佚名/Anonymous
A man walking in the night slipped from a rock. Afraid that he would fall down thousands of feet, because he knew that place was a very deep valley, he took hold of a branch that was hanging over the rock. In the night all he could see was a bottomless abyss. He shouted; his own shout reflected back—there was nobody to hear.
You can imagine that man and his whole night of torture. Every moment there was death; his hands were becoming cold; he was losing his grip…and as the sun came out he looked down and he laughed. There was no abyss. Just six inches down there was a rock. He could have rested the whole night, slept well—the rock was big enough—but the whole night was a nightmare.
I say to you that fear is only six inches deep. Now it is up to you whether you want to go on clinging to the branch and turn your life into a nightmare, or whether you would love to leave the branch and stand on your feet.
There is nothing to fear.
一个人走夜路的时候，跌下了岩石。他害怕自己会跌入万丈深渊，因为他知道在那个地方有一个很深的峡谷。于是，他紧紧抓住岩石上伸出的一根树枝。那一夜，他所看到的只有无底的深渊。他呼喊着救命，但只有他的声音在峡谷间回**，那里根本没有人。
你能想象得出那个人的处境，以及他整晚承受的痛苦。死亡每一时刻都存在，他的双手越发冰冷，他即将滑落……太阳出来了，他朝下望去，笑了。哪有什么深渊！在下面六英寸的地方就有一块岩石。他本可以休息一晚，美美地睡上一觉的——那块岩石足够宽大——可是整个夜晚却宛如一场噩梦。
我想对你说的是，恐惧的深度不过六寸。而此时此刻是要继续吊在树枝上把生活变为噩梦，还是要松开树枝用脚站起来，完全取决于你。
一切皆无须畏惧。
记忆填空
1.Afraid that he would fall down thousands of____________, because he knew that place was a very deep____________, he took hold of a branch that was hanging over the____________. In the night all he could____________was a bottomless abyss.