A Coke and a Smile--by Jacqueline M. Hickey
I know now that the man who sat with me on the old wooden stairs that hot summer night over thirty-five cars ago wa
Do I Need To Like Myself?
Yes! People who don't like themselves are a pain in the neck!
Usually, people with a poor self-image use one of two irritating s
It is physically impossible for a well-educated intellectual, or brave man to make money the chief object① of his thoughts; as physically impossible as it is f
We are Family--by Jan Paddock
When I broke up with yet another boyfriend, this time after a three?year relationship, I decided it was time for me to face the f
No young man believes he shall ever die. It was a saying of my brother's, and a fine one. There is a feeling of Eternity in youth, which makes us amend for
Do I Need To Like Myself?
Yes! People who don't like themselves are a pain in the neck!
Usually, people with a poor self-image use one of two irritating s
During my junior year in high school，Mr. Reynolds，my English teacher，handed each student a list of thoughts or statements written by other students，then gav
If we look at the sky on a perfectly fine summer‘s day we shall find that the blue colour is the most pure and intense overhead，and when looking high up
I would have gone to bed when I was sick instead of pretending the earth would go into a holding pattern if I weren't there for the day.
I would have burne
At a local supermarket, two women push half-filled grocery carts. The ladies are good friends, but they couldn't be more different. One is a stay-at-home ho
When the late Nadine Stair of Louisville， Kentucky， was 85 years old， she was asked what she would do if she had her life to live over again.
"I'd make
It was an early night in June with the soft， orange glow of the lights of Pudong coming through the windows， the sound of trucks driving along the highway in
On Saturday， February 12 two thousand， two things happened that changed everything in my life. The first was that on this day my baby sister was married. She
What would you do if you failed? Many people may choose to give up. However， the surest way to success is to keep your direction and stick to your goal.
On yo
She had been shopping with her Mom in Wal-Mart. She must have been 6 years old，this beautiful brown haired，freckle-faced image of innocence. It was pouring ou
She had been shopping with her Mom in Wal-Mart. She must have been 6 years old，this beautiful brown haired，freckle-faced image of innocence. It was pouring ou
however mean your life is，meet it and live it;do not shun it and call it hard names.it is not so bad as you are.it looks poorest when you are richest.the fault
We all come to the world，but why do some of us make great achievements known forever and why are they remembered forever even though they leave the world?And w
There was once a lonely girl who longed so much for love. One day while she was walking in the woods she found two starving songbirds. She took them home and pu
I opened my eyes. I was looking up at the ceiling. Why I was looking there，I don‘t know，but I kept looking anyway，and laughing. I kicked my legs and sh
The other day I went into the bar of a railway station and，taking a glass of bear，I sat down at a little table by myself to meditate upon the necessary but tr
2：00 a.m. in the Arabian desert，the world‘s fifth richest man sits alone. A rare moment of tranquility. Who is this man?What is he thinking?Why is he he
In spite of the title，this article will really be on how not to grow old，which，at my time of life，is a much more important subject. My first advice would be
There once lived a lad who was deeply in love with a girl，but disliked by the girl‘s father，who didn’t want to see any further development of thei
Barcelona is regarded as Spain‘s second city，behind capital Madrid. The city is steeped in history，Barcelona was founded by Carthaginians and according
A cobbler passed his time in singing from morning till night;it was wonderful to see，wonderful to hear him;he was more contented in shoes，than was any of the
If I were a boy again， I would practice perseverance more often， and never give up a thing because it was or inconvenient. If we want light， we must conquer
Henry ford didn‘t always pay attention in school. one day ，he and a friend took a watch apart. angry and upset， the teacher told him both to stay after
Three passions，simple but overwhelmingly strong，have governed my life：the longing for love，the search for knowledge，and unbearable pity for the suffering o
Sometimes people come into your life and you know right away that they were meant to be there，they serve some sort of purpose，to teach you a lesson or help fi
A painter hangs his or her finished picture on a wall， and everyone can see it. A composer writes a work， but no one can hear it until it is performed. Profes
Born in England，Virginia Woolf was the daughter of Leslie Stephen，a well-known scholar. She was educated primarily at home and attributed her love of reading
She had been shopping with her Mom in Wal-Mart. She must have been 6 years old，this beautiful brown haired，freckle-faced image of innocence. It was pouring ou
My father，Winston Churchill，began his love affair with painting in his 40s，amid disastrous circumstances. As First Lord of the Admiralty in 1915，he was deep
Weddings in the United States vary as much as the people do. There are church weddings with a great deal of fanfare;there are weddings on mountain-tops with gue
Judy Syfers，a wife，and mother of two children，argues in this essay for a wife of her own. Although her argument might seem strange，her position will become
I heard this story when I was in Vietnam，and it was told to me as fact. I have no way of knowing for sure that it is true，but I do know that stranger things h
One day after work，I was driving my two sons home from school when Christopher asked if we could stop by a store so he could by a birthday gift to take to the
Moths are very ugly creatures. At least that is what I always thought until a reliable source told me otherwise. When I was about five or six years old，my brot
