五岁了！
哇，时光飞逝。今天已经是微笑学习馆5岁生日了！
创立微笑学习馆的用意还是想在一个空间里和更多的人分享一些读到或看到的故事、影片。只不过现在好像比较少有中文类的文章分享，但是希望现阶段的英文分享也能带来收益的元素。
大家可以继续踊跃分享好的资料哦！
大家学习快乐，记得带着微笑哦！
^_^g
Monday 28 November 2011
Wednesday 16 November 2011
Forgetting to Be Happy
We live in an era where information is power. People who have the ability to quickly assimilate data and knowledge are able to manipulate people and events to their own ends.
As a result, we are obsessed with the procurement and hoarding of information. Devices like the smartphone and computer are indispensable in helping us retain information. We delight in our efficient storage of daily reminders, phone numbers, addresses, progress reports, meeting minutes, discussion agendas, schedules, birthdates, anniversaries, appointments, and other data, but most people still find their lives empty.
Why?
Well, perhaps they've forgotten to store the most important reminder of all --- to be happy.
Hmmm? Forgetting to he happy?
"How is that possible?" some may ask. "One is happy when one is happy. Happiness doesn't need reminding. I know I'm happy when... when I'm not unhappy!"
Too many things in life can make us unhappy --- missing the bus, getting our expensive leather shoes wet in the rain, falling ill during a vacation, losing our phone, paying too much for something, or our date stands us up. There is no sense in putting off happiness until we've eliminated all the things that make us unhappy.
Happiness is a choice, an emotion we can consciously activate regardless of how miserable and frustrating the day may seem. Reminding yourself to be happy may not solve your problems, but it sure makes you feel a whole lot better! A heart full of joy will probably find life's downs easier to bear and to rise from.
So remind yourself constantly to find joy in little things --- smile often, be generous with your compliments, share jokes, help a colleague, pet an animal, treat someone to a meal, laugh heartily, and be thankful for your capacity to appreciate life and all its gifts.
Adapted from 'A Slice of Life' by Eugene Loh
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你是否也忘记提醒自己要快乐生活着？
要常常保持快乐的身心灵哦！
加油！^_^g
As a result, we are obsessed with the procurement and hoarding of information. Devices like the smartphone and computer are indispensable in helping us retain information. We delight in our efficient storage of daily reminders, phone numbers, addresses, progress reports, meeting minutes, discussion agendas, schedules, birthdates, anniversaries, appointments, and other data, but most people still find their lives empty.
Why?
Well, perhaps they've forgotten to store the most important reminder of all --- to be happy.
Hmmm? Forgetting to he happy?
"How is that possible?" some may ask. "One is happy when one is happy. Happiness doesn't need reminding. I know I'm happy when... when I'm not unhappy!"
Too many things in life can make us unhappy --- missing the bus, getting our expensive leather shoes wet in the rain, falling ill during a vacation, losing our phone, paying too much for something, or our date stands us up. There is no sense in putting off happiness until we've eliminated all the things that make us unhappy.
Happiness is a choice, an emotion we can consciously activate regardless of how miserable and frustrating the day may seem. Reminding yourself to be happy may not solve your problems, but it sure makes you feel a whole lot better! A heart full of joy will probably find life's downs easier to bear and to rise from.
So remind yourself constantly to find joy in little things --- smile often, be generous with your compliments, share jokes, help a colleague, pet an animal, treat someone to a meal, laugh heartily, and be thankful for your capacity to appreciate life and all its gifts.
Adapted from 'A Slice of Life' by Eugene Loh
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你是否也忘记提醒自己要快乐生活着？
要常常保持快乐的身心灵哦！
加油！^_^g
Thursday 10 November 2011
Letting Go of Your Emotional Burdens
Many of us carry around unnecessary weight. These burdens we cannot see or touch, but they weigh us down just the same, preventing our hearts and minds from finding greater joy and peace of mind.
These emotional burdens mainly consist of regrets over what we wanted to happen but didn't, agony over past events that we wished never happened, resentment for people we feel have done us wrong, who didn't show us the respect we expected, or didn't love us the way we wanted them to.
These things are like invisible claws that keep our spirits anchored to the ground. We find that we cannot be happy or peaceful for very long because they keep returning to haunt us.
