Today Is All We Have
Today Is All We Have
拥有今天
Remember today that you are alive.
Sometimes we tend to forget that you have a purpose that is all your own， no one else is you. You have dreams and hopes and desires. Listen to your heart for a while.
Remember today all the blessings you have： There"s beauty in every direction you look， enjoy the abundance that is already yours， the world is a wonderful place and you"re here.
Remember today that you get what you give： Your world is a mirror of your inner self， love will be yours when you give it away.
Remember today that life is creation： As long as you live you can always contribute your own special voice.
记住今天你拥有的生命！
有时我们似乎会忘记我们自己独有的生活目标，我们会忘记自我。每个人都有梦想，希望和愿望。有时去倾听一下你内心的召唤。
记住今天你拥有所有的祝福：美存在于你所注视过的每个角落，享受你内心已有的充实，这是一个美丽的世界，你生活在这里。
记住今天你因奉献而有所得：你的世界是你内心的一面镜子，当你给予爱时，你才拥有爱。
记住今天生活就是去创造：只要你拥有生命，你可以永远奉献你那一份力量。
Water in the Cup
杯中之水
A group of working adults got together to visit their University lecturer. The lecturer was happy to see them， and conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in work and life.
The lecturer just smiled and went to the kitchen to get an assortment of cups—some porcelain， some in plastic， some in glass， some plain looking and some looked rather expensive and exquisite. The lecturer offered his former students the cups to get drinks for themselves.
When all the students had a cup in hand with water， the lecturer spoke， “If you noticed， all the nice looking， expensive cups were taken up， leaving behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is normal that you only want the best for yourselves， that is the source of your problems and stress. What all of you wanted was water， not the cup， but we unconsciously went for the better cups.”
Just like in life， if Life is Water， then the jobs， money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold Life， but the quality of Life doesn"t change. If we only concentrate on the cup， we won"t have time to enjoy the water in it.
一群上班族一同去拜访他们的大学老师。老师看到他们很开心，但不久学生们就满腹牢骚地抱怨工作和生活中的压力了。
老师只是笑笑，然后到厨房取来各式各样的杯子——瓷杯、塑料杯、玻璃杯等等，有些外表平平，有些看起来精致名贵。老师将这些杯子递给他以前的这帮学生，让他们自己倒水喝。
当学生们人手一杯水时，老师便发话了：“不知你们发现没有，所有好看的、昂贵的杯子都被拿走了，剩下的是一些普通的和便宜的杯子。大家都想为自己得到最好的，这属人之常情，不过这也是你们出现问题和压力的根源所在。其实你们真正需要的是水，不是杯子，但我们都情不自禁地拿更好的杯子。”
生活也是如此，如果“生活”是“水”，那么工作、金钱和社会地位都只是杯子。这些只是用来盛“水”的工具，而实际上“生活”的本质并未改变。如果我们只将注意力放在杯子上，那就没有时间来享受杯里的水了。
Genius at Work
天才在工作
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 school. their punishment was to stay until they had fixed the watch. but the teacher did not know young ford’s genius. in ten minutes， this mechanical wizard had repaired the watch and was on this way home.
Ford was always interested in how things worked. he once plugged up the spout of a teapot and placed it on the fire. then he waited to see what would happen. the water boiled and， of course， turned to steam. since the steam had no way to escape， the teapot exploded. the explosion cracked a mirror and broke a window. Many Years later，The young inventor was badly scalded.
Ford’s curiosity and tinkering were paid off. he dreamed of a horseless carriage.when he built one， the world of transportation was changed forever.
亨利？福特在学校里常常心不在焉。有一天，他和一个小朋友把一块手表拆开了。老师很生气，让他们放学后留下来，把表修好才能回家。当时这位老师并不知道小福特的天才。只用了十分钟，这位机械奇才就把手表修好，走在回家的路上了。
福特对各种东西的工作原理总是很感兴趣。曾有一次，他把茶壶嘴用东西堵住，然后把茶壶放在火炉上。他便站在一边等候着会出现什么情况。当然，水开后变成了水蒸气。因为水蒸气无处逸出，茶壶便爆炸了，因而打碎了一面镜子和一扇窗户。这个小发明家也被严重地烫伤了。
多年后，福特的好奇心和他的动手能力使他得到了回报。他曾经梦想着去制造一辆无马行进的车。他造成了一辆这样的车后，运输界发生了永久性的变化。
Principles are lighthouses
正确的原则犹如灯塔
It was a dark and stormy night. The officer on the bridge came to the captain and said， "Captain， Captain， there is a light in our sea lane and they won"t move."
"What do you mean they won"t move？ Tell them to move. Tell them starboard right now."
The signal was sent out， "Starboard， starboard， "The signal comes back， " Starboard yourself."
"I can’t believe this. What"s going on here？ Let them know who I am." The signal sent out， “this is the mighty Missouri， starboard." The signal comes back， "This is the lighthouse."
My friends， correct principles are 1ighthouses， they do not move. They are nature laws. We can’t break them. We can only break ourselves against them. We might as well learn them， accommodate them， utilize them and be grateful for them. Then it enlarges us and emancipates us and empowers us.
TS.Eliot once said something I think is appropriate as we come to the conclusion of our visit together. He said， “we are never cease from striving， and the end of all of our striving wi1l be to arrive where we began and to know the place for the first time."
那是个漆黑的、狂风暴雨的夜晚，大副从驾驶室出来走向船长说：“船长，船长，我们的海道上有灯光，而且他们不愿移开。”
“他们不愿移开是什么意思？ 叫他们移开。告诉他们立即右偏。”
信号发了出去：“右偏，右偏。”发回来的信号说：“你自己右偏。”
“我就不信。这是怎么了？让他们知道我是谁。”信号发出去：“这里是密苏里巨轮，请右偏。”信号发了回来：“这里是灯塔。”
朋友们，正确的原则犹如灯塔，他们不会移动。它们是自然法则。我们打破不了。我们要么让自己与它们相悖，要么去学习它们、调整它们、利用它们，并感激它们。然后我们自己得以发展，得以解放，得到使用这些原则的能力。
TS-爱略特曾说过一句话，我认为很适合用来做此行的结束语。他说：”我们将永不放弃奋斗，经过全力以赴的奋斗后，我们将到达出发之地，并重新认识这个地方。”
We’re Just Beginning
一切刚开始
“We are reading the first verse of the first chapter of a book whose pages are infinite...”
I do not know who wrote those words， but I have always liked them as a reminder that the future can be anything we want to make it. We can take the mysterious， hazy future and carve out of it anything that we can imagine， just as a sculptor carves a statue from a shapeless stone.
We are all in the position of the farmer. If we plant a good seed， we reap a good harvest. If our seed is poor and full of weeds， we reap a useless crop. If we plant nothing at all， we harvest nothing at all.
I want the future to be better than the past. I don’t want it contaminated by the mistakes and errors with which history is filled. We should all be concerned about the future because that is where we will spend the remainder of our lives.
The past is gone and static. Nothing we can do will change it. The future is before us and dynamic. Everything we do will affect it. Each day brings with it new frontiers， in our homes and in our business， if we only recognize them. We are just at the beginning of the progress in every field of human endeavor.
“我们正在读一本书的第一章第一行，这本书的页数是无限的……”