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未来大有可为 Room For The Future At the age of forty－five，my usually well－ordered有条不紊的（systematical） life became fraught充满不愉快的 with changes． After twenty－two years of working for a major financial institution（organization, fabric,constitution），a downsizing裁员 initiative主动行为 and a major bank merger合并（ monopoly垄断） resulted in the elimination排除，消除 of over one hundred jobs，mine being one of them． My once secure future became a fallacy错误的见解．However，I was one of the lucky ones．I was not a single parent，nor dependent solely单独，唯一 on my income，but just like the other ex－bankers，I had become a disposable一次性的 employee，and a statistician统计员． My mantra咒语（motto格言） has always been，“change is good，change is progress，”but when it affected my livelihood生计，谋生之道，I had to revise修订 it to，“accept change and make the most of it．”From the beginning，I chose to look at this occurrence发生，事件 not as a misfortune，but as a welcome opportunity．I refused to become depressed or bitter；instead，I eagerly anticipated预感，期望 doing something new and different． Having a positive attitude made all the difference in the way I perceived感觉，理解 the future．First，I decided to return to college and graduate，several decades later than I should have．Doing this at my age took more than a little courage．Not being a graduate had never held me back in my career with the bank，but now it was a personal goal I longed to achieve．With a little trepidation惊恐，战栗 and a lot of determination，I registered for evening classes，and became an adult student． Oral presentations报告 were often required for one class．I remember thinking that if I had known this beforehand事先，I would have taken something else to achieve my required accreditation认可．By nature，I am a rather reticent少言寡语的（内向的introverted） individual，and speaking in front of people terrified me．As I stood in front of the other adults with whom I shared a common goal，my knees were visibly knocking，and my heartbeat almost audible听得见的．Somehow，I found my voice squeaked尖叫 out my presentation．The