美文赏析:我知道自己在犯傻，但我开心

I have visited plenty of self improvement blogs and inspirational blogs these past few months and most of them all tell you that you need to wake up and state positive affirmations. When you wake up, you need to think that something great is going to

美文赏析:冥冥之中自有天意

It is spring of 1943 during World War II. 1943年的春天，正值第二次世界大战。 Standing among hundreds of new soldiers at Camp Grant, in Illinois, my father, Sam, just 18 years old, waits as a truck slowly drives by. 在伊利诺伊州的格

美文赏析：你可知道你的生活中都错过了什么？

In this life, what did you miss? 在生活中，你错过了什么？ The wife asked the husband when she was 25. Despondently, the husband replied: 'I missed a new job opportunity.' 妻子25岁的时候这样问丈夫。丈夫沮丧地回答：我错过

美文赏析:总有一些回忆，你无法舍弃

I cleaned out Dads closet yesterday. 我昨天清理了爸爸的衣橱。 There were two things I couldnt box up: his work shirts and his two pairs of Red Wing boots. 有两样东西我没有办法打包：他的工作T-恤和两双红翼牌的靴子。

美文赏析:勇气，来自爱与关怀

In 1943, I was 19 years old and worked at a barbecue located about a mile from my home. 1943年（时值第二次世界大战），当时我只有19岁，在离家一英里的烧烤店工作。 It was a beautiful, warm June night, so I decided to wal

美文赏析：孤岛上的故事

A Story Happened on An Uninhabited Island The only survivor of a shipwreck was washed up on a small, uninhabited island. He prayed feverishly for God to rescue him, and every day he scanned the horizon for help, but none seemed forthcoming. Exhausted

美文赏析:没有任何一个行为是不带后果的

A woman baked chapatti for members of her family and an extra one for a hungry passerby. She kept the extra chapatti on the window sill. Every day, a hunchback came and took away the chapatti. Instead of expressing gratitude, he muttered the followin

美文赏析:我的生活，充满魔法

Magic 魔法 When I was younger I was entranced with stories of magic. I devoured books where wizards and warriors battled the powers of darkness in strange worlds. I rejoiced when they triumphed bringing peace and happiness to their lands. I guess l

美文赏析:早晨五分钟，开启美好的一天

If you feel a twinge of jealousy each time you read about another successful person who wakes up at 4 a.m. to meditate, jog, read a novel, and eat two grapefruits, take heart. You don't have to add three leisurely hours to your morning routine to be

美文赏析:态度决定生活

An elderly carpenter was ready to retire. He told his employer (contractor) of his plans to leave the house building business and live a more leisurely life with his wife enjoying his extended family. He would miss the paycheck, but he needed to reti

美文赏析:致忧伤的你

Dear Anyone Having a Bad Week, 亲爱的度过糟糕一周的你： I'm sorry. I have no idea why your week is bad, or how bad it actually is. I don't know if you've told anyone, if there's anything that could fix it or if it's made you rather unplea

美文赏析:尽在不言中

When I read a book from my mothers shelves, its not unusual to come across a gap in the text. A paragraph, or maybe just a sentence, has been sliced out, leaving a window in its place, with words from the next page peeping through. The chopped up pag

美文赏析:拿起笔还是放下

To write or not to write 拿起笔还是放下 Writing is not easy. I do it everyday. 写作非常不容易。我每天都在写作。 And I can tell you, its quite a challenge. 我可以告诉你，这是一个相当大的挑战。 But, the more I d

美文赏析:人在旅途，家在何方

Home on the Way 旅人的家 People need homes: children assume their parents' place as home; boarders call school home on weekdays; married couples work together to build new homes; and travelers have no place to call home, at least for a few nights

美文赏析:毕业，继续前进

Graduation and moving on 毕业并继续前进 At least once a year, there are a lot of graduations. 至少每年一次,会有很多的毕业典礼。 Its a time when a lot of people move on, 这是一个很多人继续前进的时刻， from where t

美文赏析：给生命定价 COST OF LIVING

COST OF LIVING Your money or your life. The choice traditionally presented by the highwayman is supposed to have only one sensible answer. Money is, after all, no use to a corpse. Yet economists often study something rather like the highwayman's offe

美文赏析:珍惜现在 不再错过

cherish now no longer missed 珍惜现在 不再错过 John, a famous musician, took his priceless antique zither and played it in the crowded subway station. The music emanating from the zither was delicately streaming throughout the whole station.

美文赏析:你要成为自己的那道光

Have you ever been around someone who immediately put you at ease? Perhaps you may be one of those people who others feel safe around. 有没有遇到过那么个人，只要他/她在你身边，你立即就觉得安心？或许你就是让别人觉得

美文赏析:整个世界因你而不同

All the Difference in The World 整个世界因你而改变 Every Sunday morning I take a light jog around a park near my home. Theres a lake located in one corner of the park. Each time I jog by this lake, I see the same elderly woman sitting at the

美文赏析:给自己一份承诺

承诺自己 To be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind. To talk health, happiness, and prosperity to every person you meet. To make all your friends feel that there is something special in them. To look at the sunny side of everythi