The only way our dreams can come true, is when we start doing something about it. Start with a baby step, one tiny step after another. With time, you will be amazed by how far you had gone. The more steps you take in the direction of your dreams, the bolder you become. Soon you start seeing shafts of light at the end of the tunnel. The closer you get, the more feasible it becomes. Gradually, your fears begin to ebb away. Taking the first step is a scary business. You can determine the magnitude and direction of that first step. Some folks take the bull by the horn, quit their day jobs, and go for it. Others keep their day jobs, and moonlight at sun down, till they get to the point they can comfortably fire their boss. For others still, it means a change of career.
Whichever route you take to the land of your dreams, the starting point is waking up, and doing something. Then keep on keeping on. It is only a matter of time. You will get there.
你最渴望的梦想怎么样了？假如你一定能成功的话，你敢于尝试些什么呢？
我们都有梦想，深深地埋藏于心底。我们遨游在想象的世界里，进入一个万事皆有可能的世界。在这个世界里，恐惧变成了一个奇怪的概念，那里没有限制，人人内心平和。
为什么我们的梦想依旧仅仅是梦想呢？假如我们勇敢地站起来走开，我们又怎么会陷在自己痛恨的工作中，被没来由的恐惧束缚呢？
每个全新的一天都好像让我们距离梦想越来越远。有时我们为激烈的竞争所困扰，有时梦想看起来似乎是一段遥远的记忆。慢慢地，我们让自己的梦想破灭了。
我们最大的梦想没有实现的原因是什么？答案不是从东方古人的智慧中领悟出的深刻启示。它非常简单，你甚至开始思考，为什么多年以来，自己都没有注意到。
我们的梦想没有实现的原因是我们在做梦之后便再次睡去，没有醒来，没有起床，也没有去做些什么。等你醒来时，最好的梦想已经稍纵即逝。
有时我们的确醒来了，而且为全人类迈出了一大步。随后，我们摔倒在地，舔着伤口，对自己说这是不可行的，没过多久便又开始睡觉。有时我们也作了一两次尝试，但还是很快就放弃并满足于现状了。那么，我们真的尽力了吗？
只有当我们真正开始做些什么的时候，梦想才会实现。先迈一小步，然后再迈一小步，随着时光的流逝，你就会为自己前进的距离惊奇不已。你向着自己梦想的方向迈的步子越多，你就越勇敢。不久，你就会看到隧道另一端的亮光了。你走得越近，梦想就越可能实现。慢慢地，你的恐惧感开始消失。迈出第一步是让人恐慌的事情。你可以选择第一步的大小和方向。有些人勇敢地面对困难，辞去重要的工作，去追求梦想。有些人则继续留在现有的岗位上，直到他们可以满意地炒老板的鱿鱼。而相对于其他人来说，这意味着转变职业道路。
无论你选择哪条道路去实现梦想，起点都是醒来，并做些什么，然后继续坚持下去。剩下的仅仅是时间问题，你终将到达目的地。
心灵小语
我们都有美丽的梦想，而让梦想成真的办法就是：行动起来！
记忆填空
1. We all have__, deep inside... those moments__ we take a voyage in our imagination, into a world where everything was__, a world where fear is a strange concept, limits are non-existent and we are at__ with ourselves.
2. Our dreams simply don’t come__ because we keep on sleeping after__. We don’t wake up, get out of , and do__ about it. The best dreams come to__ when you are awake.
3. The__ way our dreams can come true, is when we__ doing something about it. Start with a baby__, one tiny step after another. With time, you will be amazed by how far you had gone. The more steps you take in the__ of your dreams, the bolder you become.
佳句翻译
1. 假如你一定能成功的话，你敢于尝试些什么呢？
译______________
2. 每个全新的一天都好像让我们距离梦想越来越远。
译______________
3. 无论你选择哪条道路去实现梦想，起点都是醒来，并做些什么，然后继续坚持下去。
译______________
短语应用
1. Why are we stuck in jobs we hate, held bound by the fear of the unknown, if we dare to stand up and walk away？
walk away：离去；走开
造______________
2. Sometimes we get so caught up in the rat race; our dreams seem like a distant memory.
catch up：赶上；把……缠住
造______________
如何让你梦想成真
How to Make Your Dreams Come True
佚名 / Anonymous
Years after Disneyland was built, after the completion of Walt Disney World, the story goes that someone went up to Mike Vance, Director for Walt Disney Studios and said, “Isn’t it too bad Walt Disney didn’t live to see this?” Without pausing, he replied, “But he did see it, that’s why it’s here.”
If any outside figure influenced my life early on, it was Walt Disney. Maybe because when I was five, my favorite uncle took me to a wondrous new place called Disneyland. Maybe because I grew up in Southern California, visiting it every year or two, watching a man’s vision come to life and grow. Or maybe because I learned that “when you wish upon a star, it makes no difference who you are.” Growing up on the Wonderful World of Disney, I learned how to dream.
In my experience wishing and hoping are poor strategies for making dreams come true, yet that’s how many people approach work, often surprised at their results. They wish they could make more money. They hope they’ll get promoted or offered a more interesting job. They wish someone would notice how hard they work. They hope the work environment improves, their boss comes to his or her senses, the problem goes away or someone else solves it.
Their chance of winning at working is right up there with becoming a millionaire on Las Vegas slots or holding the winning lottery ticket. And while it’s not true the ostrich hides in the sand, many of us do, wondering why we never land our dreams. Olympic athletics don’t get that way by wishing and hoping. Nor do great musicians, actors, chefs, architects, teacher, lawyers, parents or business people. And I know I’ll never get my first book published by wishing it so.
Dreams can come true, but there is a secret. They’re realized through the magic of persistence, determination, commitment, passion, practice, focus and hard work. They happen a step at a time, manifested over years, not weeks. While wishing and hoping makes you a dreamer, acting and doing makes you someone who can turn dreams into reality. Want your work dreams to come true? Make them.
在迪斯尼公园和迪斯尼世界建成后，传出了这样一个故事：有一个人来到沃尔特?迪斯尼工作室，在主任迈克?万斯面前说：“沃尔特?迪斯尼没能活到现在看到这一切，是不是太遗憾了？”他毫不犹豫地回答：“但是他真的看到了，这就是它坐落在这里的原因。”
如果说有人影响了我的生活，那当属沃尔特?迪斯尼了。或许是因为在我5岁那年，我最喜爱的叔叔带着我去了一个非常新奇的地方——迪斯尼公园；或许是因为我在南方的加利福尼亚长大，每一年或是每两年都会去那个地方，看着一个人的梦想渐渐成为现实；也或许是因为我认识到“当你对着星星许愿时，你是谁是没什么分别的”。在奇妙的迪斯尼世界中成长，我明白了如何梦想。
据我的经验而言，企求和希望是使梦想成真的最没用的方法，但这是许多人对待工作的态度，还时常对他们的结果感到无比惊讶。他们希望自己能挣很多钱，希望自己能得到晋升或是得到一份更有趣的工作，希望工作环境良好，老板更明理，问题更易解决，或是有人帮忙。