But what if I break my arm again? my five year-old daughter asked, her lower lip trembling. I knelt holding onto her bike and looked her right in the eyes. I knew how much she wanted to learn to ride. How often she felt left out when her friends peda...
Loving with an Open Hand 放爱一条生路 The other day as I talked with a friend I recalled a story that I heard this summer. A compassionate person, seeing a butterfly struggling to free itself from its cocoon, and wanting to help, very gently lo...
Tips for Happy Life 幸福的要诀 We've always been told it's true, but now experts have proved that money really can't buy you happiness. 尽管我们总听到这样的话：金钱并不能买到真正的幸福。不过这次专家们印证了这一...
She used to sleep in the Fifth Post Office. I could smell her before I rounded the entrance to where she slept, standing up, by the public phones. I smelled the urine that seeped through the layers of her dirty clothing and the decay from her nearly...
Graves on the Web 网络墓园 1. Looking for a dead person? Don't 1)wander from graveyard to 2)graveyard, reading endless 3)tombstones. Find out exactly where you need to look by 4)consulting Findagrave.com, a 5)directory of the graves of thousands...
Who Are the Happiest People? 谁是世界上最幸福的人 只有傻瓜才不考虑别人的利益。 抛弃自己国家的传统来创造更好的社会是一种错误的方式。 一个民族失去了自己的神话，就失去了自我。 [1]They...
Yellow Post-its Can you still find this day, my dear, among your possessions? Among the souvenirs of your trips to faraway lands, the textbooks from those halcyon days when you walked the hallowed portals of that engineering college, the cassettes wh...
Fear is a fact of life everyone faces from time to time. In most cases fearis a healthy reaction to a dangerous situation. But sometimes fear can be so extreme, so overwhelming, that it interferes with normal living. That is what happened to me drivi...
My Irreplaceable Treasure 人生珍品 [1]Recently I gave a dinner party for some close friends. To add a touch of elegance to the evening, I brought out the good stuff--my white Royal Crown Derby china with the fine blue-and-gold border. When we wer...
Investing in Vices 道德与投资 [1] A tricky question in investing is how much of a role ethics should play in your stock selections. [2] Should you invest in companies that manufacture weapons? What about nuclear power? Alcohol? Gambling? Tobacco...
我最珍贵的奥林匹克奖 [1]It was the summer of 1936. The Olympic Games were being held in Berlin. Because Adolf Hitler childishly insisted that his performers were members of a master race, nationalistic feelings were at an all-time high. [2]...
My Most Unforgettable Character 我 最 难 忘 的 人 She challenged us to succeed--and then showed us the way. 她激励我们要有所建树：并一直为我们指点迷津。 [1]In June 1976, I graduated from North-western University Medical Sc...
If only wed never gone there, thought Alan. They were scrambling up the mountainside in the late afternoon heat. Alice was so tanned that she looked as if she had lived on the Mediterranean for months, while he, being fair, had turned a blotchy, peel...
Beyond Fear 超越恐惧 When I was told last year that my 2－year－old son had an illness that threatened his life, I tried to strike a bargain with fate――I would do anything, I would trade my old life away, if only he would get better. We lea...
The Power of Beauty 美的力量 1. One of the most successful, influential and 1)beloved women in American history, Eleanor Roosevelt once said that she had one regret: she wished she had been prettier. Who hasn't felt the same way? We are all too 2...
