And sometimes here in this Planet Earth
school the lessons often come dressed up
as detours or roadblocks. And
sometimes as full-blown crises.
* detour [|di:tʊr] : 우회로, 둘러 가는 길
ex> We had to make a detour
around the flooded fields.
ex> the President detoured to
Chicago for a special meeting.
* roadblock: 바리케이드, 방어벽, 장애물
ex> The city police set up roadblocks
to check passing vehicles
* be dressed up as: to appear to be
other than what something really is
ex> Bob’s demotion was dressed up
as “an opportunity to learn new skills.”
ex> The bomb was dressed up as
a birthday cake.
* full-blown: complete; total
= a full scale; a full-fledged; a
complete
ex> A full-blown crisis can be
avoided if we take the proper
precautions.
And the secret I've learned to getting ahead is being open to the
lessons, lessons from the grandest university of all, that is, the universe
itself.
* get ahead: to do better than average
ex> The people who get ahead
are the people who work smartest
It’s being able to walk through life
eager and open to self-improvement
and that which is going to best help you evolve, ‘cause that’s really why we’re
here, to evolve as human beings.
* self-improvement: making oneself
better through effort
ex> Instead of trying to change
others, you should focus on self-improvement.
To grow
into more of ourselves, always
moving to the next level of understanding, the next level of compassion and
growth.
* grow into oneself: to develop as a
person
ex> Some people never grow into
themselves and feel lost their entire lives.
cf> grow out of something: to grow so much that some article of
clothing does not fit
ex> He’s growing so fast that he grows
out of his clothes all the time.
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