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Extend the Miracle my skills, my mind, my heart, and my body will stagnate, rot, and die lest I put them to good use. I have unlimited potential. Only a small portion of my brain do I employ; only a paltry amount of my muscles do I flex. A hundredfold or more can I increase my accomplishments of yesterday and this I will do, beginning today. Nevermore will I be satisfied wit...
Lucky to Be Alive Maria，a gentle，soft－spoken woman o f seventy，had always managed to view the world with a child’s sense of wonderment．She greeted the dawn of each new day with the brightness of the sun itself and found joy in the smallest of things：a dove perched on her birdfeeder，the fresh morning dew，the sweet scent of jasmine in her garden． A widow，Maria ...
引言： 他一旦停止成长，他一旦对自己说“我该懂的都懂了”，这个时候他的青春也就完了。他可能在25岁时死去，也可能在75岁时死去，这都没有区别。就在那一天，他开始变老。 “I dread to come to the end of the year,said a friend to me recently, “it makes me realize I am growing old.” William James, the great psychologist, said that most men are “old fogies at twenty-five&...
引言： 成和败全都在你的思想，下定决心你就可以支配你的命数，管制你的思想就可以改变自己的命运… Kiss of Reality To talk of illusions, are’t they great? illusion or day dreaming help us to think of what we want to become in life. We literally see how life revolves us in that position . It’s an entirely different world of pleasure, comfort and imagination. Most ...
Reduction of Your Tension Alternate tasks blocking out an entire day or week for a high-priority project increases your anxiety without boosting your productivity -in fact, you may lose perspective and focus. You need to create a rhythm to your work to recharge.Every 60 to 90 minutes, take a break from your primary activity to do something different for 15 minutes. If you...
生命是脆弱的。从现在开始我们就要让我们的生活变得更充实，祝福那些深爱我们的朋友和家人。 Life is fragile. A good friend of mine called me today and shared that his girlfriend’s brother passed away last night. He was married, with two young children. He died of massive heart attack in the middle of the night. And he was only 44 years old. “It could never happen to m...
Save money for college by my own I will never forget one day in my first year in high school. I was sitting on the stairs descending1) into the basement, putting my head in my hands and crying out in despair to my parents that I would never be able to save enough money for college. My parents tried to console me, but it seemed impossible to save ＄64,268, the cost for the p...
It is well that young men should begin at the beginning and occupy the most subordinate positions. Many of the leading businessmen of Pittsburgh had a serious responsibility thrust upon them at the very threshold of their career. They were introduced to the broom, and spent the first hours of their business lives sweeping out the office. I notice we have janitors and janitre...
All you remember about your child being seven is the carpool schedule. You learned to apply makeup in two minutes and brush your teeth in the rearview mirror , because the only time you had to yourself was when you were stopped at red lights. You considered painting your car yellow and posting a “taxi” sign on the lawn next to the garage door. You remember people...
Always Remember Those Who Serve In the days when an ice cream sundae cost much less，a 10-year-old boy entered a hotel coffee shop and sat at a table．A waitress put a glass o f water in front of him．“How much is an ice cream sundae1)?”“Fifty cents，”replied the waitress．The little boy pulled his hand out of his pocket and studied a number of coins in it．“How much is a di...
引言： 从我们来到这个世界的那一刻起，请仔细聆听你的心灵．在来到这个世界的最初的两年里，我们还不能开口讲话，心灵是我们理解事物的一种方式． Listen to Your Inner Voice Is there inside you? Very much ,ever since you were brought into this world. when you coulden’t open your mouth till the first two years on planet earth, inner voice is the one through which you interpreted...
1.Life is not fair,get used to it . 2.The world won’t care about your self-esteem.The world will expect you to accomplish something before you feel good about yourself. 3.You will not make 4,000 dollars a year right out of high school .You won’t be a vice president with a car phone,until you earn both. 4.If you think your teacher is tough ,wait till you get a bos...
A Child’ s Angel Once upon a time there was a child ready to be born．So one day he asked God，“They tell me you are sending me to earth tomorrow but how am I going to live there，being so small and helpless？” “Among the many angels，I chose one for you．She will be waiting for you and will take care of you，”God replied． “But here in Heaven，I don’t do anythin...
The Crow and The Pitcher A crow felt very thirsty. He looked for water everywhere. Finally, he found a pitcher. But there was not a lot of water in the pitcher. His beak could not reach it. He tried again and again, but still could not touch the water. When he was about to give up, an idea came to him. He took a pebble and dropped it into the pitcher. Then he took another an...
Smiles send us light in the darkness. Smiles bring us warm sunlight on a cold winter day. Smiles can break the hard ice. Smiles are like the rainbow. The rainy days end and the sky is beautiful again. Smiles show love and friendship. Teachers’ smiles encourage us. Mothers’ smiles warm us. Friends’ smiles make us closer. We welcome smiles from others. And we should give other...
If you are hungry, what do you do? Grab a piece of your favorite meal and stay quiet after that? Just like your stomach, even your mind is hungry. But it never lets you know, because you keep it busy thinking about your dream lover, favorite star and many such absurd things. So it silently began to heed to your needs and never let itself grow. When mind looses its freedom to...
Food for Thought From the time I was a child growing up in New Jersey，I loved spending weekends with my grandparents．Their big old house was cozy1)，and I felt especially welcome and relaxed in Granny’s small kitchen．It was there that we had intimate conversations，and Granny always seemed to include morsels2) of wisdom with every recipe she prepared． I remember on...
I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat. We have before us an ordeal of the most grievous kind. We have before us many, many months of struggle and suffering. You ask, what is our aim? I can answer in one word. It is victory. Victory at all costs – Victory in spite of all terrors – Victory, however long and hard the road may be, for without vict...
哪里有爱，哪里就有财富与成功! Wealth,Success&Love A woman came out of her house and saw three old men with long white beards sitting in her front yard. She did not recognize them. She said “I don’t think I know you, but you must be hungry. Please come in and have something to eat.” “Is the man of the house home?”, they asked. “No”...
引言： 先把难的事情做完，让自己真情流露，一路走来笑声朗朗，人生旅途将变得更美好。 FOUR FOOLPROOF WAYS TO IMPROVE OUR LIVES, TODAY So, my life is perfect. (Yeah.I wish!) Well, it isn’t too bad. But can it be better? I’ve been asking myself this question for several years. The answer is simple:Yes, it can! I don’t care what we are doing or how we’re doi...