I am usurping the copyright of a comment made on my blog earlier and adapting it here, because it is profound:
“Life is a marathon, not a sprint. Just because you are not shining today, does not mean you can’t shine tomorrow.”
Your time will come too.
And, above all else, be true to your heart. I could “shine” as CEO of an international Fortune 500 company and yet still be miserable and losing hair from work stress.
So, just make sure you are shining for the reason you want to.
另外最重要的是，要真實對待自己的心。我能夠作爲一家國際銀行的行政總裁而”閃耀”，但仍然得忍受痛苦，還要忍受因爲工作壓力而掉頭發。
所以，你只要確定自己閃耀的原因正如自己所願就行了。
翻譯：賈冬玲
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“Life is a marathon, not a sprint. Just because you are not shining today, does not mean you can’t shine tomorrow.”
Oh how I like this sentence! It speaks of hope, of a chance, of a time.
I’d like to take it one step further though, and construct instead as:
{Life is a marathon, don’t sprint and tire out midway. Keep your eyes on the prize of finishing and finishing well. Just keep going, do not stop, you will cross the finishing line a winner.}
As we take life as a marathon, let us be marathoners of our own marathons. Everyone has their own race, space, speed and capability; our job is to focus and keep our eyes on finishing the race. In most 42.195 km marathons, it doesn’t matter how long one takes to finish the race, as long as you finish the race, you’d be given the shirt that says:
“I completed the 42.195 km marathon of (marathon event)”
Let’s finish well, Nochie. =)
Hi Nigel
Remember the verse from the Philippians, eyes on the goal, till we finish the race?
Noch Noch
Oh yeah Nochie girl, “pressing on towards the goal”, we keep our eyes on the finishing line, the goal, the ultimate aim. We keep pressing on, and keep pressing forward =)