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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, her goal was to become the first woman to swim from Catalina Island to the California coast.On that Fourth of July morning in 1952, the sea was like an ice bath and the fog was so dense she could hardly see her support boats.Alongside Florence in one of the boats, her mother and her trainer offered encouragement. They told her it wasn’t much farther. But all she could see was fog. They urged her not to quit. She never had…until then. With only a half mile to go, she asked to be pulled out.Still warming her chilled（冷冻了的） body several hours later, she told a reporter, “Look, I’m not excusing myself, but if I could have seen land I might have made it.” It was not fatigue（颓废） or even the cold water that defeated her. It was the fog. She was unable to see her goal.Two months later, she tried again. This time, despite the same dense fog, she swam with her faith and her goal clearly pictured in her mind. She knew that somewhere behind that fog was land and this time she made it! Florence Chadwick became the first woman to swim the Catalina Channel, eclipsing the men’s record by two hours!

If someone loves a flower, of which just one single blossom grows in all the millions and millions of stars, it is enough to make him happy just to look at the stars. He can say to himself, “Somewhere, my flower is there…” But if the sheep eats the flower, in one moment all his stars will be darkened… And you think that is not important!借使假如一小我对一朵花情有独钟，而那花在浩大的银河中，是独一无二的，那么，他只要企盼繁星点点，就心对劲足了。他会喃喃自语：“我的花就在银河的某个角落……”可是，这花一旦被羊吃掉落了，一刹时，所有星星都将随之暗淡无光……那你也以为这不首要吗？Flowers are so inconsistent! But I was too young to know how to love her…花老是表里不一，而我太年青了，不知道该如何爱护保重她……My flower is ephemeral, and she has only four thorns to defend herself against the world. And I have left on my planet, all alone!我的花生命是短暂的，她只有四根刺可以庇护本身，抵抗世界，我却将她独自留在我的星球上了！I thought that I was rich, with a flower that was unique in all the world; and all I had was a common rose. A common rose…我总觉得本身很富有，具有一朵世上独一无二的花；实际上，我所具有的不过是一朵通俗的玫瑰罢了。一朵通俗的玫瑰花……To me, you are still nothing more than a little boy who is just like a hundred thousand other little boys. And I have no need of you. And you, on your part, have no need of me. To you, I am nothing more than a fox like a hundred thousand other foxes. But if you tame me, then we shall need each other. To me, you will be unique in all the world. To you, I shall be unique in all the world.对我而言，你只是一个小男孩，和其他不计其数的小男孩没有甚么分歧。我不需要你。你也不需要我。对你而言，我也和其它不计其数的狐狸并没有不同。可是，假定你顺服了我，我们就彼此需要了。对我而言，你就是环球无双的；对你而言，我也是独一无二的……The wheat fields have nothing to say to me. And that is sad. But you have hair that is the color of gold. Think how wonderful that will be when you have tamed me! The grain, which is also golden, will bring me back the thought of you. And I shall love to listen to the wind in the wheat.麦田和我毫不相干，真令人懊丧。不过，你有金黄色的头发。想想看，若是你顺服了我，那该有多好啊！小麦也是金黄色的，那会使我想起你。我会喜好听麦田里的风声……It has done me good, because of the color of the wheat fields. Go and look again at the roses. You will understand now that yours is unique in all the world.顺服对我是有好处的— — 因为麦田的色彩。再回头看那些玫瑰花吧！到时你就大白你的玫瑰花还是环球无双的一朵花。And now here is my secret, a very simple secret. It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eyes.这是我的一个奥秘，再简单不过的奥秘：一小我只有专心往看，才能看到真实。工作的本相只用眼睛是看不见的。It is the time you have wasted for your rose that makes your rose so important.你在你的玫瑰花身上破钞的时候使得你的玫瑰花变得如此首要。Only the children know what they are looking for. They waste their time over a rag doll and it becomes very important to them; and if anybody takes it away from them, they cry…只有小孩子知道本身在找甚么。他们把时候破钞在布洋娃娃身上。是以对他们而言，洋娃娃就变得很首要。一旦有人将娃娃拿走，他们就会嚎啕大哭……As for me, if I had fifty-three minutes to spend as I liked, I should walk at my leisure toward a spring of fresh water.星星真美，因为有一朵看不见的花。What makes the desert beautiful is that somewhere it hides a well…戈壁之所以斑斓，是因为在它的某个角落埋没着一口井……The house, the stars, the desert – what gives them their beauty is something that is invisible!古屋、星星和戈壁— — 付与它们斑斓的是某种看不见的东西……What moves me so deeply, about this little prince who is sleeping here, is his loyalty to a flower – the image of a rose that shine through his whole being like the flame of a lamp, even when he is asleep…这个熟睡的小王子最叫我打动的处所是，他对一朵玫瑰的豪情— — 乃至他睡着了，那朵玫瑰花的影子，仍像灯光一样照亮他的生命……All men have the stars, but they are not the same things for different people. For some, who are travelers, the stars are guides. For others they are no more than little lights in the sky. For others, who are scholars, they are problems. For my businessman they were wealth. But all these stars are silent. You – you alone – will have the stars as no one else has them…每小我都有本身的星星，但此中的含义却因人而异。对旅人而言，星星是领导；对其他人而言，它们只不过是天际中闪闪发光的小东西罢了；对学者而言，星星则是一门待解的困难；对我那位商人来讲，它们就是财富。不过，星星本身是沉默的。你— — 只有你— — 体味这些星星与众分歧的含义……In one of the stars I shall be living. In one of them I shall be laughing. And so it will be as if all the stars were laughing, when you look at the sky at night… You – only you – will have stars that can laugh…我就在繁星中的一颗上糊口。我会站在此中的一颗星星上微笑。当你在夜间企盼天际时，就仿佛每颗星星都在笑……你— — 只有你— — 才能具有会笑的星星……And when your sorrow is comforted time soothes all sorrows you will be content that you have known me. You will always be my friend. You will want to laugh with me. And you will sometimes open your window, so, for that pleasure… And your friends will be properly astonished to see you laughing as you look up at the sky! Then you will say to them, “Yes, the stars always make me laugh!”当你不再感应悲伤的时辰(时候会冲淡一切伤痛)，你就会因熟谙我而感应心对劲足。你是我永久的伴侣。将会和我一路欢笑。为了欢乐，你会常常打开窗子……当你的伴侣看到你因企盼天空而大笑时，必然会感应莫名其妙！到时辰，你可以对他们说：“是的，星星总让我高兴而笑！”

