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Smiles send us light in the darkness. Smiles bring us warm sunlight on a cold winter day. Smiles can break the hard ice. Smiles are like the rainbow. The rainy days end and the sky is beautiful again.微笑在黑暗中给我们送来光亮。微笑在酷冷的冬季带给我们热和的阳光。微笑能打破坚冰。微笑如同彩虹，雨天结束，天空重现斑斓。Smiles show love and friendship. Teachers’ smiles encourage us. Mothers’ smiles warm us. Friends’ smiles make us closer.微笑表现着爱和友情。教员的微笑鼓励着我们，母亲的微笑使我们感应热和，伴侣的微笑使我们加倍密切。We welcome smiles from others. And we should give others our smiles too. No one is richer than a man who often smiles at others. If a man doesn’t smile at you, just smile at him. Smiles help you forget your sadness. Life is a long road. Why not cover it with smiles?我们欢迎他人的微笑，我们也该向他人微笑。没有谁会比一个常常向他人微笑的人更富有。若是一小我没有对你微笑，就向他微笑吧。微笑让你忘怀哀痛。糊口之路很漫长，我们为甚么不微笑着一向走下往呢？

In 1945, a 12-year-old boy saw something in a shop window that set his heart racing. But the price— five dollars— was far beyond Reuben Earle’s means. Five dollars would buy almost a week’s groceries（杂货，食品） for his family.Reuben couldn’t ask his father for the money. Everything Mark Earle made through fishing in Bay Roberts, Newfoundland, Canada. Reuben’s mother, Dora, stretched like elastic（松紧带，橡皮圈） to feed and clothe their five children.Nevertheless（但是，不过） , he opened the shop’s weathered（风化的，倾斜的） door and went inside. Standing proud and straight in his flour-sack shirt and washed-out trousers, he told the shopkeeper what he wanted, adding, “But I don’t have the money right now. Can you please hold it for me for some time?”"I’ll try,” the shopkeeper smiled. ” Folks around here don’t usually have that kind of money to spend on things. It should keep for a while.”Reuben respectfully touched his worn（倦怠的，用旧的） cap and walked out into the sunlight with the bay rippling in a freshening wind. There was purpose in his loping（迈着大步走） stride. He would raise the five dollars and not tell anybody.Hearing the sound of hammering from a side street, Reuben had an idea.He ran towards the sound and stopped at a construction site. People built their own homes in Bay Roberts, using nails purchased in Hessian sacks from a local factory. Sometimes the sacks（麻布袋） were discarded in the flurry（疾风，飓风） of building, and Reuben knew he could sell them back to the factory for five cents a piece.That day he found two sacks, which he took to the rambling（安步的，蔓生的） wooden factory and sold to the man in charge of packing nails.The boy’s hand tightly clutched the five-cent pieces as he ran the two kilometers home.Near his house stood the ancient barn that housed the family’s goats and chickens. Reuben found a rusty（生锈的，腐蚀的） soda tin and dropped his coins inside. Then he climbed into the loft（阁楼，顶楼） of the barn and hid the tin beneath a pile of sweet smelling hay.It was dinner time when Reuben got home. His father sat at the big kitchen table, working on a fishing net. Dora was at the kitchen stove, ready to serve dinner as Reuben took his place at the table.He looked at his mother and smiled. Sunlight from the window gilded her shoulder-length blonde hair. Slim and beautiful, she was the center of the home, the glue that held it together.Her chores were never-ending. Sewing（缝纫） clothes for her family on the old Singer treadle machine, cooking meals and baking bread, planting and tending a vegetable garden, milking the goats and scrubbing（洗涤） soiled clothes on a washboard. But she was happy. Her family and their well-being were her highest priority.Every day after chores and school, Reuben scoured the town, collecting the hessian（黄麻粗布） nail bags. On the day the two-room school closed for the summer, no student was more delighted than Reuben. Now he would have more time for his mission.All summer long, despite chores at home weeding and watering the garden, cutting wood and fetching water— Reuben kept to his secret task.Then all too soon the garden was harvested, the vegetables canned and stored, and the school reopened. Soon the leaves fell and the winds blew cold and gusty from the bay. Reuben wandered the streets, diligently searching for his hessian treasures.Often he was cold, tired and hungry, but the thought of the object in the shop window sustained him. Sometimes his mother would ask: “Reuben, where were you? We were waiting for you to have dinner.”"Playing, Mum. Sorry.”Dora would look at his face and shake her head. Boys.Finally spring burst into glorious green and Reuben’s spirits erupted. The time had come! He ran into the barn, climbed to the hayloft and uncovered the tin can. He poured the coins out