奧少年CYC

No matter how useless something appears to be.

There's always something valuable in it waiting to be discovered.

無論有一個東西，看起來多麼沒有用，

它總是隱藏著它的獨特、有價值的地方。

The famous Italian sculptor and artist Michelangelo completed the world renowned statue of David.

It's said that the piece of marble which David was carved from was criticized by many sculptors as being useless.

Some people said that it was cut poorly. Other said that its grain was not beautiful.

All agreed that it could never become a valuable piece of art.

But under the eye of Michelangelo this piece of marble that everyone considered useless became the famous masterpiece of the statue of David.

義大利著名的雕刻家兼畫家 ─ 「米開朗基羅」，完成了曠世傑作 ─ 大衛像，

據說曾經有很多雕刻家，批評做成大衛像的這塊大理石。

他們說沒有用，有人說切割的不好，有人說它的紋路不美，

所有的雕刻家都覺得不可能成為一個有價值的藝術品。

不過在米開朗基羅的獨特的眼光之下，這塊大家認為沒有用的大理石，

的確變成舉世矚目的大衛像了。

There are many people that don't attract much attention.

But each one of them has something very special.

Let's try to be their Michelangelo, and help them discover what's truly extraordinary about them.

有很多人不會引起其他的人的注意，

不過他們都有他們不平凡的地方。

讓我們當作他們的米開朗基羅，

幫助他們充分的發揮他們的優點。

We often accuse others of normal or abnormal behavior.

But think about it for a minute, just what is normal?

我們常常會判斷別人的行為，正常還是不正常。

不過你想一想，到底什麼是正常？

One day the Director of a certain mental institution called one of its patients in to

see him. And he said to the patient, "According to my observation you've improved a

lot recently. You've started to steal things. You tell lies. You cheat the new patients.

You do many of the bad things that normal people do. So for these reasons, I've 

decided to release you from the hospital."

But the patient very nervously asked the Director,

"Please wait a few days. In two days I can receive my disability pension check."

When the Director heard that, he was very angry and he said,

"Get out! That statement of yours proves that you're now absolutely normal. You're 

not qualified to live in this mental institution."

有一天，一個精神病院的院長叫他的病人來跟他談話。

他說：「按照我的觀察，你最近有很大的改變。你開始偷東西、開始撒謊、開始欺騙新來的病人，你現在會做很多正常人會做的壞事，所以我決定，你可以出院了。」

不過，這個病人他很緊張，他說：「院長，可不可以慢幾天，因為再過兩天，我就可以領到這個月的殘障津貼。」

院長聽到這句話，他說：「你馬上走，這句話證明你現在是完全正常了，沒有

資格再繼續住在精神病院裡。」

Normal people often do bad things that so called abnormal people are incapable of doing.

Think for a minute just what is our standard for normal and abnormal.

We should think about this before we accuse someone of abnormal behavior.

所謂的正常人，常常可以做很多壞事，不正常的人辦不到。

所以，我覺得我們應該反省一下，我們對正常的標準是什麼，

才判斷別人的行為不正常。

If we have enough to eat and enough to wear, we should be satisfied.

如果我們的食物跟我們的衣服夠了，我們應該滿足。

A man's boat broke down on the ocean. For twenty days and twenty nights he was

alone, adrift on the ocean. He depended on rain water and flying fish to stay alive.

When he was finally saved, people asked him,

"How do you feel after this experience of yours?"

The man said, "After this dangerous experience that I've had, I feel that if you give me

enough to eat and enough to drink, I will be happy and satified for the rest of my life."

有一個人，因為他的船艇發生故障，他一個人在海上，漂泊了二十天。

他是靠雨水跟飛魚，很艱苦的維持生命。

他獲救之後，有人問他：「經過那麼危險的經驗，有什麼感觸？」

他說：「經過那麼大的事情以後，現在我覺得如果你給我食物，足夠填飽我的肚子，飲料足夠解渴，我這一輩子會心滿意足了。」

When we're facing the loss of everything we own, even a little is enough to satisfy us.

