Five points to share with you

第一句話是：優秀是一種習慣。

這句話是古希臘哲學家亞里士多德說的。如果說優秀是一種習慣，那么懶惰也是一
種習慣。人出生的時候，除了脾氣會因為天性而有所不同，其他的東西基本都是后
天形成的，是家庭影響和教育的結果。所以，我們的一言一行都是日積月累養成的
習慣。我們有的人形成了很好的習慣，有的人形成了很壞的習慣。所以我們從現在
起就要把優秀變成一種習慣，使我們的優秀行為習以為常，變成我們的第二天性。
讓我們習慣性地去創造性思考，習慣性地去認真做事情，習慣性地對別人友好，習
慣性地欣賞大自然。（努力的睜開眼睛，平靜的呼吸，然后，像嬰兒一樣看看這個
世界）

1 Excellence is a habit

Aristotle, the greatest philosopher of ancient Greece, once said this.
If excellence is a habit, laziness, then, is too. People have
different tempers from their nature by the time they were born, but
all other traits are shaped after that, by family influence and nurture.
Therefore, what we say and do are habits accrued by time. Some people
have good habits, while some others have bad habits. What we should do
from now on is to make excellence a habit, be used to it, and make it
our second nature. Let us get used to creative thinking, working
carefully, treating others nicely, and appreciating the grand nature.
(Open your eyes wide, breathe deeply but peacefully, and see the world
as you were an infant).

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第二句話是：生命是一種過程。

事情的結果盡管重要，但是做事情的過程更加重要，因為結果好了我們會更加快樂
，但過程使我們的生命充實。人的生命最后的結果一定是死亡，我們不能因此說我
們的生命沒有意義。世界上很少有永恒。大學生談戀愛，每天都在信誓旦旦地說我
會愛你一輩子，這實際上是不真實的。統計數據表明，大學生談戀愛的100對里有
90對最后會分手，最后結婚了的還有一半會離婚。你說愛情能永恒嗎？所以最真實
的說法是：“我今天，此時此刻確實是如此真心真意地愛著你。”（讓所有的今天
延續下去，你就能得到一生的愛情。可是并不是所有的人都能如你一樣堅持，原諒
她他吧，真實的離開比違心地留下也許更加合適）明天也許你會失戀，失戀后我們
會體驗到失戀的痛苦。這種體驗也是豐富你生命的一個過程。

2 Life is a process

Getting result is important, but the process in doing it means more,
as good results bring joy, but the process makes life rich. Death is the
destiny of every life, but we can't deduce from that to say life is
meaningless. Eternity seldom exists in real life. When a college student
tells his love he'll love her forever, in most cases it turns out not
true. Statistics found 90 out of 100 pairs of dating students ended up
parting, and of those who did get married, 50% ended up divorcing. So is
love perpetual? Perhaps not. It would be more truthful in saying "I
really love you at the very moment of now." (Let the very moment last to
be a lifetime, and love would follow. But remember, all people are
not as persistent as you are, forgive him, for it may be better to
part intact than to be together unhappily) Your heart may be broken when
your love leaves, but the pain becomes an experience which enriches
your life.

第三句話是：兩點之間最短的距離并不一定是直線。

在人與人的關系以及做事情的過程中，我們很難直截了當就把事情做好。我們有時
需要等待，有時需要合作，有時需要技巧。我們做事情會碰到很多困難和障礙，有
時候我們并不一定要硬挺、硬沖，我們可以選擇有困難繞過去，有障礙繞過去，也
許這樣做事情更加順利。大家想一想，我們和別人說話還得想想哪句話更好聽呢。
尤其在中國這個比較復雜的社會中，大家要學會想辦法諒解別人，要讓人覺得你這
個人很成熟，很不錯，你才能把事情做成。（長嘆一聲，真得好復雜）

3 The shortest distance between two dots is not alway a straight line

Either in people interaction or during the process of doing something,
it's rather hard to get it right through a straight-forward approach. We
sometimes wait, sometimes cooperate, and sometimes need tactics.
There are difficulties and obstacles to overcome, and unnecessary
enduring and simply rushing to the point is not always the best way.
Consider detour, detouring a difficulty could solve a problem more
smoothly than you thought it could. Think, don't we even choose words
when speaking to others? So in a society as complicated as China,
learn to understand others, leaving an impression in others that you are
kind and mature will help you accomplish something. (Sigh, has it to be
so complicated?)

