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 times 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 lives to helping and to healing. There is goodness to life that cannot be denied. In the most magnificent vistas 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 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. 尽管有很多事让人忧虑，但相比而言，值得感激的事要多得多。 尽管生命的美好有时被蒙上阴影，但它却永远不会被埋没。 相对于每一个无谓的破坏行为而言，都有更多数以千计更为微小的，包含着爱，友善和同情的举动静静地上演着。 相对于每一个试图伤害他人的人而言，都有更多的人致力于帮助他人，治愈他人的创伤。 生命的美好不能否认。 在最为壮观的前景和最为琐碎的细节中，请仔细观察，因为美好的事物总是散发着耀眼的光芒闪亮登场。 生命的美好没有界限。每一次相遇都会使这美好变得越发丰富。 你经历得越多，越能欣赏生命的美好，生命中的美好就会变得越多。 即使当寒风袭来，整个世界似乎被雾气掩盖之时，生命的美好仍会存在。 睁开双眼，打开心扉，你就会发现这美好无处不在。 尽管生命的美好有时似乎遭受挫折，但它总会挺过来。因为，在最黑暗的时刻，有一点变得格外清楚，那就是，生命是无价的财富。 因此，正是与生命的美好相对立的事物使其越发强大。 无数次地，当你担心这美好已经远离之时，你会发现生命的美好其实只与你相隔须臾。 它就在下一角落，存在于每个时刻之间，等着给你惊喜。 花些时间让生命的美好感动自己的灵魂，放松自己的思绪。 然后，把你的幸运与他人分享。因为生命的美好会在每次给予之间变得越来越壮观。 尽管总是有问题让你去关注，冲突也似乎愈演愈烈，但生命的美好却总是静静地，平和地，带着比以往更强的意志和更多的价值变得更加强大。
A man's heartbroken but warm prayer
Dear God
I know that she's out there
The one I'm suppose to share my whole life with.
And in time
You'll show her to me
Will you take care of her
Comfort her
And protect her
Until that day we meet
And let her know
My heart
Is beating with hers
敬爱的上帝啊
我知道她就在那里
那个我想把我的一生都奉献给的女孩
总会有一天
你会把她带到我身边的
你要好好照顾她
在她伤心的时候安慰她
保护她
直到我们见面的那一天
并让她知道
我的心
只为她而跳动
A child's first heart
I thought the cooties thing was true, but it's not
'Cause I kiss my mom all the time, and I don't get cooties.
Some boys are meaner to girls when they like them.Some of them are mean. They pick on you.A lot of the boys are very shy.A lot of the girls have crushes on the boys.First grade girls are the nicest girls ever.I have one crush.I met him in Kinder.They have a freckle on their neck.He's a little cute.She normally wears Frozen shirts.He kinda look like, really cool.It was sun outside so we put on sunglasses, and that just made him cooler.Yeah, yeah. Everything she wears, I like.He's a good drawer, he's good at kickball.She can hang out with anyone.Every girl just likes one category.Dani likes multiple ones.I was playing a game with my friends, and she asked to join.We went to summer camp together.When I talk to him, I get nervous.I feel happy when she's around me.We play games, and we play hide and seek, and we were born at the same time.Sometimes I just know.I told one of my friends, and somebody was listening, and they told him.Whenever I try talking to him, let's just say he runs.I have to tell no one.I would never tell her that I have a crush on her.She would be grossed out.Oh! I got her dollies.I don't like dollies, but I had to.I was just gonna make him a notebook.My friend Greg would play wingman, and he'd find out what the girl that I liked was interested in.I took all the things that she liked, mashed them up on a piece of paper, and I wrote a book for her.She told me that she was gonna leave to a different, to Lego Camp tomorrow.And I was like, very sad.And we're best friends, and I have a crush on her.She doesn't know it.She doesn't know that, but...I think she has a crush on me too. 我原来以为女孩身上有虱子这件事是真的，但其实不是哎。因为我一直跟我妈妈亲亲但是我并没有招上虱子啊。当有些男孩喜欢女孩时会对她很过分。有些对我很过分。他们捉弄我。非常多的男孩其实很害羞的。很多女孩对男孩会动心啊。一年级的女孩是最棒了。我有一次心动。我是在健达糖果店遇到他的。她们的脖子上有颗痣。他挺可爱的。她一般会穿《冰雪奇缘》系列的衬衫。他看上去有点酷。当他戴着太阳镜站在太阳底下的时候，让他变得更酷了。啊啊，她不管穿啥我都喜欢。他是一个很棒的画家，而且他踢球很厉害。她可以和所有人一起玩。每个女孩都可以分为不同的类型。但是丹妮很多类型都有。当我和我的朋友一起玩游戏的时候，她问可不可以加入我们一起玩。我们一起去夏令营。我跟她说话的时候可紧张了。她在我身边的时候我觉得好开心。我们一块儿玩耍，嗯...我们玩捉迷藏，还有，我们是在一个时间出生的耶。有时候我就是知道。我告诉了我的一个朋友，有人听到了然后告诉了他。当我走向他的时候，他跑了。我不能告诉任何人。我永远不会告诉她我对她动心了。她会觉得我很讨厌的。噢！我拿了她的娃娃。我不喜欢娃娃，但是我必须这么做。我只是给他做了本日记本。我朋友格雷会扮演助攻，然后他发现了我喜欢的女生对什么感兴趣。我拿来了所有她喜欢的东西，然后把他们合在一张纸上，我还给她写了一本书。她告诉我她明天就要离开乐高基地了。我好难过。我们是最好的朋友，我也非常喜欢她。她不知道这件事。她不知道，但是……我觉得她也喜欢我。 The wedding blessing poem