In this age of consumerism it's important to be able to distinguish between what we

really need and what is extra.

我們面對失去一切的時候，一點點就會讓我們滿足。

在這個消費時代，我們必須常常分辨，

什麼是真正需要的，什麼是多餘的。

The clever man analyses a problem and thinks of a way to solve it.

The foolish person acts without thinking and then complains that the problem is not solved.

一個聰明的人，會先分析問題，想出解決的辦法。

一個愚笨的人，他不先思考，然後就抱怨問題為什麼沒有解決。

One cold winter's day a housewife was wiping the mist off her windows.

But no matter how fast she wiped, the windows continually fogged up.

She complained to her neighbor saying, "Every time I wipe the mist off one window another one fogs up. 

What am I going to do?"

The neighbor said, "If you go about it that way you will never finish. All you have to do is light the furnace 

and the mist will naturally disappear."

The housewife did as her friend advised and , of course, in a few minutes the mist was gone.

在一個寒冷的冬天，有一個家庭主婦，在擦拭玻璃上的霧氣。

不過，無論她擦得多快，這個霧氣不斷地冒出來。

她很懊惱的跟她的朋友說：「我每一次擦掉一塊，另外一塊就會出現霧氣，怎麼辦？」

她的朋友說：「妳這樣擦，是永遠擦不完的，妳只要把火爐點起來，霧氣很快就消失了。」

家庭主婦立刻照辦。當然，很快霧氣就不見了。

That mist is a little bit like the little defects in our lives.

We try to get rid of them but they keep coming back.

If we spent more time reflecting on our actions and consulting our conscience many

of those defects would disappear naturally.

這個霧氣，很像我們生活中的小毛病。

我們很想把它們改掉，不過它們不斷地出現。

如果我們花更多的時間，反省我們的行為，參照我們的良知，

很可能許多缺點，自然而然就不見了。

Most people pay a lot for their education in life.

The clever person uses what other people pay to gain his education.

大部分的人為了得到教育(學習的經驗)，會付出很多。

一個聰明的人，會利用別人所付出的，而得到他的教育(學習的經驗)。

A certain homeless man was often seen wandering around the market place.

Everybody in the town thought that this homeless man must be very stupid.

They often teased him, made fun of him, and laughed at him.

One of the methods they used to tease him was to take two coins, a five-dollar coin 

and a ten-dollar coin, and offer them to the homeless man.

The homeless man always picked the five dollar coin. And every one would laugh.

He was so stupid! He couldn't tell a five-dollar coin from a ten-dollar coin!

One day a kind old lady couldn't stand it any longer and she asked the homeless man.

"Really can't you tell the difference between a five-dollar and a ten-dollar coin?"

The homeless man gave her a sly smile and said, "Of course I can. But if I took the

ten-dollar coin. They wouldn't play this game with me anymore."

有一個流浪漢，常常在某一個市場裡走動，

村莊的人都覺得他很笨，他們常常會譏笑他、捉弄他。

有一個捉弄他的方法，就是拿兩個錢幣，一個五塊錢，一個十塊錢，

讓這個流浪漢自己選擇他要哪一個。

他每次都會選擇五塊錢的錢幣，大家都會捧腹大笑，看他那麼傻呼呼的，

他也不知道，五塊錢跟十塊錢的分別，

有一天，有一個很有愛心的老夫人，她有一點受不了，她問這個流浪漢說：「你

真的分不清楚五塊錢跟十塊錢的錢幣嗎？」

那個流浪漢露出一個狡猾的微笑，他說：「我當然知道，不過如果我選擇十塊錢

的錢幣，他們就不會再跟我玩這個遊戲了。」

When we try to show other people how smart we are,

we often end up showing our stupidity.

Treating people with kindness and humility is a sign of true wisdom.

當我們要表現我們的聰明，

我們常常會露出我們的愚笨跟無知。

用柔和跟謙虛的態度來對待別人，才是真正有智慧的作為。

Neglecting small problems can often lead to big problems.

