英语励志美文：你可以选择你自己的生活（最终版）

第一篇：英语励志美文：你可以选择你自己的生活（最终版）

Occasionally, life can be undeniably, impossibly difficult.We are faced with challenges and events that can seem overwhelming, life-destroying to the point where it may be hard to decide whether to keep going.But you always have a choice.Jessica Heslop shares her powerful, inspiring journey from the worst times in her life to the new life she has created for herself: 生活有时候困难得难以置信，但又不容置疑。我们面临的挑战与困境似乎无法抵御，试图毁灭我们生活，甚至使你犹疑是否继续走下去。但是你总有选择的余地。从人生低谷走向新生活的杰西卡·赫斯乐普，在这里与我们分享她启迪心灵、充满震撼力的生活之旅。In 2012 I had the worst year of my life.2012年是我生活中最艰难的一年。

I worked in a finance job that I hated and I lived in a concrete jungle city with little greenery.I occupied my time with meaningless relationships and spent copious quantities of money on superficialities.I was searching for happiness and had no idea where to find it.我做着讨厌的财务工作，住在难寻绿色的高楼林立的城市。我忙于无意义的交往，在一些肤浅表面的东西上大笔开销。我寻找快乐，却又不知道它在哪里。

Then I fell ill with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome(CFS)and became virtually bed bound.I had to quit my job and subsequently was left with no income.I lived with my boyfriend of then only 3 months who financially supported me and our relationship was put under great pressure.I eventually regained my physical health, but not long after that I got a call from my family at home to say that my father’s cancer had fiercely progressed and that he had been admitted to a hospice.然后我患上了慢性疲劳综合症，几乎到了卧床不起的地步。我不得不辞掉工作，同时也就断了财源。我和那时仅相处了3个月的男友住在一起，经济上完全依赖于他，我们的关系承受着巨大压力。终于我恢复健康，但不久，我接到家里的电话，父亲的癌症急剧恶化，已经住进了临终关怀中心。

I left the city and I went home to be with him.我离开了城市，回家陪父亲。He died 6 months later.6个月之后，他去世了。

My father was a complete inspiration to me.He was always so strong that, for a minute after he drew his last breath, I honestly thought he would come back to life.I couldn’t believe I would never again cuddle into his big warm chest and feel safe no matter what.父亲的事让我彻底清醒。他一直很强壮，在他咽气之后一分钟里，我真的认为，他会活过来。我不能相信，我再也不能依偎在他温暖的怀抱里，享受他宽大的胸怀带给我的安全感。The grief that followed was intense for all of us 5 children and our mother, but we had each other.母亲和我们5个兄弟姐妹极为难过，但至少我们还拥有彼此。

But my oldest sister at that time complained of a bad back.It got so bad after 2 months that she too was admitted to hospital.但是，那时我大姐开始抱怨着背痛，2个月后，因疼痛加剧也住进了医院。

They discovered that she had highly advanced cancer in her bones and that there was nothing that they could do.医生们检查发现，她已是骨癌晚期，对此他们已无能为力。She died 1 month later.1个月之后，她也走了。

I could never put into words the loss of my sister in my life.大姐的逝去让我陷入难以形容的痛苦之中。

She was a walking, talking angel and my favourite person in the whole world.If someone could have asked me the worst thing that could ever happen, it would have been losing her.在这个世界上，她是一个能走路、会说话的天使，我最喜欢的人。如果有人问我，世界上发生的最坏的事情是什么，那就是失去她。

She was my soul-mate and I never thought I would journey this lifetime without her.她是我的灵魂伴侣，我从来没有想过，我会走过没有她陪伴的生命旅程。The Moment Of Deliberate Choice 抉择时刻

The shock and extreme heart break brought me to my knees.The pain was so great and my world just looked desolate.I had no real home, no money, no job, and no friends that cared.Not one person had even sent me a sympathy card for my loss.我被打击和极度的心痛击挎了。强烈的痛苦使世界在我眼中变得如此凄凉。我没有真正意义上的家，没有钱，没有工作，也没有关心我的朋友。没有一个人因我失去亲人而寄给我慰问卡。

I made an attempt of my own life and I ended up in hospital.我尝试着活下去，结果住进了医院。

I remember lying in the hospital bed, looking up at the ceiling and seeing my sister’s beautiful face.She stayed with me all night long.我记得，躺在病床上，看着天花板，看到姐姐美丽的面庞。她整夜守候着我。I realised during that night that I had a choice.I could choose to end my life or I could choose to live it.那天晚上，我意识到我可以选择。要么结束生命，要么活下去。