Now you will feel no rain for each of you will be shelter to the other.Now you will feel no cold for each of you will be warmth to the other.Now there is no more loneliness for each of you will be companion to the other.Now you are two bodies but there is only one life before you.Go now to your dwelling place to enter into the days of your togetherness.And may your days be good and long upon the earth. 从今起你们不会被大雨淋湿因为你们是遮盖彼此的屋檐从今起你们不会感到刺骨寒因为你们是彼此永远的温暖 从今起世上不再有孤单因为你们永远彼此陪伴 你们的灵魂进入两个身体携手相伴度过共同的一生 快去往你们的爱巢吧今后的日子形影不离 祝愿你们今后的生活甜蜜，爱河永浴。
I Like For You To Be Still
I like for you to be stillIt is as though you are absentAnd you hear me from far awayAnd my voice does not touch youIt seems as though your eyes had flown awayAnd it seems that a kiss had sealed your mouthAs all things are filled with my soulYou emerge from the thingsFilled with my soulYou are like my soulA butterfly of dreamAnd you are like the word: MelancholyI like for you to be stillAnd you seem far awayIt sounds as though you are lamentingA butterfly cooing like a doveAnd you hear me from far awayAnd my voice does not reach youLet me come to be still in your silenceAnd let me talk to you with your silenceThat is bright as a lampSimple, as a ringYou are like the nightWith its stillness and constellationsYour silence is that of a starAs remote and candidI like for you to be stillIt is as though you are absentDistant and full of sorrowSo you would've diedOne word then,One smile is enough And I'm happy;Happy that it's not true 我喜欢你是寂静的，仿佛你消失了一样，你从远处聆听我，我的声音却无法触及你。好像你的双眼已经飞离去，如同一个吻，封缄了你的嘴。如同所有的事物充满了我的灵魂，你从所有的事物中浮现，充满了我的灵魂。你像我的灵魂，一只梦的蝴蝶。你如同忧郁这个词。我喜欢你是寂静的，好像你已远去。你听起来像在悲叹，一只如鸽悲鸣的蝴蝶。你从远处听见我，我的声音无法触及你：让我在你的沉默中安静无声。并且让我借你的沉默与你说话，你的沉默明亮如灯，简单如指环，你就像黑夜，拥有寂寞与群星。你的沉默就是星星的沉默，遥远而明亮。我喜欢你是寂静的，仿佛你消失了一样，遥远而且哀伤，仿佛你已经死了。彼时，一个字，一个微笑，已经足够。而我会觉得幸福，因那不是真的而觉得幸福。
I Died for Beauty
I died for Beauty, but was scarceAdjusted in the TombWhen One who died for Truth, was lainIn an adjoining RoomHe questioned softly why I failed"For Beauty," I replied"And I for Truth, the Two are OneWe Brethren are," he saidAnd so, as Kinsmen met a NightWe talked between the RoomsUntil the Moss had reached our lipsAnd covered up our names 我为美而死，对坟墓几乎，还不适应一个殉真理的烈士就成了我的近邻他轻声问我“为什么倒下我回答他：“为了美”他说：“我为真理，真与美是一体，我们是兄弟”就这样，像亲人，黑夜相逢我们，隔着房间谈心直到苍苔长上我们的嘴唇覆盖掉，我们的姓名
You
If you must waitWait for them here in my armsAs I shakeIf you must weepDo it right here in my bedAs I sleepAnd if you must mourn my loveMourn with the moon and the stars up aboveIf you must mournDon’t do it alongIf you must leaveLeave as though fire burns under your feetIf you must speakSpeak every word as though it were uniqueAnd if you must die sweetheartDie knowing your life was my life's best partIf you must dieRemember your lifeBecauseYou are allIf you must fightFight with yourself and your thought in the nightIf you must workWork to leave some part of you on this earthAnd if you must live darling oneJust live 如果你要等待来我的臂膀里等吧随着我轻轻摇晃如果你要哭泣到我的床边来哭吧伴着我缓缓入眠如果你要哀悼 亲爱的让高悬夜空的星月陪你一同忧伤如果你要哀伤不要独自一人如果你要离开走吧 像烈焰正在脚底灼烧如果你要开口说吧 像所言之词独一无二如果你要死去 亲爱的请记着你是我生命中最美好的部分如果你要死去记得你曾活过因为你就是全部如果你要争斗在夜中 与自己的思想争斗吧如果你要工作在人间 留下你活过的证据吧如果你要活着 亲爱的活下去吧 Edith Cavell
Edith Cavell was born in a little English village.
