Relish the momentTucked away in our subconscious is 跪求an idyllic vision. We see ourselves on a long trip that spans the continent. We are traveling by train. Out the windows, we drink in the passing scene of cars on nearby highways, of children waving at a crossing, of cattle grazing on a distant hillside, of smoke pouring from a power plant, of row upon row of corn and wheat, of flatlands and valleys, of mountains and rolling hillsides, of city skylines and village halls. But uppermost in our minds is the final destination. On a certain day at a certain hour, we will pull into the station. Bands will be playing and flags waving. Once we get there, so many wonderful dreams will come true and the pieces of our lives will fit together like a completed jigsaw puzzle. How restlessly we pace the aisles, damning the minutes for loitering --waiting, waiting, waiting for the station. When we reach the station, that will be it! we cry. When I'm 18. When I buy a new 450SL Mercedes Benz! When I put the last kid through college. When I have paid off the mortgage!When I get a promotion.When I reach the age of retirement, I shall live happily ever after! Sooner or later, we must realize there is no station, no one place to arrive at once and for all. The true joy of life is the trip. The station is only a dream. It constantly outdistances us. Relish the moment is a good motto, especially when coupled with Psalm 118：24：This is the day which the Lord hath made；we will rejoice and be glad in it. It isn't the burdens of today that drive men mad. It is the regrets over yesterday and the fear of tomorrow. Regret and fear are twin thieves who rob us of today. So stop pacing the aisles and counting the miles. In stead, climb more mountains, eat more ice cream, go barefoot more often, swim more rivers, watch more sunsets, laugh more, cry less. Life must be lived as we go along. The station will come soon enough. 【中文譯文】： 我們的潛意識里藏著一派田園詩般的風光! 我們仿佛身處一次橫貫大陸的漫漫旅程之中! 乘著火車, 我們領略著窗外流動的景色：附近高速公路上奔馳的汽車、十字路口處招手的英語孩童、遠山上吃草的美文牛群、源源不斷地從電廠排放出的急急急煙塵、一片片的跪求玉米和小麥、平原與山谷、英語群山與綿延的美文丘陵、天空映襯下城市的急急急輪廓, 以及鄉間的莊園宅第! 然而我們心里想得最多的卻是最終的目的地! 在某一天的某一時刻, 我們將會抵達進站! 迎接我們的將是樂隊和飄舞的彩旗! 一旦到了那兒, 多少美夢將成為現實, 我們的生活也將變得完整, 如同一塊理好了的拼圖! 可是我們現在在過道里不耐煩地踱來踱去, 咒罵火車的拖拖拉拉! 我們期待著, 期待著, 期待著火車進站的那一刻! 當我們到站的時候, 一切就都好了! 我們呼喊著! 當我18歲的時候! 當我有了一輛新450SL奔馳的時候! 當我供最小的孩子念完大學的時候! 當我償清貸款的時候! 當我官升高任的時候! 當我到了退休的時候, 就可以從此過上幸福的生活啦! 可是我們終究會認識到人生的旅途中并沒有車站, 也沒有能夠一到永逸的地方!生活的真正樂趣在于旅行的過程, 而車站不過是個夢, 它始終遙遙領先于我們! 享受現在是句很好的箴言, 尤其是當它與《圣經?詩篇》中第118頁24行的一段話相映襯的時候, 更是如此：今日乃主所創造；生活在今日我們將歡欣、高興! 真正令人發瘋的跪求不是今日的負擔, 而是對昨日的悔恨及對明日的恐懼! 悔恨與恐懼是一對孿生竊賊, 將今天從你我身邊偷走! 那么就不要在過道里徘徊吧, 別老惦記著你離車站還有多遠! 何不換一種活法, 將更多的高山攀爬, 多吃點兒冰淇淋甜甜嘴巴, 經常光著腳板兒溜達溜達, 在更多的河流里暢游, 多看看夕陽西下, 多點歡笑哈哈, 少讓淚水滴答! 生活得一邊過一邊瞧! 