智慧背囊 超越自我-15-梦想终有成真时（在线收听） |
| [00:00.73]Never Too Late to Become What You Want to Be 梦想终有成真时 [00:05.64]The first day of school our professor introduced a little old lady to us. [00:12.99]“Why are you in college at such a young age?" I asked later. [00:17.24]She jokingly replied, [00:19.14]“I’m here to meet a rich husband, get married, have a couple of children, [00:24.48]and then retire and travel." [00:26.45]"No seriously," I asked. [00:28.99]I was curious what may have motivated her to be taking on this challenge at her age. [00:34.23]" I always dreamed of having a college education [00:37.32]and now I’m getting one!" she told me. [00:40.06]We became instant friends. [00:42.46]Every day for the next three months we would leave class together and talk nonstop. [00:47.96]I was always listening to this “time machine" [00:50.68]as she shared her wisdom and experience with me. [00:53.52]At the end of the semester we invited Rose to make a speech to our football team. [00:59.12]I’ll never forget what she taught us. [01:01.62]As she began to deliver her prepared speech, she dropped her note card on the floor. [01:07.45]A little embarrassed she simply said, [01:10.07]“I’m sorry. This whiskey is killing me! [01:13.13]I’ll never get my speech back in order so let me just tell you what I know." [01:18.52] As we laughed she cleared her throat and began: [01:22.01]“We do not stop playing because we are old; we grow old because we stop playing. [01:28.92]There are only four secrets to staying young, being happy, and achieving success. [01:35.26]You have to laugh and find humor every day. You’ve got to have a dream. [01:40.41]When you lose your dreams, you die. [01:43.69]We have so many people walking around who are dead and don’t even know it! [01:48.42]There is a huge difference between growing older and growing up. [01:52.79]If you are nineteen years old and lie in bed for one full year [01:57.41]and don’t do one productive thing, [01:59.92]you will turn twenty years old. Anybody can grow older. [02:04.65]That doesn't take any talent or ability. [02:07.60]The idea is to grow up by always finding the opportunity in change. [02:12.40]Have no regrets. [02:14.36]The elderly usually don’t have regrets for what we did, [02:18.44]but rather for things we did not do. [02:21.28]The only people who fear death are those with regrets.” [02:25.57]At the year’s end Rose finished the college degree. [02:29.50]One week after graduation Rose died peacefully in her sleep. [02:34.64]Over two thousand college students attended her funeral [02:38.60]to honor the wonderful woman who taught by example [02:42.08]that it’s never too late to be all you can possibly be. |
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