My dancing life began not because I wanted to do it, but because my mother was sick and tired of seeing me running around after school doing nothing.

我开启了舞蹈生涯，不是因为自己想跳舞，而是因为我妈妈厌烦了看到我放学后无所事事到处晃悠。

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As I began to cherish my well being, and counter their humiliations, my life began to improve overall.

于是，我开始珍惜自己的幸福，而且驳回他们的羞辱，从此我的生活得到了全面改善。

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It wasn't until I began to work on my inner life and know myself that my life changed. Success really does begin within.

在我认清了我自己并按照我内心想要的去生活的时候，我的生活开始改变，成功也随之而来。

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And what happened is I got so involved into serving people and working in the community feeding programs that because these people knew I was a drug addict and they began to watch how my life began to change, people started having other hopes that their life can change also.

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