Too much success can destroy our ideals.
有時候太多的成功會使我們原來的理想成為泡影。
There was a certain seacoast where the waters were very dangerous and many shipwrecks occurred.
Many lives were lost.
The good people of the village decided to build a lifeguard station.
All the lifeguard were volunteers.
But they were good swimmers and they were very brave.
But the lifeguard station was very poor and shabby.
Still the lifeguards saved many lives.
And their reputation began to spread far and wide.
Many people donated equipment and donated money to this small shabby lifeguard station.
And gradually it became a very well equipped large building.
People started to use this large comfortable building for their social activities.
And as the social activities increased the lifeguard activities decreased.
There were still many shipwrecks in the area but few people seemed to care.
在某一個海岸附近，有一個很危險的地帶，很多船在那邊發生船難，許多寶貴的生命在那邊失去了。村莊裡面有一些善人，他們決定要蓋一間救生站，這間救生站非常簡陋，救生員都是自願的。他們很會游泳，非常勇敢，也救了很多人的生命。這間簡陋的救生站，慢慢的就變成很有名氣。很多人就開始捐錢，捐設備，辦各式各樣的社交活動。社交活動越多，救生的活動越少。還是有很多船難發生，不過好像沒有多少人關心了。
When we begin a new work we often have very high ideals.
But gradually success becomes more important than those ideals.
Let's try to remember our original ideals and keep alive our original sense of mission.
我們開始一項新的工作，我們常常會有非常崇高的理想。
不過往往我們的成就，變成比這個理想還要重要。
希望我們不要忘了當初的崇高的理想跟使命感。
