你是独一无二的
You’re Unique
Consider... YOU. In all time before now and in all time to come, there has never been and will never be anyone just like you. You are unique in the entire history and future of the universe. Wow! Stop and think about that. You’re better than one in a million, or a billion, or a gazillion....
You are the only one like you in a sea of infinity!
You’re amazing! You’re awesome! Yes, you’re it. As amazing and awesome as you already are, you can be even more so. Beautiful young people are the whimsey of nature, but beautiful old people are true works of art. But you don’t become “beautiful” just by virtue of the aging process.
Real beauty comes from learning, growing, and loving in the ways of life. That is the art of life. You can learn slowly, and sometimes painfully, by just waiting for life to happen to you. Or you can choose to accelerate your growth and intentionally devour life and all it offers. You are the artist that paints your future with the brush of today.
Paint a Masterpiece.
God gives every bird its food, but he doesn’t throw it into its nest. Wherever you want to go, whatever you want to do, it’s truly up to you.
【助读词汇】
◇unique adj. 独一无二的，唯一的
◇awesome adj.使人敬畏的
◇infinity n.无限，无穷大
◇whimsey n.怪念头，奇想
◇by virtue of 依靠，由于
◇devour vt. (尤指动物)吞吃，狼吞虎咽
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你是独一无二的
试想一下…….你！不论是以往还是将来都不会有一个跟你一模一样的人。在历史上和宇宙中你都是独一无二的。哇！停下来想想吧，你是万里挑一、亿里挑一、兆里挑一的。
在无穷无尽的宇宙中，你是举世无双的！
你是让人惊叹的！你是卓越的！没错，就是你。你已经是了不起的，是卓越的，你还可以更卓越、更了不起。美丽的年轻人是大自然的奇想，而美丽的老人却是艺术真实的杰作。但你不会因为年龄的增长就自然而然地变得“美丽”。
真正的美丽源于生命里的学习、成长和热爱。这就是生命的艺术。学习有时候会很慢，有时候或许会很痛苦，又或者只是听天由命。又或许你可以选择加速自己的成长，故意地挥霍生命及其提供的一切。你就是手握今日之画笔描绘自己未来的艺术家。
画出一幅杰作吧！
上帝给了每个鸟儿食物，但他没有将食物扔到它们的巢里。不管你想要去哪里，不管你想要做什么，真正做决定的还是你自己。
【人生启迪】
我们每个人生活在这个世界上，都是独一无二的，因为在这个世界上，我们不可能再找到另外一个跟自己一模一样的人，所以我们每个人都是上帝的杰作，但是上帝只是赐予我们生命，他并不能给我们未来，我们所能做的便是用自己的双手来创造自己的明天。因此，我们只有不断地学习成长，那么在未来才会真正成为一幅“杰作”！