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Gone with the Wind: The Story of a Great Classic
The image is from https://italicbookmarks.com/2017/08/30/pictures-of-famous-authors/margaret-mitchell/. I read this online and just had to translate for my viewers. I hope that you enjoy this story of love, endurance, and success as much as I did. She died in a car accident at the age of 49. She only managed to publish one novel during her lifetime, …
Life is a Step-by-Step Journey
If you would like to have background music while you are reading, please click on the arrow below. Life is a step-by-step journey It begins when we start to walk We put one foot down at a time Step by step we begin our journey In the beginning, we fall a lot Get up and …
Bring Happiness to Others
A disciple asked Bodhidharma: How can I become a happy person and bring happiness to others? Bodhidharma said: There are four states that you need to be in to do this. Start by thinking of yourself as someone else, and this will make you “selfless.” Next, think of others instead of yourself, this will …
Tao Te Ching – Lao Tzu – Chapter 79
和大怨，必有餘怨；安可以為善？ 是以聖人執左契，而不責於人。 有德司契，無德司徹。 天道無親，常與善人。 After settling a great dispute There must be remaining resentments How can this be considered good? Therefore the sage holds the left part of the contract But does not demand payment from the other person Those who have virtue hold the contract Those without virtue hold the collections The Heavenly Tao …
Looking Up
I’ve been feeling stressed and like nothing is going my way because my job at Home Health Marketing was getting nowhere. I used to have at least 12 patients a month, and now I didn’t even have a quarter of those numbers. Some months, I had no patients at all. I was trying to look …
Ang Lee: A Never-Ending Dream
If you would like to have background music while you are reading, please click on the arrow below. (Following Ang Lee’s second Best Directing win at the Academy Awards last night, this beautiful essay resurfaced. Translation of Ang Lee’s words, written in 2006, by Irene Shih {http://whatshihsaid.com/}.) In 1978, as I applied to study film …
Tao Te Ching – Lao Tzu – Chapter 15
古之善為士者，微妙玄通，深不可識。 夫唯不可識，故強為之容。 豫兮若冬涉川；猶兮若畏四鄰；儼兮其若客；渙兮若冰之將釋；敦兮其若樸；曠兮其若谷；混兮其若濁；孰能濁以靜之徐清？ 孰能安以久動之徐生？保此道者，不欲盈。夫唯不盈，故能蔽不新成。 The wise ones of old had subtle wisdom and depth of understanding, So profound that they could not be understood. And because they could not be understood, So must they be thus described: Cautious, like when one crosses an icy stream, Vigilant, like one fearing danger all around, Serious, like one …
Indescribable Gifts
The night before Thanksgiving, my son and I prayed together. Suddenly, the question came to me: “What is the meaning of Thanksgiving?” It was God who inspired me to think of such a thing. Well, before I was able to come up with an answer, He said that it was to “Thank God for His …
Confucius Walks With Destiny
Confucius said: “Life and death are the matter of destiny, riches, and honor which lie in heaven.” Once, Confucius was surrounded by soldiers in the city of Wei, but Confucius was still singing and relaxing in the room. Zi Lu (one of Confucius’s best students) asked Confucius, “Why does the teacher still have time to …
Go Back to Simplicity
Her mind was still in the state of simplicity, so she was able to answer the last question. This shows that we should be careful not to let ourselves fall into this habitual thought pattern. If we do this, we will not make simple things complicated, and we will not make life harder for ourselves.