and began to count.Then he counted again. He needed 20 cents more. Could there be any sacks left any where in town? He had to find four and sell them before the day ended.Reuben ran down Water Street.The shadows were lengthening when Reuben arrived at the factory. The sack buyer was about to lock up.”Mister! Please don’t close up yet.”The man turned and saw Reuben, dirty and sweat stained.”Come back tomorrow, boy.”"Please, Mister. I have to sell the sacks now— please.”The man heard a tremor（震颤，颤抖） in Reuben’s voice and could tell he was close to tears.”Why do you need this money so badly?”"It’s a secret.”The man took the sacks, reached into his pocket and put four coins in Reuben’s hand. Reuben murmured a thank you and ran home.Then, clutching the tin can, he headed for the shop.”I have the money,” he solemnly told the owner.The man went to the window and retrieved Reuben’s treasure.He wiped the dust off and gently wrapped it in brown paper. Then he placed the parcel（包裹，小包） in Reuben’s hands.Racing home, Reuben burst through the front door. His mother was scrubbing the kitchen stove. “Here, Mum! Here!” Reuben exclaimed as he ran to her side. He placed a small box in her work roughened hand.She unwrapped it carefully, to save the paper. A blue-velvet（天鹅绒） jewel box appeared. Dora lifted the lid（盖子，眼睑） , tears beginning to blur her vision.In gold lettering on a small, almond-shaped brooch（胸针） was the word Mother.It was Mother’s Day, 1946.Dora had never received such a gift; she had no finery（服饰，装潢） except her wedding ring. Speechless, she smiled radiantly（晴朗地，光辉地） and gathered her son into her arms.

The old monk often took the young monk to the hill outside the temple to recite（背诵，论述） the lection（经文） .One day the young monk said to the old monk,”How slowly the time goes!”The old monk said,”You can have a try like this—in the morning sit to the west to read; and in the afternoon sit to the east to read.”At the master’s advice, the young monk recited the lection against the sun. By and by he neglected（忽视，忽视） the passage of time.The next day he told the old monk ,”Master, you’re so masterly（奇妙的，精美的） that I forget time with a switch of direction and absorb myself in the lection.”The old monk said,”Whatever you do, only you leave time behind you can you focus on it selflessly（忘我地，忘我地） .”

If — Rudyard Kipling若是 — — 拉迪亚德·吉卜林If you can keep your head when all about youAre losing theirs and blaming it on you;若是四周的人毫无理性地向你发难，你仍能平静自如保持沉着；If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,But make allowance for their doubting too;若是世人对你心存猜忌，你仍能自傲如常并以为他们的猜忌情有可原；If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,若是你肯耐烦等候不急不躁，Or, being lied about, don’t deal in lies,或遭人离间却不以眼还眼，Or, being hated, don’t give way to hating,或遭人仇恨却不以恶报恶；And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise;既不矫揉造作，亦不气盛趾高；If you can dream – and not make dreams your master;若是你有胡想，而又不为梦主宰；If you can think – and not make thoughts your aim;若是你有神思，而又不走火进魔；If you can meet with Triumph and DisasterAnd treat those two impostors just the same;若是你安然面对成功和灾害，对虚渺的胜负荣辱襟怀胸怀旷荡；If you can bear to hear the truth you’ve spokenTwisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,若是你能忍耐有如许的恶棍，曲解你的口吐真言蒙骗笨汉，Or watch the things you gave your life to broken,And stoop and build ‘em up with worn-out tools;或看着心血铸就的事业解体，仍能勉强责备踏结结实从头攀登；If you can make one heap of all your winningsAnd risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,若是你敢把获得的一切成功，为了更高贵的方针背注一掷，And lose, and start again at your beginningsAnd never breathe a word about your loss;面对掉往，决心从头再来而尽口不提本身的损掉；If you can force your heart and nerve and sinewTo serve your turn long after they are gone,若是人们早已离你而往，你仍能死守阵地奋力前驱，And so hold on when there is nothing in youExcept the Will which says to them:”Hold on”;身上已一无所有，唯存意志在高喊“顶住”；If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,若是你跟平平易近扳谈而不变谦善之态，Or walk with kings – nor lose the common touch;亦或与贵爵漫步而不露谄媚之颜；If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you;若是敌友都没法对你造成危险；If all men count with you, but none too much;若是世人对你相信有加却不过度依靠；If you can fill the unforgiving minuteWith sixty seconds’ worth of distance run -若是你能惜时如金操纵每分钟不成追回的工夫；Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it,那么，你的修为就会如六合般博大，并具有了属于本身的世界，And – which is more – you’ll be a Man my son!更首要的是：孩子，你成了真正顶天登时之人！

