人生没有一帆风顺，或多或少的总要经历一些大大小小的挫折，就像取经，总要经历那么九九八十一难，才能取得真经。而你呢，是否会因为一些小挫折而一蹶不振呢?失败并不可怕，可怕的是因为失败再也没有勇气站起来。当你遇到挫折时，不防对自己说：这或许是上天对我的考验，只要站起来，没什么坎是过不去的;只要站起来，我就是胜利者。

重新站起来的勇气

A father was worried about his son, who was sixteen years old but had nocourage at all. So the father decided to call on a Buddhist monk to train hisboy.

一位父亲为儿子担心。儿子16岁了，却没有一点勇气。于是，父亲决定去拜访一位禅师，请他训练儿子。

The Buddhist monk said to the boy’s father, “You should leave your son alonehere. I’ll make him into a real man within three months. However, you can’tcome to see him during this period. ”

禅师对男孩的父亲说：“你应该让他单独留在这里。不出3个月，我要让他成为一个真正的男子汉。不过，在这段时间，你不能来见他。”

Three months later, the boy’s father returned. The Buddhist monk arranged aboxing match between the boy and an experienced boxer. Each time the fighterstruck the boy, he fell down, but at once the boy stood up; and each time apunch knocked him down, the boy stood up again. Several times later, theBuddhist monk asked, “What do you think of your child?”

3个月后，男孩的父亲又来见禅师。禅师安排这个男孩和一位经验丰富的拳师进行拳击比赛。拳师每次一出手，男孩就倒在地上，但男孩又马上站起来;每次将他击倒，他就又站起来。几个回合后，禅师问道：“你认为自己的孩子怎么样?”

“What a shame!” the boy’s father said. “I never thought he would be soeasily knocked down. I needn’t have him left here any longer.”

“真丢人!”男孩的父亲说，“我绝没想到他这样不堪一击。我不需要他再留在这里了。”

“I’m sorry that that’s all you see. Don’t you see that each time he fallsdown; he stands up again instead of crying? That’s the kind of courage youwanted him to have.”

“很遗憾，你只看到了这一点。难道你没看到他每次倒下后并没有哭泣，而是重新站起来了吗?这才是你想要他拥有的那种勇气。”