When The Wind Blows
Years ago a farmer owned land along the Atlantic seacoast. He constantly advertised for hired hands. Most people were reluctant to work on farms along the Atlantic. They dreaded the awful storms that raged across the Atlantic, wreaking havo
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Your direction indicator of ascended
One windy spring day, I observed young people having fun using the wind to fly their kites. Multicolored creations of varying shapes and sizes filled the skies like beautiful birds darting and dancing. As the strong winds gusted against the
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The Hand
A Thanksgiving Day editorial（社论） in the newspaper told of a school teacher who asked her class of first graders to draw a picture of something they were thankful for. She thought of how little these children from poor neighborhoods actu
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衬衫夫人的回忆
Mrs. Blouse had been with the Johnson family for three generations. This was no mean feat for an article of clothing. She had survived the test of time; and though her colors were faded and her material worn thin, she was still loved throug
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Loving France
Landing in France, a sacred feeling suddenly arises which attracts you to know more about this country. France, approximately hexagonal（六边的） in shape, has a boundary on the east with Germany, Switzerland and Italy, and is bounded o
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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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Angel of Hope
Ammie Reddick from East Kilbride, Lanarkshire, was only 18 months old when she had the accident that has scarred her for life. While her mother's back was turned for a moment, the inquisitive（好奇的） toddler（初学走路的孩子） reached up t
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Twelve Minute Cab Ride
"Penn Station," I told the cab driver. The young, heavy-set man peered at me through his sunglasses and motioned me to get in. "I've got to get to JFK airport by 2:30PM. You think I'll be able to get there via LIRR (Long Island Ra
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A Friend
Recently, one of my best friends, whom I've shared just about everything with since the first day of kindergarten（幼儿园）, spent the weekend with me. Since I moved to a new town several years ago, we've both always looked forward to the f
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Clear Your Mental Space
Think about the last time you felt a negative emotion -- like stress, anger, or frustration. What was going through your mind as you were going through that negativity? Was your mind cluttered with thoughts? Or was it paralyzed, unable to t
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On Meeting the Celebrated
I have always wondered at the passion many people have to meet the celebrated. The prestige（威望） you acquire by being able to tell your friends that you know famous men proves only that you are yourself of small account. The celebrated d
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生命的美好
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, it is never outweighed. For every single act that is senselessly destructive, there are thous
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The Best Teacher I Ever Had
Mr. Whitson taught sixth-grade science. On the first day of class, he gave us a lecture about an animal called the Cattywampus, an ill-adapted nocturnal（夜的） animal that was wiped out during the Ice Age, he passed around a skull as he ta
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Friends
On my recent travels, I came to realize still more fully the significance of the word "friend". Seven or eight days ago, I said to a friend whom I had just come to know, "I can't help feeling embarrassed before my friends. You're
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Life at age twenty-seven
Life at age twenty seven is nothing what I envisioned when I was a child. I imagined by age twenty seven I would be in a serious relationship border line marriage, owning my own place, a successful career, being financially secure, and livi
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Develop Your Own Helping Rituals
If you want your life to stand for peace and kindness, it's helpful to do kind, peaceful things. One of my favorite ways to do this is by developing my own helping rituals（典礼，仪式）. These little acts of kindness are opportunities to be
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The Value of Time
To Realize The Value of One Year, ask A Student Who Has Failed His Final Exam. To Realize The Value of One Month, ask A Mother Who Has Given Birth To A Premature Baby. To Realize The Value of One Week, ask An Editor of A Weekly Newspaper.
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Abundance is a Life Style
Abundance is a life style, a way of living your life. It isn't something you buy now and then or pull down from the cupboard, dust off and use once or twice, and then return to the cupboard. Abundance is a philosophy; it appears in your ph
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Human Life a Poem
I think that, from a biological standpoint, human life almost reads like a poem. It has its own rhythm and beat, its internal cycles of growth and decay. It begins with innocent childhood, followed by awkward adolescence trying awkwardly to
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Be Happy
"The days that make us happy make us wise." -- John Masefield When I first read this line by England's Poet Laureate, it startled me. What did Masefield mean? Without thinking about it much. I had always assumed that the opposite was true.
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