心灵鸡汤 英文

1、.阳光生活每一天的5个秘诀打破习惯，让生活从此变得不同寻找迷失的自我我们为什么要学习一门外语？给爱的人，最珍贵的礼物阳光生活每一天的5个秘诀1. Dont avoid or ignore negativity.In order to conquer and overcome, it must beacknowledged. This can include people in your life who may be bringing you down, a hostile workplace environment or even a personalstressorthat you hav

2、entconqueredquite yet. You are in control of your environment and if thesenegativesituations keep making an appearance, its up to you to handle them.2. Take care of yourself and your needs.In order to feelcompelledto live a powerful and meaningful life, you must love you. Take care of your actions a

3、nd how you live each day, and this will be reflected in your thoughts and emotional state of mind. Love yourself fully in order to love others fully.3. Mend whats broken or get rid of it.Determining what is worth your time and effort and what is not can be challenging. If situations are toxic and be

4、yond repair, its time to let go. Are there relationships or friendships that remain damaged but you know are worth the time? Fix them and find peace. Do what you can to find love in situations where it may have be absent in the past.4. Give back.Giving our time, energy, love, mentorship and sometime

5、s money is what life is about. Everything we put out into the world comes back to us. My mom taught me aquoteshe learned in Mexico that stuck with me forever, donde comen uno, comen dos. (where one can eat, two can eat.) It moves me every time I say it out loud. At the end of the day, no matter what

6、 you have you are likely in a position to give something small to someone else who needs it. Dont hesitate.5. Things that make us smile, laugh and feel good are justawesome.This one is pretty simple.Just do MORE of it. Do more of what makes you happy! I truly believe that in the super fast paced wor

7、ld we live in, happiness may not come as easily as we wish. In order to navigate through work and responsibilities that seemmonotonous, we have to actively pursue and engage in beautiful acts of love and kindness. So get to it!打破习惯，让生活从此变得不同A lot of us are looking to make some positive changes in ou

8、r life, but we have no idea where to begin. My suggestion is to do something different.When youre willing to do something different, you are telling yourself, your subconscious mind, and the entire Universe, Im asking for a change and Im willing to DO something about it now. The Universe responds to

9、 DOING since it actually means youre starting to also BE something different.You dont even have to know what to do, at least not at the start. Doing ANYTHING different, that seems like it MIGHT head in the direction of what you are looking for, is a step in the right direction. You can make adjustme

10、nts as you go. You can fine-tune the changes you are asking for later, once you get the hang of doing something different. The point is this: DO SOMETHING - ANYTHING - DIFFERENT.Lets say you have the same habit of never having enough money in your bank account, but you never know where it goes. Some

11、thing different might be getting an old-school notebook out and writing down your expenses. Or if you want to be fashionably high-tech, you could get an expense-tracking app, AND USE IT. This one small act for many people has been the beginning of getting their financial affairs in order by doing so

12、mething different.Or lets say you realize that you are being sucked down the social media rabbit hole, feeling as though you dont exist without the infusion of other peoples perfectly-curated lives into yours. (Hint: if youre rabidly checking your phone at every non-busy moment, this applies to you.

13、) Doing something different might be taking designated hours off during the day-or even just ONE HOUR off during the day. (Note: picking one of the hours while youre sleeping doesnt count!)One courageous journalist I know of took an entire 30 days away from social. Now THAT is something different!No

14、w, Im not suggesting that you go cold turkey like that unless you have a lot of personal strength and courage, and the willingness to dynamically change that area of your life. Sometimes making a bold move like that will be whats required. Many times making a small change in the direction of doing s

15、omething different will create enough of a change to give you a different perspective and get you out of the rabbit hole.寻找迷失的自我“Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves.” Henry David ThoreauEverything about my future was ambiguously assumed. I would get into debt by going to colleg

16、e, then I would be forced to get a job to pay off that debt, while still getting into more and more debt by buying a house and a car. It seemed like a never-ending cycle that had no place for the possibility of a dream.I want morebut not necessarily in the material sense of personal wealth and succe

17、ss. I want more out of life. I want a passion, a conceptual dream that wouldnt let me sleep out of pure excitement. I want to spring out of bed in the morning, rain or shine, and have that zest for life that seemed so intrinsic in early childhood.We all have a dream. It might be explicitly defined o

18、r just a vague idea, but most of us are so stuck in the muck of insecurity and self-doubt that we just dismiss it as unrealistic or too difficult to pursue.We become so comfortable with the life that has been planned out for us by our parents, teachers, traditions, and societal norms that we feel th

19、at its stupid and unsafe to risk losing it for the small hope of achieving something that is more fulfilling.“The policy of being too cautious is the greatest risk of all.” Jawaharlal NehruTaking a risk is still a risk. We can, and will, fail. Possibly many, many, many times. But that is what makes

20、it exciting for me. That uncertainty can be viewed negatively, or it can empower us.Failing is what makes us grow, it makes us stronger and more resilient to the aspects of life we have no control over. The fear of failure, although, is what makes us stagnant and sad. So even though I couldnt see th

21、e future as clearly as before, I took the plunge in hopes that in the depths of fear and failure, I would come out feeling more alive than ever before.If you feel lost, just take a deep breath and realize that being lost can be turning point of finding out who you truly are, and what you truly want

22、to do.我们为什么要学习一门外语？Do you need some extra motivation when it comes to language learning? Even though most of us will agree that it pays to be bilingual, it can be difficult to remain optimistic when the journey to multilingualism feels like a never-ending road trip with countless dead ends.The follo

23、wing quotes are a simple reminder that learning another language opens our minds and can lead to unforeseen opportunities. Do you have another quote to add to this list? Share it with us in the comments section below! 1. If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If yo

24、u talk to him in his own language, that goes to his heart.Nelson Mandela2. One language sets you in a corridor for life. Two languages open every door along the way.Frank Smith3. The limits of my language are the limits of my world.Ludwig Wittgenstein4. Learn everything you can, anytime you can, fro

25、m anyone you can; there will always come a time when you will be grateful you did.Sarah Caldwell5. Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere.Chinese Proverb6. You can never understand one language until you understand at least two.Geoffrey Willans7. To have another language is to

26、possess a second soul.Charlemagne8. Those who know nothing of foreign languages know nothing of their own.Johann Wolfgang von Goethe9. Language is the road map of a culture. It tells you where its people come from and where they are going.Rita Mae Brown10. Language is the blood of the soul into whic

27、h thoughts run and out of which they grow.Oliver Wendell Holmes给爱的人，最珍贵的礼物Gracious giving requires no special talent, nor large amounts of money. It is compounded of the heart and head acting together to achieve the perfect means of expressing our feelings. For, as Emerson explains, The only gift is

28、 a portion of thyself.A little girl gave her mother several small boxes tied with bright ribbons. Inside each were slips of paper on which the child had printed messages such as, Good for two flower-bed weedings, Good for two floor-scrubbings. She had never read Emerson, but unconsciously she put a

29、large part of her small self into her gift.A young bride received a wedding present from an older woman. With it went a note, Do not open until you and your husband have your first tiff.When there finally came a day of misunderstanding the bride remembered the package. In it she found a card box fil

30、led with her friends favorite recipes-and a note, You will catch more flies with honey than you will with vinegar. It was a wise woman indeed who gave of her experience with her gift.Family gifts should be the most satisfying because we know each members wish and whim. Yet how often we make the stereotyped offerings-ties, candy, or household utensils. One man I know is planning an unusual pres