佚名/Anonymous
If you have ever been discouraged because of failure, please read on. Far often, achieving what you set out to do is not the important thing. Let me explain. Two little girls decided to dig a deep hole behind their house. As they were working, a couple of older boys stopped by to watch.
“What are you doing?”asked one of the visitors.“We plan to dig a hole all the way through the earth!”one of the two sisters said with great glee.
The older boys began to laugh, telling the girls that digging a hole all the way through the earth was impossible.
After a long silence, one of the diggers noticed some insects that had been exposed by the digging. She ran and got a jar from the house. In it, she placed all the interesting creatures she and her sister had uncovered.
The jar was full of spiders and worms that weren't like any they'd ever seen before. Even the two boys were impressed with the contents of the jar. She held the jar out proudly to them. She said quietly and confidently,“It doesn't matter if it's impossible for us to do what we hoped to accomplish. Even if we can't dig all the way through the earth, look what we found along the way!”
Their goal was far too big for them. The girls had bit off more than they could chew. But that goal did lead them to digging. And digging had led to a great discovery anyway.
The little girls knew something that the boys did not. A goal's job is to get us moving in the right direction. But not every goal can be achieved and not every job will end successfully. Not every relationship will endure and not every hope will be fulfilled. Not every love will last. Not every task will be completed. Not every dream will be realized but when you fall short of your aim, perhaps you can say,“Yes, but look at what I found along the way! Look at the wonderful things which have come into my life because I tried something!”
如果你曾因失败而丧失信心，就请读读这个故事吧。通常，完成你规定的目标并不是重点所在。让我来解释一下。两个小女孩决定在她们家后面挖一个深洞。正挖着时，走过来两个大男孩，他们驻足观看起来。