關(guān)于經(jīng)典勵(lì)志英語(yǔ)美文摘抄
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關(guān)于經(jīng)典勵(lì)志英語(yǔ)美文：Life, free to soar
by Wayne B.Lynn
One windy spring day, I observed young people having fun using the wind to fly their kites. Multicolored creations of varying shapes and sizes filled the skies like beautiful birds darting and dancing. As the strong winds gusted against the kites, a string kept them in check.
Instead of blowing away with the wind, they arose against it to achieve great heights. They shook and pulled, but the restraining string and the cumbersome tail kept them in tow, facing upward and against the wind. As the kites struggled and kept them in tow, facing upward and against the wind. As the kites struggled and trembled against the string, they seemed to say,” Let me go! Let me go! I want to be free!” they soared beautifully even as they fought the restriction of the string. Finally, one of the kites succeeded in breaking loose. “Free at last,” it seemed to say. “Free to fly with the wind.”
Yet freedom from restraint simply put it at the mercy of an unsympathetic breeze. It fluttered ungracefully to the ground and landed in a tangled mass of weeds and string against a dead bush. ”Free at last”, free to lie powerless in the dirt, to be blown helplessly along the ground, and to lodge lifeless against the first obstruction.
How much like kites we sometimes are. The heaven gives us adversity and restrictions, rules to follow from which we can grow and gain strength. Restraint is a necessary counterpart to the winds of opposition. Some of us tug at the rules so hard that we never soar to reach the heights we might have obtained. We keep part of the commandment and never rise high enough to get our tails off the ground.
Let us each rise to the great heights, recognizing that some of the restraints that we may chafe under are actually the steadying force that helps us ascend and achieve.
自由的代價(jià)
在一個(gè)有風(fēng)的春日，我看到一群年輕人正在迎風(fēng)放風(fēng)箏玩樂，各種顏色、各種形狀和大小的風(fēng)箏就好像美麗的鳥兒在空中飛舞。當(dāng)強(qiáng)風(fēng)把風(fēng)箏吹起，牽引線就能夠控制它們。
風(fēng)箏迎風(fēng)飄向更高的地方，而不是隨風(fēng)而去。它們搖擺著、拉扯著，但牽引線以及笨重的尾巴使它們處于控制之中，并且迎風(fēng)而上。它們掙扎著、抖動(dòng)著想要掙脫線的束縛，仿佛在說：“放開我!放開我!我想要自由!”即使與牽引線奮爭(zhēng)著，它們依然在美麗地飛翔。終于，一只風(fēng)箏成功掙脫了。“終于自由了，”它好像在說，“終于可以隨風(fēng)自由飛翔了!”
然而，脫離束縛的自由使它完全處于無(wú)情微風(fēng)的擺布下。它毫無(wú)風(fēng)度地震顫著向地面墜落，落在一堆亂草之中，線纏繞在一顆死灌木上。“終于自由”使它自由到無(wú)力地躺在塵土中，無(wú)助地任風(fēng)沿著地面將其吹走，碰到第一個(gè)障礙物便毫無(wú)生命地滯留在那里了。
有時(shí)我們真像這風(fēng)箏啊!上蒼賦予我們困境和約束，賦予我們成長(zhǎng)和增強(qiáng)實(shí)力所要遵從的規(guī)則。約束是逆風(fēng)的必要匹配物。我們中有些人是如此強(qiáng)硬地抵制規(guī)則，以至我們從來(lái)無(wú)法飛到本來(lái)能夠達(dá)到的高度。我們只遵從部分戒律，因此永遠(yuǎn)不會(huì)飛得足夠高，使尾巴遠(yuǎn)離地面。
讓我們每個(gè)人都飛到高處吧，并且認(rèn)識(shí)到這一點(diǎn)：有些可能會(huì)令我們生氣的約束，實(shí)際上是幫助我們攀升和實(shí)現(xiàn)愿望的平衡。
關(guān)于經(jīng)典勵(lì)志英語(yǔ)美文：Chain of Love
"How do you account for your remarkable accomplishment in life?" Queen Victoria of Englandasked Helen Keller. "How do you explain the fact that even though you were both blind anddeaf, you were able to accomplish so much?"
Ms. Keller's answer is a tribute to her dedicated teacher. "If it had not been for Anne Sullivan,the name of Helen Keller would have remained unknown."
According to speaker Zig Ziglar, "Little Annie" Sullivan, as she was called when she was young,was no stranger to hardship. She was almost sightless herself (due to a childhood fever) andwas, at one time, diagnosed as hopelessly "insane" by her by caregivers. She was locked in thebasement of a mental institution outside of Boston. On occasion, Little Annie would violentlyattack anyone who came near. Most of the time she generally ignored everyone in herpresence.
An elderly nurse believed there was hope, however, and she made it her mission to show loveto the child. Every day she visited Little Annie. For the most part, the child did notacknowledge the nurse's presence, but she still continued to visit. The kindly woman leftcookies for her and spoke words of love and encouragement. She believed Little Annie couldrecover, if only she were shown love.
