The Thief and His Young Mothe

Long ago,there were a mother and a son living in a house. She worked hard everyday,but they were always poor.

One day,her son stole his friend's bag. "Mom, what do you think of this bag?" His mother praised her son rather than scolding him."It looks great! "The next time,he stole an overcoat.

She praised him again when he stole it. A few years later, he  stole grew up to be a young man. He stole jewelry and brought them to his mother." How beautiful!"This time, she did not scold her son again. Then. because he was elated by his mother, he started to steal more expensive things.

One day, the police caught him. Before putting him in jail, he begged the police to meet his mother. They took him to his mother . As soon as he saw his mother,he bit her earlobe." Ouch What 's the matter with you?" She finally scolded him. Her son answered."If you had given me a scolding like that when I stole the first bag, I could not have become a thief."She collapsed as she looked at her son heading to prison."If I only could turn back time,I would scold him severely."She regretted that she always praised him, whatever he did.

Feed Your Mind

If you are hungry,what do you do?

Grab your favorite meal and stay quiet ?Just like your stomach,your mind can be hungry ,too ,but it never lest you know because you keep it busy thinking about your dream lover, favorite star and a number of other silly things . So it silently pays attention to your needs and never lets itself grow. When the mind loses its freedom to grow ,creativity stops, Well, this is the result of using our brains to think of unimportant things .

The hunger of the mind can be satisfied wide reading.

Reading is one of our most helpful tools which we have used since childhood . We have to read to get help.When you read a book ,you don't just run your eyes across the lines.You should put your mind into it while you reading.The interesting part of the book is stored in your mind as a seed. This seed will be unknowingly used in the future when you develop new ideas. If use many times, the seed can help you link a lot of things together which you would never have thought of before !This is nothing but creativity.     

Lovely become so lost

An Old man in a high- speed trains. accidentally bought the new shoes out from a windows, surrounded by people who feels sorry. But the elderly immediately second shoe from the window goes away.  This move is even more surprised. Explained that the elderly:"This shoe, no matter how expensive, for me has been useless, if there is who can pick up a pair of shoes , maybe he can wear it !"

Tip: Successful at giving up, good to see from the loss of value.

中英文对照故事-苹果树

A long time ago, there was a huge apple tree . A little boy loved to come and lay around it every day. He climbed to the tree top, ate the apples, took a nap under the shadow.... He loved the tree and the tree loved to play with him.

Time went by ... the little boy had grow up and he no longer played around the tree every day. One day,the boy come back to the tree and looked sad. "Come and play with me, " the tree asked the boy . "I am no longer a kid , I don't play around tree anymore."The boy replied,"I want toys. I need money to buy them.""Sorry but I don't have money ...but you can pick all my apple and sell them. So, you will have money ."The boy was so excited. He grabbed all the apple on the tree and left happily. The boy never come back after he picked the apple. The tree was sad.

One day, the boy returned and the tree was so excited. "Come and play with me ,"the tree said."I don't have time to play. I have to work for my family . We need a house for shelter. Can you help me ?""Sorry, but I don't have a house. But you can chop off my branches to build your house." So the boy cut all the branches off the tree and left happily. The tree was glad to see him happy but the boy never come back since then. The tree was again lonely and sad.

One hot summer day, the boy returned and the tree was delighted."Come and play with me!" the tree said."I am sad getting old. I want to go sailing to relax myself . Can you give me a boat? ""Use my trunk to build your boat. You can sail far away and be happy ."So the boy cut the tree trunk to make a boat. He want sailing and never showed up for a long time. The tree was happy, but it was not true.

Finally, the boy returned after he left for so many years. "Sorry my boy, But I don't have anything for you anymore. No more apples for you ...."the tree said.

"I don't have teeth to bite,"the boy replied.

"No more trunk for you to limb on."

"I am too old for that now,"the boy said.

"I really can't give you anything .....the only thing left is my dying roots,"the tree said with tears.

"I don't need much now, just a place to rest. I am tired after all these years."The boy replied.

Good ! Old tree roots is the best place to lean on and rest. Come,Come sit down with me and rest."The boy sit down and the tree was smiled with tree....

This is a story of everyone. The tree is our parent. When we young, we loved to play with Mom and Dad...When we grow up, we left them, and only come to them when we need something or when we are in trouble. No matter what, parents will always be there and give everything they could to make you happy. You may think that the boy is cruel to the tree but that's how all of us are treating our parents.

The Goodness of Life

Though there is much to be concerned about, there is far, far more for which to be thankful. Though life’s goodness can at time be overshadowed, it is never outweighed,

 For every single act that is senselessly destructive, there are thousands more small, quiet acts of love, kindness and compassion. For every person who seeks to hurt, there are many, many more who devote their liver to helping and to healing.

There is goodness to life that cannot be denied.

In the most magnificent vistas and in smallest details, look closely, 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 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 it always endures. For in the darkest moment it become vividly clear that life is a priceless treasure. And so the goodness of life is made even stronger by the very thing that world 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 clam 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.

To Achieve or to Experience

Imagine you have the opportunity to take a trip across the country.

You can stop wherever you'd like, spend however long you want at any location, and have no set timetable. Are you going to focus solely on your destination and simply drive there ,or are you going to let go of the need to arrive anywhere at any particular time and enjoy the scenery, the people you meet along the way, and the places you linger in ?

Every day, you have the opportunity to go on a "cross-country" trip once in a lifetime. It is a twenty-four-hour adventure that'll never be repeated any other day . How do you wish to spend the time? Do simply focusing  on your goals and trying to achieve them?

Today, you can reach any destination or any goal you set for yourself , but how you do so will determine how enjoyable and memorable today will be. The runner who only looks down at the road road and notices the sights, sounds, and smells around him or her.

Today, make an effort to notice one person's face, one part of nature, or one event on your journey to tomorrow.

Live Your Life Based on Your Dreams

If you want success in business or life, you need to start living your based on your dreams, not your circumstances. The most successful people in the world know that the place in life you have right now isn't a place you need to stay.

Before becoming a box office superstar,Jim Carrey was homeless and lives in his car . He now is one of the most famous actors in Hollywood.

J.K. Rowling ,the author of the successful Harry Potter series, was divorced, unemployed and living on  welfare before she published her first book. It 's now said that she has more money then the queen of England.

So what does all this have to do with you ? Both the two people come from unpleasant xiaogushi8.com circumstances. Their liver were so hard that it would have been extremely easy for them to give up their dreams. But your circumstances don't make you who you are, and no situation lasts forever. If you want success, you need to start living and thinking as if you were successful. That doesn't mean spending money you don't have, but it does mean walking with your head up and presenting yourself as a positive, motivated and successful person. 

Nobody wants to be in business a with negative person with no confidence.When you start living the life you want instead of the life you are accepting, everything starts changing for the better.

Success is something anyone can have. Start living as if you're going to be one of the successful people, and soon you will be!