佚名/Anonymous
My dreams are worthless, my plans are dust, my goals are impossible. All are of no value unless they are followed by action.
Never has there been a map, however carefully executed to detail and scale, which carried its owner over even one inch of ground. Never has there been a parchment of law, however fair, which prevented one crime. Action alone, is the tinder which ignites the map the parchment, my dreams, my plans, my goals, into a living force. Action is the food and drink which will nourish my success.
My procrastination which has held me back was born of fear and now I recognize this secret mined from the depths of all courageous hearts. Now I know that to conquer fear I must always act without hesitation and the futters in my heart will vanish. Now I know that action reduces the lion of terror to an ant of equanimity.
Henceforth, I will remember the lesson of frefy who gives offits light only when it is on the wing, only when it is in action. I will become a frefy and even in the day my glow will be seen in spite of the sun. Let others be as butterfies who preen their wings yet depend on the charity of a fower for life. I will be as the frefy and my light will brighten the world.
I will not avoid the tasks of today and charge them to tomorrow for I know that tomorrow never comes. Let me act now even though my actions may not bring happiness or success for it is better to act and fail than not be act and founder. Happiness, in truth, may not be the fruit plucked by my action yet without action all fruit will die on the vine.
I will act now. Henceforth, I will repeat these words again and again, each hour, each day, until the words become as much as a habit as my breathing and the actions which follow become as instinctive as the blinking of my eyelids. With these words I can condition my mind to perform every act necessary for my success. With these words I can condition my mind to meet every challenge which the failure avoids.
I will repeat these words, again and again and again. When I awake I will say them and leap from my cot while the failure sleeps yet another hour.
For now is all I have. Tomorrow is the day reserved for the labor of the lazy. I am not lazy. Tomorrow is the day when then evil become good. I am not evil. Tomorrow is the day when the weak become strong. I am not weak. Tomorrow is the day when the failure will succeed. I am not a failure.
When the lion is hungry he eats. When the eagle has thirst he drinks. Lest they act, both will perish. I hunger for success. I thirst for happiness and peace of mind. Lest I act I will perish in a life of failure, misery, and sleepless night.
Success will not wait. If I delay she Will become betrothed to anther and lost to me forever. This is the time. This is the place. I am the man.
我的夢想毫無價值，我的計劃無足輕重，我的目標遙不可及。除非我們付諸行動，否則一切都將毫無意義。
不論地圖標注得多麽詳盡，比例多麽精密，它都永遠不可能使其所有者移動哪怕1英尺的距離。不論一紙法律條文多麽公正，它也不可能預防一宗犯罪。隻有行動才是唯一的導火索，它使地圖、法律條文，以及我的夢想、計劃和目標成為有生力量。行動就像食物和水分一樣，會滋養我們的成功之花。
我的畏縮不前源於恐懼。現在，我從所有勇敢的心靈深處，挖掘並領悟到了這個秘密。現在我知道，必須毫不猶豫地行動起來，才能戰勝恐懼，才能使內心的動搖消失殆盡。我知道，不管恐懼多麽巨大，我們都可以通過行動變得鎮定。
今後，我會記住螢火蟲的啟示：僅僅在振翅飛行時，它才會發出光芒——隻是在它的行動中。我願成為一隻螢火蟲，即使是在白天，無論陽光多麽耀眼，我的光芒也將無法阻擋。讓別人像蝴蝶那樣精心裝扮雙翅，依賴花朵的施舍維持生命吧！我要像螢火蟲那樣，用自己的光芒照亮世界。
我不會逃避今天的責任，而把它們推給明天，因為我知道，明天永遠不會到來。讓我立刻行動起來吧，即使我的行動不能帶來幸福或成功，即便行動導致失敗，也勝過坐以待斃。事實上，也許我采摘不到果實，但不采取行動，所有的果實都會在藤上爛掉。
現在，我會立刻行動。從此，每時每刻我都要一遍又一遍地重複這些話，直到它們像我的呼吸一樣，成為一種習慣，我以後的行動會像眨眼一樣，成為一種本能。有了這些言語，我就可以調整心態，付出成功所需的每一個行動，迎接失敗者一心逃避的每一個挑戰。
我將一而再、再而三地重複這些話。當我清晨醒來時，我會說這些言語，這樣，當失敗者臥床不起時，我便會一躍而起。
因為現在的一切都屬於我。明天是懶人給自己預留的工作日，我不懶；明天是棄惡從善的日子，我不邪惡；明天是由弱變強的日子，我並不軟弱；明天是失敗者成功的日子，我不是失敗者。
獅子餓了會去吃東西，老鷹渴了會去喝水，如果他們不行動，就會滅亡。我企盼成功，渴望幸福和心靈的安逸。除非立刻行動，否則，我的整個生命都會消亡在失敗、痛苦和失眠中。
成功不會等待。如果我遲疑，她會投入別人的懷抱，而我將永遠失去她。此時此地，我就是那個成功的人。
心靈小語
光說好話而不見行動，一文不值。
W詞匯筆記
procrastination[pr?u'kr?sti'nei??n]n.拖延；耽擱
例 Procrastination is the thief of time.
拖延是時間之竊賊。
equanimity[,i:kw?'nimiti]n.平靜；鎮定
例 He received the bad news with surprising equanimity.
聽到這個壞消息時，他鎮定得令人吃驚。
eyelid['ailid]n.眼皮；眼瞼
例 The condemned man listened to his sentence without batting an eyelid.
那個被定罪的人麵無表情地聽著對他的宣判。
cot[k?t]n.簡易窄床；小屋；馬舍
例 He took his seat on the cot.
他在帆布**坐下。
S小試身手
我的畏縮不前源於恐懼。
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我願成為一隻螢火蟲，即使是在白天，無論陽光多麽耀眼，我的光芒也將無法阻擋。
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讓我立刻行動起來吧，即使我的行動不能帶來幸福或成功，即便行動導致了失敗，也勝過坐以待斃。
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P短語家族
My procrastination which has held me back was born of fear and now I recognize this secret mined from the depths of all courageous hearts.
be born of：出身於；源於
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Let others be as butterflies who preen their wings yet depend on the charity of a flower for life.
depend on：依賴；依靠；取決於；隨……而定
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