忽略小問題，常常是大問題的來源。

A certain family lived next to a large city wall.

One day out of the crack in the wall sprouted a small tree.

One of the neighbors in a kindhearted way told the owner.

"Better to pull that sprout out now before it grows large and becomes uncontrollable."

But the owner neglected to do so.

After ten years that small sprout had become a large tree and one night during a

serious storm a tremendous noise was heard.

The tree and the wall had fallen down crushing the owner and his entire family.

有一戶人家，住在城牆的隔壁。

有一天，城牆的磚縫中，長出一株樹苗。

旁人很好心的告訴主人，最好趁早拔掉，免得後來很麻煩。

不過這個主人，一直忽略這個小樹苗，也沒有去處理。

過了十年，這個小樹苗變成一顆大樹。

有一個暴風雨的夜晚，大家聽到很大的聲音，

那棵樹跟整個城牆都倒塌下來，壓死主人一家。

Do you often neglect small mistake, defects on bad habits?

The more you neglect them the larger they will grow.

One day when you are no longer able to control them

they'll be serious danger to you.

你會不會常常忽略小問題、小的毛病。

我們越忽略他們，他們長的越大。

將來有一天，當你再也無法控制他們的時候，

他們將會對你產生相當嚴重的危險。

Better to be a little slow than too fast and make mistakes.

Better to be a little stupid than too clever and fail.

寧可慢一點，而不要因為太快而犯錯。

寧可笨一點，而不要因為太聰明而導致失敗。

A man drove his car into the filling station and stopped in the fast service section.

Three attendants quickly came out to meet him and began to go about their work of 

servicing the car.

One washed the windows; the second one checked the oil and the third one checked

the air in the tires. And after taking money for ten gallons of gas, the man drove off.

But in three minutes, he came back again and he asked the attendants,

"Excuse me, but did any of you put gas in my car?" The three attendants looked at

each other and realized that in their haste they had forgotten the most important item.

They had forgotten to give the man gas.

有一個人開車到加油站，停在快速服務區。

三個服務生很快的出來招呼他，並且開始他們的服務工作。

其中一個洗車窗，另外一個檢查機油，還有一個檢查胎壓。

在收了十加侖的汽油錢之後，那個人就開車走了。

三分鐘之後，那個人又回來了，他問服務生：「不好意思，你們之中有人幫我加油了嗎？」

這三位服務生互相看了看，了解了他們因為匆忙，忘了最重要的事項。

他們忘了給他加油。

In our busy lives, do we sometimes forget to give top priority to the really important things?

Like spending time with our family and caring for our health.

在我們忙碌的生活中，是否有時候會忘記重要事情的優先順序？

像花時間陪我們的家人，以及照顧我們的健康。

No matter how difficult the road is, a strong hearted person will make it to the end.

一條路不論多麼艱苦，一個意志堅強的人，會一路走到底。

At a very important  marathon, the three winners had already been announced.

Prizes had been given and the crowd was beginning to disperse.

Just then in one corner of the stadium, there was the sound of applause and the last runner in the race entered the stadium.

He had fallen many times.

His body was covered with scratches but he gritted his teeth and was determined to finish the race.

As the crowd watched him limp towards the finish line they all stood up and applauded him and gave him great encouragement until he'd finished.

And everybody presented that day who witnessed the determination of that last runner learned a great lesson.

一個盛大的馬拉松比賽，快要接近尾聲的時候，三位優勝者已經宣佈，頒獎典禮就快要結束了。

大家慢慢的離開會場，那時在運動場的一個角落，大家聽到鼓掌的聲音，最後一位跑者進來了，他好像跌倒了很多次，全身都是傷痕，不過他咬著牙，決心要跑完全程。

觀眾看到了，都站起來鼓掌，看他一拐一拐的往前衝，大家都給他很大的鼓勵，直到他抵達終點。

那一天，所有參加馬拉松比賽的人，看到這個跑者的勇氣跟決心，學到很珍貴的一堂課。

The road of life is filled with obstacles and difficulties.

