Every mountain has a peak

What is the secret ingredient of tough people that enables them to succeed? Why do they survive the tough times when others are overcome by them? Why do they win when others lose? Why do they soar when others sink?

The answer is very simple. It's all in how they perceive their problems. Yes, every living person has problems. A problem-free life is an illusion-a mirage in the desert. Accept that fact.

Every mountain has a peak. Every valley has its low point. Life has its ups and downs, its peaks and its valleys. No one is up all the time, nor are they down all the time. Problems do end. They are all resolved in time.

You may not be able to control the times, but you can compose your response. You can turn your pain into profanity -or into poetry. The choice is up to you. You may not have chosen your tough time, but you can choose how you will react to it.

For instance, what is the positive reaction to a terrible financial setback? In this situation would it be the positive reaction to copout and runaway? Escape through alcohol, drug, or suicide? No! Such negative reactions only produce greater problems by promising a temporary solution to the pressing problem.

The positive solution to a problem may require courage to initiate it. When you control your reaction to the seemingly uncontrollable problem of life, then in fact you do control the problem's effect on you. Your reaction to the problem is the last word! That's the bottom line. What will you let this problem do to you? It can make you tender or tough. It can make you better or bitter. It all depends on you.

In the final analysis, the tough people who survive the tough times do so because they've chosen to react positively to their predicament. Tough times never last, but tough people do. Tough people stick it out. History teaches us that every problem has a lifespan.

No problem is permanent. Storms always give way to the sun. Winter always thaws into springtime. Your storm will pass. Your winter will thaw. Your problem will be solved

人人有本难念的经

坚强的人总能成功，他们有什么秘诀呢？为什么他们总能度过艰难的时刻而其他人却被困难打倒了呢？为什么他们能赢而其他人却注定要输呢？为什么他们能够翱翔于天际而其他人却只能沉沦于谷底呢？

答案很简单。这完全在于他们看待问题的态度。是的，每个人都会遇到问题。没有问题的人生是一种幻想——是沙漠中的海市蜃楼。你得接受这个事实。

每座山都有顶峰。每条溪流都有低谷。生活有它的波折起伏。没有人总是高高在上，也没有人长期处于低潮。问题总会结束，难题终会被解决。

也许你无法控制时间，但你能调节你自己的反应。你可以把你的痛苦变成亵渎/诅咒——也可以把它变成诗情画意。这种选择完全在于你自己。艰难岁月也许并不是你所愿意的，但是你可以选择如何对待它们。

举个例子来说，如果出现很严重的经济困境，该怎样面对它才是积极的反应呢?在这种情况下, 扳着脸或是设法逃避算不算是积极的反应呢？用酒精，毒品甚至是自杀来逃避？不，这些消极的做法只能暂时解决燃眉之急，却会带来更大的问题。

积极的解决问题的方法是需要勇气来启动的。如果你能控制住自己对那些看起来无法解决的问题的反应，那么实际上你已经控制了这些问题对你影响。你对问题的反应已经确定了。那已经是底线了。你会让这些问题对你做些什么呢？它可以让你脆弱也可以使你坚强，它可以让你变得更好也可能使你更加痛苦。完全取决于你自己。

总之，那些能在艰难的日子里生存下来的坚强的人们就是这样做的因为他们愿意积极地面对他们的困境。艰难的日子从来持续很长时间，但坚强的人却能够永远坚强。坚强的人会坚持到底。而历史告诉我们每个问题都有它的寿命。

没有什么难题是永恒的。阳光总在风雨后，寒冬总会被春光解冻。风雨会过去，寒冬会解冻，你的问题也能解决。