Commitment

An old man lived in a certain part of London, and he would wake up every morning and go to the subway. He would get the train right to Central London, and then sit at the street corner and beg. He would do this every single day of his life. He sat at the same street corner and begged for almost 20 years.

His house was filthy, and a stench came out of the house and it smelled horribly. The neighbors could not stand the smell anymore, so they summoned the police officers to clear the place. The officers knocked down the door and cleaned the house. There were small bags of money all over the house that he had collected over the years.

The police counted the money, and they soon realized that the old man was a millionaire. They waited outside his house in anticipation to share the good news with him. When he arrived home that evening, he was met by the officers who told him that there was no need for him to beg any more as he was a rich man now, a millionaire.

He said nothing at all; he went into his house and locked the door. The next morning he woke up as usual, went to the subway, got into the train, and sat at the street corner and continued to beg.

Obviously, this old man had no great plans, dreams or anything significant for his life. We learn nothing from this story other than staying focused on the things we enjoy doing, commitment.

We should remain true to our course; which may mean committing yourselves to things that people around you would normally disapprove. Let nothing distract us from being happy, let nothing else determine our fate, but ourselves.

承诺

有一位老人住在伦敦的某个地方，他每天早上醒来，然后乘坐地铁。他直接坐到伦敦中央车站，坐在街角，乞讨。他生命中的每一天都这样做。他坐在同一个街角，乞讨了差不多20年。

他的住所非常脏，发出阵阵恶臭，气味很不好。邻居们受够了恶臭，就叫来警察清理这个地方。警察们拆除大门，清理房子。房子里到处都是他这些年来乞讨回来的一小袋一小袋的钱。

警察统计了一下，却很快意识到这个老人已经是百万富翁了。他们在他房子外面等他，希望能和他共享这一好消息。那晚，老人回到家的时候，警察们告诉他没必要再乞讨了，他现在已经是百万富翁了。

他什么也没说，进了房、缩上了门。第二天一早，他像往常一样醒来，去到地铁站，坐上地铁，又坐到街角，继续乞讨。

很明显，这位老人没什么计划、梦想或者别的什么人生大计。通过这个故事我们什么也没学到，除了坚持做我们喜欢做的事这一点，也就是奉献。

我们应该忠诚于我们的事业，这或许意味着要致力于你身边的人不太赞同的事情。不要让一些事情分散我们的快乐，不要让别的因素决定我们的命运，我们的命运由自己掌握。