Once a king had a great highway built for the members of his kingdom. After it was completed, but before it was opened to the public(对公众开放), the king decided to have a contest. He invited as many as desired to participate (参加). Their challenge was to see who could travel the highway the best.……
A water bearer in India had two large pots,each hung on each end of a polewhich he carried across his neck. One of the pots had a crack(裂缝) in it, and while the other pot was perfect and always delivered a full portion(一部分) of water at the end of the long walk from the stream to the master's house, the cracked pot arrived only half full.……
Ihave a friend who lives by a three-word philosophy: Seize the moment. Just possibly, she may be the wisest woman on this planet. Too many people put off something that brings them joy just because they haven' t thought about it,don' t have it on their schedule, didn' t know it was coming or are too rigid to depart from their routine.……
A branch of psychology called neurolinguistic programming has made an interesting and useful discovery: You can change the way you imagine or remember things without changing what you imagine, and it will change your feelings. For example, if a visual memory makes you sad whenever you think about it, you can make that mental picture smaller and dimmer, and when you do, the memory won't make you as sad. Since you haven't changed the content of the memory, you haven't lost any information. You've simply made it less painful.……
In New England, you don't need a calendar to know it's the first week of October. The trees tell the story quite well as their leaves change from shades of green to the bright vibrant(充满活力的 ) shades of orange, red and yellow. At the peak of the fall foliage(树叶,植物) season, it's truly a magnificent sight that draws people from all around to behold(看) the beauty. The season progresses and the leaves fall to the ground one by one where they become nourishment(食物,营养品) for the grass, flowers and gardens in the spring.……
In the gray light of early morning, the knob(门的球形把手 ) on my closed office door makes tiny clicking noises like the tum blers on a safe. But I'm lost at the computer, focusing hard on today's writing goal, prodded alert by a looming deadline.……
I read of a man who was involved in a tragic accident.He lost both legs and his left arm and only a finger and thumb remained on the right hand. There was only enough left of the man that had been to suffer and remember.……
One of the first things most of us remember hearing when learning to drive an automobile was "Keep your hands on the wheel. "Then there were other precautions (预防措施)like, "Keep your eyes on the road, drive defensively, buckle up (扣紧安全带) for safety, and watch the road signs!"……
