①A young man once asked his grandpa，“Grandpa , how is it that you’ve accomplished so much in your life? You’re still full of energy and I’m already tired of struggling. How can I get the same enthusiasm that you’ve got?”.

    ②The following is the grandpa’s answer:

    ③I think a lot of it has to do with how a person looks at things. I call it “keeping your eyes wide oper.”

    ④First, realize that life is filled with surprises, but many are good ones. If you don’t keep watching for them, you’ll miss half the excitement. Expect to be thrilled once in a while, and you will be.

    ⑤When you meet up with challenges, welcome them. They’ll leave you wiser, stronger, and more capable than you were the day before. When you make a mistake, be grateful for the things it taught you. Resolve to use that lesson to help you reach your goals.

    ⑥And always follow the rules——even the little ones. When you follow the rules, life works. If you think you can ever really get by with breaking the rules, you’re only fooling yourself.

    ⑦It’s also important to decide exactly what you want. Then keep your mind focused on it, and be prepared to receive it.

    ⑧But be ready to end up in some new places too. As you grow with the years, you’ll be given bigger shoes to fill. So be ready for endings as well as challenging beginnings.

    ⑨Sometimes we have to be brave enough to move from the familiar to the unfamiliar. Life isn’t just reaching peaks. Part of it is moving from one peak to the next. If you rest too long in between, you might be tempted to quit. Leave the past in the past. Climh the next mountain and enioy the view.

    ⑩Dump things that weigh you down emotionally and spiritually. When an old resentment, belief or attitude becomes heavy, lighten your load. Shed those hurtful attitudes that slow you down and drain your energy.

    ⑾Remember that your choices will create your successes and your failures. So consider all the pathways ahead, and decide which ones to follow. Then believe in yourself, get up, and get going.

    ⑿And be sure to take breaks once in a while. They’ll give you a renewed commitment to your dreams, and a cheerful, healthy perception of the things that matter the most to you.

    ⒀Most important of all: never give up on yourself. The person that ends up a winner,is the one who resolves to win. Give life everything you’ve got, and life will give its best back to you.

    ①一個年輕人問他的爺爺：“爺爺，您這一輩子是如何這么成功的呢？您仍然充滿活力，而我卻已經厭倦奮斗了。我怎么才能擁有和您一樣的熱情呢？”

    ②以下是他爺爺的回答： 

    ③我想成功主要取決于一個人看待事物的方式，我稱其為“始終睜大自己的眼睛”。

    ④首先，要認識到生命中充滿了讓人意想不到的事情，其中不乏好事。時刻留意它們，否則你多半會錯失這些令人激動的事。作好準備隨時迎接那些驚喜，你會如愿以償。

    ⑤勇于迎接挑戰。每經歷一次挑戰你會變得更明智、更堅強、更能干。當你犯錯誤時，應該為得到的教訓心存感激。下決心利用此教訓助你實現目標。

    ⑥永遠遵守規則，即使是小規則。遵守規則，生命的機器才開始運轉。如果你認為自己確曾違反規則但僥幸過關，那你只是在愚弄自己。

    ⑦決定自己究竟需要什么也是很重要的。然后集中精力，準備去迎接它的到來。

    ⑧不過，也要準備面對新的境況。隨著年歲的增長，你將會有更廣闊的發展空間。所以，既要準備結束，又要挑戰開始。

    ⑨有時，我們必須要有足夠的勇氣，從熟悉轉到陌生。人生不只是攀登高峰，有時是從一個山頂到另一個山頂。如果你在兩座山頂之間休息過久，你也許就會想要放棄。讓過去的過去吧，攀登下一座山峰，欣賞它美麗的風景。

    ⑩卸下那些情緒和精神上的負擔吧。如果積怨、信念或態度讓你變得心情沉重的話，那么不妨輕裝上陣吧。改變那些不良的態度，它們只會讓你步伐緩慢，耗盡你的精力。

    ⑾記住，成功和失敗都取決于你的選擇。因此，要考慮前方所有的道路，然后決定該沿著哪條路走。相信自己，動身出發。

    ⑿一定要偶爾停下來歇歇腳。它們會讓你重振理想，對人生中的最重要的事物有一個積極健康的認知。

    ⒀最重要的是：永遠都不要放棄自己。最終的贏家就是下定決心要贏的那個人。把你所有的一切都獻給人生，人生便會把最好的饋贈給你。