日期：2014-07-31 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 adapt it... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-07-31 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. But his sob... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-07-31 We are not born with courage, but neither are we born with fear. Maybe some of our fears are brought on by your own experiences, by what someone has told you, by what you've read in the papers. Some fears are valid, like walking alone in a bad part... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-07-31 I believe in the 50-percent theory. Half the time things are better than normal; the other half, they are worse. I believe life is a pendulum swing（测锤摆幅） . It takes time and experience to understand what normal is, and that gives me the perspe... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-07-31 What is your recovery rate? How long does it take you to recover from actions and behaviors that upset you? Minutes? Hours? Days? Weeks? The longer it takes you to recover, the more influence that incident has on your actions, and the less able you... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-07-24 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 think? The... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-07-24 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 develop a... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-07-24 What sounds or impressions are you making on the people around you? Think about it. Your words, phrases, even your message may soon be forgotten but believe me, good or bad, your melody lingers（逗留） . An odd choice of phrase? Not really. The dict... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-07-24 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 thousands more... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-07-24 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 talked. We... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-07-24 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 all so nice to me. I s... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-07-24 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 living life t... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-07-24 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 of serv... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-07-24 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. To Realize... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-07-24 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 everyone. Fo... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-07-24 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 to grab th... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-07-21 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 Rail Road ) or should I... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-07-15 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 few times... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-07-15 The first memory I have of him -- of anything, really -- is his strength. It was in the late afternoon in a house under construction near ours. The unfinished wood floor had large, terrifying holes whose yawning darkness I knew led to nowhere good.... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-07-15 Tears from the sky, Softly falling. In the morning, It breaks my dreams. Wake the grass up, Let the sun hide. Thou are singing Or thou are weeping? Xi-li... xi-li... Raining to my heart. One drop after another. Again and again restart. We have been... 阅读全文>>