Eventually, doctors noticed a change in the girl. Where they once witnessed anger andhostility, they now noted an emerging gentleness and love. They moved her upstairs whereshe continued to improve. Then the day finally came when this seemingly "hopeless" child wasreleased.
Anne Sullivan grew into a young woman with a desire to help others as she, herself, was helpedby the kindly nurse. It was she who saw the great potential in Helen Keller. She loved her,disciplined her, played with her, pushed her and worked with her until the flickering candlethat was her life became a beacon of light to the world. Anne Sullivan worked wonders inHelen's life; but it was a loving nurse who first believed in Little Annie and lovingly transformedan uncommunicative child into a compassionate teacher.
"If it had not been for Anne Sullivan, the name of Helen Keller would have remained unknown."But if it had not been for a kind and dedicated nurse, the name of Anne Sullivan would haveremained unknown. And so it goes. Just how far back does the chain of redemption extend?And how for forward will it lead?
Those you have sought to reach, whether they be in your family or elsewhere, are part of achain of love that can extend through the generations. Your influence on their lives, whether ornot you see results, is immeasurable. Your legacy of dedicated kindness and caring cantransform lost and hopeless lives for years to come.
愛的漣漪
英國(guó)維多利女王曾問海倫·凱勒：“ 你一生中獲得如此卓越成就的原因是什么?你又聾又盲，你是如何取得如此巨大的成就的?”
凱勒女士將這一切歸功于她那賦予奉獻(xiàn)精神的老師。“如果沒有安妮·沙利文, 海倫凱勒的名字也許永遠(yuǎn)不會(huì)為人所知。”
據(jù)金克·金克拉說，小安妮——沙利文幼時(shí)的名字——可是沒少經(jīng)歷苦難。她自己因?yàn)閮簳r(shí)發(fā)高燒而幾乎雙目失明，且一度被看護(hù)者們?cè)\斷為精神失常，無(wú)法醫(yī)治。她被所在波士頓城外一個(gè)精神醫(yī)院的地下室里。有時(shí)，小安妮惠狂暴的攻擊每一個(gè)靠近她的人,但多數(shù)時(shí)候她則對(duì)身邊的每一個(gè)人不理不睬。
盡管如此，一位上了年紀(jì)的護(hù)士認(rèn)為仍有希望。她把愛護(hù)這個(gè)孩子作為自己的職責(zé)，每天都去看小安妮。大多數(shù)時(shí)候，這孩子都意識(shí)不到護(hù)士的存在，但她仍舊不斷地去看她。這位好心的女士給孩子留下餅干，對(duì)她說鼓勵(lì)和慈愛的話語(yǔ)。她堅(jiān)信，只要有愛，小安妮就一定能恢復(fù)正常。
終于，醫(yī)生發(fā)現(xiàn)了小姑娘身上的變化。以往他們看到的是憤怒和敵意，但現(xiàn)在看到的確是逐漸顯現(xiàn)的溫順和愛意。他們把她搬到了樓上，在那里，她的情況繼續(xù)好轉(zhuǎn)。終于有一天，這個(gè)看來(lái)無(wú)藥可救的孩子出院了。
安妮·沙利文長(zhǎng)成了一個(gè)大姑娘。她熱切地渴望去幫助別人，就像她自己被那位好心的護(hù)士幫助一樣。正是她看到了身上的潛質(zhì)。她愛護(hù)她，教育她，和她一起玩耍，該她鼓勵(lì)，和她一起工作，直到她生命微弱的燭光變成了照亮世界的一束強(qiáng)光。安妮·沙利文創(chuàng)造了海倫生命的奇跡，但首先是一位好心的護(hù)士相信小安妮，并慈愛的絳一個(gè)無(wú)法交流的孩子變成了一個(gè)有愛心的老師。
“如果沒有安妮·沙利文，海倫·凱勒的名字也許永遠(yuǎn)不為人知。”但是如果沒有那個(gè)好心且賦予奉獻(xiàn)精神的護(hù)士，安妮·沙利文的名字也會(huì)遠(yuǎn)不為人所知。這樣推下去，這條救助的鏈條會(huì)綿延到哪里?它又會(huì)向前延伸多遠(yuǎn)?
那些你所想到的人，不管他們?cè)谀愕募依锘蚴瞧渌裁吹胤?，都是這條在幾代人間延續(xù)的愛的鏈條上的一環(huán)。你對(duì)他們生命的影響，不管你是否看到結(jié)果，都是無(wú)法估量的。你所奉獻(xiàn)的愛心與關(guān)懷將會(huì)在未來(lái)的歲月中轉(zhuǎn)變那些處于迷失和絕望之中的生命。
關(guān)于經(jīng)典勵(lì)志英語(yǔ)美文：The highest grace
A water bearer in India had two large pots, each hung on each end of a pole which he carriedacross his neck. One of the pots had a crack in it, and while the other pot was perfect andalways delivered a full portion of water at the end of the long walk from the stream to themaster's house, the cracked pot arrived only half full.For two years this went on daily, with thewater bearer delivering one and one-half pots full of water to his masters house.
