Just A Little Smile 只因一个微笑 Mike was walking home from school one day when he noticed a boy ahead of him had tripped and dropped all of the books he was carrying, along with two sweaters, a baseball ba
Nature's first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold. Her early leaf's a flower; But only so an hour. Then leaf subsides to leaf. So Eden sank to grief, So dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold
Do you really want it? 你真的想要吗? I think we can do things only when we really want to, 只有当我们真正想要的时候,我想我们才可以做许多事情， I mean really want to. 我的意思是真正想要的。 Do you remember something that you really want it, 你还
Not Just a Mom 母亲的含义 A woman named Emily renewing her driver's license at the County Clerk's office was asked by the woman recorder to state her occupation. She hesitated, uncertain how to cla
The Outside Chance 千载难逢的机会 It's a funny thing about money. If you haven't got it, you think it's the most important thing in the world. That's how I used to think. I don't any more
Use swabs to wet her mouth, the nurse told me. Hold her hand. 护士告诉我用棉签蘸水湿润她的嘴唇，举起她的手。 Her senses are dimming, but hearing will linger. Tell her you love her. 她的意识逐渐消退，但是还能够听见你的声音。快告诉她你爱她。 She died on
What's the Rush? 放慢脚步 享受生活 Sometimes I think we need to get off this wild ride—the ride we call life—as we know it. 有时我在想我们需要离开我们称之为生活的东西—我们都了解这一点。 As the song goes, “slow down, you're moving
Freedom parrot 呼喊自由的鹦鹉 A man, a great man, a fighter for freedom was traveling in the mountains. He stayed in a caravans for the night. He was amazed that in the caravans there was a beautiful parrot
Lighten Up 放松心情 These days, it seems that almost all of us have something to worry about. 这些日子，似乎我们每个人都有担心的事情。 People are frustrated and uptight about almost everything—being five minutes late, 人们对很多事
The next step is to understand the link between your expectations and your frustration level. 第二步是要了解你的期望和挫折感水平之间的联系。 Whenever you expect something to be a certain way and it isn't, 当你期待某件事以特定方式发生
Jim Davis, Creator of Garfield 加菲猫的创造者吉姆·戴维斯 Jim Davis, is an American cartoonist who created the popular comic strip Garfield in 1978. 吉姆·戴维斯是美国漫画家，他在1978年创作了十分受欢迎的漫画连载《加菲猫》。 As an Art and Business m
Smell 嗅觉 Witty my large nose, I have fairly keen sense of smell. 别看我有个很大的鼻子,但我的嗅觉非常敏锐。 It's a blessing, and also a curse. 这是一种祝福,也是一种诅咒。 Since my nose tends to be more sensitive than the average p
Remembering why we are doing something 记住我们为什么做某事 Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing. 有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。 Have you ever done that? 你曾有过这种经历吗? I'm not just talking about a mem
Mrs. Albina now has 16 more girls, including the twins who are 15 months old. 阿宾娜太太现在有16多个女儿，包括5个月大的双胞胎。 The oldest Albina children are in their 30s and 40s. They're on their own now, 阿宾娜年纪最大的孩子已经
Stuck in the past 纠结过去 I think it's natual to reflect at the end of the day, 我认为在一天结束的时候是一种自然的反映, or the end of the week,month or year. 或者一周，每月或每年结束的时候。 But the danger of a reflecting and focusing
Levels of Communication 2 交际面面观 showing pictures of your kids, and exchanging personal history. 秀你孩子们的照片，和概括性的自我介绍。 Factual communication is relatively safe and most do this well. 事实沟通是相对安全的和更有可能做好的方式
The Greek myth of Ariadne offers hope to all who have felt the sting of love rejected. It tells of triumph after defeat, of sweetest success after the harshest sorrow. 在希腊神话中，阿里阿德涅的故事足以让全天下所有爱意被拒的痴男怨女
They’re gone now. 他们已经走了。 I stood in the driveway and watched my grown children drive off into the distance. I looked down the road until I could no longer see their vehicles. 我站在车道上,看着我那些已长大的孩子
What's new? 有什么新鲜事吗? Can you smell, see or hear NEW? I think so. 你能闻到,看到或听到新鲜事吗?我是这样认为的。 Did you ever smell new better school clothes, bags no books and pencils. 你有没有闻到过新的更好的学校的衣服,没有书和铅笔的书包。 You c
The Story of Father's Day 父亲节的故事 Father's Day, contrary to popular misconception, was not established as a holiday in order to help greeting card manufacturers sell more cards. In fact when a
