When Life Cheats You

Sylvia Huang

導讀：假如生活欺騙了你，不要悲傷，不要心急。本文的作者就以親身經歷，告訴大家如何走出人生的低谷。

“However long the night， the dawn will break.” —African Proverb

Were there times in your life where it felt anything that could go wrong went wrong？ That was me five years ago. Only during nine months， my marriage to a partner of eight years broke down， I lost four family members to unexpected deaths， and I suddenly found myself being jobless， penniless， and homeless. It was a dark period of my life and I finally spent five years in coming out the other side. I even learned some ways to get through the difficult times in our life.

Firstly is to remember that life always changes. Things can get better. When troubles come， it can feel like things will only get worse， but that is the pessimist in us talking. Sometimes all we need to do is to simply let time pass and to resist the temptation to overreact and aggravate the problem. Secondly is to remember that things arent as bad as they seem.Its rarely the case that every aspect of our lives went awry at the same time， and its important to keep the right perspective when the going gets tough. Lastly， the most important one is to remember that there are still things to appreciate. Do not let the darkness blind you from seeing the stars. No matter how terrible life may seem at any single point， there are always good things if we keep our eyes on them. Therefore， if youre going through difficult times now， just keep the above-mentioned three reminders in mind and you can recover more quickly.

Vocabulary

pessimist n. 悲觀主義

temptation n. 誘惑

aggravate v. 加重，使惡化

awry adj. 錯誤的，扭曲的

（How would you deal with it if you reached the lowest point in your life？）

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