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1、优秀资料 欢迎下载 1 Born to Win Each human being is born as something new,something that never existed before.Each is born with the capacity to win at life.Each person has a unique way of seeing,hearing,touching,tasting and thinking.Each has his or her own unique potential capabilities and limitations.Each
2、can be a significant,thinking,aware and creative being a productive person,a winner.The word“winner”and“loser”have many meanings.When we refer to a person as a winner,we do not mean one who makes someone else lose.To us,a winner is one who responds authentically by being credible,trustworthy,respons
3、ive,and genuine,both as an individual and as a member of a society.Winners do not dedicate their lives to a conceptof what they imagine they should be;rather,they are themselvesand as such do not use their energy putting on a performance,maintaining pretence,and manipulating others.They are aware th
4、at there is a differencebetween being loving and acting loving,between being stupid and acting stupid,between being knowledgeable and acting knowledgeable.Winners do not need to hide behind a mask.Winners are not afraid to do their own thinkingand to use their own knowledge.They can separate facts f
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6、ay the blaming game.Instead,they assume responsibility for their own lives.They do not give others a false authority over them.Winners are their own bosses and know it.A winner s timing is right.Winners respond appropriately to the situation.Their responses are related to the message sentand preserv
7、e the significance,worth,well-being,and dignity of the people involved.Winners know that for everythinghere is a season and for every activity a time.Although winners can freely enjoy themselves,they can also postpone enjoyment,can discipline themselves in the presentto enhance their enjoyment in th
8、e future.Winners are not afraid to go after what they want,but they do so in appropriate ways.Winners do not get their security by controlling others.They do not set themselves up to lose.A winner cares about the world and its peoples.A winner is not isolated from the general problems of society,but
9、 is concerned,compassionate,and committed to improving the quality of life.Even in the face of national and international adversity,a winner s self-image is not one of a powerless individual.A winner works to make the world a better place.2 Being a Whole Once a circle missed a wedge.The circle wante
10、d to be whole,so it went around looking for its missing piece.But because it was incomplete and therefore could roll only very slowly,it admired the flowers along the 秀资料欢迎下载优秀资料欢迎下载优秀资料 欢迎下载 way.It chatted with worms.It enjoyed the sunshine.It found lots of different pieces,but none of them fit.So
11、it left them all by the side of the road and kept on searching.Then one day the circle found a piece that fit perfectly.It was so happy.Now it could be whole,with nothing missing.It incorporated the missing piece into itself and began to roll.Now that it was a perfect circle,it could roll very fast,
12、too fast to notice the flowers，to talk to the worms.When it realized how different the world seemed when it rolled so quickly,it stopped,left its found piece by the side of the road and rolled slowly away.The lesson of the story,I suggested,was that in some strange sense we are more whole when we ar
13、e missing something.The man who has everything is in some ways a poor man.He will never know what it feels like to yearn,to hope,to nourish his soul with the dream of something better.He will never know the experience of having someone who loves himand gives him something he has always wanted or nev
14、er had.There is a wholeness about the person who has come to terms with his limitations,who has been brave enough to let go of his unrealistic dreamsand not feel like a failure for doing so.There is a wholeness about the man or womanwho has learned that he or she is strong enough to go through a tra
15、gedy and survive,she/he can lose someone and still feel like a complete person.Life is not a trap set for us by God so that he can condemn us for failing.Life is not a spelling bee,where no matter how many words youve gotten right,you re 秀资料欢迎下载优秀资料欢迎下载优秀资料 欢迎下载 disqualified if you make one mistake.
