ajourneyofathousandmilesbegainswithasinglestep.romanisnotbuiltin
oneday.ifyouwanttobesuccessful,youshoulddoeverysmallthingsbestfromnow
on.(healthylivinghabits,learninghabits)
6.alazyyouth,alousyage.mymotheroftensays,alazyyouth,alousyage.ithinkso,too.whenmymotherwas
young,educationwasnotverygood.mostofherclassmateswenttoworkafterleaving
middleschool.butmymotherthoughtshehadlittleknowledge,soshewenton
studing.shestudiedveryhard.atfirst,shewasn?tgoodatstudy.butshenevergave
up.finally,shebecamesuccessful.now,sheisaseniorengineer.frommymothers
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story,iknowthatishouldbehardworkingwheniamyoung.weshouldtryourbest
tolearnmoregoodthingswhenweareyoung.it?sastagetomakepreparationforour
future.atallbuildingmusthaveagoodfoundation.nopains,nogains.hardwork
bringsitsreward.ifyouwantyourfuturetobebright,pleaseworkhardnow.
7.alifewithoutafriendisalifewithoutasun. 8.allmencann’
tbefirst.youcan?tbeanapplelovedbyallpeopleanattractiveapplegotripeandlovedbymanypeople.ithappenedtomeetan
oldmanonthestreetoneday.“doyouloveme?”itaskedwiththemostcharming
smile.“no.”answeredtheoldman.
“haveyouneverheardofthesaying?oneappleaday,keepthedoctorawayfrom
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me??”
“idon?tcare.becauseidon?tlikeyourtasteatall.”theapplegotdisappointed.yes!asanapple,eventhebestoneintheworld,can?tbelovedbyeverybody.
everyonehasitsowntasteandthingscanchangeatanysecond.sometimeswefeel
downfornotacceptedbyothers.
“perhapsi?mnotthatperfectyet”,webeginto
blameourselves,gettingmoreandmorefrustrated.that?scruel.it?snotyourfault
nottobeappreciated.manypeoplewalkinandoutofyourlife,butveryfewwill
leavefootprintsinyourheart.youcan?tbe100%perfect,anyway,andyoudon?thave
tobe.remember,don?tsetyourgoalsbywhatotherpeopleconsiderimportant.youcan?tbeanapplelovedbyallpeople.allthatyoucandoistryingtobethe
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bestappleandlettingothersdothejudging. 9.don’
tclimbatreetolookforfish.canyougetfishfromatree?ofcoursenot.it?sveryimportanttofindtheright
wayandgoaltofinishonething.becausegoalscanhelpyoudoandexperienceevery
meaningfulthingyouhopeforinlife.insteadoflettinglifehappentoyou,goals
allowyoutomakeyourlifehappen.bysettinggoalsyouaretakingcontrolofyourlife.itislikehavingamap
toshowwhereyouwanttogo.adriverwithanaimarrivesatthedestinationwithout
anywasteoftimeorwrongturns.onthecontrary,adriverwithnoaimdrivesaimlesslyaround,nevergetting
anywhereandjustusingupgasandoil.winnersinlifesetgoalsandfollowthrough
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onthem.theydecidewhattheywantandthengettherebymakingplansandsetting goals.
goalsaranotdifficulttosetandtheyarenotdifficulttoreach.itisupto
youtofindoutwhatyourgoals,idealsandvisionsreallyare.withacleardirection,
andwithcertainplans,youwillstraightlygetwhatyouwant. 10.don’
tputofftilltomorrowwhatshouldbedonetoday.forinstance,onesundayifeltsotiredafterhavingafootballmatchthati
didnotfinishmyhomeworkevenatnight.ithoughticouldgetupearliertogoto
schoolthenextmorningsothaticouldfinishmyhomeworkbeforeclass.butthenext
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