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antelop

The above image is from https://www.pexels.com/zh-cn/photo/2010503/. I have seen an extraordinarily tragic death; it deeply shocked me. I do not want to see any living creature hurt, no matter how small it is. It was during a hunt for antelope. The antelope, also known as the green sheep, looks like a domestic goat and is …

flower+buterfly

Someone once asked the Buddha: “What have you obtained through all of your years of practicing mindfulness?” Buddha replied: “I have not obtained anything.” The person said: “Then why do you still practice it?” Buddha smiled and continued: “However, I can tell you what I have lost: I lost anger, worry, pessimism, and depression. I …

The image is from https://www.pleacher.com/mp/puzzles/tricks/mobmony2.html. Jim worked in a scenic area. When he went to work every day, his elderly neighbor Jack would hand him a $5 bill and ask him to buy him a $4 coffee from the coffee shop in the scenic area. This exchange had been going on for several years. In …

J.K. Rowling

J.K. Rowling In the small town of Edinburgh, Scotland, there was a business called Nicholson’s Cafe, which was not well known to anyone besides the locals in the 1990s. Although Europeans enjoy drinking coffee, Austrian writer Stefan Zweig’s saying highlights the difficulty of the situation: “I am not in a cafe but on the way …

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a cup of coffee

I read this article online and just had to share it with you all. I am not the original author. One day, I sat with a friend in a famous cafe in Los Angeles, sipping coffee. A man came in and sat at the table next to us. He called the waiter and said, “Two …

Hippocrates

The image is from http://tonsoffacts.com/30-fun-and-interesting-facts-about-hippocrates/. Norma is a 90-year-old woman who lives in Michigan; she has had one of the worst years of her life. Not only did she lose her husband, she has also been diagnosed with uterine cancer and only has a few months to live. However, when her doctor asked her whether …

orchid

The original Chinese article is from https://karin0118.pixnet.net/blog/post/53063086. I edited and translated it in order to share it with you here. A famous monastery’s residents included a certain Taoist priest. He had a pet dog, whom he fed every day at 6 pm. This dog had a very bizarre name: “Put Down.” Every day at around …

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