第三十四讲.《走一步，再走一步》：人生的关键处

作者简介

莫尔顿·马吉尔·亨特（Morton Magill Hunt，1920年2月20日－2016年3月12日）是一位美国心理学家，也是位科普作家。

亨特毕业于天普大学与宾夕法尼亚大学，自1949年起从事自由写作工作，主要书写社会与行为科学领域的文章。

我曾屡次发现，每当我感到前途茫茫而灰心丧气时，只要记起很久以前我在那座小悬崖上所学到的经验，我便能应付一切。 
I have realized with the same surprise, time and again throughout my life, that, having looked at a far and frightening prospect and been dismayed, I can cope with it after all by remembering the simple lesson I learned so long ago. 

我提醒自己，不要想着远在下面的岩石，而要着眼于那最初的一小步，走了这一步再走下一步，直到抵达我所要到的地方。这时，我便可以惊奇而自豪地回头看看，自己所走过的路程是多么漫长。
I remind myself to look not at the rocks far below, but at the first small and relatively easy step and, having taken it, to take the next one, felling a sense of accomplishment with each move, until I have done what I wanted to do, gotten where I wanted to be, and can look back, amazed and proud of the distance I have come.