During my junior year in high school,Mr. Reynolds,my English teacher,handed each student a list of thoughts or statements written by other students,then gav
If we look at the sky on a perfectly fine summer‘s day we shall find that the blue colour is the most pure and intense overhead,and when looking high up
I would have gone to bed when I was sick instead of pretending the earth would go into a holding pattern if I weren't there for the day.
I would have burne
At a local supermarket, two women push half-filled grocery carts. The ladies are good friends, but they couldn't be more different. One is a stay-at-home ho
When the late Nadine Stair of Louisville, Kentucky, was 85 years old, she was asked what she would do if she had her life to live over again.
"I'd make
It was an early night in June with the soft, orange glow of the lights of Pudong coming through the windows, the sound of trucks driving along the highway in
On Saturday, February 12 two thousand, two things happened that changed everything in my life. The first was that on this day my baby sister was married. She
What would you do if you failed? Many people may choose to give up. However, the surest way to success is to keep your direction and stick to your goal.
On yo
She had been shopping with her Mom in Wal-Mart. She must have been 6 years old,this beautiful brown haired,freckle-faced image of innocence. It was pouring ou
She had been shopping with her Mom in Wal-Mart. She must have been 6 years old,this beautiful brown haired,freckle-faced image of innocence. It was pouring ou
however mean your life is,meet it and live it;do not shun it and call it hard names.it is not so bad as you are.it looks poorest when you are richest.the fault
We all come to the world,but why do some of us make great achievements known forever and why are they remembered forever even though they leave the world?And w
There was once a lonely girl who longed so much for love. One day while she was walking in the woods she found two starving songbirds. She took them home and pu
I opened my eyes. I was looking up at the ceiling. Why I was looking there,I don‘t know,but I kept looking anyway,and laughing. I kicked my legs and sh
The other day I went into the bar of a railway station and,taking a glass of bear,I sat down at a little table by myself to meditate upon the necessary but tr
2:00 a.m. in the Arabian desert,the world‘s fifth richest man sits alone. A rare moment of tranquility. Who is this man?What is he thinking?Why is he he
In spite of the title,this article will really be on how not to grow old,which,at my time of life,is a much more important subject. My first advice would be
There once lived a lad who was deeply in love with a girl,but disliked by the girl‘s father,who didn’t want to see any further development of thei
Barcelona is regarded as Spain‘s second city,behind capital Madrid. The city is steeped in history,Barcelona was founded by Carthaginians and according
A cobbler passed his time in singing from morning till night;it was wonderful to see,wonderful to hear him;he was more contented in shoes,than was any of the
If I were a boy again, I would practice perseverance more often, and never give up a thing because it was or inconvenient. If we want light, we must conquer
Henry ford didn‘t always pay attention in school. one day ,he and a friend took a watch apart. angry and upset, the teacher told him both to stay after