Old friends. They finish your sentences, they remember the cat that ran away when you were twelve, and they tell you the truth when you‘ve had a bad haircut. But mostly, t...

     Once upon a time a wolf was lapping at a stream. When he looked up, he saw a lamb drinking a little lower down.  'There’s my supper,' he thought. 'I w...

As a teenager, I felt I was always letting people down. I was rebellious outside, but I wanted to be liked inside. Once I left home to hitch-hike2 to California with my friend Pen...

John was waiting for the girl whose heart he knew, but whose face he didn‘t, the girl with the rose. Thirteen months ago, in a Florida library he took a book off the shelf and fou...

'Why don‘t you just rest your arms and let me push you?' 'No.'  'Your arms will get sorely. I‘ve been helping you do it for three months now.' 'I wheeled myself for 12 yea...

Simple happiness:let us count sheep together Lately, I’ve been spending a lot of time watching sheep. I know that sounds strange, so let me explain… I’ve always been a city gir...

  Once there was a very rich man. He lived in a beautiful house, and had a beautiful garden. The rich man had a blue beard: so he was called  “Blue Beard”. Near the ri...

One cold night the king called Nasreddin to him and said, 'If you‘re able to spend this night in the courtyard with only your shirt on, I will give you one hundred gold coins!' In...

In Calaveras, California, there lived a man whose name was Jim Smiley. Jim enjoyed betting so much that he would bet on anything. If anyone said good morning to him, he would bet t...

我们每天忙忙碌碌的，有时候，竟不知自己为什么而忙。不妨多试着问自己，我在做什么？为什么做？明确自己的目标，前路才能更顺畅！ Why do you do what you do? 你为什么要做手头上的事呢？ It...