She was a clever, hard-working girl and did well at school,
especially in music and French.
After she left school,
her first job was to look after the children of a rich family in Belgium.
The language they spoke was French,
so she found that her school studies were useful.
She,in turn,taught the children to speak English and to play the piano.
After hearing that her father was seriously ill,
Edith returned home to look after him. She then decided to become a nurse.
Then for five years she worked in an English hospital
where she proved to be highly professional at her job.
A Belgian doctor was so impressed
that he invited her to his country to organize a training school for nurses.
The First World War broke out in 1914
and Edith Cavell's school of nursing became a hospital.
She remained there to look after the sick and wounded soldiers.
Edith treated them with kindness.
Between November 1914 and August 1915 she secretly helped
about 200 wounded soldiers and prisoners escape from the Germans.
Later the German army found out what Edith had done and they arrested her.
Finally,the Germans killed her,but they could not kill her memory.
A beautiful statue has been built in Trafalgar Square, London,
in honor of the brave English nurse.
伊迪丝.卡维尔出生在英国一个小山村里。
她是个既聪明又勤奋的女孩,在学校里表现出色,
尤其是在音乐和法语方面。
离开学校之后，
她的第一份工作是替一位富有的比利时人照顾孩子。
他们说法语，
因此伊迪丝觉得她在学校里学到的东西派上了用场。
反过来,她耐心地教孩子们说英语,弹钢琴。
听到父亲病重的消息后，
伊迪丝回到家里去照顾他.那时,她下决心要当一名护士。
后来,她在一家英国医院里工作了五年。
她在工作中表现出了很高的专业技能。
一位比利时医生对她印象深刻
并邀请她去比利时组织一个护士培训学校。
1914年,第一次世界大战爆发，
伊迪丝.卡维尔的护士学校变成了一所医院。
她留在那里照顾生病和受伤的士兵们，
对他们充满爱心。
从1914年11月到1915年 8月期间,她秘密地帮助
大约200名士兵和囚犯从德国人手中逃脱。
后来,德国敌人发现了伊迪丝的举动,于是逮捕了她。
伊迪丝最后被德国人杀害,但人们永远不会忘记她。
人们在伦敦的特拉法尔加广场建造了一个美丽的雕塑，
以纪念这位勇敢的英国护士。
My Mother
My mother is a kind and gentle woman.
She is always very gentle.
She takes good care of all four of her children and keep us all at school.
I have one brother and two sisters. She gives us every comfort.
We all love her and she loves us,too.
My mother has too much to do in bringing us up.
As our family is too poor to keep a servant,
my mother always has much work to do.
She gets up very early and sleeps very late everyday.
She works hard without complaining.
She is also a thrify and industrious woman.
She saves every cent that she can keeps everything in order.
As she has been busy ever since she was young,
she looks older than she really is.
Her face is wrinkled her hair has become silver-white,
but she works as hard as ever.
Often she says to us"Work while you work play while you play.
If you do not work, you will become lazy and of no use to society."
What a piece of good advice it is!
We must always keep it in mind.
我的母亲是一位心地善良，性情温和的女性，
她总是彬彬有礼。
她细心地照顾孩子们并使他们都上学读书。
我有一个兄弟，两个妹妹，她使我们做每件事都感到舒适。
我们都爱她，她也爱我们。
为了抚养我们，母亲有太多事要做。
因为我们家很穷，雇不起佣人。
母亲总是必须做很多工作。
她每天起早贪黑，
辛苦地工作,毫无怨言。
她又是一位节俭勤劳的妇女。
她尽可能地节省每一分钱，并且使每一件事情都井井有条。
由于年轻时就一直忙碌，
所以从外表上看去更显苍老。
她的脸布满皱纹，头发也变成了灰白，
但她仍然像从前一样辛勤地操劳。
她常对我们说:"工作时工作,玩乐时玩乐。
如果不工作,你将变得懒惰，从而无益于社会。
这是一番多么好的忠告啊!
我们必须珍视它，并将它牢记于心。
What a Busy Morning
Either the first streaming of the sunshine,which broke the dark night,
or the hurried steps on the stairs made by those who hastened to catch the time
brough me back to consciousness,and before my window of heart being opened,
my hand had reached out of the warm quilt
to the watch placed on the bed-stand.
With a sleeping look at the watch,
I repeated the time deep in my heart,"Twenty to seven."
What?Twenty to seven?
Throwing the quilt aside without losing time,
I jumped to my feet and addressed myself at flying speed.
With a basin,in which lay the tooth- brush and toothpaste on my left hand,
and the towel around my neck,I hurried to the washroom.
Putting down the basin and switching on the tap,
I turned to the closet and took out of a bag of instant noodles,
with the purpose of cooking myself breakfast.
Hot vapor rose from the pot.
I stood brushing my yellowish teeth beside the hearth,
monitoring the cooking process.
Few minutes later, the noodles were ready,and washing was done.
Hot as it was,it couldn't hinder me from eating.
As I got to my feet and walked to the door,
I picked up a piece of scroll to wipe off the grease around my rosy mouth
As I was running towards the regular bus stop,
the bus started off and and disappeared in the distance...