But our efforts are worth it.

Heaven and earth applauds and praises the ones who make it to the end.

在人生的道路上，我們一定會遇到很多阻礙和挫折。

不過，我們的努力是值得的。

那些有決心要跑到最後的人，一定會得到天地的鼓掌跟讚美。

Three things will last forever: faith, hope and love,

and the greatest of these is love.

有三件東西會永遠存在：信、望、愛，

其中最美好的是愛。

There was an Englishman who was a big fan of the lottery, and every week he would buy one ticket for the English National Lottery.

According to his custom he always used the same number.

But one Valentine's Day he decided not  to buy a lottery ticket that week, but to use that money to buy a Valentine's card to show his love for his wife.

It just to happened that that week the number that he used every week won the grand prize of the lottery: two million eight hundred thousand English pounds.

He was miserable. He thought to himself, "I don't think my children will ever forgive me, but I believe my wife will understand."

有一個英國人是一個獎券迷，他每一個禮拜一定要買一張英國國家彩券，而且按

照他的習慣，每一個禮拜他會用同樣的一個號碼。

有一次情人節，他決定這個禮拜不要買彩券。

他用那些錢替他太太買了一張情人卡，表示他對她的愛，

剛好那個禮拜，他每次押寶的那六個數字，偏偏中了頭獎。

有兩百八十萬英鎊的獎金，那個英國人很痛心，他心想：「我的三個小孩恐怕永遠不會原諒我，

不過我相信我的太太會諒解的。」

Maybe you've never had an experience quite so special as that Englishman but we all know the feeling that luck has passed us by.

Do you fret over lost opportunities?

Forget them. It's a waste of energy.

Live in the present and get ready to grasp the good opportunities that are coming your way.

可能你沒有像這個英國人一樣有那麼特殊的經驗，

不過，相信每一個人都有這種失去好機會的經驗。

你會不會因為失去那些好機會而一直覺得難過、遺憾。

把它們捨棄吧，活在現在，

要準備好抓住將要來臨的好機會。

Money cannot purchase love and devotion.

愛跟孝順是不能用錢買的。

Once there was an old man whose wife had died at an early age.

His sons didn't care about him and refused to take care of him in his old age,

so the man was left alone.

One day the man's younger brother came to see him and brought a big heavy chest.

He said to the old man, "Times are not good, I'm afraid. I cannot be responsible for

the things inside this chest, so I'm returning them to you."

When the man's sons saw this big heavy chest, they thought it must be filled with valuables.

And their attitude towards the old man changed.

They began to be polite to him, care for him, and when the old man died they could hardly wait until he was buried before they opened the chest and prepared to share the valuables.

But when they opened the chest what they found was nothing but a pile of stones.

And on the top was a note that said "These stones are just what your stony hearts deserve."

從前有一個老先生，他的太太很早就過世了。

他有幾個兒子，但都不孝順。年老的時候，沒有人照顧他。

有一天，這個老先生的弟弟，帶來一個又大又重的箱子。

弟弟跟哥哥說：「最近情況不太好，我要把這個箱子還給你，我怕我付不起賠償的責任。」

那個老先生的兒子們看到這個又大又重的箱子，他們在想：裡面一定有很多寶物。所以，他們對父親的態度改變了，開始對他比較有禮貌，比較孝順。

老先生過世，他的兒子們還等不及父親下葬，就撬開這個箱子，準備分了這些寶物。

不過箱子裡面並沒有寶物，只有一大堆石頭，還有一張字條。

這張字條上寫著：這些石頭，給你們這些心腸很硬的人，是最適合的。

Our devotion to our parents is a responsibility. It's also an unconditional gift.

If love can be purchased with money it's not real love and it's not worth a pile of stones.

