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!
肖申克的救赎》经典台词:
I have to remind myself that some birds don’t mean to be caged. Their feathers are just too bright. And when they fly away, the part of you that knows it was a sin to lock them up. Does rejoice. Still, the place you live in is that much more drab and empty that they’re gone. I guess I just miss my friend.
我得经常同自己说,有些鸟儿是关不住的,他们的羽毛太鲜亮了.当它们飞走的时候,你心底里知道把他们关起来是一种罪恶,你会因此而振奋.不过,他们一走,你住的地方也就更加灰暗空虚.我觉得我真是怀念我的朋友.
When talking about famous people in the world,we couldn't help thinking of Albert Einstein,a well-known scientist of America for his Theory of Relativity .He devoted all his life to science and made great controbution to our world.But how could he acquire so much success in his life?Did he have any personality that differed from the ordinary people?Well,to my mind,there were at least two aspects of personality which had made him a successful man.One was the spirit of never giving up,when facing difficulties.He loved his job and put all his heart in it,kept on doing everything until a success was gained.The second was the sense of humor.Albert Einstein was a outgoing man,and had a great sense of humor,which made his work and life interenting.We can see this from the following famous story.One day somebody asked Albert Einstein,"Your Theory of Relativity is so hard to understand. Could you decribe it in a simple way?"The great man looked at him quietly first,and then said with a smile"Well,when you stay in a toilet,you'll feel time go slowly,while you are with a pretty girl,you'll feel time go too fast."That was Albert Einstein,a man of good humor and never giving up.
LIFE IS GIVING,NOT TAKING
When we are young, our parents take care of us. We go to school. We learn knowledge from teachers. When we have problems, our parents or relatives solve the problems for us. Seldomly, we consider we gain too much. We always complaint why we cannot have this, or have that. Therefore, we do not feel satisfied.
One day, when we grow up, we can earn money and take care of ourselves. But, our parents are old. We never think how we can give something to them.
When you become a father/mother, you probably want to give your best things to your child. When your child gives you a smile or kiss, you feel so happy. Maybe, you realize giving is happier than taking.
In our society, a lot of people need help. Some of them need cloth, food or water; some are keen to learn knowledge while they cannot afford; some elder people only need someone to talk with them. Have you thought of these people when you have the ability to help them? Please make your contribution. You can take something in when you give something out. To live is to give. No giving, no taking.
YOUTH
Samuel Ullman
Youth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind; it is not a matter of
rosy cheeks, red lips and supple knees; it is a matter of the will, a
quality of the imagination, a vigor of the emotions; it is the freshness of
the deep springs of life.
Youth means a tempera-mental predominance of courage over timidity, of the
appetite for adventure over the love of ease. This often exists in a man of
60 more than a boy of 20. Nobody grows old merely by a number of years. We
grow old by deserting our ideals.
Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.
Worry, fear, self-distrust bows the heart and turns the spring back to dust.
Whether 60 or 16, there is in every human being's heart the lure of wonder,
the unfailing childlike appetite of what's next and the joy of the game of
living. In the center of your heart and my heart there is a wireless
station: so long as it receives messages of beauty, hope, cheer, courage and
power from men and from the Infinite, so long are you young.
When the aerials are down, and your spirit is covered with snows of cynicism
and the ice of pessimism, then you are grown old, even at 20, but as long as
your aerials are up, to catch waves of optimism, there is hope you may die
young at 80.