英語美文：越是愛自己，越應該對自己狠（附音頻）

Loving yourself doesn't mean drowning yourself in all kinds of material luxury. Neither does it mean complaining about how unfair the world is with all those lame excuses of yours.

所謂的愛自己，並不是用各種奢侈的物質財富淹沒自己，也不是用各種軟弱的藉口去抱怨世界的不公。

If you love yourself, you should be hard on yourself.

如果你愛自己，就應該對自己狠一點。

Some parents spoil their kids. They keep their kids from any kind of pain. They defend them even when they're wrong.

有的父母溺愛自己的孩子，不讓他們承受任何痛苦，即使在他們錯了的時候也維護他們。

These kids will only grow into bitter old infants without any merit.

這樣的孩子長大之後，只能是一無是處、怨天尤人的巨嬰。

Some other parents love their kids, too. But they always deliberately steer their kids into all kinds of difficult situations.

而還有些父母，他們也深愛著自己的孩子，然而卻總是故意讓他們置身各種困境之中。This is because they know that ultimately you're alone in your own life and there will be problems that can only be solved by you.

這是因為，這些父母明白，你的人生終究是你一個人的，總有一些問題必須由你自己去解決。

So, they have to make sure that their kids grow into warriors.

因此，他們必須把自己的孩子培養成一名戰士。

This is true love.

這才是真正的愛。

So, if you love yourself, be hard on yourself.

所以，如果你愛自己，那就對自己狠一點吧。

Don't give in to your weakness, your laziness, your vanity or your fantasy.

不要讓步於自己天性中的軟弱、懶惰、虛妄和幻想。

Make yourself a warrior.

把自己培養成一名戰士吧。