佚名/Anonymous
Living your successful life requires you to step out. I remember as a teenager, right out of high school, learning this valuable lesson. Now—15 years later—my life is the result of habitually stepping out.
The scene is Naval Recruit Training Center in San Diego, Ca. There I am, standing poker-straight in a line with some l5 other recruits as the Southern California sun tans our young faces.
“I need a volunteer.”shouts the drill instructor.“Take one step forward!”The frst thing you're taught in boot camp is never volunteer for anything. Of course, I wasn't very good at conforming and stepped fght out.
The drill instructor approached. Standing nose to nose with me, he stated in a quiet“Dirty Harry”kind of voice,“Pollock, do you know only true leaders step out front?”
John F. Kennedy, echoing Theodore Roosevelt, stated the ideamore eloquently when he said：“The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause：who at best, if he wins, knows the thrills of high achievement, and, if he fails, at least fails daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.”
Living your life on your terms means stepping out on a regular basis. You have a song in your heart. Will you step out from the crowd and sing that song?Will you risk appearing the fool to live your dreams?
It may seem frightening and lonely to step out front. It is, but only for a short time. The comfort of conformity soon pales in comparison to the power, passion and excitement that comes with any bold, new, purposeful action.
You'll soon fnd others who've stepped out front with you.
They're people like you who've grown weary of living a mediocre existence. They like you will have heeded the whisper of God within, which quietly says,“It's your life. Make it great.”
Step out front this week. It doesn't have to be a big step.
Maybe you've been thinking about starting your own home-based business. Perhaps you have an idea for your own newsletter. Maybe there's a class you've been wanting to take. Whatever it is, take your frst step this week.
Step out and have a great week!
It's your life!Create it the way you want it.
想擁有成功的生活，必須邁出第一步。記得我十幾歲時，也就是剛跨出高中校門的時候，就學到了這寶貴的一課。15年裏，我邁出第一步的習慣造就了我今天的生活狀態。
當時的情景是這樣的，在位於加利福尼亞州的聖地亞哥海軍新兵訓練中心，我和其他15個新兵在烈日的照射下整整齊齊地站成一排。
嚴厲的教官高聲喊道：“我需要一個誌願者，請向前邁出一步。”在訓練營要學會的第一件事，就是永遠不要為任何事情做誌願者。當然，我並沒有好好領悟這件事，便向前邁出了一步。
教官走過來，到幾乎和我鼻子對著鼻子時才停了下來，他用一種低低的惡魔似的聲音說道：“波洛克，唯有真正的領袖才會邁步上前的，知道嗎？”
約翰·F.肯尼迪在評價西奧多·羅斯福的一生時，更加生動地證實了這種思想。他說：“榮譽屬於那些身處現實競技場中的豪傑，那些經受塵土、汗水及血跡洗禮的臉頰。他們了解偉大的**及虔誠，並投身於有價值的事業。如果遇到了最好的情形，他贏了，他便會體驗到偉大成就所帶來的喜悅刺激；相反，如果輸了，至少他也敢於付出，所以他的地位永遠不會與那些不懂成敗的冷酷和怯懦的靈魂為伍。”
按照自己的方式享受生活，意味著習慣邁出第一步。你的心靈中有一首屬於自己的歌。你是否願意邁出一步，離開人群，唱響心靈之歌呢？你是否敢於與世界格格不入，追求自己的夢想呢？
表麵看來，邁出一步是很危險而又寂寞的事情，事實也的確如此，然而這隻需要短短的一瞬間就可以完成。不適的痛苦不久就會消逝，與之對應的是任何勇敢、新穎和有目標的行動所帶來的力量、**和興奮。
你不久就會發現和你一樣邁出一步的同行者。
他們是和你一樣的人，厭煩了普普通通的人生。他們和你一樣傾聽著上帝的低語：“這是你的生活，讓你的生活變得精彩。”
這周就開始邁出一步吧，它並不需要什麽驚天動地的舉動。
或許你正在考慮開拓你的家庭副業，或許你對時事通訊產生了一個新的想法，或許你想參加某個課程培訓。無論你的想法是什麽，這周就邁出第一步吧！
邁出第一步，享受美好的一周吧！
這是你的生活，按照自己的方式去營造它吧！
心靈小語
早開始是成功的保證。
W詞匯筆記
habitually[h?'bitju?li]adv.習慣地；日常地
例 He drinks habitually in the evening.
他習慣在晚上喝酒。
recruit[ri'kru:t]n.招聘；新兵；新成員
例“Yes, Sir.”the new recruit replied.
“是的，先生。”一個新雇員說。
eloquently['el?kw?ntli]adj.有口才的；有說服力的；意味深長的
例 The speaker made an eloquent appeal for human rights.
該發言人就人權問題發出了強有力的呼籲。
conformity[k?n'f?:miti]n.一致；適合；相似
例 Your proposal is not in conformity with our arrangements.
你方的建議與我們商定的不一致。
S小試身手
榮譽屬於那些身處現實競技場中的豪傑，那些經受塵土、汗水及血跡洗禮的臉頰。
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按照自己的方式享受生活，意味著習慣邁出第一步。
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你不久就會發現和你一樣邁出一步的同行者。
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P短語家族
The credit belongs to the mall who is actually in the arena.
belong to：屬於
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You'll soon find others who've stepped out front with you.
step out：走出去；暫時外出
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