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唤醒你的生活(Wake up your life)

2021-12

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howrighttheywere.enthusiasticpeoplecanturnaboringdriveintoanadventure,extraworkintoopportunityandstrangersintofriends.

"nothinggreatwaseverachievedwithoutenthusiasm,"wroteralphwaldoemerson.itisthepastethathelpsyouhangintherewhenthegoinggetstough.itistheinnervoicethatwhispers,"icandoit!"whenothersshout,"no,youcan't."

ittookyearsandyearsfortheearlyworkofbarbaramlintock,ageicistwhowonthe1983nobelprizeinmedicine,tobegenerallyaepted.yetshedidn'tletuponherexperiments.workwassuchadeeppleasureforherthatsheneverthoughtofstopping.

weareallbornwithwide-eyed,enthusiasticwonderasanyoneknowswhohaseverseenaninfant'sdelightatthejingleofkeysorthescurryingofabeetle.

itisthischildlikewonderthatgivesenthusiasticpeoplesuchayouthfulair,whatevertheirage.

at90,cellistpablocasalswouldstarthisdaybyplayingbach.asthemusicflowedthroughhisfingers,hisstoopedshoulderswouldstraightenandjoywouldreappearinhiseyes.music,forcasals,wasanelixirthatmadelifeaneverendingadventure.asauthorandpoetsamuelullmanoncewrote,"yearswrinkletheskin,buttogiveupenthusiasmwrinklesthesoul."

howdoyourediscovertheenthusiasmofyourchildhood?theanswer,ibelieve,liesintheworditself."enthusiasm"esfromthegreekandmeans"godwithin."andwhatisgodwithinisbutanabidingsenseoflove--properloveofself(self-aeptance)and,fromthat,loveofothers.

enthusiasticpeoplealsolovewhattheydo,regardlessofmoneyortitleorpower.ifwecannotdowhatweloveasafull-timecareer,wecanasapart-timeavocation,liketheheadofstatewhopaints,thenunwhorunsmarathons,theexecutivewhohandcraftsfurniture.

elizabethlaytonofwellsville,kan,was68beforeshebegantodraw.thisactivityendedboutsofdepressionthathadplaguedherforatleast30years,andthequalityofherworkledonecritictosay,"iamtemptedtocalllaytonagenius."elizabethhasrediscoveredherenthusiasm.

wecan'taffordtowastetearson"might-have-beens."weneedtoturnthetearsintosweataswegoafter"what-can-be."

weneedtoliveeachmomentwholeheartedly,withalloursenses--findingpleasureinthefragranceofaback-yardgarden,thecrayonedpictureofasix-year-old,theenchantingbeautyofarainbow.itissuchenthusiasticloveoflifethatputsasparkleinoureyes,aliltinourstepsandsmoothsthewrinklesfromoursouls.