人生必备的5项核心技能：这些你都具备吗？

Except for your own thoughts, there’s nothing that’s absolutely in your power. Knowing and accepting this gives you the ability to cope proficiently with life’s constant little inconveniences – a vital life skill we called resilience.
除了自己的思想，没有什么是完全在你的掌控之中的。意识并接受这点就能让你轻松应对生活中时不时出现的小不愉快——这个重要的人生技能我们称之为包容。

Resilience is accepting reality, even if it’s less than the fantasy you had in your mind or the reality that was once yours. You can fight it, you can do nothing but complain about what you’re missing, or you can accept what you have and try to put it together to create something good.
包容就是接受现实，即使现实没有达到你的预期，或是你不幸错过。你可以抗争，但除了可以抱怨错过的你别无他选。抑或你接受目前拥有的，利用这些去创造更好的东西。

As you progress, life will inevitably challenge you on a regular basis. No matter how much falls on you, keep your head up and plow ahead. That’s the only way to keep the road to your dreams clear. It won’t get any more forgiving, but it will get easier and easier to deal with, because over time you will grow stronger and more resilient.
成长过程中，生活总会不可避免的赐予你挑战。无论挑战多少，都要昂起头朝前走。这是唯一确保道路一直朝着梦想前进的唯一方法。即使这些挑战不会减少，但会越来越容易应对，因为你一直在成长，越来越强大，越来越包容。

4. Patience
耐心

In the sweetest little voice Winnie-the-Pooh once said, “Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day.” This is the power of patience.
维尼熊曾憨憨的说过：“河流知道，不用急，我们总有一天会到达。”这就是耐心的力量。

Patience is not sitting still. Rather, it’s mastering your time by applying the right principles in the right way to attain a long-term desired result. It’s moving forward steadily for as long as it takes to get where you want to go. Enduring the time between your departure and arrival requires a great deal of will. But no matter how tedious these moments of waiting are, you have to get used to the feeling, knowing that what you’re working toward is coming your way, even though it’s not with you at the moment.
耐心不是让你坐着不动。而是需要把握时间，在正确的地方使用正确的方法来达到最终的长期目的。你会一步一步的前进直到达到想去的地方。在出发和到达之间的等待需要的是你强大的意志力。无论等待的时间多么无聊，你都要去适应，知道你正朝着自己的目标前进着，只是时机还没到而已。

Ultimately the two hardest tests on the road to personal growth are the patience to wait for what you want and the courage not to be disappointed when it doesn’t arrive as soon as you had expected. Patience can be bitter, but the seeds you plant now will bear sweet fruit. These fruits are worth waiting for. There’s no advantage to hurrying through life and never tasting their sweetness.
人生道路上最难的两个考验，莫过于那份等待自己想要的东西的耐心，以及期盼没有到来时不畏惧失望的勇气。耐心也许很苦涩，但你种下的总有一天会结成甜果实，这些果实值得你去等待。人生如果太过匆忙，反而会让你品尝不到其中的甜味。

5. Self-reliance
自我独立

Self-reliance is the most important of all life skills, because without it you can’t practice any other life skill consistently. It’s honestly a virtue that brings all the rest together.
这是人生技能中最重要的一项，没有它，你就无法施展其他的技能。不错，这是一项能把其他几项整合在一起的技能。

Quite simply, self-reliance is the unswerving willingness to take responsibility for your life from this moment forward, regardless of who had a hand in making it the way it is now. It’s taking control of your life, finding your true self by thinking for yourself, and making a firm choice to live your way. It’s being the hero of your life, not the victim.
简单的说，自我独立就是愿意无论任何时候都为自己人生负责，不管此时的道路由谁掌控着。自我独立能控制你的生活，发现真实的自己，并做出坚定的选择。你要成为自己人生的英雄，而不是生活的受害者。

Life constantly invites you to be who you are capable of being. Choosing to be self-reliant is accepting life’s invitation.
人生时不时就会邀请你成为你能成为的那种人。独立起来，接受人生的邀请吧。