活在當下

subject to: to make somebody/something experience, suffer or be affected by something, usually something unpleasant

subtle: not very obvious or easy to notice

imperceptible: very small and therefore unable to be seen or felt

Putting first things first means organizing and executing around your most important priorities.

grateful: feeling or showing thanks because somebody has done something kind for you or has done as you asked

hone: to develop and improve something, especially a skill, over a period of time

commend: to recommend somebody/something to somebody

wrestle: to fight somebody by holding them and trying to throw or force them to the ground, sometimes as a sport

temptation: the desire to do or have something that you know is bad or wrong

tremble: to shake in a way that you cannot control, especially because you are very nervous, excited, frightened, etc.

miserably: ​in a way that makes you feel very unhappy or uncomfortable

conquer: to succeed in dealing with or controlling something

    Some day, in the years to come, you will be wrestling with the great temptation, or trembling under the great sorrow of your life. But the real struggle is here, now... Now it is being decided whether, in the day of your supreme sorrow or temptation, you shall miserably fail or gloriously conquer. Character cannot be made except by a steady, long continued process.

    未來的某一天，你可能會遇上重大的誘惑或極大的悲痛。然而，真正的考驗並不只存在於將來，而是在當下就已經開始了。也就是說，現在你的每一個選擇、每一個決定，都在鋪墊著未來你是會在極度悲傷或誘惑面前慘遭失敗，還是能夠榮耀地戰勝困境。

    個人的品格並不是憑空而成，而是在每天面對種種挑戰和抉擇時，不斷努力、持續奮鬥中逐漸鍛造出來的。每個看似平凡的現在，其實都在形成你未來的自己。

    我們不要等到重大考驗來臨時才行動，而應該從此刻開始，認真對待生活中的每一次試煉，用堅韌不拔的努力來塑造堅強的人格。

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

Online Dictionaries Used:

hk.dictionary.search.yahoo.com

www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com

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