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A young man didn't know how to face his work. He went to the park and sat under the tree. Then a sound from the tree bothered him. He looked up and found a squirrel (松鼠) running in the tree.
The squirrel was jumping from one high tree to . Minutes later, it jumped to get to a higher branch (树枝), but the branch was so far out of reach that the jump looked . And sure enough, the squirrel missed. But it didn't matter. The squirrel still landed (降落) safely on a branch several feet . Then it just climbed up a little higher and reached the branch it really .
An old man sitting near the young man said, "I saw a lot of squirrels jump like that. A lot of them , but none of them got hurt. I guess they need it if they don't want to spend their whole life in one tree." The young man thought, "If a little squirrel is to take a chance (机会), do I have less courage (勇气) than a squirrel?"
The young man decided to put what he had been thinking about into practice. And sure enough, he landed safely in a position (位置) he thought possible.
Shoot for the moon. Even if you fail, you will land among the , and you will still end up higher and better than where you are now. Since life is short and time goes by so fast, why not make it the best one possible?
