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这是一位澳大利亚畅销书作家迈克尔.克劳斯兰（Michael Crossland）在其自传《小孩不得癌症》（Kids Don't Get Cancer)里面的开篇语。他的这部自传也诠释了“哪怕只有百分之一的希望，也要尽百分之百的努力”。 其实，迈克尔.克劳斯兰在出生不久被确诊患四期神经母细胞肿瘤（Stage four Neuroblastoma）后，迈克尔的妈妈希望医院给予治疗。但医生说，这种病只有4%的成活率，你们可以回家了，就算侥幸活下来，不能上学也不能运动，能活到十几岁就是奇迹了！。医生的意思是治疗成功的希望不大。 但妈妈没有放弃，坚持要求对小迈克尔进行治疗。那时正好有一种新型的药物在进行实验，有风险但也有奏效的可能，正在征集25名自愿接受新药物实验的孩子，已经征集好了24名。那时，迈克尔的妈妈做了一个大胆的决定，参加！ 这个药物会产生严重的灼烧感，开始实验后，孩子们一度被转到灼烧病房，而且更糟的是，参加实验的其他24个孩子们一个接着一个全都不幸离世了！正当小迈克尔的妈妈感到绝望的时候，小迈克尔的病况有了奇迹般的好转！ 在之后的日子里，迈克尔近四分之一的时间都是在医院里度过，但他以惊人的毅力坚持了下来。他曾经在企业里工作，也做到了比较高的职位，拥有一份让人羡慕的收入。他与疾病顽强抗争的事迹因为一个电视节目的宣传使他声名远播，他自己发现也有些能力帮助一些人实现他们的梦寐以求的事情。而现年37岁的他，不仅曾经做过世界知名企业的高层管理人员，还是畅销书作家、一票难求的励志演说家。他致力于激励人们实现自己的梦想。 迈克尔以巨大的毅力与疾病和困难做顽强的斗争长达35年，并在自己仍处困境的时候，感受到成功的含义在于帮助别人实现梦想，以自己的力量改变他人的生活。他让自己随时处在危险之中的生命绽放异彩，去感动更多人，让世界更美好！  ↓↓↓ 上下滑动，查看演讲稿 ↓↓↓ - I was diagnosed with with an incurable cancer of the central nervous system called neuroblastoma stage four. Doctors said no chance of survival, take your boy home and allow him to live the next few months with his family, 'cause there's nothing that we can do, But like everybody in this room, we all have choices, and the choices that we make each and every day can reshape and remold and redefine our future. My mom asked one question, I don't want to know what the chance of my son dying is. I just want to know what the chances are of my son surviving is? The doctors gave me a 96% death rate. They said, go home. But my mom looked at my glass being 4% full and not 96% empty. But the next day, a doctor came in from America. He said, we're trialing a drug, it's called DTIC. Never been trialed on humans before, only on animals. We're gonna trial it on 25 kids, and I truly believe that outside of love, hope is the most powerful word in the English dictionary. This instilled hope into our lives. We started this drug 9 A.M., Tuesday morning. Within one month, 20 out of 25 kids had passed away. Within 90 days, 24 out of the 25 kids were dead. My mom, she would sit there and she would watch a doctor come in and zip up a body bag and wheel them out, because of the same drug that she chose to put in me. I said, people all around the world and I'm one of the lucky ones. But I never said I'm one of the lucky ones because I'm still alive. I said I'm one of the lucky ones because I wasn't my mom. My mom had it tough. She had to make a choice to inject a drug into a child that has killed everybody that had ever taken it. Until one day, I was finally allowed to go home. The doctor said to my mom, your son, he will never go to school, he will never play sport, he'll be a housebound baby, and if he reaches his teenage years, it'll be a miracle. But we believed in miracles. And my mom wanted my dreams to come true. When I was lying in the hospital, my mom bought me a Velcro glove and a Velcro ball. And she'd sit there at the end of the bed and she'd lob the ball to me. I'd catch it, and I'd throw it back. So she gets further and further away until eventually, I'd say to her, I have a dream, and that dream is to one day play baseball in America. And people laughed at me. Nobody in your life will tell you what you can do, they'll only ever tell you what you can't do. My dream was to play baseball in America and I wanted to do everything in my power to make sure that'd happen. And there was a lot of hiccups along the way. I had my first heart attack when I was 12, I had glandular fever, I had bacterial meningitis. But people kept telling me I wouldn't do it. So it made me work really hard to make sure I could do it. I was lucky enough at the age of 17 to sign a contract to live in America and play baseball. But as you know, life is like a roller coaster. You can get to a pinnacle point in your life and it can get taken away from you in a heartbeat. At the age of 18, I was playing baseball in Phoenix, Arizona, I slid into a base at second, and I woke up