第四句話是：只有知道如何停止的人才知道如何加快速度。

我在滑雪的時候，最大的體會就是停不下來。我剛開始學滑雪時沒有請教練，看著
別人滑雪，覺得很容易，不就是從山頂滑到山下嗎？于是我穿上滑雪板，哧溜一下
就滑下去了，結果我從山頂滑到山下，實際上是滾到山下，摔了很多個跟斗。我發
現根本就不知道怎么停止、怎么保持平衡。最后我反復練習怎么在雪地上、斜坡上
停下來。練了一個星期，我終于學會了在任何坡上停止、滑行、再停止。這個時候
我就發現自己會滑雪了，就敢從山頂高速地往山坡下沖。因為我知道只要我想停，
一轉身就能停下來。只要你能停下來，你就不會撞上樹、撞上石頭、撞上人，你就
不會被撞死。因此，只有知道如何停止的人，才知道如何高速前進。

4 Only one who knows to stop can accelerate

When I ski, the most scary feeling is having no idea of how to stop. I
did not hire a coach when I first learned to ski, because it seemed so
easy when looking at others do it - simply going down from top to the
bottom of the hill! So I put on my snow board, and down I went. I
actually rolled, instead of ski, down to the bottom. I found I was
totally at a loss of knowing how to stop or keep balance, so I practiced
over and over again just to learn to stop on a slope. When I learned
it, I became bold enough to dash down from top of a mountain, at a
very high speed. Because at this point you know for sure whenever you
want to stop, you can by simply making a turn. And when you are able
to stop, you will not hit a tree or a rock or someone else, you won't
end up crashing dead. So, only one who knows to stop can advance
speedily.

第五句話是：放棄是一種智慧，缺陷是一種恩惠。

當你擁有六個蘋果的時候，千萬不要把它們都吃掉，因為你把六個蘋果全都吃掉，
你也只吃到了六個蘋果，只吃到了一種味道，那就是蘋果的味道。如果你把六個蘋
果中的五個拿出來給別人吃，盡管表面上你丟了五個蘋果，但實際上你卻得到了其
他五個人的友情和好感。以后你還能得到更多，當別人有了別的水果的時候，也一
定會和你分享，你會從這個人手里得到一個橘子，那個人手里得到一個梨，最后你
可能就得到了五種不同的水果，五種不同的味道，五種不同的顏色，五個人的友誼
。人一定要學會用你擁有的東西去換取對你來說更加重要和豐富的東西。所以說，
放棄是一種智慧。(當然堅持也是一種智慧，并不是所有的東西都可以放棄，所以
智慧是知道什么可以放棄，什么必須堅持)

做人最大的樂趣在于通過奮斗去獲得我們想要的東西，所以有缺點意味著我們可以
進一步完美，有匱乏之處意味著我們可以進一步努力。美國有一部電視片，講的是
一位富翁給后代留下了用不盡的遺產，結果他的后代全都變成了吸毒的、自殺的、
進監獄的，或者精神病患者。為什么會這樣呢？因為這位富翁給自己后代留下的錢
太多了，以致他們不需要勞動就可以繼承一大筆財產。繼承一大筆財富，就幾乎什
么都能買到。所以，當一個人什么都不缺的時候，他的生存空間就被剝奪掉了。如
果我們每天早上醒過來，感到自己今天缺點兒什么，感到自己還需要更加完美，感
到自己還有追求，那是一件多么值得高興的事情啊！（天地尚且不全，何況你我，
留下一點給自己完善的空間，有什么不好呢？）

5 To give up is wisdom, and a defect is a gift

When you have 6 apples, don't eat them all, because when you eat them
up, you have them in your belly, and you are left with only one taste,
the taste of the apple. But if you share 5 of your apples with 5 people,
it looks that you lose 5, but you actually earn friendship and favor
from 5 other people. When one day they have more fruit, they would share
them with you. You would get a tangerine from A, a pear from B, and
at the end of the day you get fruit of 5 different kinds, all
different tastes and different colors, and 5 people's friendship as
well. So, to give up is a wisdom. (Holding on is of course another,
not everything can be given up, so wisdom is knowing what to give up and
what to hold on.)

The greatest pleasure in life is to strive for what you want and finally
get 'em, so defects can mean we still have room to perfect, and
things for us to strive for. In the United States there was once a
teleplay which told a story of a millionaire who left his offsprings
with a patrimony so huge that it could never be used up. But his
descendants either became drug users, committed suicide, were put to
jail, or ended up insane. And why is that? Because the descendants are
left more than enough money that they needed not work to get what they
want. So when one has everything in his wish list, the living space is
deprived from him. How nice it would be when we wake up in the moring
only to find there's something missing, something that needs to be
perfected, and something that still worth pursuing! (There are holes
to the heaven and earth, let alone in us! Isn't it a good thing for us
to have room to perfect?)?

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