Promise me you’ll never forget me because if I thought you would I’d never leave.承诺我你永久不会健忘我，因为我一想到你会忘了我，我就不想分开你了。If you live to be 100, I hope I live to be 100 minus 1 day, so I never have to live without you.假定你的寿命是100年，那我但愿本身活到100岁的前一天，因为那样我的生射中每天都有你。If there ever comes a day when we can’t be together, keep me in your heart, I’ll stay there forever.若是有一天我们不克不及在一路了，那么请把我放在你心里，我将永驻于此。If ever there is tomorrow when we’re not together…there is something you must always remember. You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. But the most important thing is, even if we’re apart…I’ll always be with you.假定明天我们不克不及在一路，那我但愿你能记得这些：你比本身所相信的更英勇，比所揭示的更固执，比所以为的更聪明。别的最首要的是，即便我们不克不及不分手，我仍然与你同在。You can’t stay in your corner of the Forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes.你不克不及躲在林中的角落里等着他人来找你，有时你必须本身往找他们。If the person you are talking to doesn’t appear to be listening, be patient. It may simply be that he has a small piece of fluff in his ear.若是你诉说的对象看上往没在听你讲话，别焦急，或许他只是要清理一下耳朵。A little consideration, a little thought for others, makes all the difference.多给他人一些谅解，多为他人考虑一点，那将让一切截然分歧。Just because an animal is large, it doesn’t mean he doesn’t want kindness; however big Tigger seems to be, remember that he wants as much kindness as Roo.不是说体型大的动物就不神驰温情；不管跳跳虎看上往多复杂，请记住他需要的关心和小豆一样多。Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day.河道知道一个事理：无需仓猝。该到的处所终有一天会达到。I used to believe in forever, but “forever” is too good to be true.我畴昔一向相信有永久，可是“永久”只是个夸姣而不真实的东西。Sometimes, if you stand on the bottom rail of a bridge and lean over to watch the river slipping slowly away beneath you, you will suddenly know everything there is to be known.有时借使假如你站在桥最下面一根雕栏上，哈腰看河水从你身下缓缓流过，你会俄然顿悟一切。Don’t underestimate the value of Doing Nothing, of just going along, listening to all the things you can’t hear, and not bothering.不要低估了“无所事事”的价值— — 就这么逛逛，聆听耳朵没法听到的声音，无忧无虑的，这些就很有价值。To the uneducated, an A is just three sticks.对一个没文化的人，A这个字母不过是三根棒子罢了。You can’t help respecting anybody who can spell TUESDAY, even if he doesn’t spell it right; but spelling isn’t everything. There are days when spelling Tuesday simply doesn’t count.你不克不及不服气那些可以或许拼写TUESDAY这个单词的人，即便他底子没有拼对。可是拼写并不是一切，有些时辰它完全没有价值。Before beginning a hunt, it is wise to ask someone what you are looking for before you begin looking for it.当你要开端搜索东西时，明智的做法是先问清你应当找甚么。When late morning rolls around and you’re feeling a bit out of sorts, don’t worry; you’re probably just a little eleven o’clockish.若是到了上午晚些时辰而你感觉有些垂头丧气，别担忧，你很可能只是处于“11点状况”。在小熊维尼的故事里，维尼的钟老是停在11点，而每次他看钟时就会说：“啊，是时辰吃点东西了。”几年之前在英国，有种在11点享用的饮料和点心很是遍及，就叫做“elevenses”。

A young man was getting ready to graduate from college. For many months he had admired a beautiful sports car in a dealer’s showroom, and knowing his father could well afford it, he told him that was all he wanted.As Graduation Day approached, the young man awaited signs that his father had purchased（采办） the car. Finally, on the morning of his graduation, his father called him into his private study. His father told him how proud he was to have such a fine son, and told him how much he loved him. He handed his son a beautiful wrapped（有包装的） gift box. Curious, but somewhat disappointed, the young man opened the box and found a lovely, leather-bound Bible, with the young man’s name embossed（饰以浮饰） in gold. Angrily, he raised his voice to his father and said, “With all your money you give me a Bible?” He then stormed out of the house, leaving the Bible.Many years passed and the young man was very successful in business. He had a beautiful home and a wonderful family, but realizing his father was very old, he thought perhaps he should go to see him. He had not seen him since that graduation day. Before he could make the arrangements, he received a telegram telling him his father had passed away（往世） , and willed all of his possessions to his son. He needed to come home immediately and take care of things.When he arrived at his father’s house, sudden sadness and regret filled his heart. He began to search through his father’s important papers and saw the still new Bible, just as he had left it years ago. With tears, he opened the Bible and began to turn the pages. As he was reading, a car key dropped from the back of the Bible. It had a tag with the dealer’s name, the same dealer who had the sports car he had desired. On the tag was the date of his graduation, and the words… “PAID IN FULL”.How many times do we miss blessings because they are not packaged as we expected? Do not spoil（摧残浪费蹂躏，打劫） what you have by desiring what you have not; but remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.Sometimes we don’t realize the good fortune we have or we could have because we expect “the packaging” to be different. What may appear as bad fortune may in fact be the door that is just waiting to be opened.

