音频下载[点击右键另存为][00:00.76]Passage 37. Life Lessons

[00:05.25]Sometimes people come into your life and you know right away

[00:11.81]that they were meant to be there,

[00:13.78]to serve some sort of purpose,teach you a lesson,

[00:17.39]or to help you figure out who you are or who you want to become.

[00:22.75]You never know who these people may be

[00:25.93]—a roommate, a neighbor, a professor, a friend, a lover, or even a complete stranger

[00:33.80]—but when you lock eyes with them,

[00:35.88]you know at that very moment they will affect your life in some profound way.

[00:41.57]Sometimes things happen to you that may seem horrible,painful, and unfair at first,

[00:49.01]but in reflection you find that without overcoming those obstacles

[00:54.15]you would have never realized your potential, strength,willpower, or heart.

[00:59.73]Everything happens for a reason.

[01:02.14]Nothing happens by chance or by means of good or bad luck.

[01:07.39]Illness,injury, love, lost moments of true greatness,

[01:12.86]and sheer stupidity all occur to test the limits of your soul.

[01:17.67]Without these small tests, whatever they may be,

[01:21.29]life would be like a smoothly paved straight flat road to nowhere.

[01:26.54]It would be safe and comfortable,but dull and utterly pointless.

[01:31.68]The people you meet who affect your life,

[01:34.85]and the success and downfalls you experience,

[01:37.80]help to create who you are and who you become.

[01:41.74]Even the bad experiences can be learned from.

[01:45.14]In fact, they are sometimes the most important ones.

[01:49.08]If someone loves you, give love back to them in whatever way you can,

[01:54.54]not only because they love you, but because in a way,

[01:58.81]they are teaching you to love and how to open your heart and eyes to things.

[02:04.50]If someone hurts you, betrays you, or breaks your heart,forgive them,

[02:09.97]for they have helped you learn about trust

[02:12.82]and the importance of being cautious to whom you open your heart.

[02:17.19]Make every day count.

[02:18.84]Appreciate every moment and take from those moments everything that you possibly can

[02:25.73]for you may never be able to experience it again.

[02:29.34]Talk to people that you have never talked to before,

[02:33.60]and listen to what they have to say.

[02:36.23]Let yourself fall in love, break free, and set your sights high.

[02:41.81]Hold your head up because you have every right to.

[02:45.53]Tell yourself you are a great individual and believe in yourself,

[02:50.45]for if you don’t believe in yourself,

[02:52.97]it will be hard for others to believe in you.