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（使掉色） , it is never outweighed.For every single act that is senselessly destructive, there are thousands more small, quiet acts of love, kindness and compassion（同情，同情） . For every person who seeks to hurt, there are many, many more who devote their lives to helping and to healing.There is goodness to life that cannot be denied.In the most magnificent vistas（远景，瞻看） and in the smallest details, look closely, for that goodness always comes shining through.There is no limit to the goodness of life. It grows more abundant with each new encounter. The more you experience and appreciate the goodness of life, the more there is to be lived.Even when the cold winds blow and the world seems to be covered in foggy（有雾的，恍惚的） shadows, the goodness of life lives on. Open your eyes, open your heart, and you will see that goodness is everywhere.Though the goodness of life seems at times to suffer setbacks, it always endures. For in the darkest moment it becomes vividly clear that life is a priceless treasure. And so the goodness of life is made even stronger by the very things that would oppose it.Time and time again when you feared it was gone forever you found that the goodness of life was really only a moment away. Around the next corner, inside every moment, the goodness of life is there to surprise and delight you.Take a moment to let the goodness of life touch your spirit and calm your thoughts. Then, share your good fortune with another. For the goodness of life grows more and more magnificent each time it is given away.Though the problems constantly scream for attention and the conflicts appear to rage ever stronger, the goodness of life grows stronger still, quietly, peacefully, with more purpose and meaning than ever before.

Of all the wonderful gifts that we’ve been given, one of the greatest is freedom.As much as we may deny it we are free in this life. We are free in what we think, free in what we feel, free in what we say, and free in what we do. Yes, life may give us some very difficult circumstances（环境，环境） at times, but we are still free in how we choose to react to them.Many people in this life deny their freedom. They sit back in their misery and blame it on their parents, or their childhood, their health, or their financial problems. They never once stand up and take responsibility for their own lives and their own happiness.The truth is that we’ve been given the power to choose love and joy in our lives no matter what happens to us. No one has ever been or will ever be strong enough to take our freedom away from us.You’re listening to Faith Radio Online-Simply to Relax, I’m Faith. Don’t deny your freedom, rejoice（欢畅） in it, cherish it, and use it every day of your life! Remember, you are free to create the type of life you have always wanted, the choice is up to you…

