英語故事:爲自己的進步而快樂和自豪

【英文原文】

Alow yourself to be happy and proud of your progress
Too often we are hard on ourselves and feel bad about our lack of progress. We feel guilty that we’ve missed a couple of workouts, or that our progress on our goal has stalled, or that we slipped up and ate some really fattening stuff.
But that’s looking at the glass as half empty, and it [...]
Too often we are hard on ourselves and feel bad about our lack of progress. We feel guilty that we’ve missed a couple of workouts, or that our progress on our goal has stalled, or that we slipped up and ate some really fattening stuff.
But that’s looking at the glass as half empty, and it is almost guaranteed to hinder your progress towards your goal.
Look at the glass as half full — look back and see what you’ve done so far, and feel proud of your progress. Be happy about how far you’ve come so far, even if you have a long ways to go yet.
Take myself as an example. You might have read my story … and looking back, it seems like I’ve achieved a lot in a short amount of time. But there were plenty of times when I missed workouts, and felt plenty guilty. There were times when I ate unhealthy, and felt bad. There were times when my organization system went to pieces, when my email inbox had 10 messages sitting there, not acted upon.
But if I let those bad feelings have any power over me, I’d probably have given up then and there, and never have reached my destination.
The key is to step back, and look back on what you’ve done. Sure, I missed some workouts, but look at how many I’ve done! And it wasn’t long ago when I wasn’t even a runner at all! Instead of beating yourself up, celebrate your success, no matter how small!
We will always feel guilty about what we haven’t done, but it is important that we remind ourselves that it is only a temporary setback. I always tell myself that it’s just a small bump on a long road.
Take the long view, both behind you and ahead of you. Small glitches can’t derail a train as powerful as you!

【中文譯文】

我們常常對自己很刻薄，爲自己沒有進步而難過。我們爲我們曾錯過的一些考驗而感到愧疚，或者奮鬥的目標受到阻撓，或者我們出現了失誤，吃了些油膩的食物。
但是這是以半罐的角度來看待的，而它幾乎就是阻撓了你目標的進展。
以半罐的角度來看杯子-回頭看看，迄今爲止你都幹了些什麼，爲自己的進步而感到自豪。即使花費了很大的力氣，爲自己能走這麼遠而感到高興。
以我爲例，你可能讀了我的故事，回頭看看，似乎我在極短的時間裏有很多收穫，但是同樣也有很多時候我錯過了一些考驗，併爲此感到慚愧。很多時候我飲食不夠健康且感到難受。很多時候我的身體接近崩潰，那個時候，我的收件箱裏有10條信息，都未曾動過。
但是如果我讓這些不良情緒來施壓給我，那個時候我可能會放棄，也不會實現現在的目標。
關鍵在於後退一步，看看你都做了些什麼，的確，我錯過了一些考驗，但是看看我已經完成了如此多的東西！不久前，我甚至還不是一個真正的賽跑者呢。不要被自己打敗，不管多麼小的進步，都去慶賀下自己。
我們經常會爲我們沒有做的而後悔，但我們常提醒自己這只是一個短暫的挫折，這一點是非常重要的。我經常告訴自己這只是人生漫漫路途上的一次小碰撞。
從長遠來看，過去和未來，小小的挫折是不能阻撓不了你的前進的。