My skills, my mind, my heart, and my body will stagnate（停滞，淤塞）, rot, and die lest I put them to good use. I have unlimited potential. Only a small portion of my brain do I employ; only a paltry（不足取的） amount of my muscles do I flex. A hundredfold or more can I increase my accomplishments of yesterday and this I will do, beginning today.
Nevermore will I be satisfied with yesterday's accomplishments nor will I indulge, anymore, in self-praise for deeds which in reality are too small to even acknowledge. I can accomplish far more than I have, and I will, for why should the miracle which produced me end with my birth? Why can I not extend that miracle to my deeds of today?
And I am not on this earth by chance. I am here for a purpose and that purpose is to grow into a mountain, not to shrink to a grain of sand. Henceforth will I apply all my efforts to become the highest mountain of all and I will strain my potential until it cries for mercy.
I have been given eyes to see and a mind to think and now I know a great secret of life for I perceive, at last, that all my problems, discouragements, heartaches are, in truth, great opportunities in disguise. I will no longer be fooled by the garments they wear for mine eyes are open. I will look beyond the cloth and I will not be deceived.
相关单词：stagnate
stagnate解释：v.停止
stagnate例句：
Where the masses are not roused,work will stagnate.哪里不发动群众，哪里的工作就死气沉沉。
Taiwan's economy is likely to stagnate for a long time to come.台湾经济很可能会停滞很长一段时间。
相关单词：unlimited
unlimited解释：adj.无限的，不受控制的，无条件的
unlimited例句：
They flew over the unlimited reaches of the Arctic.他们飞过了茫茫无边的北极上空。
There is no safety in unlimited technological hubris.在技术方面自以为是会很危险。
相关单词：paltry
paltry解释：adj.无价值的，微不足道的
paltry例句：
The parents had little interest in paltry domestic concerns.那些家长对家里鸡毛蒜皮的小事没什么兴趣。
I'm getting angry;and if you don't command that paltry spirit of yours.我要生气了，如果你不能振作你那点元气。
相关单词：flex
flex解释：n.皮线，花线；vt.弯曲或伸展
flex例句：
We wound off a couple of yards of wire for a new lamp flex.我们解开几码电线作为新的电灯花线。
He gave his biceps a flex to impress the ladies.他收缩他的肱二头肌以吸引那些女士们的目光。
相关单词：accomplishments
accomplishments解释：n.造诣；完成( accomplishment的名词复数 )；技能；成绩；成就
accomplishments例句：
It was one of the President's greatest accomplishments. 那是总统最伟大的成就之一。
Among her accomplishments were sewing,cooking,playing the piano and dancing. 她的才能包括缝纫、烹调、弹钢琴和跳舞。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
