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On Rising from the Ashes of Failure
A setback has often cleared the way for greater prosperity. Many things have fallen only to rise to more exalted heights.No matter how self-disciplined you are, there’s no escaping the fact that sometimes you’ll stumble. Perhaps you’ll eat a piece of cake instead of a salad. Maybe you’ll skip a workout out of laziness. It’s possible that when your efforts result in a failure, you’ll lose the self-discipline to continue and revert back to your old undesirable habits.It’s all par for the course, and the sooner you accept it, the easier it will be to handle the setbacks once they occur. However, don’t consider your failures a useless waste of time and energy; a failure can often present new opportunities or lead to important realizations.I failed to learn how to play tennis despite putting considerable amount of time, energy, and money into it. However, this made me realize that I wanted to concentrate on rock climbing, and the failure with tennis cleared the way for dramatic improvements in my climbing performance.When discouraged, remember that all struggles present opportunities that, given enough time, you can convert into successes or lessons that will aid you in other areas of life.挫折常常为更大的繁荣扫清道路。许多事物坠落只是为了升华。不管你有多自律，都无法逃避这样一个事实：有时你会失败。也许你会吃一块蛋糕而不是沙拉。也许你会因为懒惰而不去锻炼。当你的努力导致失败时，你可能会失去继续下去的自律，并回复你以往的不良习惯。这一切都是正常的，你越早接受这事，在挫折发生时就越容易处理。但是，不要认为你的失败是对时间和精力的浪费；失败往往会带来新的机会，或导向重要的领悟。尽管我投入了大量的时间、精力和金钱，我还是没能学会如何打网球。然而，这让我意识到我想把注意力集中在攀岩上，网球的失败为我攀岩成绩的显著提高扫清了障碍。当你气馁的时候，记住所有的努力都会给你带来机会，如果你有足够的时间，你可以将这些机会转化为成功或教训，从而在生活的其他方面对你有所帮助。
setback 挫折；阻碍
prosperity 兴旺；繁荣；成功；昌盛
exalted 地位高的
stumble 绊脚；失败
revert 恢复；回复(到以前的状态、制度或行为)
undesirable 不想要的；不得人心的；易惹麻烦的
par for the course 不出所料；果不其然
realization 认识；领会；领悟
considerable 相当多（或大、重要等）的
dramatic 突然的；巨大的；令人吃惊的
convert （使）转变；转换；转化
enroll 吸收（成员），加入
regain 重新获得，恢复(能力或品质等)
reevaluate 重新考虑;再评价;再评估
resentful 感到气愤的；憎恨的；愤慨的
roll up your sleeves 撸起袖子准备大干一场;卷起袖子
proverbial 谚语的；如谚语所说的
momentum 推进力；动力；(物理学中的)动量，冲量
