美文与经典

Every April I am beset by the same concern— that spring might not occur this year. The landscape looks forsaken, withhills, sky and forest forming a single gray meld, like the wash an artist paintson a canvas before the masterwork. My spirits ebb, as they did during an Aprilsnowfall when I first came to Maine 15 years ago. “Just wait,” a neighborcounseled. “You’ll wake up one morning and spring wi...

Consider...YOU. In all time before now andin all time to come, there has never been and will never be anyone just likeyou. You are unique in the entire history and future of the universe. Wow! Stopand think about that. You're better than one in a million, or a billion, or agazillion... 　　 You are the only one like you in a sea ofinfinity! You're amazing! You're awesome! And by theway, TAG, you'r...

When he told me he was leaving I felt likea vase which has just smashed. There were pieces of me all over the tidy, tantiles. He kept talking, telling me why he was leaving, explaining it was forthe best, I could do better, it was his fault and not mine. I had heard itbefore many times and yet somehow was still not immune; perhaps one did notbecome immune to such felony. He left and I tried to get...

“Get busy living or get busy dying.” That’sgoddamn right. For the second time in my life, I’m guiltyof committing a crime, parole violation. Of course, I doubt they’ll toss up anyroadblocks for that, not for an old crook like me. I find I’m so excited I can barelysit still or hold a thought in my head. I think it’s the excitement only a freeman can feel, a free man at the start of a long journey,...

Dear Red, If you’re reading this, you’ve gotten out. And if you’ve come this far, maybe you’re willing to come a little further. Youremember the name of the town, don’t you? I could use a good man to help me getmy project on wheels. I’ll keep an eye out for you, and the chessboard ready. Remember, Red, hope is a good thing, maybethe best of things. And no good thing ever dies. I will be hoping tha...

Andy Dufresne, who crawled through a riverof shit and came out clean on the other side. Andy Dufresne, headed for thePacific. Those of us who knew him best talk abouthim often, I swear, the stuff he pulled. Sometimes it makes me sad, though,Andy being gone. I have to remind myself that some birds aren’t meant to becaged. Their feathers are just too bright. And when they fly away, the part ofyou kn...

The next morning, right about the timeRaquel was spilling her secret, a man nobody ever laid eyes on before strolledinto the Maine National Bank. Until that moment, he didn’t exist, except onpaper. He had all the proper ID, driver’s license, birth certificate, social securitycard, and the signature was a spot-on match. Mr. Stevenson visited nearly adozen banks in the Portland area that morning. Al...

In 1966 Andy Dufresne escaped fromShawshank Prison. All they found was a muddy set of prison clothes, a bar ofsoup, and an old rock hammer, damn near worn down to the nub. I rememberthinking it would take a man six hundred years to tunnel through the wall withit. Old Andy did it in less than twenty. Oh, Andy loved Geology. I imagined itappealed to his meticulous nature. An ice age here, million ye...

Inside the Russian Embassy in London a KGBcolonel puffed a cigarette as he read the handwritten note for the third time. There was no need for the writer to express regret, he thought. Correcting thisproblem would be easy. He would do that in a moment. The thought of it caused agrim smile to appear and joy to his heart. But he pushed away those thoughtsand turned his attention to a framed photogra...

The story goes that two friends werewalking through the desert. During some point of the journey they had anargument, and one friend slapped the other one in the face. The one who got slapped felt hurt, butwithout saying anything, wrote in the sand: "Today my best friend slappedme in the face." They kept on walking until they found anoasis1, where they decided2 to take a bath. The one who had been...

She had been shopping with her Mom inWal-Mart. She must have been years old, this beautiful brown haired,freckle-faced image of innocence. It was pouring outside. The kind of rain thatgushes over the top of rain gutters, so much in a hurry to hit the Earth it hasno time to flow down the spout. We all stood there under the awning andjust inside the door of Wal-Mart. We waited, some patiently, other...

I like the subtle fresh green budding fromthe branches of the tree -- the herald of spring, ushering in the dawn... I like the subtle flow of cloud that makesthe sky seem even more vast, azure and immense... I like the subtle wind. In spring, itsteals a kiss on my cheek; in autumn, it caresses my face; in summer, it bringsin cool sweet smell; in winter, it carries a crisp chilliness... I like the...

Once upon a time, there was an island whereall the feelings lived: Happiness, Sadness, Knowledge, and all of the others,including Love. One day it was announced to the feelings that the island wouldsink, so all constructed boats and left. Except for Love. Love was the only one who stayed. Lovewanted to hold out until the last possible moment. When the island had almost sunk, Lovedecided to ask for...