The man was very sad. He knew that the Cat’s days were numbered（寥寥可数，有限） . The doctor had said there wasn’t anything more that could be done, that he should take the cat home and make him as comfortable as possible.The man stroked the Cat on his lap and sighed. The Cat opened his eyes, purred and looked up at the Man. A tear rolled down the Man’s cheek and landed on the Cat’s forehead. The Cat gave him a slightly annoyed look.”Why do you cry, Man?” the Cat asded. “Because you can’t bear the thought of losing me? Because you think you can never replace me?” The Man nodded “yes.”"And where do you think I’ll be when I leave you?” the Cat asked. The Man shrugged（耸肩） helplessly. “Close your eyes, Man,” the Cat said. The Man gave him a questioning look, but did as he was told.”What color are my eyes and fur?” the Cat asked. “Your eyes are gold and your fur is a rich, warm brown,” the Man replied.”And where is it that you most often see me?”asked the Cat. “I see you…on the kitchen windowsill watching the birds…on my favorite chair…on my desk lying on the papers I need…on the pillow next to my head at night.” “Then, whenever you wish to see me, all you must do is close your eyes,” said the Cat.”Pick up that piece of string from the floor — there, my ‘toy’. ” The Man opened his eyes, then reached over and picked up the string. It was about two feet long and the Cat had been able to entertain himself for hours with it. “Now take each end of the string in one hand,” the Cat ordered. The Man did so.”The end in your left hand is my birth and the end in your right hand is my death. Now bring the two ends together,” the Cat said. The Man complied（遵循，依从） .”You have made a continuous circle,” said the cat.” Does any point along the string appear to be different, worse or better than any other part of the string?” The Man inspected the string and then shook his head “no”.”Close your eyes again,” the Cat said.”Now lick your hand.” The Man widened his eyes in surprise.”Just do it,” the Cat said. “Lick your hand, think of me in all my familiar places, think about all the pieces of string.”The Man felt foolish, licking his hand, but he did as he was told. He discovered what a cat must know, that licking a paw（爪子，手） is very calming and allows one to think more clearly. He continued licking and the corners of his mouth turned upward into the first smile he had shown in days. He waited for the Cat to tell him to stop, and when he didn’t, he opened his eyes. The Cat’s eyes were closed.The Man stroked the warm, brown fur, but the Cat was gone.The Man shut his eyes hard as the tears poured down his face. He saw the Cat on the windowsill（窗台，窗沿） , then in his bed, then lying across his important papers. He saw him on the pillow next to his head, saw his bright gold eyes and darkest brown on his nose and ears. He opened his eyes and through his tears looked over at the circle of string he still held clutched in his hand.One day, not long after, there was a new Cat on his lap. She was a lovely calico（白棉布） and white…very different from his earlier beloved Cat and very much the same.

