A couple of years ago, the Boston Marathon promoted its event with a series of inspiring billboards. All of them were black and white images of a runner, with a quote that expressed their reason for running. Some billboards were of fully mobile indiv...
Letter that Changed My LifeI was not yet 30 years old and was working as a firefighter(消防队员) in the South Bronx's Engine Co. 82, probably the world's most active firehouse at the time. It was warm and sunny, the kind of leisurely Sunday that...
人生中的大石头，我们可曾问过自己这个问题：人一生的大石头是什么？找出自己人生的大石头，然后把它们先放进我们人生的瓶子中！ One day, an expert in time management was speaking toa group of stude...
I teach economics at UNLV three times per week. Last Monday, at the beginning of class, I cheerfully asked my students how their weekend had been. One young man said that his weekend had not been so good. He had his wisdom teeth removed. The young ma...
如果只是遇见，不能停留，不如不遇见。 If we can only encounter each other rather than stay with each other,then I wish we had never encountered. 宁愿笑着流泪，也不哭着说后悔。心碎了，还需再补吗？ I would like...
When I was told last year that my 2－year－old son had an illness that threatened his life, I tried to strike a bargain with fate――I would do anything, I would trade my old life away, if only he would get better. We learned that our son would n...
我们能让这世界变得更美好么？这句话本身就是一个错误的假设，认为这世界不好。反过来，我们应该说世界就是这样的，没有什么绝对的好与不好。这是我们选择的生活方式，也是我们喜欢...
When my husband and I celebrated our 38th wedding anniversary at our favorite restaurant, Lenny, the piano player, asked, How did you do it?当我和丈夫在我们最喜欢的饭馆庆祝结婚38周年纪念日时，那个弹钢琴的莱尼过来问道...
As the Lord God was creating the world he called upon his archangels. The Lord asked his archangels to help him decide where to put the Secret of Life. Bury it in the ground, one angel replied. Put it on the bottom of the sea, said another. Hide it i...
我们居住的房子越来越宽敞，家庭却越来越小；可以享受的生活便利日益增多，属于自己的时间却越来越少；我们获得了一张又一张学位证书，却越来越缺少把握和判断；专家越来越多，问题...
