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需要你进一步的热情(Enthusiasmtakesyoufurther)

yearsago,whenistartedlookingformyfirstjob,wiadvirsurged,"barbara,be

enthusiastic!enthusiasmwilltakeyoufurtherthananyamountofexperience."h

iasticpeoplecanturnaboringdriveintoanadventure,

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hievedwithoutenthusiasm,"epastethathelp

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andoit!"whenothersshout,"no,youcan't."ittookyearsandyearsfortheearlyw

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muelullmanoncewrote,"yearswrinkletheskin,buttogiveupenthusiasmwrinkl

esthesoul."howdoyourediscovertheenthusiasmofyourchildhood?theanswe

r,ibelieve,liesintheworditlf."enthusiasm"comesfromthegreekandmeans"g

odwithin."andwhatisgodwithinisbutanabidingnoflove--

properloveoflf(lf-

acceptance)and,fromthat,iasticpeoplealsolovewhatthe

ydo,nnotdowhatweloveasafull-

timecareer,wecanasapart-

timeavocation,liketheheadofstatewhopaints,thenunwhorunsmarathons,th

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herforatleast30years,andthequalityofherworkledonecritictosay,"iamtempt

edtocalllaytonagenius."'taff

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beens."weneedtoturnthetearsintosweataswegoafter"what-can-

be."weneedtoliveeachmomentwholeheartedly,withallourns--

findingpleasureinthefragranceofaback-

yardgarden,thecrayonedpictureofasix-year-

old,chenthusiasticloveoflifethatputs

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