Sometimes people come into your life and you know right away that they were meant to be there, they serve some sort of purpose, to teach you a lesson or help figure out who you are or who you want to become. You never know who these people may be - your roommate, neighbor, professor, long lost friend, lover or even a complete stranger who, when you lock eyes with them, you know that very moment that they will affect your life in some profound way. 

    And sometimes things happen to you and at the time they may seem horrible, painful and unfair, but in reflection you realize that without overcoming those obstacles, you would have never realized your potential, strength, will power or heart. Everything happens for a reason. Nothing happens by chance or by means of good or bad luck. Illness, injury, love, lost moments of true greatness and sheer stupidity - all occur to test the limits of your soul. Without these small tests, if they be events, illnesses or relationships, life would be like a smoothly paved, straight, flat road to nowhere. Safe and comfortable but dull and utterly pointless. 

    The people you meet who affect your life and the successes and downfalls you experience - they are the ones who create who you are. Even the bad experiences can be learned from. Those lessons are the hardest and probably the most important ones. 

    If someone hurts you, betrays you or breaks your heart, forgive them for they have helped you learn about trust and the importance of being cautious to whom you open your heart to. If someone loves you, love them back unconditionally, not only because they love you, but because they are teaching you to love and opening your heart and eyes to things you would have never seen or felt without them. 

    Make every day count. Appreciate every moment and take from it everything that you possibly can, for you may never be able to experience it again. 

    Talk to people you have never talked to before, and actually listen. Let yourself fall in love, break free and set your sights high. Hold your head up because you have every right to. Tell yourself you are a great individual and believe in yourself, for if you don’t believe in yourself, no one else will believe in you either. You can make of your life anything you wish. Create your own life and then go out and live it. 

    "People are like tea bags - you have to put them in hot water before you know how strong they are." 

    有時(shí)，一些人一闖入你的生活你便知道他們本就想這么做，其中有著一定的目的－－或給你一個(gè)教訓(xùn)，或幫助你明白你是誰(shuí)或你要成為誰(shuí)。你永遠(yuǎn)也不知道這些人會(huì)是誰(shuí)，是你的舍友、鄰居、教授、久違的朋友、愛(ài)人，甚或是一個(gè)完全的陌生人。當(dāng)你與他們四目相對(duì)，你便知道他們會(huì)以某種深遠(yuǎn)的方式影響你的生活。

    有時(shí)，一些事情發(fā)生了，它們看上去是那么可怕、痛苦和不公；但細(xì)想一下你就會(huì)明白，如果沒(méi)有去努力克服這些難題，你將永遠(yuǎn)也不會(huì)知道自己的潛能、力量、意志力和內(nèi)心。任何事情的發(fā)生都是有原因的，沒(méi)有一件事是偶然發(fā)生的或是因了某種好運(yùn)或厄運(yùn)發(fā)生的。疾病、傷害、愛(ài)、真正的偉大的消逝和完全的愚蠢??所有這一切的發(fā)生都是對(duì)你的精神極限的考驗(yàn)。不管這考驗(yàn)是一些事件、疾病或是某種關(guān)系，沒(méi)有了它們，生活都將只剩下陽(yáng)光大道，安穩(wěn)、舒適，但卻單調(diào)、沒(méi)有意義，不會(huì)通往任何地方。 

    你遇到的那些影響你的生活的人和你所經(jīng)歷的成功或失敗，都會(huì)讓你看清自己。即使是不好的經(jīng)歷，也能讓你從中得到教訓(xùn)。這些教訓(xùn)是最嚴(yán)酷的，但也可能是最重要的。　 

    如果有人傷害了你、背叛了你、或讓你心碎，原諒他們吧，因?yàn)樗麄儙椭�你懂得了什么是信任，也讓你明白了�?duì)那些你敞開(kāi)心扉交往的人保持謹(jǐn)慎的重要性。如果有人愛(ài)你，那么也無(wú)條件地愛(ài)他們吧，不光因?yàn)樗麄儛?ài)你，也因?yàn)樗麄兘虝?huì)了你如何去愛(ài)，如何打開(kāi)心扉、張開(kāi)眼睛去感受那些沒(méi)有他們你便不能看到或感受到的世間的種種。 

    讓每一天都過(guò)得有意義吧。享受生命中的每一刻，盡你所能從中汲取，因?yàn)橐院竽憧赡軟](méi)有機(jī)會(huì)再有同樣經(jīng)歷。

    與那些你從沒(méi)打過(guò)招呼的人互相交談聆聽(tīng)吧，讓自己沐浴愛(ài)河吧，自由地沖破藩籬，讓你的眼界更加高遠(yuǎn)吧。抬起你的頭，因?yàn)槟阌袡?quán)利這樣做。相信自己，告訴自己你很了不起，因?yàn)槿绻�連你自己都不相信自己，別人又怎能相信你？你能夠按自己的意愿生活。去創(chuàng)造出自己的生活，然后走出來(lái)享受生活吧。