The Story of Life (excerpt)

如影随形

The people you meet who affect your life, and the success and downfalls you experience, help to create who you are and who you become. Even the bad experiences can be learned from. In fact, they are probably the most poignant and important ones. If someone hurts you, betrays you, or breaks your heart, forgive them, for they have helped you learn about trust and the importance of being cautious when you open your heart. If someone loves you, love them back unconditionally, not only because they love you, but because in a way, they are teaching you to love and how to open your heart and eyes to things. Make every day count. Appreciate every moment and take from those moments everything that you possibly can, for you may never be able to experience it again. Talk to people that you have never talked to before, and actually listen. Let yourself fall in love, break free, and set your sights high. Hold your head up because you have every right to. Tell yourself you are a great individual and believe in yourself, for if you don’t believe in yourself, it will be hard for others to believe in you.

试译：你所遇见的影响你的生活、你所经历的成功以及失败的人会帮助塑造你，成就你。你甚至可以从那些不幸的经历中汲取教训。实际上，这些不幸的经历往往有可能成为你生命中最深切最重要的人生阅历。如果有人伤害了你，背叛了你，或者使你心碎不已，原谅他们，因为正是他们帮助你学会如何信任和打开心门时要小心谨慎的重要性。如果有人爱你，那么无条件地去爱他们，不仅仅只因为他们爱你，而且在某种意义上，他们还教你如何爱他人、如何打开你的心扉以及如何用你的眼光去看待事物。请珍惜每一天，珍惜每一个时刻并尽你所能从这些时刻里享受所有事物，因为你可能再也不能重新体验。请和那些你从来没有谈过的人聊一聊并认真地聆听。让自己陷入情网，让自己自由地跳出情网，让自己的眼光放远放宽。你拥有足够的权利抬起你的头，同时，告诉你自己你是一个了不起的人并且相信你自己。如果你都不相信你自己，，别人就很难会相信你！                                           林瑞霞

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Cinderella

你所遇见的影响你的生活、你所经历的成功以及失败的人____应该是“你所遇见的影响你生活的人、你所经历的成功与失败，

他们还教你如何爱他人、如何打开你的心扉以及如何用你的眼光去看待事物————他们还教你如何去爱、如何打开你的心门与眼界。