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27 March 承诺。决心。行动人们有时在决定做一件事情时，或者在下决心去做某件事情时，常常会瞻前顾后，预想前面可能碰到的许许多多的困难和问题。其实，我想很多人都有这样的体会，一旦当你迈出那艰难的第一步后，以后的困难或问题并非如你事先所想象的那么难以克服。所以有时“无知者无畏”是很有道理的。
看到一段古英文，觉得蛮有意思，放在此共享。
On Commitment
Untile one is commited, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiative(and creation) there is one elementary truth the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too.
All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred. A whole stream of events issue from the decision, raising in one's favor all manner of unforseen incidents and meetings and material assistance, which no man could have dreamed would have come his way.
Whatever you can do or dream you can begin it. Boldness has genius, magic and power in it.
Begin it now.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749-1832
先解释第一段（可能有误）：在一个人作出承诺和下决心之前，犹豫和退却总是徒劳的。有关所有的最初的行为，有一个基本真理，那就是对下面那句话的无知，都将扼杀无数的想法和辉煌的计划：那句话是“一个人一旦给自己肯定承诺和决心，那么上帝就会感动和给你帮助。”
第二段：会发生各种各样的事情来帮助你，而那些事本来是不会发生的（在你决定行动之前）。当你下了决定去行动以后所派生出的所有的事件，都会使那些未预见的事件或所碰到的事情以及物质上的支持都会来帮助你，没有人想到原来所碰到的事情会以这种方式出现。
第三段很简单，就不说了。这是歌德的名言（是否出自歌德，西方学者有争议）。
如有错误，欢迎批评。
总的意思实际上就是我开头的中文的含义。要一句一句的翻译成中文，还真够难的。 Comments (3)
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