老爸教给我的18个人生信条(上)

2.Bad things will happen to you and your friends. – Part of living and growing up is experiencing unexpected troubles in life.  People lose jobs, get in car accidents and sometimes die.  When you are younger, and things are going pretty well, this harsh reality can be hard to visualize.  The smartest, and oftentimes hardest, thing we can do in these kinds of situations is to be tempered in our reactions.  To want to scream obscenities, but to wiser and more disciplined than that.  To remember that emotional rage only makes matters worse.  And to remember that tragedies are rarely as bad as they seem, and even when they are, they give us an opportunity to grow stronger.
坏事也有找上门的可能。经历生命中的意外麻烦其实是生活和成长的一部分。人们可能会失业、遭遇车祸甚至死亡。当你还年幼，相信一切还都很美好，是很难想象到严酷的现实的。然而在这些遭遇面前，我们所能做的最小的也通常是最难的事情就是适应。想要张狂地尖叫，但是智慧和自律总会将之代替。要记住过于情绪化的愤怒会让事情变得更糟。也要记住悲剧很少会像它们看起来那么悲惨，同时，就算它们悲惨如斯，也恰好给了我们变强壮的机会