“Hi! John.” Mary ran towards me with a rare bright smile on her face, saying, “I’m gonna have a dance performance tonight. I hope you’ll come. Here is the ticket. Don’t forget!” She left in a hurry, disappearing in the throngs（人群） of people quickly.”What?! What performance? Dance? Is that credible?” I asked myself. Mary was not such kind of girl. She was a quite ordinary one. I had never seen her making up or wearing attractive clothes, moreover, she always wore her big black-frame glasses, for she did not know how to dress up indeed. What a terrible thing, especially for a plain girl!”I should go to, I must go to. That’s a miracle!” I thought.I arrived at the hall with the ticket, and found my seat. Her performance was the seventh one. I knew I would suffer from a hard time before her turn, for I had no sense of art, but her performance was worth of watching, no matter how long I would wait for.Time went slowly, I struggled with myself not to fall asleep.”Let’s welcome the next exciting dance — Latin!” Applause filled the hall at once.I opened my eyes as large as possible, fearing to lose anything. Wearing a golden and shining skirt, Mary appeared on the glorious stage. Her dress went well with the brilliant lights. Such scene seemed to be a mermaiden showing up under the glittering sunshine, meanwhile, I could feel all the audience in the hall focused their eyes on her and it was also hard for me to remove my sights from her. She was so beautiful: her stature was slim; her long golden hair lay back in curls over her delicate ears. Dancing with a charming smile, she was fully absorbed in the Latin music. At this moment, she looked like a pretty butterfly flying on the splendid stage… I could hardly believe my eyes.After all the performance ended, I waited for her at the gate.”Hi!” She stood in front of me with a bag and her crystal high-heeled shoes in her hands, and dressed as she used to be, but the making-up still could be seen.”How do you feel?” There was not a little bit tired expression appeared on her face.”Fantastic!” I answered.”Ha, ha. I knew it would be.” She could not conceal her excitement, laughing like a child.”May I lend a hand?”"Thank you!” She handed her crystal shoes to me which were shining in the wonderful starry night（繁星之夜） ; at the mean time, I realized that every girl has a pair of special shoes which are like the crystal shoes of Cinderella（灰姑娘） .

A man had a little daughter— an only and much-loved child. He lived for her— she was his life. So when she became ill, he became like a man possessed, moving heaven and earth（尽心尽力） to bring about her restoration to health.His best efforts, however, proved unavailing（无效的，徒劳的） and the child died. The father became a bitter recluse（蓬菖人） , shutting himself away from his many friends and refusing every activity that might restore his poise and bring him back to his normal self. But one night he had a dream.He was in heaven, witnessing a grand（宏伟的） pageant（嘉会，游行） of all the little child angels. They were marching in a line passing by the Great White Throne. Every white-robed angelic child carried a candle. He noticed that one child’s candle was not lighted. Then he saw that the child with the dark candle was his own little girl. Rushing to her, he seized her in his arms, caressed her tenderly, and then asked, “How is it, darling, that your candle alone is unlighted?” “Daddy, they often relight it, but your tears always put it out.”Just then he awoke from his dream. The lesson was crystal clear（极其大白） , and its effects were immediate. From that hour on he was not a recluse, but mingled（畅通领悟） freely and cheerfully with his former friends and associates. No longer would his darling’s candle be extinguished by his useless tears.

I believe the immediate purpose of life is to live – to survive. All known forms of life go through life cycles. The basic plan is: birth – maturing – mating – reproducing – death.Thus the immediate purpose of human life is for each individual to fulfill his life cycle. This involves proper maturing into the fully developed adult of the specie.The pine tree grows straight unless harmful influences warp it. So does the human being. It is a finding of the greatest significance that the mature man and woman have the nature and characteristics of the good spouse and parent: the ability to enjoy responsible working and loving.If the world consisted primarily of mature persons – loving, responsible, productive, toward family, friends and the world – most of our human problems would be resolved（解决，决定） .But most people have suffered in childhood from influences which have warped their development. Hence, as adults they have not realized their full and proper nature. They feel something is wrong without knowing what it is. They feel inferior, frustrated, insecure, and anxious. And they react to these inner feelings just as any animal reacts to any hurt or threat: by readiness（火速，敏捷） to fight or to flee. Flight carries them into alcoholism and other mental disorders. Fight impels（鞭策，差遣） them to crime, cruelty, war.This readiness to violence, this inhumanity of man to man, is the basic problem of human life – for, in the form of war, it now threatens to extinguish（熄灭，压抑） us.Without the fight-flight reaction, man would never have survived the cave and the jungle. But now, through social living, man has made himself relatively safe from the elements and wild beasts. He is even learning to protect himself against disease. He can produce adequate food, clothing and shelter for the present population of the earth. Barring a possible astronomical accident, he now faces no serious threat to his existence, except one – the fight-flight reaction within himself. This jungle readiness to hurt and to kill is now a vestigial（退化的，残存的） hangover like the appendix（附录，阑尾） , which interferes with the new and more powerful means of coping with nature through civilization. Trying to solve every problem by fighting or fleeing is the primitive（原始的） method, still central for the immature child. The later method, understanding and co-operation, requires the mature capacities of the adult.In an infantile（婴儿的，幼稚的） world, fighting may be forced upon one. Then it is more effective if handled maturely for mature goals. Probably war will cease only when enough people are mature.The basic problem is social adaptation and biologic survival. The basic solution is for people to understand the nature of their own biological emotional maturity, to work toward it, to help the children in their development toward it.Human suffering is mostly made by man himself. It is primarily the result of the failure of adults, because of improper child-rearing, to mature emotionally. Hence instead of enjoying their capacities for responsible work and love, they are grasping（贪婪的） , egocentric（利己主义的） , insecure, frustrated, anxious and hostile. Maturity is the path from madness and murder to inner peace and satisfying living for each individual and for the human specie.This I believe on the evidence of science and through personal observation and experience.

