12.我们寻找那些能肯定我们智力、观点和自我价值的环境、工作和人群，并且避免那些会对我们自我价值有害甚至是减损的环境、工作和人群。
13.我们采取措施恢复我们的体力，组织我们的生活，减少我们的压力，寻找快乐。
14.我们追寻内心的召唤，并且开发我们的意志和智慧来跟随它。
15.我们坦然接受生活的跌宕起伏，因为自然事件已经可以成为教育我们成长的教科书。
16.随着成长，我们越来越意识到我们和所有生物息息相关，并且我们有助于地球的和平和平衡。
Allow Your Own Inner Light to Guide You 让你内心的灯来引导你AnonymousThere comes a time when you must stand alone. You must feel confident enough to within yourself to follow your own dreams. You must be willing to make sacrifice.
You must be capable of changing and rearranging your priorities， so that your final goal can be achieved.
Sometimes， familiarity and comfort need to be challenged. There are times when you must take a few extra chances and create your own realities.
Be strong enough to at least to try to make your life better. Appreciate yourself by allowing yourself the opportunities to grow，develop and find your true sense of purpose in this life.
Don’t stand in someone else‘s shadow when it’s your sunlight that should lead the way.
Work hard at what you like to do and try to overcome all obstacles.
Laugh your mistakes and praise yourself for learning from them. Pick some flowers and appreciate the beauty of the nature.
Say hello to strangers and enjoy the people you know.
Don‘t be afraid to show your emotions， laughing and crying make you feel better.
Love your friends and family with your entire being they are the most important part of your life.
Feel the calmness on a quiet sunny day.
Find a rainbow and live your world of dreams， always remember life is better than it seems.
寻找彩虹，生活在充满梦想的世界里，永远牢记生活比它看起来好得多。
参考翻译（王伟明）
人生总有些时候我们要自立。你必须对自己有足够的信心来追逐自己的梦想。你必须愿意作出牺牲。
你必须能够改变和重新安排你的优先做的事，这样你最终的目标才能实现。
有时候熟悉和舒服要接受挑战。有时候你要抓住其他的机会，创造属于你自己的可能。
要足够强大到至少让你的生活更好。要自信满满，不要让日子得过且过。给自己机会成长，发展来欣赏自己，并且找到生活的真正内涵。在本该是属于自己的阳光指引方向时，不要站在别人的影子后面。
努力做自己想做的事情，尽力克服所有的困难。学会自嘲并为自己能从错误中学到东西鼓励自己。采摘一些花朵，学会欣赏自然的美丽。
对陌生人微笑，和认识的人友好相处。不要害怕表达自己的情感，笑出声来和大哭会让你舒服很多。用你的全部来爱你的朋友和家人，因为他们是你生命中最重要的部分。
在风和日丽、阳光明媚的天气里感受平静。寻找彩虹，生活在充满梦想的世界里，永远牢记生活比它看起来好得多。
I Made a 41 我考了 41 分
Anonymous
Perhaps the only test score that I remember is the 41. I was in high school. The class was taught by one of the two teachers that impacted me most， Mr. Bales. The other teacher was Mrs. Drew from the seventh grade. It’s amazing how I can remember from over 30 years ago my two most impacting teachers.
The eighth grade， it was a time when I like most didn‘t know what I was to be in life. The drama of that time of youth was simply that get through school and make the long walk home.
There are some things that will still be like the eighth grade when you get to be eighty.
The test was the final for the class. I remember anxiously waiting as Mr. Bales passed out test after test. It was a rather difficult test. I didn’t know how well I had done but I knew there were things on it that I didn‘t know.
The air whooshed around the pages as it made a gentle sound plopping down. It was a rhythm as each student received their test- plop， plop， plop.
I heard groan after groan that accompanied the plops. I could tell by the groans that the grades weren’t looking good.
Mr. Bales dropped the stapled pages on my desk.
There in big red numbers， circled to draw attention， was my grade. 41！
Groan！！！
I moved my paper where it wasn‘t in plain view， a 41 is not something that you wanted your classmates to see.
After the final plop， Mr. Bales stood behind the worn desk that had stood guard over countless students before me. He addressed the none too jubilant class.
