Tensions -- Use Them or Lose Them 

       压力 -- 利用它或是被它击垮

       You can turn tensions into springboards by exercising possibility thinking. Start each day with the Possibility Thinker's Creed: "When faced with a mountain I will not quit. I will keep on striving until I climb over, find a pass through, tunnel underneath, or turn the mountain into a gold mine with God's help." Do this and you'll cash in on tension when it crashes in on you!
      Go to the sea and watch the rough surf roll in. You will see people, tense, tight, rigid, bracing themselves for the fierce slap of the wave that is about to crash over them. More often than not, they are sent stumbling and sputtering into the foamy shallows as the wave wins out! Off in the distance you will see a young brown-skinned lad lazily paddling on a surfboard. Relaxed, he floats in harmony with the mounting swells that rise, forming the crest of a wave that grows now into a gentle giant about to break into a mad dash for the shore carrying on its broad shoulders the poised, confident and trusting young surfer, who has long ago learned not to fight the wave but ride it!
      In the mountains of California you will see a small bird, wings extended seemingly floating, suspended in space, unmoving forward or aft. Almost motionless, it seems stuck in space. It's leaning against the wind, of course, using its tension as support. The bird barely moves its wings. It is resting on a strong wind current that sustains and upholds it. The bird does not struggle against the wind: it uses it!
      Tensions can disintegrate you, or they can motivate you! They can make or break you. Under their power you will blow up or grow up! They can be weights or they can be made into wings. They can shake you up or they can take you up out of your rut!
The difference is a choice - a decision. Yours!
Lord, when faced with a mountain I will not quit. I will keep on striving until I climb over, find a pass through, tunnel underneath, or turn the mountain into a gold mine with your help.

       压力 -- 利用它或是被它击垮
    尝试可能性思维方法可以帮你把压力转变为动力。让我们先从每天熟记《“可能性”思维者信条》开始。
“即使面前是一座高山，我也不会放弃！我要不懈地攀登，直到登上山顶，或是另寻出路，发掘隧道，或者借助上天的帮助，直接把高山变成金矿。”遵循着这个信条，你将学会利用不堪承受的压力。
    在海边，你常会看到一些人，他们战战兢兢又不会躲避迎面而来的巨浪，十有八九被狼狈地冲回岸边。而在远处的海面上，你会看到健壮的冲浪者正在慵懒地滑行。他是那样放松，在波峰浪谷间自如地穿行，而汹涌的波涛在他面前也显得格外温柔，轻轻地把他托在肩上。年轻的冲浪者非常地泰然自若，他既相信自己也相信海浪，原来他在很久以前就学会了去驾驭海浪，而不是反抗。
在美国加州的高山地区有种小鸟，它们常常展开翅膀，悬在空中，动也不动，既不向前也不退后。原来它们是靠着风的阻力来支撑身体的。小鸟无须煽动翅膀，完全利用强劲气流的支撑停在空中。它们也学会了利用风力，而不是在风中挣扎。
    压力能瓦解你的力量，也能够给你动力！压力可以成就你，也可以击垮你。重压之下，要么倒下，要么成长！压力既可以成为你的负担，也可以变成你的翅膀，帮你跳出常轨，重新开始！
两种选择，结果完全不同，你要自己做出决定。
    主啊，即使面前是一座高山，我也不会放弃！我要不懈地攀登，直到登上山顶，或是另寻出路，发掘隧道，或者借助上天的帮助，直接把高山变成金矿.