I looked in my sister’s eyes and I made a decision not to go with her just yet.That I would stay and complete my journey here.望着姐姐的眼睛，我决定不跟她走。我要留下来，走完我的生命旅程。

I also made the decision that, I wouldn’t just live any life.I would live the life that I absolutely LOVE and nothing less.同时，我还决定，不只为生活而生活，我要完全以自己想要的方式生活。

In that moment, the clarity that descended around me was like a light shining in a dark room for the first time.As if the earth’s plates had shifted under my feet and everything suddenly looked real for the first time.在那一刻，这一想法第一次清晰得如同一盏在黑暗闪烁的明灯。好像脚下的地球版块变换了，每一样东西在我眼前都真实得前所未有。The Blossoms Of My Newly Chosen Life 我的生活之花重新绽放了

Since then I have begun to shape the most beautiful life for myself.从那时起，我开始为自己塑造最美丽的生活。

I now live in an adorable stone cottage in a stunningly green, luscious region of the UK amongst woodlands and lakes.现在，我住在英国一栋迷人的小石屋里，绿树掩映，与湖为伴，景色美丽宜人。

I have a deeply harmonious, joyful relationship with my amazing boyfriend, who’s gone through all this with me and we are very happy together.我的男友很好，我们的关系和谐美好，他曾伴我度过那段艰难时期，现在我们一起分享着快乐。

I write a blog that inspires others to live the life that they love.It is what I know I was born to do and it truly makes my heart sing.我写博客，激励他人过他们喜欢的生活。我知道这是我生来要做的事情，它真正使我感受到发自内心的快乐。

I am making new friends with beautiful souls all around the world.我和世界上有着美好心灵的人交朋友。

I practise gratitude for my life every single day and I feel the abundance in everything I have now.每一天，我满怀对生活的感激之情，我满足于我现在拥有的一切。

I spend quality time with the rest of my precious family and cherish every moment I have with them.我与心爱的家人共度快乐时光，珍惜与他们相处的每一刻。

I have written a bucket list and am already manifesting so much of which I have always dreamed.我列出愿望清单，它很大程度上体现了我一直以来梦想。

I connect with my heart often to ensure that I am always following my joy.我时常与心交流，确保做着喜欢的事。I love myself more deeply every day.我一天比一天更爱自己。I live authentically now.现在我真正地活着。Waking Up 清醒

It took something powerfully transformative in my life to make me wake up.Wake up to some fundamental truths of life.This life is a gift if you want to accept it.No matter what the obstacle, you can make your life abundant with joy and you can live authentically.生活中一些重大变化使我清醒，使我意识到生活的基本真理。如果你愿意接受生活，它就是礼物。无论遭遇任何困难，你总能让生活充满快乐，真正地生活。

Not a day goes by when I don’t miss my father’s huge character or my beloved sister’s gentle brown eyes, but I know that I will be with them one day for an eternity.What I have now is so precious and so fleeting that I must grasp the joy in every moment I can, and treat it as the gift that it is.没有哪一天，我不思念父亲温暖的怀抱或至爱的姐姐温柔的棕色眼睛，但是，我知道，终有一天我会与他们相聚。我现在拥有的是如此珍贵、如此易逝，我必须尽情享受每一刻的欢愉，将其视为上帝的馈赠。

You choose life every day.But do you choose the life that you love every day? 每一天，你选择生活。但是，你是否每一天都过着想要的生活？

第二篇：你可以选择简朴美文

身边有许多朋友早已经身心疲惫，为什么？不愿过简朴的生活，一心闷头追求“大富大贵，功成名就”的繁华生活，结果运转过度，而无暇顾及孩子，夫妻之间也缺乏沟通、交流，没有知心朋友，很长时间不曾亲近大自然，即使铁打的汉子也要疲惫不堪了。

其实，你可以远离一味追求经济利益的“涡轮效应”，选择一种属于自己的简朴生活。

托尔斯泰讲过一个故事《追求幸福的伊利亚斯》：年轻的伊利亚斯夫妇家境贫寒，他们立志要追求幸福，经过一番努力，终于拥有庞大的家产，过着奢华的生活。但他们的子女好逸恶劳，坐吃山空，加上天灾人祸，又很快没落了，伊利亚斯夫妇只得去帮佣。有人问年迈的伊利亚斯夫妇，你们追求到幸福了吗？他们回答，当富有时，我们忙碌又忙心，也常因浮躁而吵架，捕捉不到幸福，而现在，“我们清晨起来，会彼此说几句恩爱的话，生活平静不争吵。我们只需服侍主人，尽心为主人工作。我们工作回来，有晚餐可吃，有乳酒可喝，天冷有燃料可烧。我们有时间闲谈，有时间思考灵魂，也有时间祷告。50年来我们追求的幸福，直到现在才找到。”

