旅途中的樂趣

If you have ever been discouraged because of failure， please read on.Achieving what you set out to do usually is not the important thing. Let me explain.

Two brothers decided to dig a deep hole behind their house. As they were working， a couple of older boys stopped to watch.

“What are you doing?” asked one of the visitors.

“We plan to dig a hole all the way through the earth， ” one of the brothers volunteered excitedly.

The older boys began to laugh， telling the younger ones that digging a hole all the way through the earth was impossible. After a long silence， one of the diggers picked up a jar full of spiders， worms and a wide assortment of insects. He removed the lid and showed the wonderful contents to the scoffing visitors. Then he said quietly and confidently， “Even if we don’t dig all the way through the earth， look what we found along the way!”

Their goal was far too ambitious， but it did cause them to dig. And that is what a goal is for—to cause us to move in the direction we have chosen; in other words， to set us to digging!

But not every goal will be fully achieved. Not every hope will come to pass. Not every endeavor will be completed. But when you fall short of your aim， perhaps you can say， “Yes， but look at what I found along the way! Look at the wonderful things which have come into my life because I tried to do something!”

It is in the digging that life is lived. And I believe it is joy in the journey， in the end， that truly matters.

如果你曾因失敗而氣餒，請繼續讀下去。通常，完成你的預期目標其實并不是那么重要的事。讓我解釋一下。

兄弟兩人決定在他們的房子后面挖一個很深的洞。就在他們不停挖掘時，幾個年長的男孩停下來觀看

“你們在干嘛？”其中一個觀看者問。

“我們計劃挖一個洞，可以穿過整個地球！”兄弟倆中的一個很興奮地回答。

年長的男孩們開始嘲笑他倆，告訴他們挖一個能穿過整個地球的洞是不可能的。經過了一段長時間的沉默后，其中一個挖掘者挖到了一個裝滿了蜘蛛、蠕蟲和各種各樣昆蟲的罐子。他打開了蓋子，向嘲笑他的觀看者們展示著戰利品。然后他平靜而自信的說：“即使我們不能挖一個穿過地球的洞，但看看我們在此過程中發現的東西！”

他們的目標過于宏偉，但的確促使他們開始挖掘。這就是目標的作用——讓我們朝著自己選擇的方向前進，換句話說，就是讓我們開始挖掘！

但不是每個目標都會完全得以實現。不是每個希望都能達成。不是每次努力就能收獲。但當你達不到目標時，也許你可以說：“是的，但看看我在途中發現了什么！看看我生命中這些精彩的事物都是在我努力實現目標的過程中發現的！”

我們的生命正是因為不斷挖掘而有活力。而且我相信最終真正有意義的正是這旅途中的樂趣。