How to Build Your Life
创造自己的生活
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Every person creates his or her own reality.Authorship of your life is one of your absolute rights；yet so often people deny that they have the ability to the life they desire.They look past the fundamental truth that it is not our external resources that determine our success or failure，but rather our own belief in ourselves and our willingness to create a life according to our highest aspirations .
Clearly，the challenge here is to create and own your own reality.When you begin to live your life understanding that what you make of it is up to you，you are able to design it according to your authentic choices and desires.You will learn lessons here，such as responsibility and limitlessness，which will lead you to the life you were meant to live.These lessons provide you with the essential tools you need in order to take command of your life.
To take responsibility means you admit your accountability and acknowledge your influence and role in the circumstances in which you find yourself.It means you are answerable for your behavior and you fully accept any consequences created by your actions.
生活是由自己创造的。而且，人人都享有创造生活的权利。但如今，人们总是说自己没有能力描绘美好的生活。实际上，他们忽视了一个根本的事实——决定我们成功与失败的并不在于任何外部条件，而在于我们是否有实现自己心中热望的信心与积极性。
无疑，这种挑战就是如何创造并掌握自己的生活。一旦你明白自己是生活的创造者，那么你就可以按照自己的选择与希望来创造生活。在这里，你将会学到如何承担责任与发挥无限潜能，它们会带你走进你想要的生活，并教会你如何主宰生活。
承担责任指的是要认可自己应承担的责任，并了解自己对周围环境所产生的影响和作用。这就意味着，你要对自己的行为负责，要完全承担由自己的行为所造成的一切后果。
To take responsibility will propel you forward and onward to your greater good.I know of a woman named Mary whose story of personal responsibility has always inspired me.Mary was born in Cuba and moved to Miami with her family when she was two years old.They lived in terrible poverty in a dangerous part of the city，where crime and drugs were part of everyday life.Mary was determined，however，even at the young age of eight，to make something of her life other than follow the expected route of becoming a maid，or a cashier at the local supermarket.So she got herself to school each and every day，sometimes having to step over drunks passed out in the doorway，just so she could get education and give herself a better life.
Mary eventually left Miami，obtained a good education，and fostered her natural music ability.Mary could have given in to the life she was born into，or remained mired in blaming her parents and culture for her circumstances.She could have refused to take responsibility for the situation.Instead，however，Mary took responsibility for herself and created a life of which she can be proud.
Responsibility is a major lesson of adulthood.If you still haven’t learned the lesson of responsibility，it‘s not too late.Remember，life will provide you with plenty of opportunities to get it right.
学会承担责任，能够使你不断前进，创造更美好的未来。我知道一个叫玛丽的女子，她勇于向命运挑战的事迹一直让我备受鼓舞。玛丽出生在古巴，两岁时，举家搬迁到迈阿密他们的生活极度贫困，所住的地方是迈阿密的危险地区，犯罪和毒品已泛滥成灾。然而，玛丽在她仅八岁时就立志要干出一番事业，而不甘心只当个女佣或是当地超市的收银员。为此，她每天准时上学，从不旷课，有时甚至不得不从那些醉倒在家门口的酒鬼身上跨过去。
最终，玛丽离开了迈阿密，并获得了很好的教育，她的音乐天赋也得到发展。玛丽本可以向命运屈服、埋怨自己的父母或是当地的文化状况，也可以完全拒绝承担任何责任。然而，玛丽还是承担了自己的责任并且创造了值得自己骄傲的生活。
承担责任是每一个成年人的必修课。如果你还没有学会承担责任，现在还不晚。记住，生活会为你提供许许多多的机会让你学会承担责任。
Limitlessness，The final lesson you must learn is limitlessness，it is the sense that there are no boundaries to what you can become or do.You learn it when you know that your evolution is never-ending and your potential for growth reaches to infinity.
You were born knowing your limitlessness.As you grew and became socialized in this world，however，you might have come to believe that there are boundaries that prevent you from reaching thehighest levels of spiritual，emotional，or mental evolution.However，boundaries exist only in your mind.When you are able to transcend them，you learn the lesson of limitlessness.
When I was young，I had a teacher who understood the importance of this lesson.She reminded us every day that we could do anything we set our minds to，no matter how impossible it might seem or how strong the opposition is.It is my sincere hope that there is a teacher like Mrs.Carbone in every school around the world，so that our children can know the wonder and power they have within themselves and will strive to access it.
In this world，we have countless people who have proven that a person can do whatever he or she strives to do.
最后一课便是发挥无限潜能，你必须学会这一点。无论你想成为什么样的人或是做什么样的事情，并没有明确的界线来限制你。如果你相信自己的进步是永无止境的，自己的发展潜力也是无穷无尽的，那么你就学会了这一课。
从来到人世的那天起，你就应该知道潜能是无限的。然而，随着你慢慢地成长，逐渐融入社会，你或许会怀疑有种种障碍在阻止你实现心中既定的精神、情感和思想上的最高目标。然而，这些障碍只存在于你的心里。如果你能超越这些障碍，那么你就学到了发挥无限潜能这一课。
在我小时候，有一位老师（卡蓬夫人）深知这一课的重要性。她时时提醒我们：只要下定决心，我们就能做到任何事情——无论它们看起来是无法实现的，还是受到重重阻碍的。我真心希望世上每所学校都能有一位像卡蓬夫人一样的老师，这样，我们的孩子就能够懂得他们身上所拥有的非凡才能与力量，而且会努力实现自己心中的目标。
在这个世界上，人们一次又一次地证明了这样一个道理：世上无难事，只怕有心人。（未完待续）