我們對父母的孝順，是一種責任，也是一份無條件的禮物。

用錢買的愛，是假的，連一堆石頭都不如。

When we walk with a friend the road never seems long.

當我們跟好朋友走在一起的時候，路不會顯得遙遠。

In Japan, they have a way of raising yellow orioles that's very special.

In the early Spring they go to the mountains and they look for a small yellow oriole that has just been hatched.

And they take the small bird and place him near a large oriole with a beautiful voice.

The small bird hears the beautiful voice of the large bird every day.

And after a time they move the large bird to another place.

And when the small bird grows up, it will sing just as beautifully as the older bird.

But if the small bird first hears the sound of wild birds, when it grows up its voice

won't be nearly so beautiful.

在日本，他們有一種飼養黃鶯的特別方法，

春天快要來臨的時候，他們到山上去找一些剛剛孵出來的小黃鶯，

趁著牠們還沒有聽到其他野鳥聲音的時候，把牠放在一隻啼聲很好聽的大黃鶯旁邊，

讓小鳥每一天都聽到牠美妙的聲音。

過一段時間他們會把大黃鶯移開，小鳥長大的時候，牠的啼聲會跟大鳥一樣好聽。

不過，如果小鳥先聽到其他野鳥的叫聲，牠長大的時候，啼聲就不會這麼好聽了。

If we're often in the company of good people,

we'll very likely develop a good heart.

But if we're often in the company of bad people,

it's very hard not to be influenced by them.

So choose your friends with care

and try to become a good teacher and model for others.

如果我們常常跟善良的人在一起，

很可能我們也會養成一顆善良的心。

不過，如果常常跟邪惡的人在一起，

我們很難不受到影響，

所以選擇你的朋友要很謹慎，

更重要的是要成為別人的良師益友。

When we fail, we often become disappointed. We feel like giving up.

But if we try again and again, we just may turn our failure into a great success.

當我們失敗的時後，我們通常會失望，想要放棄。

不過如果我們不斷的努力，很可能會把失敗變為成功。

Two frogs unfortunately fell into a tub of milk.

One frog felt that there was no way out.

After a short struggle he gave up, sunk to the bottom of the tub, and died.

The second frog didn't want his life to end like that,

so he kept struggling, kept kicking both of his feet.

By kicking his feet he helped the milk gradually turn into butter.

And when the butter became hard, he was easily able to stand on top and jump out of the tub.

有兩隻青蛙，不小心掉到一桶牛奶裡面。

有一隻青蛙，牠覺得已經沒有生路，

因此，經過一番掙扎之後，牠就沉到桶子底下死掉了。

而另外一隻青蛙，牠不願意就這樣結束牠的生命，

所以牠不斷的努力，不斷地在跳動雙腳，

牛奶經過牠這種攪拌，就慢慢的變成奶油，

奶油變硬的時候，青蛙站在上面，很容易就跳出去了。

When we face a desperate situation, we can always try one more time.

Miracles happen when we least expect them.

And if we've tried our best we'll always have nothing to regret in our hearts.

面對絕境的時候，我們總是可以再一次努力。

奇蹟總是在我們意想不到的時候發生。

如果我們盡最大的力量，心中就不會有任何遺憾。

To be satisfied is a heavenly gift.

An insatiable desire for riches is the greatest poverty.

知足是天賦之財富，

奢侈是人為之貧窮。

A man was walking down the road, when he saw a small boy on the side of the road crying broken-heartedly.

He asked the little boy, "What's wrong?" Why was he so sad?

"I am sad because I just lost ten dollars."

The man saw the little boy looking so miserable and so he reached into his pocket,

took out ten dollars and gave it to the little boy.

But the boy kept crying even more broken-heartedly than before.

The man was puzzled and he asked the little boy, "I just gave you ten dollars, why are you still crying?"

The little boy said, "If I hadn't lost the first ten dollars, now I would have twenty dollars!"

