1、你可以選擇自己想過的生活Occasionally, life can be undeniably, impossibly difficult. We are faced with challenges and events that can seem overwhelming, life-destroying to the point where it may be hard to decide whether to keep going. But you always have a choice. Jessica Heslop shares her powerful, inspiring j

2、ourney from the worst times in her life to the new life she has created for herself:生活有時候困難得難以置信，但又不容置疑。我們面臨的挑戰(zhàn)與困境似乎無法抵御，試圖毀滅我們生活，甚至使你猶疑是否繼續(xù)走下去。但是你總有選擇的余地。從人生低谷走向新生活的杰西卡赫斯樂普，在這里與我們分享她啟迪心靈、充滿震撼力的生活之旅。In 2012 I had the worst year of my life.2012年是我生活中最艱難的一年。I worked in a finance job that I hated and I

3、 lived in a concrete jungle city with little greenery. I occupied my time with meaningless relationships and spent copious quantities of money on superficialities. I was searching for happiness and had no idea where to find it.我做著討厭的財務(wù)工作，住在難尋綠色的高樓林立的城市。我忙于無意義的交往，在一些膚淺表面的東西上大筆開銷。我尋找快樂，卻又不知道它在哪里。Then

4、I fell ill with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) and became virtually bed bound. I had to quit my job and subsequently was left with no income. I lived with my boyfriend of then only 3 months who financially supported me and our relationship was put under great pressure. I eventually regained my physi

5、cal health, but not long after that I got a call from my family at home to say that my fathers cancer had fiercely progressed and that he had been admitted to a hospice.然后我患上了慢性疲勞綜合癥，幾乎到了臥床不起的地步。我不得不辭掉工作，同時也就斷了財源。我和那時僅相處了3個月的男友住在一起，經(jīng)濟上完全依賴于他，我們的關(guān)系承受著巨大壓力。終于我恢復(fù)健康，但不久，我接到家里的電話，父親的癌癥急劇惡化，已經(jīng)住進了臨終關(guān)懷中心。I

6、left the city and I went home to be with him.我離開了城市，回家陪父親。He died 6 months later.6個月之后，他去世了。My father was a complete inspiration to me. He was always so strong that, for a minute after he drew his last breath, I honestly thought he would come back to life. I couldnt believe I would never again cuddl

7、e into his big warm chest and feel safe no matter what.父親的事讓我徹底清醒。他一直很強壯，在他咽氣之后一分鐘里，我真的認(rèn)為，他會活過來。我不能相信，我再也不能依偎在他溫暖的懷抱里，享受他寬大的胸懷帶給我的安全感。The grief that followed was intense for all of us 5 children and our mother, but we had each other.母親和我們5個兄弟姐妹極為難過，但至少我們還擁有彼此。But my oldest sister at that time compla

8、ined of a bad back. It got so bad after 2 months that she too was admitted to hospital.但是，那時我大姐開始抱怨著背痛，2個月后，因疼痛加劇也住進了醫(yī)院。They discovered that she had highly advanced cancer in her bones and that there was nothing that they could do.醫(yī)生們檢查發(fā)現(xiàn)，她已是骨癌晚期，對此他們已無能為力。She died 1 month later.1個月之后，她也走了。I could never put into words the loss of my sister in my life.大姐的逝去讓我陷入難以形容的痛苦之中。She was a walking, talking angel and my favourite person in the whole world. If someone could have asked me the worst thing that could ever happen, it would have been losing her.在這個世界上，她是一個能走路、會說話的天使，我最喜歡的人。如果有