believe that the strength of mind, change their attitude and courage to face a number of disappointments in life, do not despair, brave go on.

　　只要我们相信心态的力量，调整好心态，勇敢的去面对生活上的一些不如意，不要气馁，勇敢的走下去。

　　I believe the power of mind, mind you're in the height of the final decision

　　相信心态的力量，心态最终决定你所处的高度。

　　态度决定一切

　　每天早上醒来我都告诉自己说：“今天你有两个选择，你可以选择一个好心情，也可以选择一个坏心情。”我选择了好心情。

　　Jerry was the kind of guy you love to hate. He was always in a good mood and always had something positive to say. When someone asked him how he was doing, he would reply, "If I were any better, I would be twins!"

　　杰里真是个让人喜欢得不行的家伙。他总是心情愉快、情绪高涨，总能说出积极的话来。每当别人问他一切可好时，他就回答：“好得不能再好了!”

　　He was a unique manager because he had several waiters who had followed him around from restaurant to restaurant. The reason the waiters followed Jerry was because of his attitude. He was a natural motivator. If an employee was having a bad day, Jerry was there telling the employee how to look on the positive side of the situation.

　　他是个与众不同的经理，有好几个服务员都跟着他在不同的餐厅做过。他们跟着杰里是因为他的生活态度。他天生善于激励人，如果哪个雇员不走运了，杰里就会告诉他要往好的一面看。

　　Seeing this style really made me curious, so one day I went up to Jerry and asked him, "I don't get it! You can't be a positive person all of the time. How do you do it?"

　　我对他的生活态度深感好奇，于是有一天我走到杰里跟前问他：“我不明白!你不可能事事都顺心，你是怎样做到一直都这么积极乐观的呢?”

　　Jerry replied, "Each morning I wake up and say to myself, 'Jerry, you have two choices today. You can choose to be in a good mood or you can choose to be in a bad mood.' I choose to be in a good mood. Each time something bad happens, I can choose to be a victim or I can choose to learn from it. I choose to learn from it. Every time someone comes to me complaining, I can choose to accept their complaining or I can point out the positive side of life. I choose the positive side of life."

　　杰里回答说：“每天早上醒来后我对自己说，‘杰里，今天你有两个选择。你可以选择一个好心情，也可以选择一个坏心情。’我选择了好心情;每次有坏事发生时，我可以选择成为受害者，也可以选择从中及吸取教训，我选择了从中吸取教训;每当有人向我抱怨时，我可以选择听他们抱怨，或者给他们指出生活中积极的一面，我选择了指出生活中积极的一面。”

　　"Yeah, right, it's not that easy," I protested.

　　“对，话是没错，可是做起来可不容易。”我说。

　　"Yes, it is," Jerry said. "Life is all about choices. When you cut away all the junk, every situation is a choice. You choose how you react to situations. You choose how people will affect your mood. You choose to be in a good mood or bad mood. The bottom line: It's your choice how you live life."

　　杰里说：“其实也容易，生活就是由很多选择组成的，出去那些不值一提的事情，那么生活中的每件事都是个选择。你可以选择如何回应这些事件。你可以选择周围人影响你心情的方式。你可以选择有个好心情或是坏心情。重点是：你可以选择如何来过你的生活。”

　　I reflected on what Jerry said. Soon thereafter, I left the restaurant industry to start my own business. We lost touch, but I often thought about him when I made a choice about life instead of reacting to it.

　　我仔细地考虑着杰里的话。不久后，我离开餐厅业去追求个人发展。我们失去了联系，但每当我对生活做抉择而非被动接受生活时，我就会想起杰里。

　　Several years later, I heard that Jerry did something you are never supposed to do in a restaurant business: he left the back door open one morning and was held up at gunpoint by three armed robbers. While trying to open the safe, his hand, shaking from nervousness, slipped off the combination. The robbers panicked and shot him.

　　几年之后，我听说杰里犯了个在餐饮业不该犯的错误：一天早晨，他没关后门，三个持枪匪徒走进来，拿枪指着他。当他们试图打开保险箱时，他由于紧张，手从保险锁上滑下来。匪徒紧张之下开枪打穿了他的手，接着又有三枚子弹正中他的腹部。

　　Luckily, Jerry was found relatively quickly and rushed to the local trauma center. After 18 hours of surgery and weeks of intensive care, Jerry was released from the hospital with fragments of the bullets still in his body.

　　幸运的是，杰里很快就被人发现了，他们很快将他送到了当地的伤疗中心。经过18小时的手术和几星期的悉心护理，他终于出院了，体内还残留着子弹的碎片。

　　I saw Jerry about six months after the accident. When I asked him how he was, he replied, "If I were any better, I'd be twins. Wanna see my scars?" I declined to see his wounds, but did ask him what had gone through his mind as the robbery took place.

　　那件事之后六个月后我见到了杰里。我问他身体怎样了，他答道：“好极了!想不想看看我的伤疤?”我没看他的伤疤，但我问他在抢劫案发生的时候，他脑子里在想些什么。

　　"The first thing that went through my mind was that I should have locked the back door," Jerry replied. "Then, as I lay on the floor, I remembered that I had two choices: I could choose to live, or I could choose to die. I chose to live."

　　杰里回答说：“我首先想的是我要是把后门锁上就好了，但是躺在地板上的时候，我想到自己有两个选择：我可以选择生，或选择死。我选择了生。”

　　"Weren't you scared? Did you lose consciousness?" I asked.

　　“你难道一点也不怕吗?你失去知觉了吗?”我问。

　　Jerry continued, "The paramedics were great. They kept telling me I was going to be fine. But when they wheeled me into the emergency room and I saw the expressions on the faces of the doctors and nurses, I got really scared. In their eyes, I read, "He's a dead man." "I knew I needed to take action."

　　杰里继续说：“医生们很好，他们不断地告诉我我会好起来的。但他们推我进急救室时，我看到医生和护士脸上的表情，我觉得很害怕。他们脸上写着‘这个人要死了。’我知道我该采取些行动了。”

　　"What did you do?" I asked.

　　“你做了什么?”我问。

　　"Well, there was a big, burly nurse shouting questions at me," said Jerry. "She asked if I was allergic to anything. "Yes," I replied. The doctors and nurses stopped working as they waited for my reply. I took a deep breath and yelled, "Bullets!"

　　“当时有个牛高马大的护士朝我喊：‘杰里，你对什么东西过敏吗?’‘有，’我喊回去。‘是什么?’她问。医生和护士们都停下来等我回答。我深深吸了口气，喊道：‘子弹：’”

　　Over their laughter, I told them. "I am choosing to live. Operate on me as if I am alive, not dead."

　　“他们全笑起来，接着我对他们说：‘瞧，我选择要活下来。给我动手术，把我当成个活人而不是死人来医治。’”

　　Jerry lived thanks to the skill of his doctors, but also because of his amazing attitude. I learned from him that every day we have the choice to live fully.

　　杰里活了下来，部分原因是医生的医术高明，但更主要是因为他那不屈不挠的态度。

　　Attitude, after all, is everything.

　　毕竟，态度能决定一切。