超越卓越的自己

Consider ... YOU. In all time before now and in all time to come， there has never been and will never be anyone just like you. You are unique in the entire history and future of the universe. Wow！ Stop and think about that. Youre better than one in a million， or a billion， or a gazillion ... You are the only one like you in a sea of infinity！

Youre amazing！ Youre awesome！ And by the way， TAG， youre it. As amazing and awesome as you already are， you can be even more so. Beautiful young people are the whimsey of nature， but beautiful old people are true works of art. But you dont become “beautiful” just by virtue of the aging process.

Real beauty comes from learning， growing， and loving in the ways of life. That is the Art of Life. You can learn slowly， and sometimes painfully， by just waiting for life to happen to you. Or you can choose to accelerate your growth and intentionally devour life and all it offers. You are the artist that paints your future with the brush of today. Paint a masterpiece.

God gives every bird its food， but he doesnt throw it into its nest. Wherever you want to go， whatever you want to do， its truly up to you.

試想一下……你！一個(gè)空前絕后的你，不論是以往還是將來(lái)都不會(huì)有一個(gè)跟你一模一樣的人。你在歷史上和宇宙中都是獨(dú)一無(wú)二的。哇！想想吧，你是萬(wàn)里挑一、億里挑一、兆里挑一的。

在無(wú)窮無(wú)盡的宇宙中，你是舉世無(wú)雙的！

你是了不起的！你是卓越的！沒錯(cuò)，就是你。你已經(jīng)是了不起的，是卓越的，你還可以更卓越更了不起。美麗的年輕人是大自然的奇想，而美麗的老人卻是藝術(shù)的杰作。但你不會(huì)因?yàn)槟挲g的漸長(zhǎng)就自然而然地變得“美麗”。

真正的美麗源于生命里的學(xué)習(xí)、成長(zhǎng)和熱愛。這就是生命的藝術(shù)。你可以只聽天由命， 慢慢地學(xué)，有時(shí)候或許會(huì)很痛苦。又或許你可以選擇加速自己的成長(zhǎng)，故意揮霍生活及其提供的一切。你就是手握今日之刷描繪自己未來(lái)的藝術(shù)家。畫出一幅杰作吧！

上帝給了鳥兒食物，但他沒有將食物扔到它們的巢里。不管你想要去哪里，不管你想要做什么，真正做決定的還是你自己。

The Cock and the Pearl

A cock was once strutting up and down the farmyard among the hens when suddenly he espied something shinning amid the straw. “Ho！ ho！” quoth he， “thats for me，” and soon rooted it out from beneath the straw. What did it turn out to be but a pearl that by some chance had been lost in the yard？ “You may be a treasure，” quoth master cock， “to men that prize you， but for me I would rather have a single barley-corn than a peck of pearls.”

Precious things are for those that can prize them.

公雞和珍珠

在農(nóng)場(chǎng)的庭院里有一只公雞正昂首闊步地在一群母雞中間來(lái)來(lái)回回。突然他瞥到稻草中有什么東西在閃閃發(fā)光。“哈哈！”他說(shuō)，“那是我的?！比缓笱杆侔阉鼜牡静葜信倭顺鰜?lái)。他刨出來(lái)的是一顆不知什么時(shí)候遺落在庭院里的珍珠。“你也許是個(gè)寶貝，”公雞大人說(shuō)，“對(duì)于人類來(lái)說(shuō)，他們會(huì)珍惜你，但在我看來(lái)，我寧可要一粒大麥也不想琢一粒珍珠?！?/p>

只有懂得價(jià)值的人才會(huì)珍惜寶物。

Present for Girlfriend

At a jewelry store， a young man bought an expensive locket as a present for his girlfriend. “Shall I engrave her name on it？” the jeweler asked.

The customer thought for a moment， and then said， “No-engrave it ‘To my one and only love. That way， if we ever break up， I can use it again.”

送給女友的禮物

在一家珠寶店里，一位年輕人買了一個(gè)貴重的小金盒作為送給女友的禮物。“要我把她的名字刻在上面嗎？”珠寶商問道。

那名顧客想了一會(huì)兒，然后說(shuō)道：“不——在上面刻‘給我唯一的愛。這樣，如果我們鬧崩了，我還可以再用到它?！?/p>

This crab is really special

A male crab met a female crab and asked her to marry him.

She noticed that he was walking straight instead of sideways. Wow， she thought， this crab is really special. I cant let him get away. So they got married immediately.

The next day she noticed her new husband walking sideways like all the other crabs， and got upset. “What happened？” she asked. “You used to walk straight before we were married.”

“Oh， honey，” he replied， “I cant drink that much every day.”

與眾不同的螃蟹

一只雄蟹遇到了一只雌蟹，便向她求婚。

雌蟹發(fā)現(xiàn)他是直著走路，而不是橫著走。她心想，這只雄蟹真是與眾不同，我可不能讓他跑了。于是他們很快就結(jié)婚了。

第二天，雌蟹發(fā)現(xiàn)她的新郎走起路來(lái)和普通螃蟹一樣。她便疑惑重重?！澳阍趺戳?？”她問，“我們結(jié)婚之前你可是直著走路的。”

“哦，寶貝，”他回答說(shuō)，“我不可能每天都喝那么多啊。”