There is nothing either good or bad,but thinking makes it so.---- -William Shakespeare, Hamlet One of the greatest sources of unhappiness, in my experience, is the difficulty we have in accepting things as they are. Without judgment, without wishing...
I was inspired by an observation by Voltaire to make my resolution Dont let the perfect be the enemy of the good. In other words, instead of pushing yourself to an impossible perfect, and therefore getting nowhere, accept good. Many things worth doin...
我们大多数人都不会面对这些人所面对的挑战，而我们大多数人也没有取得这些人所获得的成就。 除非我们选择努力。 如果马克英格里斯没有腿都能登上世界最高山峰，那你呢？ We all have w...
你的新年愿望中，有没有改掉之前的坏习惯这一条呢？我们每年都要花很多时间和精力与坏习惯做斗争，但改掉恶习是一项艰难的任务，并且没有捷径可走。下面就来看看怎样才能尽快和坏习...
我的继子Brett是个问题青年，屡次光顾少管所，我已经到了崩溃的边缘，但仍打起精神继续教育他。我们把他送进了一家教育问题青年成功率很高的学校。这家学校的教育很严格，在全班20多个...
玛丽把听不见的耳朵遮起来，假装用好的耳朵来做听力测试。她知道老师通常会说些天空是蓝色的、你鞋子是什么颜色的呢之类的话。但是那天却没有。那天莱纳德对着玛丽说出的几个字犹如...
那天晚上，警察在离我们家约50英里远的地方发现了汽车残骸和受伤的绑匪。在审讯的时候，开车的绑匪说当时转向是为了避开一个高个子的金发男人。二十年过去了，从来没有人宣布曾经救过...
如今的消费文化助长了人们的不满之心，并不断刺激着人们的物质欲望，学着知足自然变成一件相当困难的事了。事实上，要想在你的生命中完完全全地获得知足之心，没有什么放之四海而皆...
我们能让这世界变得更美好么？这句话本身就是一个错误的假设，认为这世界不好。反过来，我们应该说世界就是这样的，没有什么绝对的好与不好。这是我们选择的生活方式，也是我们喜欢...
Dreams keep running through my mind Reflecting memories of long ago. Made in a land of fairy tales, A place my heart longs for so. Cut off from the rest of the world With streams, and meadows to roam, Viewed from a little girls eyes, A place that wou...
I teach economics at unlv three times per week. last monday, at the beginning of class, i cheerfully asked my students how their weekend had been. one young man said that his weekend had not been so good. he had his wisdom teeth removed. the young ma...
If you shoot for the stars, youll at least hit the moon. Want to reach your goals for next month? Heres the best way to do it. Lets say you want to lose 4lbs next month. Instead of putting together a workout routine where youll lose 4lbs, put togethe...
哎呀，老天爷你就从来没到这个车站来过？他指向杂志摊。我一直就在那儿。那个摊儿是我的。我看过每个上楼的人。 她的脸色开始变得有些苍白。过了一会儿，她向楼梯看去，声音微弱地说...
美文欣赏：Just friends 只是朋友 在巴黎的站台上见到他之后，我们之间没有激情的拥吻，只有埃菲尔铁塔下的畅谈。尽管我们之间没有迸发出激情的火花，我也无法写出更精彩的故事，但我赢得...
今天不必以往：如何不断超越自我 As a society, were obsessed with achievement. But what happens once youre considered objectively successful, with a great salary and a job that energizes you? Its easy to rest on your accomplishments and...