16、Life is more like a baseball season,where even the best team loses one-third of its gamesand even the worst team has its days of brilliance.Our goal is to win more games than we lose.When we accept that imperfection is part of being human,and when we can continue rolling through life and appreciate
17、it,we will have achieved a wholeness that others can only aspire to.That,I believe,is what God asks of us not“be perfect”,not“dont even make a mistake”,but“be whole.”If we are brave enough to love,strong enough to forgive,generous enough to rejoice in anothers happiness,and wise enough to know there
18、 is enough love to go around for us all,then we can achieve a fulfillment that no other living creature will ever know.3The Lesson of the Bamboo Trees One of my fondest memories as a child is going by the riverand sitting idly on the bank.There I would enjoy the peace and quiet,watch the water rush
19、downstreamand listen to the chirps of birdsand the rustling of leaves in the trees.I would also watch the bamboo trees bend under pressure from the windand watch them return gracefully to their original positionafter the wind had died down.When I think about the bamboo trees ability to bounce back o
20、r return to its original position,the word“resilience”comes to mind.When used in reference to a person this 秀资料欢迎下载优秀资料欢迎下载优秀资料 欢迎下载 word means the ability to readily recover from shock,depression or any other situation that stretches the limits of a person s emotions.Have you ever felt like you are
21、 about to snap?Have you ever felt like you are at your breaking point?Thankfully,you have survived the experience to live to talk about it.During the experience you probably felt a mix of emotionsthat threatened your health.You felt emotionally drained,mentally exhaustedand you most likely endured u
22、npleasant physical symptoms.Life is a mixture of good times and bad times,happy moments and unhappy moments.The next time you are experiencing one of those bad times or unhappy moments that take you close to your breaking point,bend,but don t break.Try your best not to let the situation get the best
23、 of you.A measure of hope will take you through the unpleasant ordeal.With hope for a better tomorrow or a better situation,things may not be as bad as they seem to be.The unpleasant ordeal may be easier to deal withif the end result is worth having.If the going gets tough and you are at your breaki
24、ng point,show resilience.Like the bamboo tree,bend,but don t break!4 Feather in the Wind A certain good womanone day said something that hurt her best 秀资料欢迎下载优秀资料欢迎下载优秀资料 欢迎下载 friend of many years.She regretted immediatelyand would have done anything to have taken the words back.What she said hurt t
25、he friend so muchthat this good woman was herself hurt for the pain she caused.In an effort to undo what she had done,she went to an older,wiser woman in the village,explained her situation,and asked for advice.Listening to her,the older woman sensed the younger womans distress and knew she must hel
26、p her.She also knew she could never alleviate her pain,but she could teach.She knew the outcome would depend solely on the character of the younger woman.She said,“Tonight,take your best feather pillowsand put a single feather on the doorstep of each house in town before the sun rises.”The young wom
27、an hurried home to prepare for her chore,even though the feather pillows were very dear to her.All night long,she labored alone in the cold.Finally the sky was getting light,she placed the last feather on the steps of the last house.Just as the sun rose,she returned to the older woman.“Now,”said the
28、 wise woman,“Go back and refill your pillows with the feather you have put on the steps.Then everything will be as it was before.”“You know that s impossible!The wind blew away each feather as fast as I placed them on the doorsteps!”The young woman was surprised.“Thats true,”said the older woman.“Ne
29、ver forget.Each of your words is like a feather in the wind.Once spoken,no amount of effort,regardless how heartfelt or sincere,can never return them to your mouth.Choose your words well and guard them most 秀资料欢迎下载优秀资料欢迎下载优秀资料 欢迎下载 of all in the presence of those you love.”5 Let Go Love There was on
30、ce a lonely girl who longed so much for love.One day while she was walking in the woods she found two starving songbirds.She took them home and put them in a small cage.She cared them with love and the birds grew strong.Every morning they greeted her with a wonderful song.The girl felt great love fo
31、r the birds.One day the girl left the door to the cage open.The larger and stronger of the two birds flew from the cage.The girl was so frightened that he would fly away.As he flew close,she grasped him wildly.Her heart felt glad at her success in capturing him.Suddenly she felt the bird go limp.She
32、 opened her hand and stared in horror at the dead bird.Her desperate love had killed him.She noticed the other bird moving back and forth on the edge of the cage.She could feel his great need for freedom.He needed to soar into the clear,blue sky.She lifted him from the cage and tossed him softly int
33、o the air.The bird circled once,twice,three times.The girl watched delightedly at the birds enjoyment.Her heart was no longer concerned with her loss.She wanted the bird to be happy.Suddenly the bird flew closer and landed softly on her shoulder.It sang the sweetest melody that she had ever heard.The fastest way to lose love is to hold on it too tight;the best way to keep love is to give it WINGS!秀资料欢迎下载优秀资料欢迎下载优秀资料 欢迎下载 秀资料欢迎下载优秀资料欢迎下载