当你写博客分享你创造梦想的经历时，你不仅应该分享你的成功，也应该分享你的挫折。 昨天就是这样的一天。
When you write a BLOG to share your experiences in realizing your dream, you should not only share your successes but you should also share your setbacks. And yesterday was such a day.
昨天我们终于见到了神秘的主人。 尽管知道了他的地址、电子邮件地址和电话号码，并且几个月来试图以各种可以想象的方式与他联系，但我们从未得到任何回复。 然后今天，今天我们雇来试图与他取得联系的人实际上遇到了他并与他交谈。
Yesterday we finally met the mysterious owner. Despite having his address, his email address and his telephone number, and for months trying to contact him in every imaginable way, we never got any reply. And then today, the person we hired to try to get in touch with him, she actually met him and talked with him.
最初，她得到了冷落。 完全。 他没有兴趣和她说话。 对出售庄园不感兴趣。 不承认他有义务，我们想帮助他。 但后来发生了一些变化。
Initially, she got the cold shoulder. Totally. He was not interested in talking to her. Not interested in selling the estate. Not acknowledging the obligations he has and that we want to help him with. But then something changed.
她对他说，她真的很喜欢我们的项目，她觉得这会对孩子们有所帮助。 他软化了。 他没有改变他的立场，所以还是很遗憾，但是这样，我可以开始数算我们的祝福了。
She said to him that she really liked our project and that she felt that it would help kids. And he softened. He did not change his position, so it was still a bummer, but with that, I can start counting our blessings.
这些祝福是：
- 经过数月无果而终的联系，我们终于见到了店主。 我们坐下来和他交谈。
- 他没有计划开始使用庄园
- 他对孩子很感兴趣，认为青少年教育很重要。
And these blessings are:
- After months of fruitlessly trying to get in touch, we actually met the owner. We set down and we talked with him.
- He has no plans to start using the estate
- He is interested in kids and feels that education for youth is important.
有了这样的祝福，我立即写了一封信，说明我们的计划是什么，并希望能见面。 他将在下周收到这封信，在信中，他还找到了冒险乐园的介绍，您可以在下面看到其中的一部分。
With blessings like this, I immediately started with a letter explaining what our plans are and that I hope for a meeting. He will get the letter next week and in the letter, he also finds an introduction to the Adventures Park, part of which you see below.
在信中，我分享了琳达和我的雄心壮志，以及是什么引导我们设计冒险乐园。 我想和你分享这两段。。
In the letter, I also shared the ambitions of Linda and me and what guided us to designing the Adventures Park. I like to share these 2 paragraphs with you.
在过去十年中，我们看到许多孩子失去了照顾自己的能力。 他们不再学习实用技能。 我们这一代的许多孩子自然而然获得的技能。 造成这种情况的原因有很多：现在的学校更注重学习课程，父母教孩子的时间更少，年轻人花在手机上的时间比在大自然中花的时间更多。
但无论是什么原因，结果都是孩子们学到的实用技能更少，这导致他们对处理意外情况的自信心降低。 对琳达和我来说，这将严重阻碍他们的未来。 因为对我们来说，对自己有信心是成功的重要一步。
Over the last decade, we have seen that many kids have lost the ability to take care of themselves. They do not learn practical skills anymore. Skills that were naturally obtained by many kids of our generation. There are many reasons for that: schools nowadays focus more on a study curriculum, parents have less time to teach their kids and youth spends more time on their phone than outside in nature.
But whatever the cause, the result is that kids learn fewer practical skills which results in less self-confidence that they can deal with unexpected situations. To Linda and me that will seriously hamper their future. Because to us, having confidence in yourself is an important step to becoming successful.
让我们希望我们能触动他的心，并朝着积极的下一步前进。
Let’s hope that we touch his heart and go forwards to a positive next step.
PS (post scriptum):
“What day is it?” asked Winnie the Pooh.
“It’s today,” squeaked Piglet.
“My favourite day,” said Winnie the Pooh.”
Quote from English writer A.A. Milne (1882-1956).
“今天是什么日子？” 小熊维尼问。
“就是今天，”小猪尖叫道。
“我最喜欢的一天，”小熊维尼说。
引自英国作家 A.A. 米尔恩（1882-1956）。