Regret and resentment are the biggest adversaries of our happiness. They have so much power over us because we cannot bring ourselves to forgive the people we begrudge, because we cannot forgive ourselves, because we cannot let go of the past. We continue to hold regret and resentment towards others because, bizarrely, we feel that in this way, we can somehow make them suffer. But it's no skin off their noses. In the meantime, our own bitterness persists. It's cruel irony that in trying to get back at others, we only end up hurting ourselves.
The only way you can reduce or get rid of regret and resentment is to forgive. Forgive the ones whom you feel have trespassed against you. Forgive yourself for the things you did, for the things you didn't do. Forgive the circumstances, events and conditions you thought led to your situation. Remember that bearing grudges hurts no one but you.
Besides, it's never clear-cut if someone or something is completely responsible for our situation. It's often a combination of factors. We judge harshly because we do not see the mitigating reasons. And whether we know it or not, we ourselves have hurt or let others down before. If we can so clearly see the misdeeds others have perpetrated against us, surely others can just as vividly see the offences in us. Which one of us can claim to have no flaws, to have never acted selfishly or in a fit of anger?
Purge your soul of the toxins of regret and resentment and embrace greater joy.
Adapted from 'A Slice of Life' by Eugene Loh
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馆主觉得每个人可能都会紧紧地握着过去，但是有时候，放手让过去真正的过去，才可以走向未来。
加油哦！
^_^g
These emotional burdens mainly consist of regrets over what we wanted to happen but didn't, agony over past events that we wished never happened, resentment for people we feel have done us wrong, who didn't show us the respect we expected, or didn't love us the way we wanted them to.
These things are like invisible claws that keep our spirits anchored to the ground. We find that we cannot be happy or peaceful for very long because they keep returning to haunt us.
Regret and resentment are the biggest adversaries of our happiness. They have so much power over us because we cannot bring ourselves to forgive the people we begrudge, because we cannot forgive ourselves, because we cannot let go of the past. We continue to hold regret and resentment towards others because, bizarrely, we feel that in this way, we can somehow make them suffer. But it's no skin off their noses. In the meantime, our own bitterness persists. It's cruel irony that in trying to get back at others, we only end up hurting ourselves.
The only way you can reduce or get rid of regret and resentment is to forgive. Forgive the ones whom you feel have trespassed against you. Forgive yourself for the things you did, for the things you didn't do. Forgive the circumstances, events and conditions you thought led to your situation. Remember that bearing grudges hurts no one but you.
Besides, it's never clear-cut if someone or something is completely responsible for our situation. It's often a combination of factors. We judge harshly because we do not see the mitigating reasons. And whether we know it or not, we ourselves have hurt or let others down before. If we can so clearly see the misdeeds others have perpetrated against us, surely others can just as vividly see the offences in us. Which one of us can claim to have no flaws, to have never acted selfishly or in a fit of anger?
Purge your soul of the toxins of regret and resentment and embrace greater joy.
Adapted from 'A Slice of Life' by Eugene Loh
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馆主觉得每个人可能都会紧紧地握着过去，但是有时候，放手让过去真正的过去，才可以走向未来。
加油哦！
^_^g
Wednesday 2 November 2011
Chasing Your Dreams
He is inspiring, not because he is handicapped, but because he lives life to the fullest and appreciate all the love that was showered onto him... War is a terribly scary thing, that torn families apart, damaged lives and hurt innocent people...
“我们的环境常常会让我们觉得很疲惫，但是，请永远不要放弃自己，不要轻易地被现实打败，不要淡忘了对生活的热情，也不要失去拥抱世界的勇气。。”
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馆主看了好几遍，每次看都不免落泪。。在馆主看来，他真的是个勇敢的战士。感动了很多人，也是带给他人希望、勇气去追逐梦想。歌词也太适合了。
感动是短暂的，大家要将感动变成行动哦！
加油！
^_^g
“我们的环境常常会让我们觉得很疲惫，但是，请永远不要放弃自己，不要轻易地被现实打败，不要淡忘了对生活的热情，也不要失去拥抱世界的勇气。。”
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馆主看了好几遍，每次看都不免落泪。。在馆主看来，他真的是个勇敢的战士。感动了很多人，也是带给他人希望、勇气去追逐梦想。歌词也太适合了。
感动是短暂的，大家要将感动变成行动哦！
加油！
^_^g
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