德谟克里特说：“幸福是一种通过对行为和享乐的节制，对愿望的制约及避免对世俗占有物的竞争而获得的一种安宁快乐。”伊利亚斯夫妇在富有时感觉不到幸福，正是因为他们不懂得节制。曾经，他们极富激情，却是变态的激情；他们极其聪慧，却是贪婪的聪慧；他们极有人缘，却是虚与委蛇的人缘。那种忙碌又忙心的生活使他们“没有时间交谈，没有时间想到灵魂，没有时间向上苍祷告”，幸福自然会失望而去。

财富没有与伊利亚斯夫妇的幸福等值，他们的生活失去了平衡，被套上了无形的枷锁。台湾作家郑石岩认为：“人想要的东西越多，自己就越觉得匮乏；越是为自己着想，越觉得孤单寂寞。思索太多未来的事，就忽略了现在的喜乐。”在富有中远离幸福和快乐的伊利亚斯夫妇不正是这样吗？现今那些拼命为了经济利益、物质享受和权力地位而身心疲惫的人不也是这样吗？因而，一直有人告诫我们：唯有节制，才会使人成为自己的主人；唯有简朴，才会使人幸福。晚年的伊利亚斯夫妇没有因为庞大家产的没落而心理崩溃，反而转过身拥抱住了一生追求的幸福。这说明他们在铅华洗尽后，终于学会在单纯平凡的事物中获得最高享受的能力，简朴的生活给他们带来了“安贫、顺从、贞洁，冥想世界和神性事物的诫命”（舍勒）。

郑石岩在写作的同时，长期从事心理咨询与教学研究。他发现：谁能保持简朴的态度，谁就能有清醒和缜密的思考；谁能实践简朴的生活，谁就能以简驭繁，而不致被烦心困扰。这种发现启示我们，在物质丰富、变化加快的时代，选择或者回归简朴的生活态度，并不是一种羞耻和倒退，反而更加有利于自己的身心健康。富兰克林说：“智者的目标就是生活方式的完全理性化和经济节约化。”从追求幸福的伊利亚斯到身边运转过度的朋友，我们应该从中明白，简朴不仅是薄饮之后的微醺、疏食之后的回味，它更是一种让人专注敏锐、感恩惜物的美德，选择它就是选择幸福、和谐的“智者”生活。

第三篇：职场快乐,你可以选择

These are the factors that will help you find happiness at work.Choose to Be Happy at Work: Happiness is largely a choice.I can hear many of you arguing with me, but it's true.You can choose to be happy at work.Sound simple? Yes.But, simplicity is often profoundly difficult to put into action.下面是能让你在职场保持开心的要素。选择在职场开心：快乐是一个大的选择。很多人和我争辩过，但快乐的确是可以选择的。听起来是不是很简单？但简单的事做起来有时也并非那么容易。

I wish all of you had the best employer in the world, but, face it, you may not.So, think positively about your work.Dwell on the aspects of your work you like.Avoid negative people and gossip.Find coworkers you like and enjoy and spend your time with them.Your choices at work largely define your experience.You can choose to be happy at work.我希望你们每个人都有世界上最好的老板，但面对现实时，也许你并没有。所以想想工作好的一面，自己喜欢的部分。避免消极的人和八卦，找那些志同道合的同事共度时光。在职场的选择能改变你的经历。你在职场的确可以选择快乐。

1.Do Something You Love Every Single Day

1.每天都要做自己喜欢的事情

You may or may not love your current job and you may or may not believe that you can find something in your current job to love, but you can.Trust me.Take a look at yourself, your skills and interests, and find something that you can enjoy doing every day.If you do something you love every single day, your current job won't seem so bad.Of course, you can always make your current job work or decide that it is time to quit your job.也许你并不喜欢现在的工作，也不认为能从中找到值得自己热爱的东西，但是你错了。相信我，好好审视下自己，你的技能和兴趣，找到每天你能真正享受的事情。如果每天都能做自己喜欢的事情，现在的工作似乎也就不那么糟糕了。当然，你还可以经常决定什么时候跳槽。

