核心理念

Begin With the End in Mind means to look out across the coming hours, days, weeks, months, and years with a clear vision of your desired destination—and then to proactively pursue that future.

pursue: to do something or try to achieve something over a period of time

supremely: extremely

uplift: to make somebody feel happier or give somebody more hope

timeless: existing or continuing forever

humanity: people in general

prayerful: involving the act of praying

scriptures: the holy books of a particular religion

bequeath: leave

discord: a combination of musical notes that do not sound pleasant together

unflappable: able to stay calm in a difficult situation

for a time: 曾經

stale: no longer fresh; smelling unpleasant

wane: to become gradually weaker or less important

therein: in the place, object, document, etc. mentioned

inexorable: ​(of a process) that cannot be stopped or changed

Zen: ​a Japanese form of Buddhism

serenity: the quality of being calm and peaceful

recommit: to entrust or consign again

inwardly: in your mind; secretly

    The writer believes that a personal statement is very important. If we have a deep understanding of our center and our purpose, we can review and recommit to it frequently. In our daily spiritual renewal, we can visualize and "live out" the events of the day in harmony with those values.

    作者認為個人目標闡述非常重要。如果我們能夠深入了解自己的核心和志向，就能經常回顧並重新堅守致力於它。在日常心靈更新中，我們可以將一天中的經歷具象化，並依據這些價值觀去實踐生活。

    上文主要強調個人宣言或自我承諾的重要性。意思是說，當我們能夠清楚認識自己內心的核心價值和真正的目標時，就會更有能力定期反思與重新確認自己的方向和信念。在日常生活中，我們可以透過「心靈更新」來做到這一點，也就是將每天所經歷的事情具體化，並根據這些核心價值來引導我們的行為和選擇，以確保我們的生活始終和這些理念保持一致。

Stephen R. Covey "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People"

Online Dictionaries Used:

hk.dictionary.search.yahoo.com

www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com

www.merriam-webster.com

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