美文与经典

1. Take accountability for your mistakes. If you find yourself blaming others, look for your part and take ownership. 2. Sometimes life puts you throughcircumstances that show you who's really there for you. Focus on the ones whoare there and who love and support you, rather than the ones that aren't, orcan't be. 3. Listening is so much more important thantalking. You already know what you know wh...

When I was young, my household consisted ofmy mother, my grandmother, and my uncle. I had no contact with my father. Mymother took a passive role in my upbringing causing my grandmother to raise meprimarily. I lost her to severe pneumonia when I was 10. 在我小的时候，家庭是由妈妈、外婆和舅舅组成的。我没有关于父亲的任何音讯。主要是外婆带我，母亲在我的成长过程中所扮演的角色非常被动。（可惜）在我 10...

You can never do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be toolate. How many times have we said,  "Oh I'll do that tomorrow." Sometimes tomorrow never comes and we find ourselves saying,  "Boy, I wish I hadn't put that off." Our family has been friends with Betty formany years. Over the years we shared phone calls and birthday cards. Betty sent our youngest son Brandon...

Dear Myself, Life is scary. One day you wake up feelinglike you can take over the world, and the next day you wake up feeling like allyou want to do is to lay in bed and hide from everything. People walk into your life, grab your hand,and lead you the most beautiful path you've known, but sometimes the samepeople let go of your hand without warning, and you become stranded at a placewhere you neve...

Everything about my future was ambiguouslyassumed. I would get into debt by going to college, then I would be forced toget a job to pay off that debt, while still getting into more and more debt bybuying a house and a car. It seemed like a never-ending cycle that had no placefor the possibility of a dream. 我们未来的一切似乎都模糊地设定好了，利用贷款上大学，然后为了还债被迫去找一份工作，还要为了买...

改变你生命的四个问题 If you're seeking to reshape your life,reflect on the answers to these four questions to increase your awareness,expand your mindset, and change your outlook: 想要重塑你的人生，想一想这四个问题，提升认知水平、冲破思维边界、改变世界观。 What thoughts do you keep thinking? 你一直在思考的是什么？ If fear is the first element that's sparkedin your brain, you will act on that fear...

There was once a guy who suffered fromcancer, a cancer that can't be cured. He was 18 years old and he could dieanytime. All his life, he was stuck in his house being taken cared by hismother. He never went outside but he was sick of staying home and wanted to goout for once. So he asked his mother and she gave him permission. 曾有一男孩，患了不治之癌。他才 18 岁，但生命随时会结束。一直以来，男孩...

逼自己一把才知道自己的强大 How strong are you? 你有多强大？ That is a tough question to answer, whetheryou are a man or a woman. 不管你是男人还是女人，这都是个很难回答的问题。 But, really, I want to ask… how do youdefine your strength? 但是，说实话，我想知道，你是怎么定义力量的呢？ How do you know your limits? How do youknow just how much you’ve got? 你是如何了解自己的局限性？你怎么知道你能做到什...

如果你正经历黑暗，请读一读 I know things can become difficult in life. 我知道，世事艰辛 Everyone has a different story. 每个人都有自己的故事 Everyone is unique in their own ways. 每个人都有独特的禀赋，每个人都与众不同 Everyone is healing in their own way and intheir own time. 受到挫折时，每个人都会以自己独有的方式，在最合适的时间治愈自己 People say this a lot, but it is true. 这是老生常谈，却也真...

Never lose hope. And be thankful for whatyou have. 永远不要失去希望，对你所拥有的一切心存感激。 "Living to make yourself happy is thebest thing you can do for people around you." “活得快乐，这是你能为身边的人做的最好的一件事。” Never take an advice from someone you wouldnot want to switch places with. 如果一个人现在的处境是你不想要的，那就不要采纳 TA 的建议。 Treat people like humans and not vendi...

I. I walk down the street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk. I fall in. I am lost … I am helpless. It isn't my fault. It takes me forever to find a way out. II. I walk down the same street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk. I pretend I don't see it. I fall in again. I can't believe I am in the same place. But, it isn't my fault. It still takes a long time to get out. III. I walk down the s...

Remember, I will still be here As long as you hold me in your memory Remember, when your dreams have ended Time can be transcended, just remember me I am the one star that keeps burning so brightly It is the last light to fade into the rising sun I'm with you whenever you tell my story For I am all I've done Remember, I will still be here As long as you hold me, in your memory Remember me I am tha...

Ready or not, some day it will all come to an end. There will be no more sunrises, no days, no hours or minutes. All the things you collected, whether treasured or forgotten, will pass to someone else. 无论是否准备好，总有一天它都会走到尽头。那里没有日出，没有白天，没有小时和分钟。你收集的所有东西，不管你珍惜或忘记与否，它们都将流入他人手中。 Your wealth, fame and temporal power will shrivel to ir...

