Chapter One 淡定的人生不寂寞(25)(1/2)
Chapter One 淡定的人生不寂寞(25)
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3. 你思想的“守门人”决定了你能否在生活中取得成功,分享幸福。
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试着运用sent,affirmation,rampage撰写一篇200字的
文章。
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人生的清单
On Peace of Mind
First listen and then answer the questions.
1. What’s the most important element of all according to the wise elder?
2. Why is it the most important element?
Once, as a young man full of exuberant fancy, I undertook to draw up a catalogue of the acknowledged “goods” of life. As other men sometimes tabulate lists of properties they own or would like to own, I set down my inventory of earthly desirables: health, love, beauty, talent, power, riches, and fame.
When my inventory was completed I proudly showed it to a wise elder who had been the mentor and spiritual model of my youth. Perhaps I was trying to impress him with my precocious wisdom. Anyway, I handed him the list. “This”, I told him confidently, “is the sum of mortal goods. Could a man possess them all, he would be as a god.”
At the corners of my friend’s old eyes, I saw wrinkles of amusement gathering in a patient net. “An excellent list,” he said, pondering it thoughtfully.”