热爱生活 Love Your Life However mean your life is, meet it and live it，do not shun it and call it hard names. It is not so bad as you are. It looks poorest when you are richest. The fault-finder will find
感恩生活 Be grateful in our life Once President Roosevelt’s house was broken into and lots of things were stolen. Hearing this, one of Roosevelt’s friends wrote to him and advised him not to take it to his
建你自己的房子 Building Your House An elderly carpenter was ready to retire. He told his boss of his plans to leave the house-building business to live a free life with his wife and children. He would
一份音乐的礼物 A GIFT OF MUSIC I had been inside the prison called Gander Hill several times already by the time I met Ray in the spring of 1993. My father worked there with a group teaching inmates to improv
做邻居的艺术 THE ART OF BEING A NEIGHBOUR I used to believe in the American dream, which meant a job, credit, and success. I wanted it and worked for it like everyone else. One year, through a series of unh
BANJO / 班卓琴 I am a music store owner. One day, when I was cleaning the instruments in my store, I saw an old man come in. His short steps dragged on the carpet. “Is 77 too old to learn the banjo?” he
改变你的态度 Change your mind Dare to ask yourself if it’s worth it. If you can’t find the part of your job that you like, or if you can see yourself turning into the person you said you would never be, cons
钉子 / Nails There was a little boy with a bad temper. His father gave him a bag of nails and told him to hammer a nail in the back fence every time he lost his temper. The first day the boy had driven 37
微笑 / Smile No living creature can laugh except man. Trees may bleed when they are wounded, and beasts in the field will cry in pain and hunger, yet only I have the gift of laughter and I can laugh whene
鼓励 Encouragement Some of the greatest success stories of history have followed a word of encouragement or an act of confidence by a loved one or a trusting friend. Had it not been for a confident wife,
坚持你的方向 Keep Your Direction What would you do if you failed? Many people may choose to give up. However, the surest way to success is to keep your direction and stick to your goal. On your way to succe
有一千面镜子的房子 The House of l000 Mirrors Long ago in a small, far-away village, there was a place known as the House of l000 Mirrors. A happy little dog learned of this place and decided to visit it. When h
勤劳致富 Making money through hard work There was once a farmer who had a fine olive orchard. He was very hardworking, and the farm always prospered under his care. But he knew that his three sons despised
你无所不能 You can do anything I am my mother’s third child. When I was born, the doctor gently explained to my mother that my left arm was missing, below the elbow. Then he gave her some advice: “Don’t tre
生活的一课 A lesson in life “Everything happens for the best,” my mother said whenever I faced disappointment. “If you can carry on, one day something good will happen. And you’ll realize that it wouldn’t h
给自己的建议 A PROPOSAL TO MYSELF I am writing this the day before I find out my fate —the day before I know the answer to what will happen in my life. I am determined to see the world in every aspect that m
成功的秘诀 The secret of success A young man asked Socrates the secret of success. Socrates told the young man to meet him near the river the next morning. They met. Socrates asked the young man to walk w
生活 / Life Whether sixty or sixteen, there is in every human being’s heart the lure of wonders, the unfailing childlike appetite of what’s next and the joy of the game of living. In the center of your he
追随梦想 Follow the dream I have a friend named Monty Roberts who owns a horse ranch in San Ysidro. He has often let me use his house to put on fund-raising events to raise money for poor youth. The last
童年的领悟 LESSONS OF CHILDHOOD When I was four, I was still on an old bike with training wheels. Of course, I wanted a new bike. My parents said, “Son, when you can ride a bike without training wheels, we’