一天，狐狸请鹤吃饭。它把做好的汤倒在一个扁平的盘子中，自己可以很容易的舔到汤，而鹤每喝一口，汤就从长嘴里流出来。狐狸讥笑它说：“难道汤的味道不够鲜美吗？”说着，狐狸端起盘子把汤全喝光了。后来，鹤请狐狸吃饭。狐狸高高兴兴的赴约了。鹤把食物装进又高又深的瓶子里。狐狸急得满脸通红，可就是没地方下嘴。它这才想起上次自己请鹤吃饭时的情景。

猫头鹰到了晚上才出来吃东西，白天就睡觉。有一天，它睡得正香时，一只大声叫唤的蚱蜢把它吵醒了。它请求蚱蜢不要再叫了，可蚱蜢根本不理它。猫头鹰想了想，便对蚱蜢说：“你的歌声真是太动听了，我这里有美酒，请你上来，我们一起畅饮吧。”蚱蜢正好很渴，又被赞美之词弄得忘乎所以，什么也没想就飞了上去。结果，猫头鹰一下就把蚱蜢弄死了。

Not until you realize that life itself is a beautiful thing will you really start to live. Although living combines tragedy with splendor, life is beautiful and even tragedies reflect something engaging. If you were simply to live, do more than that; live beautifully. 只有在你了解了人生的真谛后，才能真正地生活。虽然人生苦忧参半，但依旧美妙，而且即使在悲剧中也藏着迷人之处。如果你只是活着，那就再努...

They're both convinced that a sudden passion joined them. Such certainty is beautiful, but uncertainty is more beautiful still. 他们彼此都深信， 是瞬间迸发的激情使他们相遇。 这种确定是美丽的, 然而变幻无常却更为美丽。 Since they'd never met before, they're sure that there'd been nothing between them. But what's the word from the street staircase hallways— perhaps they've passed by each other a mill...

Sometimes it takes adverse conditions for people to reach out to one another 有时需要逆境 人们才能彼此靠近 Sometimes it takes bad luck for people to understand their goals better 有时需要厄运 人们才能更清楚自己的目标 Sometimes it takes a storm for people to appreciatethe calm 有时需要暴风雨 人们才能珍惜宁静 Sometimes it takes being hurt for people to be more sensitive to feelings 有时需要受到伤害...

从前，蝙蝠是在白天飞行的。一次，鸟类与野兽打仗，双方各有胜负。蝙蝠凭借自己说鸟不是鸟，说兽又不像兽的外形优势，总是依附强的一方。谁占上风，它就帮谁呐喊助威。最后，当鸟和兽停战时，它们终于看透了蝙蝠的欺骗行为。双方都非常气愤，把它赶出了日光之外。从此，蝙蝠总是躲在黑暗的地方，只有晚上才敢独自飞出来。

从前，有一个以烧炭为生的人。他每天都和炭打交道，弄得屋子里到处是炭灰。烧炭人很喜欢交朋友。有一天，一个漂布人搬到他家的旁边。烧炭人热情的邀请漂布人与自己一起住。他说这样两个人不仅不会寂寞，而且更省钱。漂布人很为难的摇摇头，说：“谢谢你的好意，但我们完全不可能住在一起。因为我漂白的布，恐怕会被你烧的炭弄黑。”

Flora’s mum has got a new job in the city. Flora says goodbye to the country.(Flora) “Bye, Grandma.”Flora will miss the blue skies, trees and flowers. The city flat is clean. But it is cold and empty. Flora puts pictures on the blank walls. She hangs paper clouds from the ceiling. She puts flower pots on the floor. But Flora is still sad.(Mum)“Do you want to go back home?”(Flora)“No, thanks.”Flora...

It looked like a large animal to Alice, but it was only a mouse. ‘Shall I speak to it?’ thought Alice. ‘Everything’s very strange down here, so perhaps a mouse can talk.’ So she began: ‘Oh Mouse, do you know the way out of this pool? I am very tired of swimming, oh Mouse!’ The mouse looked at her with its little eyes, but it said nothing. ‘Perhaps it doesn’t understand English,’ thought Alice. ‘Pe...

一弯月亮挂在高高的夜空中，它专心地发着光，给夜里赶路的人以光亮。夜深了，没有衣服穿的月亮觉得有点冷，它央求妈妈给它做一件斗篷。妈妈说：“我做件什么样的斗篷，你穿着才合身呢？你现在是新月，然后又要变成满月，再接着既不是新月，又不是满月了。我想我需要给你做好多件不同尺寸的斗篷才行！”

有个女主人很勤劳，她雇了几名侍女。夜里每当公鸡一打鸣，她就叫她们起来去干活。侍女们每天日夜劳作，累得精疲力尽，她们十分痛恨那只公鸡，决定要弄死它，她们以为是那公鸡不到天亮叫醒女主人，才使她们受苦受难。然而在她们把公鸡弄死之后，反而比以前更为不幸。那女主人不知道鸡叫的时间，总是在黑夜里更早地把她们叫起来去干活。 ——故事是说，许多人的不幸往往是自己造成的。

一个人来到森林里，请求树给他一根树枝做斧子柄。树觉得他的要求不算过分，就给了他一根小树枝。这人用树枝做成了斧子柄，装在斧子上，抡起斧子砍起树来。树很惊讶地问他为何恩将仇报，那个人反问：“难道你不知道斧子只是用来砍树的吗？”一棵老橡树悲伤地看着同伴们被砍倒，说：“我们是自己葬送了自己啊，当初给他树枝时，怎么就没有想想他是否会威胁到我们呢？”