Dusk 黄昏之美 Looking into the sunset I can't help but notice that despite her beauty, a sense of struggle and hopeless surround the sky . Deep inside you realize that this day is gone, and everything that It had brought is lost forever. Every th...
Most people complain of fortune, few of nature; and the kinder they think the latter has been to them, the more they murmur at what they call the injustice of the former. 很多人抱怨命运,却很少有人抱怨自然;人们越是认为自然对...
You must study to be frank with the world:frankness is the child of honesty and courage. Say just what you mean to do, on every occasion. If a friend asks a favor, you should grant it, if it is reasonable; if not, tell him plainly why you cannot. You...
Letter to a Young Friend by Benjamin Franklin 给年轻朋友的一封信 本杰明富兰克林 My dear friend 我亲爱的朋友 I know of no medicine fit to diminish the violent natural inclination you mention; and if I did, I think I should not co...
Now is the time to dream. When things are at their worst, when people say there is no hope, when the future looks bleak, now is the time to dream. 现在是梦想美好未来的时候。当情况已经糟透了,当人们表示感到绝望,当前路...
There's a great song out there by Jimmy Cliff,one of reggae's top artists, that in six words summarizes just how you succeed in life: I want! I do! I get! These six words are a very powerful way of connecting what you want with what you will achieve....
How to Deal With Bullies 如何应对欺负你的人 If you're someone who aspires to something beyond the ordinary, you must have figured out by now that there will always be those who are jealous or resentful of your success. 如果你想不走寻常...
Things aren't always what they seem Two traveling angels stopped to spend the night in the home of a wealthy family. The family was rude and refused to let the angels stay in the mansion's guestroom. Instead the angels were given a small space in the...
Each spring brings a new blossom of wildflowers in the ditches along the highway I travel daily to work. 每年春天都会有一些野花在我每日上班的高速路旁的沟渠中盛开。 There is one particular blue flower that has always caugh...
When Dad played his fiddle, the world became a bright star. To him violin was an instrument of faith, hope and charity. At least a thousand times, my mother said, Your papa would play his fiddle if the world was about to blow up. 每当爸爸拉起小提...
I'll paint you a rainbow to hang on the wall, To brighten your heart when the gray shadows fall. On a canvas of joy outlasting the years, With a soft brush of sweetness to dry all your tears. 我要为你画一道彩虹高挂在墙上, 在灰霾降临...
I'll paint you a rainbow to hang on the wall, To brighten your heart when the gray shadows fall. On a canvas of joy outlasting the years, With a soft brush of sweetness to dry all your tears. 我要为你画一道彩虹高挂在墙上, 在灰霾降临...
Life ... What is it? See it in the colors of autumn, A gentle snowfall in winter, A sudden shower in spring, The radiance of a summer day. Behold it in the laughter Of the young and the old. Know of it in a surge of hope, The blessings that are bount...
Step one: Plant yourself deep in a bed of faith, and pack it down solid and tight. Drench daily with positive thinking, and keep saturated just right. Mulch often with forgivenss, for this will help you grow. Quickly remove any seeds of worry, for th...
Man's youth is a wonderful thing: it is so full of anguish and of magic and he never comes to know it as it is, until it has gone from him forever. It is the thing he cannot bear to lose, it is the thing whose passing he watches with infinite sorrow...