three days later. And at the age of 18, I suffered my career-ending heart attack, and I was sent home. I was a depressed boy, I thought life wasn't fair. And I would pray every night that I wouldn't wake up in the morning. I just wanted God to take me. But I kept waking up every morning. Yet every time I've been knocked down, I always remember what my mom's taught me. Son, it doesn't matter how many times you get knocked down. It's about how many times you get back up that truly determines the quality of your life. When I got home, I got a job in banking. This guy, day three, tall, old guy came in. He said to me, Michael, I'm Tom. I'm the CEO, let's have a chat. I had no idea what CEO stood for, but I just went in there and listened. He said, Michael, where do you see yourself in five year's time. I had no idea where I was gonna be in five year's time, but my mom, she always told me, son, shoot for the moon, and if you miss, you'll end up in the stars. So I said to him, Tom, in five year's time, I'm gonna take your job, he hated me. Don't ever say that to your boss, okay? They do not like you when you say that. But within twelve months, I was the youngest bank manager in Australia. Within two years, youngest area manager. Three years, youngest state manager. Within the fourth year of being with this company, I was the youngest national sales development manager for one of the largest companies in the world. At the age of 23, I had 600 staff, I had 120 banks around Australia and New Zealand, I made lots of money, I lived in a million-dollar house, I had a hundred-thousand-dollar sports car, all the money, suits and the Rolex, and I reported directly to my mate, Tom. But can you imagine if we look at success, not about the materialistic possessions that we can take from this world, but rather what we can give back to this world that makes it a better place than what we found it. I was fortunate enough to be in a position to be able to do something for the most inspirational, the most influential, and the most loving person I've ever met, and that was my mom. On June 16th, last year, I was lucky enough to put a pink ribbon on a door to a brand new home. I got a chance to buy my mom a brand new house. To be able to give back to someone that has sacrificed so much for me is, without a doubt, the greatest gift. It puts a smile on my face, knowing that I've been able to help her. And, when I was seven, I heard through the curtains, the doctor say to my mom, he will never go to sport, he will never play baseball, he will never, ever go to school, and if he reaches his teenage years, it'll be a miracle. And my mom, she walked out, and I said to her, as if I didn't hear, what did the doctor say? And she said, everything's gonna be okay, son. When I was 12, I had a heart attack, and the doctor said to my mom, he will never play sport again. She walked out, and I said, what did he say. And she said, everything's gonna be okay, son. And earlier this year, I finally got a chance to return the favor. Unfortunately, earlier this year, the doctors found four tumors in my throat. I've never seen my wife cry so much in all my life. The doctor said to me, Michael, we're sorry, but tomorrow's not guaranteed, you need to slow down. That's one thing we all have in common. Because no one's guaranteed. I think that life is not about the amount of days that you live on this earth, but it's about what you fit into those days that allows you to live a remarkable life. And I remember driving home, and she called me, my mom. And she said, Mike, what'd the doctor say? And I said to her, mom, everything's gonna be okay. Every one of us, every single day, is blessed with the air that we breathe, the opportunities that we have, and I challenge you every single day to get out of bed, and do something that your future self will be proud of. |
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