Creating Your Own Life

Sometimes people come into your life and you know right away that they were meant to be there; they serve some sort of purpose, teach you a lesson or help figure out who you are or who you want to become. You never know who these people may be: your roommate, neighbor, professor, long-lost friend, lover or even a complete stranger whom when you lock eyes with, you know that every moment that they will affect your life in some profound way.

有时，当一些人进入你的生活时，你马上就会认识到他们注定是要在那儿的。他们的出现是由于某种目的：教育你，或者让你明白你是谁，或者让你知道你想成为什么样的人。你永远都不会知道那些人将会是谁——你的室友、邻居、教授、好久不见的朋友、爱人，甚至陌生人。当你仔细观察他们，你就会立刻知道他们对你的生活有了巨大的影响。

Sometimes things happen to you and at the time they may seem horrible, painful and unfair, but in reflection you realize that without overcoming those obstacles you would have never realized your potential, strength, willpower or heart. Everything happens for a reason. Nothing happens by chance or by means of good or back luck.

有时，会有一些事情发生在你身上，它们似乎很恐怖、痛苦、不公平，但在另一方面，你会发现，如果你没有克服这些困难，你永远都不会意识到自己所拥有的的潜能、力量、意志力和情感。所有发生的事情都有原因，没有什么事情是偶然发生的，没有什么事情是由好运或厄运造成的。

The people you meet who affect your life, and the successes and downfalls you experience, create who you are; even the bad experiences can be learned from. In fact, they are probably the most poignant and important ones.

你所遇到的人会影响你的生活，你所经历的成功与挫败使你成为现在这个样子。即使是不好的经历，你也可以从中汲取教义，哪些课程会非常痛苦，但同时却又是最重要的。

Make every day count. Appreciate every moment and take from it everything that you possibly can, for you may never be able to experience it again. Talk to people you have never talked before, and actually listen. Let yourself fall in love, break free and set your sights high. Hold your head up, tell yourself you are a great individual and believe in yourself.

让每一天都过得有价值，珍惜你活着每一刻，利用它们做一些你可以做的事情，因为，当这一刻过去了，你就永远都无法再把它经历一遍了。和你从未说过话的人聊一聊，实际上更多是聆听。放手去爱吧，然后解放自己，存志于高远。昂起你的头，告诉你自己你是一个非常有个性的人,相信你自己。

You can make of your life anything you wish. Create your own life and then go out and live it.

你可以决定你的生活是什么样子，创造属于你自己的生活，然后活出精彩！

45.创造属于自己的生活，然后活出精彩