【迷途中的指南針】

Mandino 的書無論讀幾次都能令人感動。他就像一面冰冷的鏡子，將人性的缺點照得無所遁形。他更是一道溫熱的光，照亮迷茫的前程。

以下是他針對procrasination所寫的。 大家一起這樣做的話，finals 的時候MSN 上應該會少點人掀桌吧……


I will act now.

my procrastination which has held me back was born of fear and now I recognize this seret minded from the depths of all courageous hearts. Now I know that to conquer fear I must always act without hestiation and the flutters in my heart will vanish. Now I know that action reduces the lion of terror to an ant of equanimity.
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I will act now.

I will not avoid the tasks of today and charge them to tomorrow for I know that tomorrow never comes. Let me act now even though my action may not bring happiness or success for it is better to act and fail than not to act and flounder. Happiness, in truth, may not be the fruit plucked by my action yet without action all fruit will die on the vine.

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I will act now.

I will repeat these words again and again and again.

When I awake I will say them and leap from my cot while failure sleeps yet another hour.
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I will act now.

For now is all I have. Tomorrow is the day reserved for the labor of the lazy. I am not lazy. Tomorrow is the day when the evil become good. I am not evil. Tomorrow is the day when the weak become strong. I am not weak. Tomorrow is the day when the failure will succeed. I am not a failure.

I will act now.