I have a friend named Monty Roberts who owns a horse ranch（大农场，大牧场） in San Ysidro. He has let me use his house to put on fund-raising events to raise money for youth at risk programs.The last time I was there he introduced me by saying, “I want to tell you why I let Jack use my house. It all goes back to（追溯到） a story about a young man who was the son of an itinerant（巡回的，活动的） horse trainer who would go from stable to stable, race track to race track, farm to farm and ranch to ranch, training horses. As a result, the boy’s high school career was continually interrupted. When he was a senior, he was asked to write a paper about what he wanted to be and do when he grew up.” That night he wrote a seven-page paper describing his goal of someday owning a horse ranch. He wrote about his dream in great detail and he even drew a diagram（图表，图解） of a 200-acre ranch, showing the location of all the buildings, the stables and the track. Then he drew a detailed floor plan for a 4,000-square-foot house that would sit on a 200-acre dream ranch.”“He put a great deal of his heart into the project and the next day he handed it in to his teacher. Two days later he received his paper back. On the front page was a large red F with a note that read, ‘See me after class.’”“The boy with the dream went to see the teacher after class and asked, ‘Why did I receive an F?’”“The teacher said, ‘This is an unrealistic dream for a young boy like you. You have no money. You come from an itinerant family. You have no resources. Owning a horse ranch requires a lot of money. You have to buy the land. You have to pay for the original breeding stock and later you’ll have to pay large stud（种马，大头钉） fees. There’s no way you could ever do it.’ Then the teacher added, ‘If you will rewrite this paper with a more realistic goal, I will reconsider your grade.’”“The boy went home and thought about it long and hard. He asked his father what he should do. His father said, ‘Look, son, you have to make up your own mind on this. However, I think it is a very important decision for you.’”“Finally, after sitting with it for a week, the boy turned in the same paper, making no changes at all. He stated, ‘You can keep the F and I’ll keep my dream.’”Monty then turned to the assembled group and said, “I tell you this story because you are sitting in my 4,000-square-foot house in the middle of my 200-acre horse ranch. I still have that school paper framed over the fireplace.” He added, “The best part of the story is that two summers ago that same schoolteacher brought 30 kids to camp out（野营） on my ranch for a week.” When the teacher was leaving, he said, ‘Look, Monty, I can tell you this now. When I was your teacher, I was something of a dream stealer. During those years I stole a lot of kids’ dreams. Fortunately you had enough gumption（朝长进步心，气势） not to give up on yours.’Don’t let anyone steal your dreams. Follow your heart, no matter what.

“Of all the misconceptions（弊端的设法） about love, the most powerful and pervasive（遍及深切的） is the belief that falling in love is love or at least one of the manifestations（闪现，暗示） of love.” — M. SCOTT PECKPeople who are married or in committed（果断的，尽忠的） relationships are healthier, wealthier, and happier. So why do more than 60 percent of marriages end in divorce? Why has the national divorce rate climbed more than 200 percent in the last thirty years? And why are fewer people getting married today than ever before?The answers to these questions are plentiful, but the main reason is simple. It’s easy to “fall” in love, but very few people know how to stay in love. Even though staying in love is our “smartest” choice all the way around! Recent studies on marriage prove it’s one of the major ingredients（成分，身分） in life-long success for men and women. “It lengthens life, substantially boosts physical and emotional health, and raises income over that of single or divorced people or those who live together,” reported an article in the New York Times. Marriage has also been found to boost happiness, reduce the degree of depression, and provide protection from sexually transmitted diseases.So let’s wake up, make up, and turn this trend around! One of the most startling pieces of evidence that shows people are not in touch with what’s really going on in their partnerships is the fact that the majority of people who file for divorce say they didn’t think there was a relationship-threatening problem just six months prior to breaking up. Another shocker is that most couples wait six years or more to seek professional help when their relationship is in danger. By the time they do wake up and smell the coffee, it’s often too late.Truly there is no reason to resign（告退，放弃） yourself to a bad relationship? Whether you’re dating or married. Rather than changing partners and ending up this same predicamen（窘况，窘境） again, you can learn to have a fabulous（难以置信的，极好的） relationship with the partner you already have! I strongly encourage you to make the relationship you have work, because there is a higher rate of divorce and adultery in second marriages.Getting rid of your partner does not get rid of the problem, because half of the “problem” is yours. You can walk out on your marriage, but you can’t run away from yourself, no matter how hard you try! Rather than blaming each other, couples can learn how to work as a team and coach each other through the troubled times and power struggles. To do this, you must create a “safe” relationship so you can express your needs and fears and effectively resolve anger and conflict. More relationships break up because people don’t know how to validate（验证） each other (that frustration escalates to become anger) than for any other reason. This is truly a shame, because the skills for “fighting fair” are very easy to master with just a little practice and patience.One of the biggest causes of unresolved anger between people is a lack of understanding. Men and women have different strengths and weaknesses, different ways of expressing ourselves, and different “childhood wounds” that we’re trying to heal. While it may seem like we’re from different planets we are actually very much alike when it comes to our need and desire for love and intimacy（性行动，密切） . We only behave differently in our quests for（寻求，摸索） closeness. Stop doing what you think is “fair” or “right” and start doing what works! It’s not about “working harder” it’s about “working smarter”.