2.Take Charge of Your Own Professional and Personal Development

2.负责自己专业和个人的发展

A young employee complained to me recently that she wanted to change jobs because her boss was not doing enough to help her develop professionally.I asked her whom she thought was the person most interested in her development.The answer, of course, was her.You are the person with the most to gain from continuing to develop professionally.Take charge of your own growth;ask for specific and meaningful help from your boss, but march to the music of your personally developed plan and goals.You have the most to gain from growing and the most to lose, if you stand still.最近一位年轻的雇员向我抱怨老板不够关心她的职业发展，因此想要跳槽。我便问她，她认为到底什么人才应该对她的发展最感兴趣。答案毫无疑问就是她自己。你才是那个最需要不断发展自己专业的人。对自己的成长负责，从老板那获得具体的有意义的帮助，但要自己做好个人发展的计划和目标。如果你一直在成长，那么收益最大的是你自己；同理，如果你原

地不动，那么损失最大的也是你自己。

3.Take Responsibility for Knowing What Is Happening at Work

3.负责知道工作中发生了什么

People complain to me daily that they don't receive enough communication and information about what is happening with their company, their department's projects, or their coworkers.Passive vessels, they wait for the boss to fill them up with knowledge.And, the knowledge rarely comes.Why? Because the boss is busy doing her job and she doesn't know what you don't know.Seek out the information you need to work effectively.Develop an information network and use it.Assertively request a weekly meeting with your boss and ask questions to learn.You are in charge of the information you receive.每天都有人跟我抱怨由于沟通不足、信息不足，他们对公司到底发生了什么，部门有什么计划、同事都在做什么都不了解。他们只知道等着老板来往他们身上塞满知识，这和被动的花瓶有何区别。可悲的是老板很少会这样做，为什么呢？因为老板很忙，她也的确不知道自己的员工对这些事情一无所知。找出那些能使你工作更有效率的信息。建立一个社交信息网，好好利用。可以要求每周和老板见一次，提出一些问题以供学习。想获得什么信息完全由你掌控。

4.Ask for Feedback Frequently

4.时常要求反馈

Have you made statements such as, “My boss never gives me any feedback, so I never know how I'm doing.” Face it, you really know exactly how you're doing.Especially if you feel positively about your performance, you just want to hear him acknowledge you.If you're not positive about your work, think about improving and making a sincere contribution.Then, ask your boss for feedback.Tell him you'd really like to hear his assessment of your work.Talk to your customers, too;if you're serving them well, their feedback is affirming.You are responsible for your own development.你是不是曾经说过：我老板从来不给我任何反馈，我也不知道我到底干得怎么样。拜托，你绝对知道自己到底干得如何。尤其是当你对自己的表现非常有信心时，你只是想从他那听到表扬。如果你并没有信心，想想如何改进，做点实际的贡献吧。然后问老板要一下反馈，告诉他你的确想知道他对你工作的评价。同时也和你的顾客聊天，如果你服务好，他们的回馈必然是肯定的。你才是真正负责自己进步的人。5.Make Only Commitments You Can Keep

5.只做自己力所能及的承诺

One of the most serious causes of work stress and unhappiness is failing to keep commitments.Many employees spend more time making excuses for failing to keep a commitment, and worrying about the consequences of not keeping a commitment.Create a system of organization and planning that enables you to assess your ability to complete a requested commitment.Don't volunteer if you don't have time.If your workload is exceeding your available time and energy, make a comprehensive plan to ask the boss for help and resources.Don't wallow in the swamp of unkept promises.工作压力和不开心最重要的一点便是来自于兑现承诺。很多雇员会花很多时间编造理由来解

释为什么没能兑现承诺，还要担心这带来的后果。创建一个组织计划系统，让你知道自己有多少能力来完成要求的承诺。如果没有时间千万别自告奋勇，如果你的劳动负荷已经超过了可提供的时间和经历，那么做一个合理的计划向老板寻求帮助和资源补给。千万别陷进那些没实现承诺的沼泽里。

6.Avoid Negativity

6.避免消极事物

Choosing to be happy at work means avoiding negative conversations, gossip, and unhappy people as much as possible.No matter how positively you feel, negative people have a profound impact on your psyche.Don't let the negative Neds and Nellies bring you down.要想在职场开心就意味着需要尽可能避免消极谈话，八卦以及那些不开心的人。无论你感到多么开心，消极的人总会对你的心里带来很大的影响。别让消极的董事会和对手打败你。

7.Practice Professional Courage

7.训练专业勇气

If you are like most people, you don't like conflict.And the reason why is simple.You've never been trained to participate in meaningful conflict, so you likely think of conflict as scary, harmful, and hurtful.Conflict can be all three;done well, conflict can also help you accomplish your work mission and your personal vision.Conflict can help you serve customers and create successful products.Why let a little professional courage keep you from achieving your goals and dreams?如果你和大多数人一样，那你肯定不喜欢冲突。原因很简单，你从来没有受过训练如何置身于有意义的冲突中，所以你想当然的认为冲突一定是恐怖的、有害的以及伤人的。冲突的确会造成上述结果，但一旦冲突处理得好，也能帮你完成工作中的任务和人生目标。冲突能帮你更好地服务客户、制造成功的产品。为什么不让一点专业的勇气帮你达到目标和梦想呢？