車站就會很快到達!By Robert J. Hastings 李端奇譯A Box Full of Kisses Once upon a time, a man punished his 5-year-old daughter for using up the family's only roll of expensive gold wrapping paper. Money was tight, and he became even more upset when on Christmas Eve, he saw that the child had pasted the gold paper so as to decorate a shoebox to put under the Christmas tree.Nevertheless, the next morning the little girl, filled with excitement, brought the gift box to her father and said, This is for you, Daddy! As he opened the box, the father was embarrassed by his earlier overreaction.But when he opened it, he found it was empty and again his anger flared. Don't you know, young lady, he said harshly, when you give someone a present there's supposed to be something inside the package!The little girl looked up at him with tears rolling from her eyes and said: Daddy, it's not empty. I blew kisses into it until it was all full. The father was crushed. He fell on his knees and put his arms around his precious little girl. He begged her to forgive him for his unnecessary anger. An accident took the life of the child only a short time later. It is told that the father kept that little gold box by his bed for all the years of his life. Whenever he was discouraged or faced difficult problems he would open the box, take out an imaginary kiss, and remember the love of this beautiful child who had put it there. In a very real sense, each of us as human beings have been given an invisible golden box filled with unconditional love and kisses from our children, family, friends and God.There is no more precious possession anyone could hold. 【中文譯文】： 這個故事說的是以前，一個男人懲罰了他三歲的英語女兒，因為她浪費了一卷金泊包裝紙。美文家里經濟困難，急急急當他知道女兒包了一個盒子放在圣誕樹下時，跪求他簡直怒氣沖天。英語但第二天，美文女兒把禮物拿到他面前說“爸爸，這是給你的。” 爸爸為前一天晚上的舉動而感到羞愧難當，但當他發現盒子里什么都沒裝時，他再一次暴怒，對著女兒大吼道“難道你不知道當你送禮物給別人時，你要放東西進去嗎？”女兒抬起臉望著他，眼眶里滿是淚水，邊哭邊說：“哦，爸爸。那不是空盒子。我飛了好多好多個親吻進去，都是給你的。” 爸爸驚呆了，他擁抱著女兒，祈求她的原諒。 不久以后，女兒在一次事故中喪生。爸爸一直把那個金盒子放在床畔，放了很多很多年。每當他心情沮喪時，他就會拿出一個想象中的親吻，想念著那個將吻吹進盒子的孩子給他的愛。 我們每一個人都有一個金罐子，里面裝滿了無條件的愛和吻，有孩子的，有家人的，還有朋友的。沒有人可以擁有比這更加珍貴的財產。 The Zen of Cat原來很大的道理不一定需要很難的語言去解釋，本文簡單地一問一答告訴我們，當身邊的人離去時，他們其實活在我們的心里；告訴我們，生命原本是一個無所謂開始更無所謂結束的圓圈；告訴我們，每一段生命的結束都意味著新生命的開始。只要心中還有愛，有思念，我們就可以笑對生死，珍惜人生。――題記 The Man was very sad. He knew that the Cat’s days were numbered.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 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. “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 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, 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 and white…very different from his earlier beloved Cat and very much the same. 【中文譯文】： 男人非常傷心。他知道貓余下的日子不多了。醫生說已經沒得治了，他只能把貓帶回家，并盡可能地讓他在剩下的時間里過得舒服些。 男人把貓放在腿上，嘆了口氣。貓睜開眼睛，呼嚕呼嚕地叫著，抬眼看了看男人。一滴眼淚從男人的臉頰邊滑落，落在了貓的額頭上。貓有點不高興地看了他一眼。 “你哭個什么啊，伙計？”貓問道，“因為你無法承受將要失去我的念頭？因為你認為永遠都沒有什么能代替我？”男人點了點頭。“是啊。” “那么你認為我離開你以后，會到什么地方去了呢？”貓問道。男人無望地聳了聳肩。“閉上眼睛吧，伙計，”貓說。男人疑惑地看了他一眼，但還是聽話地閉上了眼睛。 “我的眼睛和毛皮是什么顏色的？”貓問。“你的眼睛是金色的，你的毛皮是濃郁而溫暖的褐色的。”