Goodbye Kiss 父亲的吻
The Board Meeting had come to an end. Bob started to stand up and jostled（推挤，撞） the table, spilling his coffee over his notes. "How embarrassing. I am getting so clumsy in my old age."Everyone had a good laugh, and soon we were all te
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Gossip 流言蜚语
Over the years I have learned what harm can come from gossip（闲谈，流言） or just talking about other people.In my work place, gossip is a big problem, which is heightened by a couple of women who actually feel the need to stretch and twis
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Four goals for Perfect Life
Healthy and FitThe first goal common to all of us is health and energy. We all want to be healthy and fit, to have high levels of energy and to live free of pain and illness. Today, with the incredible advances in medical science, the quali
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Advice for Good Little Girls
Good little girls ought not to make mouths at their teachers for every trifling offense. This kind of retaliation（报复，反击） should only be resorted to under peculiarly aggravating circumstances.If you have nothing but a rag doll stuffed
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Try to Remember the Good Things
When times become difficult (and you know they sometimes will), remember a moment in your life that was filled with joy and happiness. Remember how it made you feel, and you will have the strength you need to get through any trial.When life
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The goodness of life
Though there is much to be concerned about, there is far, far more for which to be thankful. Though life's goodness can at times be overshadowed（使失色） , it is never outweighed.For every single act that is senselessly destructive, there
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Put the goal in your heart
When she looked ahead, Florence Chadwick saw nothing but a solid wall of fog. Her body was numb. She had been swimming for nearly sixteen hours.Already she was the first woman to swim the English Channel in both directions. Now, at age 34,
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A Good Lesson
A young man, a student in one of our universities, was one day taking a walk with a professor, who was commonly called the students' friend, for his kindness to those who waited on his instructions. As they went along, they saw lying in the
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Letting Go of Yesterday
On Saturday, February 12 two thousand, two things happened that changed everything in my life. The first was that on this day my baby sister was married. She was twenty-six this day, and yet to me she was still my baby sister. I suppose tha
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The Long Goodbye
"They grow up too soon," everyone told me. Eighteen years later, I finally understand what they meant.It's nearly the end of summer break and my son goes out with friends. Ten minutes after he leaves home, I receive his text: Here. It'
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Have a good time in the journey
Often, achieving what you set out to do is not the most important thing. A goal causes us to move in the direction that we have chosen. But not every goal will be fully achieved. Not every job end successfully. Not every relationship will
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Watch the world go by
I was sitting outside my new home yesterday (we just moved last week, and we love the new place), watching the world go by. There were people in cars, in a hurry to get to their next appointment. There were birds flying by, insects just
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简单生活
Don't you just love the excitement you feel after coming home with a new TV? Driving home in a new car? Opening the box on a new pair of shoes? I sure do. But, from watching the behavior of myself and my friends I've found that the new qui
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What New Challenge are You Going to Take This Year?
If you want to grow, you need to expand your personal capacity. It's an important topic that deserves constant reminder. Expanding your personal capacity is essential for your personal growth. It will take you the next level in life. It wi
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适时舍得
There once was a master who went to India. In those times, we didn't have the communications or airplanes or many kinds of transportation that we do now. So the master went to India on foot. He had never been to India before; perhaps he cam
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生活中还需要学会放弃
I'm one of those people who's terrible at saying no. I take on too many projects at once, and spend too much of my time doing things I'd rather not be. I get stuff done, but it's not always the best I can do, or the best way I can spen
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Failure is a Good Thing
Last week, my granddaughter started kindergarten, and, as is conventional, I wished her success. I was lying. What I actually wish for her is failure. I believe in the power of failure. Success is boring. Success is proving that you can do
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What is happiness
What is happiness? Different people have different ideas. Some people are rich; they think they are happy. Other people have many friends, so they feel happy. Still others are happy because their lives are meaningful. Happiness attracts e
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Golden Windows
There was a small boy living on a farm, he needed to get up before sunrise every morning to start his chores and out again later to do the evening ones. During sunrise he would take a break and climb up on the fence. So in the distance he
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Fit with your Mind
You've been working out regularly for quite a while, but you're nowhere near your fitness goals. So now it's time to bring in your ultimate weapon -- your mind. Rather than thinking of fitness as something mysterious that you do with your
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