A friend walk in when the rest of the worldwalks out. Sometimes in life, You find a special friend. Someone who changes your life just by beingpart of it. Someone who makes you laugh until you can'tstop. Someone who makes you believe that therereally is good in the world. Someone who convinces you that there reallyis an unlocked door just waiting for you to open. This is Forever Friendship. When y...

Do not wait... 爱，永远禁不起等待 Don ’ t wait for a smile to be nice... 不要等到了一个笑容才面露慈善 　　　　　　 Don ’ t wait to beloved, to love. 不要等被爱了以后，才要去爱 　　　　　　 Don ’ t wait to belonely, to recognize the value of a friend. 不要等到寂寞了，才明白朋友的价值。 　　　　　　　　　　 Don ’ t wait for thebest job, to begin to work. 不要非要等到一份最好的工作，才要开始工作 　　...

Dear God, Now that I am no longer young, I havefriends whose mothers have passed away. I have heard these sons and daughterssay they never fully appreciated their mothers until it was too late to tellthem. 如今我不再年轻，一些朋友的母亲已经去世。我曾听这些子女们说过，他们从没有向母亲充分表达过他们的感激之情，而待到要告诉时为时已晚了。 I am blessed with the dear mother who isstill alive. I apprecia...

如果有来生，我会抓住每一秒 如果有来生，我会少说，多听；我会请朋友来家里吃饭，即使把地毯弄脏；如果有来生，我会点燃那支雕成玫瑰状的蜡烛，不让它在尘封中融化；我会与孩子们坐在草地上，不去担心草地上的污渍……如果有来生，我会说更多的“我爱你”……“对不起”……然而，最重要的是，如果有来生，我会抓住每一秒……看人生，读人生……体验人生……再也不放手。 If I had my life to live over...I wouldhave talked less and listened m...

Don’t judge a life by one difficult season. There was a man. He had four sons. Hewanted his sons to learn not to judge things to go and look at a pear tree thatwas far away. The first son went in the winter, thesecond in the spring, the third in summer, the youngest son in fall. When theyhad all gone and come back, he called them together to describe what they had seen. The first son said that the...

'Life is for living', according to thewell-used expression: What we choose to do is up to us. That may not becompletely true, but there is no harm in dreaming about what we'd like toachieve in our life. Many of us write a list of things we'd like to do beforewe die - often called a bucket list. Bucket lists have been called 'the greatesthits of your life' and have helped some people overcome anxie...

I had to put the following quote1 intopractice 25 years ago 25 年前，我曾反复念诵一句话 when I was asked to give a speech at myprecious2 friend Evy's wedding. 因为我应邀参加从前的好友 Evy 的婚礼，必须作一番演讲 "Sometimes the best thing you can dois “有时，你能做的最好的事，” not think, not wonder, not imagine, notobsess3, “就是不要思考，不要猜忌，不要想象，不要沉迷”  justbreathe and have fai...

I will live this day as if it is my last. 假如今天是我生命中的最后一天。 And what shall I do with this last preciousday which remains in my keeping? First, I will seal up its container of life sothat not one drop spills itself upon the sand. I will waste not a momentmourning yesterday's misfortunes, yesterday's defeats, yesterday's aches of theheart, for why should I throw good after bad? 我要如何...

True love is we stick together in"thick and thin". Especially when it's thin, when it's troublesome. Then we should really bridge over the "troubled water". That's whatthey say in English. But most of us fail the test, to ourselves, not to ourpartners. He might leave you, he might stay with you, because you're nice ornot nice. But you fail yourself. You leave yourself. You leave the most noblebein...

Occasionally, life can be undeniably,impossibly difficult. We are faced with challenges and events that can seemoverwhelming, life-destroying to the point where it may be hard to decidewhether to keep going. But you always have a choice. Jessica Heslop shares herpowerful, inspiring journey from the worst times in her life to the new lifeshe has created for herself: 生活有时候困难得难以置信，但又不...

Last month I went back to my parent's homein Britain on a vacation. On the flight back, I couldn't help butthinking about the egg tarts1 from the little backery across the street. It's my childhood favorite. Sure, you can get egg tarts these days inalmost every corner of the world. But none of them smells or tastes like theones from that backery, at least to me. And when I went through the front d...

We don't meet people by accident. Every person you meet will have a role inyour life, be it big or small. Some will help you grow, some will hurt you,some will inspire you to do better. At the same time, you are playing some rolein their lives as well. Know that paths cross for a reason and treat peoplewith significance. The best teachers are those who don't tellyou how to get there but show the w...