Of course, the perfect pot was proud of its accomplishments, perfect to the end for which itwas made. But the poor cracked pot was ashamed of its own imperfection, and miserablethat it was able to accomplish only half of what it had been made to do. After two years ofwhat it had perceived to be bitter failure, it spoke one day to the water bearer by the stream.
"I am ashamed of myself, and I want to apologize to you."
"Why?" asked the bearer. "What are you ashamed of?"
"I have been able for these last two years to deliver only half my load, because this crack in myside causes water to leak out all the way back to your master's house. Because of my flaws,you have to do all this work, and you do not get full value for your efforts," the pot explained.
The water bearer felt sorry for the cracked pot, and in his compassion, he said, "As we returnto the masters house, I want you to notice the beautiful flowers along the path."
Indeed, as they went up the hill, the cracked pot took notice of the sun warming the beautifulwild flowers on the side of the path, and this cheered it some. But, at the end of the trail, it stillfelt bad because it had still leaked half of its load, and so again the pot apologized to the bearerfor its failure. The bearer said to the pot: "Did you notice that there were flowers only on yourside of the path, but not on the other pot's side? That is because I have always known aboutyour flaw, and I took advantage of it. I planted flower seeds on your side of the path, andevery day while we walk back from the stream, you have watered them. For two years I havebeen able to pick those beautiful flowers to decorate my master's table. Without you beingjust the way you are, he would not have this beauty to grace his house."
Each of us has our own unique flaws. We are all cracked pots. But if we will allow it, the Lordwill use our flaws to grace His Father's table. In God's great economy, nothing goes to waste.Don't be ashamed of your flaws.Acknowledge them, and you too can be the cause of beauty.Know that in our weakness we find our strength.
上帝的恩典
印度有一個(gè)運(yùn)水的腳夫，他有兩個(gè)水罐，分別掛在桿子的兩端，桿子橫跨在脖子上。其中一個(gè)水罐有一道裂縫，而另一個(gè)則完好無(wú)損。因此腳夫從小溪千里迢迢運(yùn)水到主人家時(shí)，這個(gè)完好的水罐總能滿載而歸，而那個(gè)破裂的水罐卻只能裝回一半的水。整兩年的時(shí)間他每天如此，運(yùn)到主人家的水只有一罐和半罐。
當(dāng)然那個(gè)完好無(wú)損的水罐對(duì)自己的成就感到十分驕傲，因?yàn)樗龅氖伦允贾两K都是完美的。而那個(gè)可憐的有裂縫的水罐則為自己的不完美而感到羞愧難當(dāng)，想到自己只能完成所做的事的一半，傷心極了。經(jīng)過了兩年自認(rèn)為是痛苦的失敗后，有一天它在小溪旁對(duì)這個(gè)運(yùn)水腳夫說：
“我對(duì)自己感到羞愧，我想向你道歉。”
“為什么呢?”腳夫問道，“是什么事讓你覺得羞愧呢?”
“這兩年來(lái)，因?yàn)槲疑砩系牧芽p，運(yùn)水到主人家時(shí)一路上總是漏水，等到了主人家就只剩下半罐水了。由于我的缺陷，你必須做所有的工作，而你的價(jià)值卻沒法得到充分的體現(xiàn)。”這個(gè)水罐說。
腳夫?yàn)檫@個(gè)破舊的水罐感到難過，心里產(chǎn)生了同情，說道：“當(dāng)我們返回主人家的時(shí)候，我會(huì)讓你注意到路邊那些美麗的花兒。”
的確，當(dāng)他們上山的時(shí)候，這個(gè)破舊的水罐注意到，太陽(yáng)暖暖地曬著路邊的美麗的野花，這使它多少有些快樂。但是當(dāng)行程結(jié)束時(shí)，它仍然為自己漏了一半的水而感到難過。所以它又一次因?yàn)樽约旱氖《蚰_夫道歉。
腳夫?qū)@個(gè)水罐說：“你注意到了嗎?那些野花只生長(zhǎng)在你這一側(cè)的路上，而不是另一側(cè)。那是由于我早就了解你的瑕疵，并充分利用了它。我在你這一邊的路上種上花籽，每天當(dāng)我從小溪旁運(yùn)水而歸時(shí)，你就給它們澆了水。兩年過去了，我現(xiàn)在可以摘下這些美麗的花兒來(lái)裝飾主人家的桌子了。倘若不是因?yàn)槟愕奶貏e之處，我們就不會(huì)有那些美麗的花來(lái)美化主人的屋子了。”
我們每個(gè)人都有獨(dú)特的缺點(diǎn)。我們都是有裂縫的水罐。但是如果我們?cè)试S這一點(diǎn)的存在，那么上帝就會(huì)用我們的瑕疵來(lái)裝點(diǎn)他的桌子。
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