雙語故事:和阻礙你發展的人做最後的告別
There was a big company located in St. Louis, Missouri. One day, after lunch, all the staff saw a poster beside the gate of the company. The poster read: “Yesterday a clerk who had long impeded your promotion passed away. Therefore, we would like to invite you to a farewell memorial in the stadium now.”
在密蘇里州聖路易斯市，有一家大型公司。一天，員工們外出吃完午餐回來，看見公司門口貼着一張告示，上面寫着：“昨日，本公司一位長久以來阻礙你們晉升的人去世了。我們謹邀請各位參加正在體育館裏舉行的悼念活動，向他做最後的告別。”
All the staff were standing in line, saying goodbye to the deceased one by one. However, when they approached the coffin and looking inside, they found nothing inside but a crystal mirror. Everyone who looked inside could only see his or her face. Looking carefully, you could also see a piece of paper attached next to the mirror saying: the only one who can restrain your development is yourself!
員工們排着長隊，一個接一個上前向死者做“最後的告別”。可是，當他們向棺材裏張望時，卻驚訝地發現棺材裏空蕩蕩的，只有一面明晃晃的鏡子。每個朝裏面張望的人，都只看到自己的臉。仔細一看，鏡子旁邊還有一張小紙條，上面寫着：“只有一個人能限制你的發展，那就是你自己！”
You are the only one who can change your life. You are also the only one who can determine your happiness, dreams and achievements and who can help yourself. Your boss may change, your friends may change, your partners many change and your company may change. But your life will not be changed due to all these. Only when you change yourself, break the limit of your thinking pattern and brave your responsibilities can you change your life for better!
你是唯一能改變自己生活的人，你也是唯一能決定自己的幸福、夢想和成就的人，你還是唯一能幫助自己的人。你的老闆變了，朋友變了，搭檔變了，公司變了，你的生活仍然不會起變化。只有當你自己變了，只有當你跳出自己思維的侷限，勇於擔當起生活的重任時，你的生活纔會有起色。
