雙語勵志故事丨每個人都有機會，有準備的人才會成功

原創作者：雅小果，轉載請聯絡我們美國留學薈

The air we breathe is so freely available that we take it for granted. Yet without it we could not survive more than a few minutes. For the most part, the same air is available to everyone, and everyone needs it. Some people use the air to sustain them while they sit around and feel sorry for themselves. Others breathe in the air and use the energy it provides to make a magnificent life for themselves.

我們賴以生存的空氣得來實在容易，以至我們常將其易得性視為理所當然。可一旦失去空氣，我們可能活不過幾分鐘。理論上講，空氣對每個人都是平等的，人生存都需要空氣。但是有的人呼吸空氣只為碌碌無為地生活著，或是在懊悔中度過餘生。而有的人呼吸空氣，並且利用它提供的能量使自己的生活更加絢麗多彩。

Opportunity is the same way. It is everywhere. Opportunity is so freely available that we take it for granted. Yet opportunity alone is not enough to create success. Opportunity must be seized and acted upon in order to have value. So many people are so anxious to "get in" on a "ground floor opportunity", as if the opportunity will do all the work. That's impossible.

機會也是如此，他無處不在。機會如此易得以至我們對此視為理所當然。然而只有機會並不能獲得成功，而必須抓住機會，見機行事，創造佳績。許多人都渴望能奪得先機，似乎只要奪得先機就能萬事大吉。這是不可能的。

Just as you need air to breathe, you need opportunity to succeed. It takes more than just breathing in the fresh air of opportunity, however. You must make use of that opportunity. That's not up to the opportunity. That's up to you. It doesn't matter what "floor" the opportunity is on. What matters is what you do with it.

正如你需要呼吸空氣才能活下來一樣，你需要機會才能成功。然而成功靠的並不僅僅是隨手可得的機會。你必須學會如何恰當的去利用機會。成功並不取決於機會，而是取決於你。重要的並不是你在哪一個階段遇見機會，而是面對機會你是如何把握的。