有一個人，他看到路邊有一個小男孩嚎啕大哭。

他問這個小男孩說：「你為什麼哭的那麼傷心？」

小男孩說：「因為我剛剛不小心丟了十塊錢。」

他看到這個小男孩那麼難過，就從他的口袋掏出十塊錢，送給小男孩。

沒有想到小男孩哭得更加傷心，那個人覺得莫名其妙。

他問小男孩說：「我剛剛送給你十塊錢，你為什麼還在哭？」

小男孩回答說：「我哭是因為如果我沒有把第一個十塊錢弄丟，我現在就會有二十塊錢了。」

People are never satisfied.

We're like a snake trying to swallow an elephant.

Don't lose appreciation for the things

you have by worrying about the things you've lost.

人心不足，

就像是蛇吞象，

不要一直在意失去的事物，

而忘記珍惜目前所擁有的。

Success belongs to the person who perseveres until the very end.

成功是屬於那些決心堅持到底的人。

A certain king was toppled by his enemies. He was forced to escape and lived in a broken down old house.

He was filled with despair. He thought he had lost his courage and his will power.

One day he noticed an ant crawling up the wall.

This ant was carrying on its back a grain of wheat many times its own size.

This ant continually fell to the ground but it kept trying.

The king began to count how many times the ant tried and failed.

Eventually on its seventieth try the ant succeeded and reached the top of the wall.

The king was very moved. He thought, "If this ant can do it, (then) I can do it."

He gathered up his strength and his courage and gradually he recovered his former glory.

曾經有一位國王，被他的敵人追殺，他只好逃走，躲在一間破舊的房屋。

國王感到很失望，他覺得已經失去勇氣和毅力了。

有一天他發覺牆壁上有一隻螞蟻，

那隻螞蟻背著一顆比牠身體大好幾倍的麥粒往上拖，

卻一直不斷地摔下來。

國王就開始算牠摔下來多少次，螞蟻不斷地努力，一次又一次，到了第七十次，

螞蟻終於成功地爬到牆頭上。

國王很感動，他想如果螞蟻可以成功，有那麼大的勇氣，更何況人呢？

他打起精神，鼓起勇氣，慢慢的回復他原來的尊榮。

Have you met with great difficulties lately?

Remember that ant, he didn't give up.

You don't have to give up, either.

你最近有沒有遇到大的困難？

要想到這隻螞蟻，牠沒有放棄，

你也不要放棄。

A wise man once said, "I know I can't avoid meeting with violence, lying and cheating, but I can refuse to let these influence my life. When confronting evil, I plan to live a constructive and positive life."

有一位很有智慧的人曾經說過：「我知道我不能避免遇到暴力、撒謊、欺騙，不過我可以拒絕讓它們影響我的生活。在面對邪惡的時候，我打算繼續過一個愉快、積極的生活。」

At a school for deaf and mute students two students were having a conflict.

Their teacher came over to help them resolve their conflict. One student was laughing and had his back turned on the other student. The other student appeared to be very angry and was speaking in sign language. The teacher asked the first student, "Why are you laughing and why is your fellow student  so angry?"

The first student replied, "He's angry because he's scolding me and I refuse to watch him."

在一所聾啞學校，兩位同學發生衝突。他們的老師過來，想幫他們化解紛爭。

一位同學不斷的在笑，背對著另外一位同學，第二個同學好像很生氣，一直在用手語說話。老師問第一個同學說：「你為什麼一直在笑，而你的同學為什麼那麼生氣呢？」第一位同學說：「他生氣，是因為他在罵我，而我拒絕看他。」

We can't stop a bird from flying over our head. But we can stop him from making a nest on our head. We can't stop people from criticizing us and trying to hurt us. But we can turn our eyes upward towards the beautiful sky.

我們不能夠阻止鳥飛過我們的頭上，

不過我們可以拒絕讓牠在我們頭上築巢。

我們不能夠阻止別人批評我們、傷害我們，

不過我們可以把我們的眼睛轉向燦爛的天空。

Thinking positive thoughts can truly make us happy and healthy people.

