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2. The self-image can be changed. Numerous case histories have shown that one is never too young nor too old to change his self-image and thereby start to live a new life.
二、自我意象是可以改变的。无数病例表明：任何人，不论年龄大小，都来得及改变他的自我意象，从而开始一种新的生活。
One of the reasons it has seemed so difficult for a person to change his habits, his personality, or his way of life, has been that heretofore nearly all efforts at change have been directed to the circumference of the self, so to speak, rather than to the center. Numerous patients have said to me something like the following: "If you are talking about 'positive thinking', I've tried that before, and it just doesn't work for me." However, a little questioning invariably brings out that these individuals have employed "positive thinking," or attempted to employ it, either upon particular external circumstances, or upon some particular habit or character defect ("I will get that job." " I will be more calm and relaxed in the future." "Thisbusiness venture will turn out right for me," etc.) But they had never thought to change their thinking of the "self" which was to accomplish these things.
一个人似乎难以改变自己的习惯、个性乃至生活方式，原因之一是迄今为止，几乎所有试图改变的努力可以说对准了自我的圆周，而不是圆心。无数病人对我说过诸如此类的话：“如果你谈的是‘积极思维’，那我以前已经试过了，它对我根本不起作用。”然而，只需稍加询问就会发现，这些人要么把“积极思维”用于（或试图用于）某些特定的外部环境，要么用于某一特定的习惯或性格缺点（如：“我会得到那份工作。”“以后我要更加冷静、放松。”“我这次商业冒险一定会成功”，等等）。但是，他们却从来没有想到改变对将要去完成这些事情的“自我”的看法。
