【原】日課｜美文：Always Give More Than You Expect to Receive 付出永遠比得到多

You must first put something into life before you can expect to get anything out of it. If you want to make your life work, you have to start with how to give. Most people start their life thinking about nothing but how to receive. Receiving is not a problem. Receiving is like the ocean. But you’ve got to make sure you are giving so you can start the process in motion. The problem in life is people want things first. A man will say his wife doesn’t treat him well. And the woman will say that’s because he’s not very affectionate. So they’re each waiting for the other to make the first move, or provide the first proof.

Life is an echo. What you send out comes back. What you sow — you reap. What you give — you get. What you see in others exists in you. Regardless of who you are or what you do, if you are looking for the best way to reap the most rewards in all areas of life, you should look to adopt this golden rule as a way of life.

如果你期望從生活中得到什么，首先你必須得付出。如果你想讓自己的生活有意義，就必須學會如何付出。大多數人一生下來就只想著如何收獲。收獲倒不是問題，問題是收獲就像個無底洞，是永遠無法滿足的。但你得確定你在付出，你才可能開啟付出-得到這一過程。生活中的問題就是人們總是想先有所收獲。一位男士可能會指責太太不溫柔，而那位女士則會指責先生不體貼。其實他們都在等對方有所表示，證明自己的愛意。

生活就像回聲，你送出什么，就收到什么；你耕種什么，就收獲什么；你給予什么，就得到什么。你能在別人身上看到的東西，你自身也一樣具備。不管你是誰，做什么工作，如果你想找到最好的方法在生活中的方方面面都獲得最大成功，你就應該把這條黃金準則作為你的生活方式。