生命以惊叹号开始，以奇迹的形态绽放
Upon hearing her evaluation I became furious for I thought, Who is she to tell me what I can or cannot do. She does not even know me. I am a very determined and stubborn person! I believe it was at that very moment that I decided I would somehow, someday return to college.
她的这番结论让我怒不可遏，她是哪个，凭什么告诉我能干什么或不可以干什么。她根本不知道我。我是非常坚强而固执的人！我相信就在那时我决定无论怎么样，总有一天我会返回学校的。
It took me a long time and a lot of hard work but I finally returned to the University of Texas in the fall of 1983 - a year and a half after almost dying. The next few years in Austin were very difficult for me, but I truly believe that in order to see beauty in life you have to experience some unpleasantness. Maybe I have experienced too much unpleasantness, but I believe in living each day to the fullest, and doing the very best I can.
在历程了一年半垂死挣扎的生活后，在漫长的等待和艰辛的付出后，终于在1983年的秋季，我返回了德克萨斯大学。在奥斯汀下面的几年里我生活得举步维艰，但我确信为了看到日常的真善美你需要要历程一些苦难。或许我历程的苦难太多了，但我有一个信念--充实地过每一天，尽力做到最好。
And each new day was very busy and very full, for besides attending classes at the University I underwent therapy three to five days each week at Brackenridge Hospital. If this were not enough I flew to Houston every other weekend to work with Tom Williams, a trainer and executive who had worked for many colleges and professional teams and also had helped many injured athletes, such as Earl Campbell and Eric Dickerson. Through Tom I learned: Nothing is impossible and never, never give up or quit.
日子过的非常繁忙、非常充实，除去念书，每周我还在要在布莱肯瑞吉医院同意三到五次的治疗。假如这还不够忙的话，我还要隔周和汤姆威廉斯飞到奥斯汀工作。汤姆是一个教练兼主管，他曾效力于很多大学校队和职业联队，并帮助过很多受伤的运动员，如：厄尔坎贝尔 和 艾立克迪克森。从汤姆的身上我学到没什么是不可能的，千万千万不要舍弃，永不舍弃。
Early, during my therapy, my father kept repeating to me one of his favorite sayings. I have repeated it almost every day since being hurt: Mile by mile its a trial; yard by yard its hard; but inch by inch its a cinch.
早在我同意治疗的时候，爸爸一直重复他最喜欢的那句话，天天当我感到痛苦的时候我也对自己重复那句话，那就是踏踏实实，切勿急于求成。
I thought of those words, and I thought of Tom, my family and Sharon who believed so strongly in me as I climbed the steps to receive my diploma from the Dean of Liberal Arts at the University of Texas on that bright sunny afternoon in June of 1986. Excitement and pride filled my heart as I heard the dean announce that I had graduated with highest honors, been elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and been chosen as one of 12 Deans Distinguished Graduates out of 1600 in the College of Liberal Arts.
1986年6月那个阳光明媚的午后，当我步履蹒跚地走上德克萨斯大学迪安文学院的台阶同意文凭的时候，我思索着这类话，想到汤姆、爸爸妈妈还有沙伦，他们都那样坚定地给予了我信赖。当我听到院长宣布我以最高荣誉毕业时，我的心中充满了骄傲和自信。接着他还宣布我被选入美国大学优等生荣誉掌握，并在1600名毕业生中当选为12名迪安文学院的杰出毕业生之一。
The overwhelming emotions and feelings that I experienced at that very moment, when most of the audience gave me a standing 17)ovation, I felt would never again be matched in my life-not even when I graduated with a masters degree in social work and not even when I became employed full time at the Texas Pain and Stress Center. But I was wrong!
当场有很多观众站起来为我鼓掌，那一刻令我心潮澎湃、百感交集。我甚至感觉生命中不可能再历程那样的感慨和激情，这种想法一直延续到我获得社会学的硕士学位，成为德克萨斯止痛减压中心的一名全职员工。但幸运之神第三眷顾了我！
