Think a minute! You've heard the expression, “Live and learn.” The two should go together. But sometimes we just live.“We all make mistakes, but it's the wise who learn not to repeat them.” In a way, our life's like a ship: we can steer it by the rudder or by the rocks. We can learn to read the signs and avoid trouble by making the right choices, or we can learn the slow, hard way by continuing to run into problems from our wrong choices.
So if we want a good life, we need to be a good student of life, and realize we can learn something from everybody. Some people even teach us by their bad example how not to live. A smart man said: “We should learn from other people's mistakes, since there's simply not enough time for us to make all the mistakes ourselves.” Someone said: “I've learned silence from the talkative and kindness from the unkind.” So our different teachers can include both old people and young kids, friends and enemies. We can learn from good books and our memories, from winning and losing.
A little boy said:“I've learned that if I'm in trouble at school, I'm going to be in more trouble at home.” One husband said: “I've learned I should never praise my mother's cooking while I'm eating my wife's cooking.” An old woman said:“I've learned that 6-year-old children are the only ones who think it's neat when their teeth fall out.”One guy said: “I've learned that loaning money to family and friends causes them to lose their memories.” And a young adult said: “I've learned you can do something in a moment that will give you heartache the rest of your life.”
You see, it's when we stop learning that we start getting bored. We humans are made with tremendous potential for always learning and doing new things. In fact, it's when we stop learning that we stop living. A successful businessman said:“Anyone who stops learning is old, but whoever keeps learning stays young.” Just think a minute...
请想一分钟！你听说过“生活就是学习”这句话，两者并肩而行。但是，有时我们只是在生活。“人人都犯错误，但聪明人学会了不犯同样的错误”。从某种意义上来说，我们的生活像一条船，我们可以用舵来导航，也可以因为触礁而长进。我们可以学习识别信号，通过做出正确的选择来避免麻烦；我们也可以通过错误的选择，不断遇到麻烦而慢慢地、痛苦地学习。
因此如果我们要过好日子，就必须成为生活的好学生，认识到人人身上都有可学之处。有人甚至以他们的坏榜样告诫我们不要那样生活。一位智者说过：“我们应该从他人的错误中汲取教训，因为我们根本没有足够的时间，让自己去犯所有的错误。”有人说：“我从多话中学会了沉默，从不善中学会了善良。”所以，我们有许多不同的老师，包括老人和孩子、朋友和敌人。我们能从好书、记忆和输赢中学到东西。
一个小男孩说：“我得到了教训：如果我在学校惹了麻烦，回家后我的麻烦会更大。”一位丈夫说：“我的教训是：永远不要在吃老婆烧的饭时夸奖老妈的厨艺。”一位老太太感叹：“可能只有6岁的娃娃会认为牙掉了反而干净整洁。”一位老兄表白：“我得到的教训是，借钱给家人和朋友使他们变得健忘了。”另一位年轻人总结道：“我学到的是：你在瞬间所做的某些事会使你心痛一辈子。”
你明白，我们停止学习时，就感到厌烦了。人类具有不断学习和尝试新事物的巨大潜力。事实上，当我们停止学习时，我们就停止了生活。一位成功的商人说：“任何人只要停止学习就变老了。无论是谁，不断地学习会使他保持年轻。” 请想一分钟……