Years ago, when I started looking for my first job, wise advisers urged, “Barbara, be enthusiastic! Enthusiasm will take you further than any amount of experience.” How right they were! Enthusiastic p
The Paradox of Happiness Do you recall a time—let's say when you were about 5 years old—what defined happiness back then? Was it getting a puppy for Christmas? Or maybe, you were a child of divorce, a
生性喜爱孩子的妇女，能够从抚养子女中得到这种满足。艺术家、作家和科学家如果对自己的工作感到满意，也能以同样的方式得到快乐。 If you look around at the men and women whom you can call happy, you will see that they all have certain things in common. The most import
所以，请不要让别人偷走你的梦想，或者让他们对你说梦想太遥不可及。 “唱你的歌，做你的梦，给你的希望以希望，给你的祈祷以祈祷。” The question was once asked of a highly successful businessman, "How have you done so much in your lifetime?" He replied, "I have dreame
On His Seventieth Birthday Of late years the public have been trying to tackle me in every way they possibly can, and failing to make anything of it they have turned to treating me as a great man. Thi
不必悲叹自己没有聪慧的天资，也不必哀怨自己没有美丽的容颜，不必抱怨命运的无常，也不必躲避恶劣的环境，尽情绽放你的生命之花吧！因为不管多么微不足道的生命，只要怀有绽放的信念，就一定可以为人间带来一丝芳香，一丝绚丽！ This happened many summers ago. There was a young flower in a desert where was always dried a
让我们记住，人生的秋天很快就会来临；我们现在播种什么，到那时就会收获什么。如果我们要获取丰硕的收成，摘取珍贵的果实，确保充裕旺盛的秋天，现在，在这个人生的春天，我们就必须勤勤恳恳、小心翼翼地培育我们的心灵。 Cultivating Our Hearts The autumn, with its ripening fruits, and waving harvest, is now with us.
Criteria of Excellency My l4-year-old son, John, and I spotted the coat simultaneously. It was hanging on a rack at a secondhand clothing store in Northampton Mass, crammed in with shoddy trench coats
“Magic Mum”at Harvard University President Faust, members of the Harvard Corporation and the Board of Overseers, members of the faculty, proud parents, and, above all, graduates. The first thing I wou
只要一个人认同了他的个体性、接受他的恐惧、选择了目标、怀着希望奋勇前进，那么他就真正地战胜生活了。 With age comes experience and with experience comes knowledge and understanding. No one individual is ever completed with his or her growth. For the w
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 y
在想象中，你可以以光的速度一路顺风地去世界各地旅行。尽管想象是暂时的，也只是在脑海中，但它会令你远离包袱，远离困难，以及不顺心的环境，体验自由的感觉。 The Power of Imagination Imagination is the ability to form a mental image of something that is not perceived through the se
How I've Been Enriched by Beggars Outside our hotel in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, a seemingly ancient woman on crutches waited beside the door with her hand outstretched. Every day I put my hand in he
Motherly love by its very nature is unconditional. Mother loves the newborn infant because it is her child, not because the child has fulfilled any specific condition, or lived up to any specific expe
Welcome to another brand new day at Faithradio online daily sunshine. 欢迎来到Faith英语电台每日阳光絮语。 Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acc
月色下，我们看不到生活中坚硬的棱角。山坡在月光下如同笼上了一层柔和的银纱；大海在月光下宁静碧蓝；我们在月光下也不再像白日那般心计来往，而是沉醉于自然的情感中。 The Fascinating Moonrise There is a hill near my home that I often climb at night. The noise of the city is a far-off mu
友谊的基础在于两个人的心肠和灵魂有着最大的相似 。 －贝多芬 A Faraway Friend is someone you grew up with or went to school with or lived in the same town as until one of you moved away. Without a Faraway Friend, you would never g
Dancing All the Dances As Long As I Can I believe in dancing. I believe it is in my nature to dance by virtue of the beat of my heart, the pulse of my blood and the music in my mind. So I dance daily.
成功是令人厌烦的。成功只是证明你能够做你已经知道自己会做的事情，或是第一次就能正确地做某件事情，而这通常是一次有问题的成功。第一次的成功通常都是侥幸的成功，相反的，第一次的失败恰恰是值得期待的。这是事物的自然法则。 Last week, my granddaughter started kindergarten, and, as is conventional, I wished her succ
这两天是儿女向父母表示一片爱心和敬重之情的日子。父母们把孩子们带大，教育他们成为有责任感的公民，并给予他们爱心和关怀。 Mother’s Day and Father’s Day People in the United States honor their parents with two special days：Mother’s Day，on the second Sunday in May