“The grades were not very good， none of you passed， so I will have to consider grading on a scale，”Mr. Bales announced.
“The highest grade in the class was a 41， so all of you flunked.”were the final words that I remember.
A 41. That’s me.
Suddenly my dismal looking final didn‘t look quite so bad. There were at least 30 students in the class. I had the highest grade. I felt a whole lot better.
I walked home that day with the low but high grade safely tucked away in my book satchel. My mother knew that I had a big test that day and asked me as soon as I got home，“how did you do on your test？”
“I made a 41.”I said.
My mother’s expression changed. A frown now stood where a smile was a few seconds earlier. I knew that I had to explain and explain fast.
“But mother， I had the highest grade in the class！”I proudly stated.
I knew that statement would change things. I had the highest grade in the class that made a difference.
My mother said，“You flunked.”
“But I had the highest grade in the class！”I replied.
“I don‘t care what everyone else had， you flunked. It doesn’t matter if everyone else flunked too， what matters is what you do.”my mother firmly answered.
For years， I thought that was a harsh judgment. My mother was always that way. It didn‘t matter what the other kids did， it only mattered what I did and that I did it excellently.
We often don’t understand the wisdom of good parents until we ourselves stand in the parenting shoes. My mother‘s philosophy has carried me throughout life. Don’t worry about what the crowd does. The crowd often goes the wrong way. If you follow the crowd， you will go to the same destination as the crowd. The path of the crowd is wide and it is crowded. The path to pass the tests of life is narrow and there are very few people on it.
众人的道路很宽，却很拥挤；接受人生考验的道路很狭窄，却少有人走。
参考翻译（佚名）
我记得的唯一一次考试分数，也许就是上高中时的那个41分。当时，教那门课的老师是贝尔斯先生--他是两位对我影响最深的老师之一，另一位是七年级的德鲁女士。令我惊讶不已的是，30多年后，我仍然记得这两位对我最具影响的老师。
像大多数孩子一样，八年级时，我不知道自己以后要成为什么样的人。年少时最激动的事就是，上完课后走很长的路回家。
有些事情直到你80岁时仍会想起，如八年级时发生的那件事。那是班里的最后一次考试。我记得当时正焦急地等贝尔斯先生分发试卷。这次的考题相当难，我不知道自己考得好不好，但我知道那上面有很多东西我不懂。试卷啪地被轻轻放下时，在空中发出呼呼的声音。当每一个学生拿到试卷时--啪、啪、啪的声音很有节奏。伴随着啪啪的声音，我又听到一声又一声的叹息，从叹息声中，我能感觉到大家的分数都不太理想。
贝尔斯先生把订好了的卷子放到我的桌子上。一个大大的红色数字被圈起来了，格外引人注目，这是我的分数。41！
唉！！！我移开自己的卷子，不让它暴露在平敞的视野中，你不会想让同学们看到那个41分。最后啪的一声后，贝尔斯先生站在那张曾守望过无数学长们的破旧讲台后--他向被低迷气氛笼罩的全班同学讲话了。“成绩不太好，班上没有一个人及格，所以，我将会考虑按比例评定分数。”贝尔斯先生宣布。
“全班最高分是41分，所有人都没有及格。”这是我记得的最后一句话。
一个41分，是我。
我凄惨的期末成绩，看起来突然不那么糟糕了。班上至少有30多个学生，而我取得了最高分。我的感觉好了很多。
我走回家，那张分数既低又高的试卷被我折好后，安心地放进了书包里。妈妈知道我那天有一个大考，所以，我刚到家，她就问道，“你考得怎么样？”
“我得了41分。”我说。妈妈的表情变了，几秒钟前她还在微笑，现在却皱着眉头站在那里。我知道我得尽快解释。“可是，妈妈，我考了全班最高分。”我自豪地说道。我知道这种解释一定会让事情有所改变，我得了全班最高分会有所不同的。
妈妈说：“你没有及格。”
我答道：“可我得了全班最高分！”
“别人怎么样，我不在乎。你没有及格，这跟别人是否及格没关系，关键是你做了什么。”妈妈坚定地说道。