面对困境,战胜自己,继续前进!

Imagine you had a few difficult years – your mother died, you lost your job and had to start over, you were sick for a while and as a result your economy isn’t the greatest. Because of all the hurdles you’ve been through, having to put out fires as opposed to doing what you love, you also don’t feel like you’re living life to the full. Yet. You’re just steadily working your way up. Because, of course, you’ve decided to look up and move forward.

想象一下你经过了几年艰难痛苦的时光：你的妈妈去世了，你失业了，你不得不重新开始，你病了一段时间，后果就是你的经济状况不佳。因为你经过的所有这些障碍，你必须解决与你所爱的事情相对立的问题，你也不想你的生活就这样结束。但是。你只是正在努力工作向上爬。当然，因为你已经决定向前看，继续前进。

Truth is, we all have rough patches in life. Sometimes it’s like Pandora’s box in the events department and even if some things go right, it seems like a lot of big things go wrong.

实际上，我们在生活中都会有一些艰难的障碍。有时候就像是活动组的潘多拉的盒子，即使事情发展的方向是对的，但看起来似乎有许多大事却错了。

Which, of course, affects us. We will need time off to rest and heal, or possibly go somewhere new to get a different perspective on things. We might have periods before that when we’re irritable and miserable because we don’t figure it all out at first. It’s normal. The issue lies in that some people blame themselves for it, or get stuck in a negative state of mind because of it, or simply lose their confidence.

当然，这都影响着我们。我们会需要时间来休息和治愈，或者可能需要去其他新的地方来找到对事物不同的观点。我们或许在易怒和痛苦之前会有一定的周期，但是我们却没有在一开始就全部想到。这很正常。问题在于一些人会因此而责怪自己，或者因此而陷入消极的心理状态，或者仅仅是丧失信心。

You’re not a disaster because something bad happened and you were temporarily crushed by it – the important thing is that you’re standing up again. How you perceive yourself in this situation and, thus, how you present yourself, is crucial.

你不能因为发生了一些不好的事情，就认为自己是个灾星，你只是暂时被挫折打垮了——重要的是你要再次站起来。在这种情况下如何认识自己，如何展现自己，是至关重要的。

You can say: These past three years have been like a shit storm and I was about as prepared for it as I would have been if some aliens just walked in the door. I had to learn to deal with so many new situations. It humbles you. It teaches you what you have to be grateful for.

你可以说:过去的三年时间就像是不幸的暴风雨，我已经做好了面对这些的准备，如果有外星人现在走进门来，我也毫不畏惧。我必须学会如何应对如此多的新情况。这些事情让你变得谦逊，也教会了你应该感恩什么。