It is not difficult to imagine a world short of ambition（野心，抱负） . It would probably be a kinder world: without demands, without abrasions（擦伤，磨损） , without disappointments. People would have time for reflection. Such work as they did would not be for themselves but for the collectivity（集体） . Competition would never enter in. Conflict would be eliminated, tension become a thing of the past. The stress of creation would be at an end. Art would no longer be troubling, but purely celebratory（欢愉的） in its functions. Longevity would be increased, for fewer people would die of heart attack or stroke caused by tumultuous（吵闹的） endeavor. Anxiety would be extinct. Time would stretch on and on, with ambition long departed from the human heart.Ah, how unrelieved（未减轻的） boring life would be!There is a strong view that holds that success is a myth, and ambition therefore a sham（假装，骗子） . Does this mean that success does not really exist? That achievement is at bottom empty? That the efforts of men and women are of no significance alongside the force of movements and events now not all success, obviously, is worth esteeming, nor all ambition worth cultivating. Which are and which are not is something one soon enough learns on one’s own. But even the most cynical secretly admit that success exists; that achievement counts for a great deal; and that the true myth is that the actions of men and women are useless. To believe otherwise is to take on a point of view that is likely to be deranging（侵扰） . It is, in its implications, to remove all motives for competence, interest in attainment（成绩） , and regard for posterity（子孙） .We do not choose to be born. We do not choose our parents. We do not choose our historical epoch（新纪元） , the country of our birth, or the immediate circumstances of our upbringing（教化） . We do not, most of us, choose to die; nor do we choose the time or conditions of our death. But within all this realm（范畴） of choicelessness, we do choose how we shall live: courageously or in cowardice（怯懦） , honorably or dishonorably, with purpose or in drift. We decide what is important and what is trivial（不首要的） in life. We decide that what makes us significant is either what we do or what we refuse to do. But no matter how indifferent the universe may be to our choices and decisions, these choices and decisions are ours to make. We decide. We choose. And as we decide and choose, so are our lives formed. In the end, forming our own destiny is what ambition is about.

I like the subtle fresh green budding from the branches of the tree–the herald of spring, ushering in the dawn…我喜好这类淡淡的感受 我喜好看树枝上那淡淡的嫩绿,它是春季的使者,它是一天凌晨的开端……I like the subtle wind. In spring, it steals a kiss on my cheek; in autumn, it caresses my face; in summer, it brings in cool sweet smell; in winter, it carries a crisp chilliness…我喜好淡淡的风。东风轻吻脸颊，金风抽丰抚面和顺，夏天的风送来风凉，冬季的风带来清冷……I like the subtle flow of cloud that makes the sky seem even more vast, azure and immense…我喜好天空中那淡淡的云，它将天空衬的更高更蓝更宽……I like the subtle taste of tea that last long after a sip. The subtle bitter is what it is meant to be…我喜好喝淡淡的茶,淡淡当中才品出它余味的清喷鼻,淡淡的苦才是它本来的味道……I like the subtle friendship that does not hold people together. In stead, an occasional greeting spreads our longings far beyond…我喜好寻求淡淡的友情。彼此之间不需要每天在一路，偶尔一句：你好吗？忖量就像抽芽一样伸展开来……Love should also be subtle, without enslaving the ones fallen into her arms. Not a bit less nor a bit more…爱也要淡淡的。爱，不要成为囚，少是愁多也是忧……I like the subtle longing for a friend, when I sink deeply in a couch, mind wandering in memories of the past…我喜好淡淡地忖量一小我,静静地将本身包抄在沙发当中，任思路在回想里漂荡……Subtle friendship is true; subtle greetings are enough; subtle love is tender; subtle longing is deep; subtle wishes come from the bottom of your heart…淡淡的一点友情很真，淡淡的一点问候很醇，淡淡的一点迷恋很清，淡淡的一点孤傲很美，淡淡的一点忖量很深，淡淡的一点祝贺最真……