8.Make Friends

8.交朋友

Liking and enjoying your coworkers are hallmarks of a positive, happy work experience.Take time to get to know them.You might actually like and enjoy them.Your network provides support, resources, sharing, and caring.要想有个积极快乐的工作体验，喜欢周围的同事是十分重要的。花时间去了解他们。你也许会真的喜欢且欣赏他们。你的人际圈会给你提供支持、资源、分享以及关怀。

9.If All Else Fails, Job Searching Will Make You Smile

9.如果上面这些都没用，那还是换个工作吧

If all of these ideas aren't making you happy at work, it's time to reevaluate your employer, your job, or your entire career.You don't want to spend your life doing work you hate in an unfriendly work environment.Most work environments don't change all that much.But unhappy employees tend to grow even more disgruntled.You can secretly smile while you spend all of your non-work time job searching.It will only be a matter of time until you can quit your job with a big smile.如果以上的办法都不能让你在职场开心的话，是适合重新审视一下你的老板、工作或整个职场了。你不想浪费时间在一个不友好的工作环境中做自己不喜欢做的工作。大部分的工作环境是不会发生大改变的。但不开心的员工只会更加不满。你可以悄悄地用所有的空闲时间开始寻找工作。跳槽只是时间问题而已，到时候你就能露出大大的微笑。

第四篇：高中英语作文：你可以选择

高中英语作文：你可以选择

You have a choice I woke up early today, excited over all I get to do before the clock strikes midnight. I have responsibilities to fulfill today. I am important.

My job is to choose what kind of day I am going to have.

Today I can complain because the weather is rainy or I can be thankful that the grass is getting watered for free.

Today I can fell sad that I don’t have more money or I can be glad that my finances encourage me to plan my purchases wisely and guide me away from waste.

Today I can grumble about my health or I can rejoice that I am alive.

Today I can lament over all that my parents didn’t give me when I was growing up or I can feel grateful that they allowed me to be born.

Today I can cry because roses have thorns or I can celebrate that thorns have roses. (整理收集:英语作文网)

Today I can mourn my lack of friends or I can excitedly embark upon a quest to discover new relationships.

Today I can murmur dejectedly because I have to do housework or I can feel honored because the Lord has provided shelter for my mind, body and soul.

Today stretches ahead of me, waiting to be shaped. And here I am, the sculptor who gets to do the shaping.

What today will be like is up to me. I get to choose what kind of day I will have!

第五篇：你可以酷吗美文

最近去参观朋友新买的公寓。才走到街角，他就迫不及待地指着一层高楼：“瞧！那就是我家。”

正指呢，却听见背后一阵匆匆的脚步声。冲过来几个穿制服的大汉，急着大声问：“什么事？什么事？”

我一怔，说：“没事啊！我朋友正告诉他家在哪一层。有什么问题吗？”

“天哪！我们还以为楼上失火了，拜托你以后不要随便指好不好？”原来他们都是大楼的管理员。

这件事让我想起刚到美国教书的时候，常在办公大楼的走廊跑，也曾被一个同事责怪。

我当时问他：“我又没有撞到你，怎么会影响你？跑，是我的自由。”

那同事却板着脸说：“你跑，让我以为失火了，心不安，所以你的自由影响到我的自由。”

在中国人的丧礼上，可以呼天抢地，甚至不哭的要被认为不孝和无情。可是在西方人的丧礼上，亲属能不落泪，却会被赞赏，认为那是有自制力的表现。因为丧亲是你自己的事。如果你大声哭喊，使别人不知所措，就是失礼。

所以自由的必要条件，就是不能影响别人自由，自由的基础是自制和守法。

前两天我太太说：“你知道某某小提琴家，虽然是朱丽叶音乐学院研修班毕业，却没能进得了大学部吗？”

“为什么朱丽叶音乐学院不收？”我不解地问。

“因为他在研修班的乐团里，太爱表现自己，常不听指挥。”

我非常欣赏著名导演李安的一段话：

“拍国片像做皇帝，大家听命于我；拍西片像当总统，要出去取悦每个人。”李安这么说，是因为拍国片时，导演最大，爱怎么干就怎么干；拍西片的时候总得跟制作人、演员、摄影和片厂沟通，他虽有导演的自由，却要尊重每个人的意见。

今天如果你问我什么是“酷”，我要说：“酷”不是做皇帝，是当总统；“酷”是不失规矩的自我发挥。