创业导师：如向日葵般高高站立的安迪樊(中英双语)

I find it humorous sometimes that even the mostmundane occurrences can have an im pact on ourawareness.

有时候我觉得很有意思，甚至连最平凡的事情都能够对我们的认识产生影响。My wife, daughter, and I moved into our home nineyears ago and we spent a lot of ti me and energy inthe yard to get it looking like it does today. We liveon a corner, highe r than street level, and the entireside of the yard is encased by a professionally builtroc k wall. The front of the house though is anotherstory because instead of a wall along t he sidewalk, the rocks appear to be just thrown up ontothe dirt as if someone were in a hurry to finish.

九年前，我的妻子、女儿和我搬进了现在的家，我们花了大量的时间和和精力整修我们的院子，让它看起来像今天这个样子。我们住在一个拐角处，比街道的水平面要高。院子的外侧围着一面砌得很讲究的石墙。尽管房子的前边是另一码事——因为沿人行道修建的不是一面墙，而是在泥地上草草垒起来的石头堆，好像是什么人匆忙赶工完成的。

We did the best we could with what we had to work with and called this area our …roc k garden‟.Wheneve r we had leftover flowers or plants, Denise or I would stick them o ut front, just tobring some color to the area.

我们竭尽所能来做我们必须做的工作，并把这个地方叫做我们的“岩石花园”。每当我们在这里种上花或其他植物，丹尼斯或者我就会让它们伸到墙外，只是为了给这个地方增添一些色彩。

I still do all of my own yard work, even the dreaded weed-pulling. After putting on m y kneepads I assume the position to clear the yard of weeds, even in the rock garden. 我还在做自己的庭院劳作，包括让人生畏的拔杂草工作。我带上护膝后，我便着手清理庭院杂草，即使是在岩石花园里。

Last summer I had reached the end of the rock garden and found a tiny little plant that I couldnot immediately identify, I knew I didn‟t plant it and Denise claimed that she d idn‟t either. Wedecided to let it continue growing until we could figure out what it was .

去年夏天，我走到岩石花园的一端，发现一株我不能立刻认出来的小植物。我知道我没有在那里种植它。丹尼斯说她也没有种过。我们决定让它继续生长，直到我们能搞清楚，它到底是什么植物。

Weeks passed and as I made my way back to the mystery plant, it appeared to be a Su nflower.It was spindly looking with a tall skinny stalk and only one head on it. I decid ed to baby italong and weed around it. As I pulled rocks from the area to get to the we eds, I noticedsomething unusual. The Sunflower had not started where I saw the stalk begin. It actually hadbegun under a big rock and grown under and around it to reach t he sun.

几周过去了，我回到那株神秘植物跟前，它好像是一棵向日葵。它还很纤细，长着细高的茎杆，上面只有一个头。我决定好好照看它，除去它周围的杂草。当我把这个地方的石头挪开以便除草时，我发现有些异常情况。向日葵并不是从我发现茎杆的地方开始生长的。实际上，它从一块大石头下面开始发芽、生长，然后绕过石头，以获取阳光。

That‟s when I realized that if a tiny little Sunflower didn‟t let a big rock stand in its w ay ofdeveloping, we too have the capability of doing the same thing. Once our enviro nment beginsto see that we believe in ourselves like that little Sunflower, we can attai n the samenourishment and nurturing as well.

那时我认识到，如果一棵小小的向日葵都没有让一块大石头挡住它成长的路，那么我们同样有能力做同样的事情。一旦我们的环境开始看到，我们像那棵小小的向日葵一样相信自己，我们就能够得到同样的养分并且成长起来。

First, we need to believe in ourselves knowing we have the capabilities in achieving o ur desires.Like the Sunflower, it knew it had the capability to overcome its obstacle be cause it trustedin the Universal Truth and had faith it would succeed.

首先，我们需要相信自己，认识到我们有能力达到我们的愿望。就像向日葵那样，它知道它有能力去克服障碍，因为它相信普遍真理，并且相信它会成功。Stand tall like the Sunflower and be proud of who and what you are and the environm ent willbegin to support you. You will find a way to go under or around your big obsta cle in order toreach your desires.