戴尔·卡耐基
DaleCarnegie
ThelateBoothTarkingtonalwayssaid:
"Icouldtakeanythingthatlifecouldforceuonmeexcetonething:blindness。Icouldneverendurethat。
"
Thenoneday,whenhewasalonginhissixties,Tarkingtonglanceddownatthecaretonthefloor。Thecolorswereblurred。Hecouldntseetheattern。Hewenttoasecialist。Helearnedthetragictruth:hewaslosinghissight。Oneeyewasnearlyblind;theotherwouldfollow。Thatwhichhefearedmosthadcomeuonhim。
AndhowdidTarkingtonreacttothis
"worstofalldisasters?
"Didhefeel:
"Thisisit!Thisistheendofmylife?
"No,tohisamazement,hefeltquitegay。Heevencalleduonhishumor。Floating
"secks
"annoyedhim;theywouldswimacrosshiseyesandcutoffhisvision。Yetwhenthelargestoftheseseckswouldswimacrosshissight,hewouldsay:
"Hello!TheresGrandfatheragain!Wonderwherehesgoingonthisfinemorning!
"
Howcouldfateeverconquerasiritlikethat?Theanswerisitcouldnt。Whentotalblindnessclosedin,Tarkingtonsaid:
"IfoundIcouldtakethelossofmyeyesight,justasamancantakeanythingelse。IfIlostallfiveofmysenses,IknowIcouldliveoninsidemymind。Foritisinthemindwesee,andinthemindwelive,whetherweknowitornot。
"
Inthehoeofrestoringhiseyesight,Tarkingtonhadtogothroughmorethantwelveoerationswithinoneyear。Withlocalanaesthetic!Didherailagainstthis?Heknewithadtobedone。Heknewhecouldntescaeit,sotheonlywaytolessenhissufferingwastotakeitwithgrace。Herefusedarivateroomatthehositalandwentintoaward,wherehecouldbewithothereolewhohadtroubles,too。Hetriedtocheerthemu。Andwhenhehadtosubmittoreeatedoerations—fullyconsciousofwhatwasbeingdonetohiseyes—hetriedtorememberhowfortunatehewas。
"Howwonderful!
"hesaid。
"Howwonderful,thatsciencenowhastheskilltooerateonanythingsodelicateasthehumaneye!
"
Theaveragemanwouldhavebeenanervouswreckifhehadhadtoenduremorethantwelveoerationsandblindness。YetTarkingtonsaid,
"Iwouldnotexchangethisexerienceforahaierone。
"Ittaughthimaccetance。Ittaughthimthatnothinglifecouldbringhimwasbeyondhisstrengthtoendure。Ittaughthim,asJohnMiltondiscovered,that
"Itisnotmiserabletobeblind,itisonlymiserablenottobeabletoendureblindness。
"
Ifwerailandkickagainstitandgrowbitter,wewontchangetheinevitable;butwewillchangeourselves。
IoncerefusedtoaccetaninevitablesituationwithwhichIwasconfronted。Ilayedthefoolandrailedagainstit,andrebelled。Iturnedmynightsintohellsofinsomnia。IbroughtuonmyselfeverythingIdidntwant。Finally,afterayearofself-torture,IhadtoaccetwhatIknewfromtheoutsetIcouldntossiblyalter。
IshouldhavecriedoutyearsagowitholdWaltWhitman。
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