男人回答道。 “那你最常在什么地方見到我呢？”貓問。“我經常見到你……在廚房地窗臺上看鳥……在我最喜歡的椅子上……躺在桌子上我需要用的文件上……晚上睡在我腦袋邊的枕頭上。”“那么，無論什么時候你想見我，你只要閉上你的眼睛就可以了。”貓說。 “把地上的那段繩子撿起來――那里，我的‘玩具’。”男人睜開眼睛，伸手撿起了繩子。繩子大約有兩英尺（約0.6米）長，貓曾經能夠玩著繩子自娛自樂一玩就是幾個小時。“現在用兩只手捏住繩子的兩端。”貓命令道。男人照做了。 “你左手捏著的那端就是我的出生，而右手的那端就是我的死亡。現在把兩端連在一起。”貓說道。男人又照做了。 “你做出了一個連貫的圓圈，”貓說，“這個繩子上的任意一點同其他點有什么不同嗎？比繩子的其他部分更好或者更差嗎？”男人審視著那根繩子，然后搖了搖頭。“沒有。” “再次閉上你的眼睛，”貓說，“現在舔舔你的手。”男人驚訝地睜大了眼睛。 “照我說的做吧，”貓說。“舔舔你的手，想想我在所有我熟悉的地方，想想所有的繩子。” 要舔自己的手，男人覺得很蠢，不過他還是照做了。他發現了貓所知道的秘密――舔爪子能讓你平靜下來，并讓你能夠思考得更加清楚。他繼續舔著，他的嘴角開始上翹，好多天來第一次露出了微笑。他等待著貓叫停，可是沒等到，于是他睜開了眼睛。貓的眼睛已經閉上了。他摸了摸貓溫暖的褐色皮毛，可是貓已經去了。 男人用力地閉上了眼睛，淚如泉涌。他看到貓蹲在窗臺上，然后是他的床上，然后躺在他的重要文件上。他看到貓在他腦袋邊的枕頭上，看到他明亮的金黃色的眼睛還有鼻子和耳朵上深褐色的毛發。他睜開眼睛，透過淚水看向他依然捏在手里的繩圈。 不久以后的某一天，他的膝上有了一只新的貓咪。她是一只可愛的白色花斑貓――與之前那只他深愛的貓是那么的不同，然而又是那么的相同。

復制別人的，推薦一下The time account Say there is a bank that credits your account each morning with RMB6,400. Every evening, the bank deletes whatever remains of this sum that you have failed to use during the day. What would you do if you had such an account? Draw out every cent, every day, of course! Well, each of us has such an account. Its name is TIME. Every morning, time credits you with 86,400 seconds. Every night it writes off, as lost, whatever you have failed to put to use. It carries over no balance. It allows no overdraft. Each day, time opens a new account for you. Each night, it burns whatever remains in the account. If you fail to use up all of the day’s deposits, you can’t keep them for tomorrow. Neither can you draw from what will be put in the next morning. Time’s clock runs non-stop. To realize the value of one year, ask a student who has failed a grade. To realize the value of one month, ask a mother who has given birth to a premature baby. To realize the value of one week, ask the editor of a weekly newspaper. To realize the value of one hour, ask two lover who are waiting to meet. To realize the value of one minute, ask a traveler who has just missed his train. To realize the value of one second, ask the motorist who has just avoided an accident. To realize the value of one millisecond, ask the athlete who has won a silver medal in the Olympics. Treasure every moment that you have! And remember that time waits for no one. Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That’s why it’s called the present! 時間賬戶 如果說有這樣一個銀行，每天早上都給你匯入6400元；每天晚上，都會清除你在這一天沒有花完的賬戶余額。 如果你有這樣一個賬戶，你會怎樣做呢？ 當然是每天都要取出每一分錢！ 其實，我們每一個人都有這樣的一個賬戶，它的名字就叫時間。 每個清晨，時間都會為你開啟一個擁有86400秒的賬戶；每晚，便會購銷一切你沒有充分利用的時間，它從不延緩進出平衡，也不允許透支。 每天，時間都會給你開啟一個新賬戶；每晚，都會清除賬戶上的余額（時間）。如果你沒有用盡當天的時間存款，你也不可能留著以備明天之用，而且你也不可能預支第二天的時間。 時間永不停息地奔跑著。 想要明白一年的價值，去問問留級的學生。 想要明白一個月的價值，去問問早產的母親。 想要問問一周的價值，去問問周刊的編輯。 想要明白一個小時的價值，去問問正在等候見面的熱戀情侶。 想要明白一分鐘的價值，去問問沒趕上火車的旅行者。 想要明白一秒鐘的價值，去問問躲過交通事故的司機。 想要明白千分之一秒的價值，去問問在奧運會上獲得銀牌的運動員。 珍惜你現在的每一分鐘吧！記住，時間不等人，昨天已成為歷史，明天仍是未知。只有今天才是禮物，這也就是我們為什么稱它為“現在”。 ――摘自《英漢對照心靈閱讀――情感篇