Maintaining a positive attitude is one of the greatest arts in life.

常常以積極的態度來面對事情，會使我們變成愉快又健康的人。

維持好的心情，是生活中最大的藝術。

Two men went to the hospital to have X-rays taken.

One of the men was seriously ill with cancer.

The other was healthy and just went for a check-up.

But the doctor mixed up their X-rays and gave them each the opposite diagnosis.

The man who was sick with cancer, when he heard that he was getting well,

he was so happy that he went home and after a short period of convalescence fully

regained his health.

But the other man who was originally healthy,

when he heard the diagnosis of the doctor became terrified and worried.

He lost his determination to live.

His resistance was weakened and eventually he became seriously ill.

有兩個人到醫院去看診，照X光。

一個人是有重病 ─ 癌症；

另外一個人身體很好，只是做例行性的身體檢查。

不過，醫生拿錯X光片，給他們兩個人相反的診斷書，

當這個有癌症的人聽到他身體變好了，他好高興，回家以後，

經過一段時間的調養，竟完全恢復健康。

不過，原本很健康的人聽到醫生的宣判，他非常的害怕，每一天都很焦慮。他失

去生存的毅力，然後他自己的抵抗力也減弱了，到最後他真的生了重病。

Our body, soul and spirit are all one.

When our spirit is hurt,

our body will also be influenced.

No matter what happens, try to face it with a positive outlook.

Don't let fear take away your peace of mind.

我們的身心靈都是一體的。

當我們精神受了傷，我們的身體也會受到影響。

無論什麼事情發生，

總要用積極的態度來面對它，

不要讓恐懼破壞你心靈的平和。

Performing good works often requires taking risks. Let's not let fear or embarrassment stop us from helping others.

行善常常需要冒險。我們不要讓恐懼感，或是害羞，阻擋我們幫助別人。

A certain fast food restaurant was doing a great business.

One night just before they were closing, the manager took the day's income and put it

in a paper bag. One of the waiters carelessly gave this paper bag to a young couple

that had come to buy food. Later on in their car, the young couple opened the paper bag and discovered that it was filled with money.

They were shocked. They immediately returned to the restaurant.

When they got there, the restaurant was in chaos.

The manager had already notified the police.

The television station had sent reporters.

When the couple returned the money, everyone praised their honesty.

The television station wanted to interview them.

But the young man said very nervously, "Please, please no interviews.

I'm married but the lady with me, she's not my wife."

有一個生意興隆的速食店，快要打烊的時候，

經理把一整天的收入放在一個紙袋裡，

有一個服務生不小心弄錯了，

把這個紙袋拿給開車前來買速食的一對男女，

後來這對男女打開紙袋的時候，

他們發現裡面有那麼多錢，

他們嚇了一大跳，馬上回到速食店。

那個時候速食店已經亂成一團，

經理已經通知警察，電視公司也已經派了記者前來採訪。

當這對男女把錢還給經理，所有的人都讚美他們。

記者想要訪問他們，不過，

那個男士很緊張地說：「拜託！拜託！不要訪問我，我已經結婚了，而跟我在一起的這位女士，不是我的太太。」

No one is all good or all bad.

These two forces every day war within our hearts.

人心不是絕對的善，也不是絕對的惡，

這兩者每天在我們內心激烈的交戰。

In life we are often cheated but most of the time,

it is not others who cheat us,

but we who cheat ourselves.

在生活當中難免受騙，

不過通常不是別人在騙我們，

是我們自己在騙自己。

One dark night a man was out driving his car. When he came to an intersection,

just as he approached the intersection, the light turned red.

He looked back and forth, saw no one and went through the red light.

But he was very unlucky that night.

A policeman saw him and called him over and asked him,

"Didn't you see that red light?"

The man answered, "Yes, I saw the red light."

And the policeman asked him again,

"But why did you run the red light? Don't you know that's against the law?"

The man said, "I ran the red light because I didn't see you."

