"Stories are the way we make sense of the world."

译文：不该得到的名利，竟然得到了，看似是福，实则终将转变为祸事；贫穷和困境最让人难以忍耐承受，但能耐住它，一定会苦尽甘来。赏析：祸兮福所倚、福兮祸所伏。祸福可以相互转换。孟子说，天降大任于斯人，必先苦其心志，劳其筋骨，饿其体肤，才能增益其所不能。如果名利来得太早，并不是好事，来得快也去得快。

As a kid， I spent my summers with my grandparents on their ranch in Texas. I helped fix windmills， vaccinate cattle， and do other chores. We also watched soap operas every afternoon， especially "Days of our Lives." My grandparents belonged to a Caravan Club， a group of Airstream trailer owners who travel together around the U.S. and Canada. And every few summers， we'd join the caravan. We'd hitch up the Airstream trailer to my grandfather's car， and off we'd go， in a line with 300 other Airstream adventurers. I loved and worshipped my grandparents and I really looked forward to these trips. On one particular trip， I was about 10 years old. I was rolling around in the big bench seat in the back of the car. My grandfather was driving. And my grandmother had the passenger seat. She smoked throughout these trips， and I hated the smell.