Make of Your Life Is Up to You拥有什么样的人生取决于你自己

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What You Make of Your Life Is Up to You拥有什么样的人生取决于你自己

作者：梁小明

来源：《中学生英语·阅读与写作》2014年第05期

编者注：有些人常常抱怨自己生不逢时，上天对自己不公。殊不知，拥有什么样的人生完全取决于你自己，在这个世界上，人们一次又一次地证明了这个道理：世上无难事，只怕有心人。

Every person creates his or her own reality. Authorship1 of your life is one of your absolute

rights; yet so often people deny that they have the ability to script2the life they desire. They look past3

the fundamental4 truth that it is not our external resources that determine our success or failure, but

rather our own belief in ourselves and our willingness to create a life according to our highest

aspirations5.

每个人都创造着自己的生活。人人享有创造自己生活的绝对权利，然而人们总是否认他们有能力描绘自己所期望的人生。他们忽视了一个根本的事实，即决定我们成功与失败的不是外在条件，而在于我们对自己有没有信心，是否愿意根据自己的最高志向创造生活。

Clearly, the challenge here is to create and own your own reality. When you begin to live your

life understanding that what you make of it is up to you, you are able to design it according to your

authentic choices and desires. You will learn lessons here, such as responsibility and limitlessness,

which will lead you to the life you were meant to live. These lessons provide you with the essential

tools you need in order to take command of your life.

显然，这里的挑战是创造并拥有自己的生活。你一旦明白自己是生活的创造者并开始努力创造生活，你就能够按照自己真正的选择与愿望去设计人生。在这里你将学到一些东西，比如责任和潜能无限，它们将带你走进你想要的人生，并将给予你主宰自己的人生所必需的重要手段。

Responsibility 责任

To take responsibility means you admit your accountability6 and acknowledge your influence

and role in the circumstances in which you find yourself. It means you are answerable for

yourbehavior and you fully accept any consequences created by your actions.

承担责任是指你认同自己负有责任，承认自己在自身所处环境中的影响和作用，也就是说你为自己的行为负责，完全承担由自己的行为所造成的一切后果。