有一天晚上，有一個人開他的車子出去，當他快接近十字路口的時候，

剛好變紅燈了，

他仔細看看，路上沒有人，所以他就闖紅燈了，

不過他那天晚上運氣不太好，有警察看到了，警察叫他過去，

問他：「先生，你是不是沒注意到紅燈呢？」

他回答說：「我有看到紅燈。」

警察問他說：「那你為什麼還闖紅燈，難道你不知道這是違法的嗎？」

他回答說：「我闖紅燈是因為我沒有看到你呀。」

We often try to get something for free to get a special advantage.

But the mature person acts because of his conscience.

He lets his conscience guide him.

He does not act because someone else is observing his behavior.

我們常常喜歡貪小便宜，去獲得特別的好處。

但是，一個成熟的人會跟著他的良知而有所作為，並遵循它。

而不是因為別人在觀察他的行為，而做任何事情。

When you meet with an unpleasant experience.

Don't cry, don't get angry,

just get up and solve your problem.

當你遇到不如意的事情，

不要哭泣，不要憤怒，

起來解決你的問題吧。

A man was walking past a coconut tree when a monkey up in the tree dropped a large coconut on his head.

The man's head began to swell and he rubbed his head.

Then he picked up the coconut, sat down,

opened the coconut, drank the coconut milk,

ate the coconut meat and out of the shell,

he made himself a small bowl.

有一個人經過一棵椰子樹，上面的一隻猴子丟了一個椰子下來，

打中了他的頭。

那個人的頭就開始腫起來，他摸摸他的頭，

然後把椰子撿起來，

坐下來剝開這個椰子，喝了椰子汁，吃了果肉，

然後用椰子的外殼，替自己做了一個小碗。

When a person attacks you, don't strike back.

That's useless, Try to turn that bad experience into a good experience for yourself.

The person will be very surprised and

will learn a good lesson when he discovers

that by attacking you he actually did you a favor.

當有人攻擊你的時候，

你不要報復，這個沒有用。

你要想辦法把這個消極的經驗，

變成積極的經驗。

當這個攻擊你的人，

發現你從他惡劣的行為得到好處，

這對他來講是一個驚訝，

也是最好的教訓。

The bravery we need in this world

is not the bravery of a great hero

but the bravery to deal with

the small challenges of each day.

我們這個世界所需要的勇氣，

不是大英雄的勇氣，

而是這種勇氣能夠幫我們面對每一天的挑戰。

Once upon a time there was a small boy whose sister needed a blood transfusion.

Because the small boy and his elder sister had the same blood type.

The doctor asked him if he would like to donate his blood to his elder sister.

The small boy thought for a minute. He seemed a little bit afraid.

And then he agreed. He said, "Okay, I will donate my blood to my sister."

After the transfusion the doctor came to see the small boy and noticed that his face

was very white.

The small boy asked the doctor,

"Doctor, can you tell me how much time I have? When will I die?"

The boy thought that by giving his blood to his sister he would also give his life to his sister.

曾經有一個小男孩，他的姐姐需要輸血，

因為姐姐跟弟弟的血型是一樣的。

所以醫生問小男孩：「你願不願意捐血給你的姐姐？」

小男孩仔細想了想，好像有一點害怕，

不過到最後他答應了，他說：「好，我願意把我的血捐給姐姐。」

輸血完了以後，醫生來看這個小男孩，並且注意到他的臉色蒼白。

小男孩問醫生說：「醫生，請告訴我，我還有多少時間？我什麼時後會死？」

原來他認為把血捐給姐姐，就是把他的生命給姐姐，不過他還是答應這樣做。

Our love for others can give us great courage.

If we're willing to sacrifice for those we love,

we will discover that we have great powers

of overcoming our fear and selfishness and serving others.

我們給別人的愛，可以給我們很大的勇氣。

如果我們願意為我們所愛的人付出犧牲，

我們會發現，每一個人都有很大的能力克服自己的恐懼，

克服自己的自私，為別人付出。