*~Chocolate Beauty~*

　　生命的价值不依赖我们的所作所为,也不仰仗我们结交的人物,而是取决于我们本身.---畅销书《高效能人士的七个习惯》作者史蒂芬.Q.柯维。

　　在一次讨论会上，一位著名的演说家没说一句开场白，手里高举着一张20美元的钞票。  
　　面对会议室的200个人，他问：“谁要这20美元钱？”一只只手举了起来。他接着说：“我打算把这20美元送给你们其中一位，但在这之前，请准许我做一件事。”他说着把钞票揉成一团，然后问：“谁还要？”仍然有人举起手来。 
　　他又说：“我这样做又会怎么样呢？”他把钞票扔在地上，并且用脚碾它。然后他拾起钞票，钞票已变得又脏又皱。“现在谁还要？”还是有人举起手来。
　　“朋友们，你们已经上了一堂很有意义的课。无论我如何对待那张钞票，你们还是想要它，因为它并没有贬值，它依然值20美元。人生路上，我们会无数次被自己的决定或所处的逆境欺凌，击倒甚至碾得粉身碎骨，我们觉得自己似乎一文不值。但无论发生什么，或将要发生什么，在上帝的眼中，我们永远不会丧失价值。在他看来，无论肮脏或洁净，衣着整齐或不齐整，我们都是无价之宝。”

　　智慧点拨

　　这个世界上有一件事是很重要的，那就是自己要瞧得起自己，至于别人怎么说，怎么认为，是一件无足轻重的事．

　　生活中如此，工作上也是一样，只要好好干，是金子总会发光的．

　　虽然有些时候我们不可能完全如意地挑选那些又重要又体面的工作，很可能要被动地接受一些工作安排．这时候要心中清楚：不要让自己降低标准去适应工作，而应按自己的才华提升工作标准．

English Version:

        A well-known speaker started off his seminar by holding up a $20 bill.

        In the room of 200,he said,"who would like this $20 bill?"

        Hands started going up.He said,"I am going to give this $20 to one of u,but first,let me do this."

        He proceed to crumple the 20 dollar noteup.He then asked,"Who still wants it?"Still the hands were up in the air.

        "Well,"he replied,"What if I do this?"He dropped it on the ground and started to grind it into the floor with his shoes.He picked it up,now crumpled and dirty.

        "Now,who still wants it?"

        Still the hands went into the air.

         "My friends,you have all learned a very valuable lesson.No matter what I did to the money, u still wanted because it did not decrease in value.It was still worth $20."

         "Many times in our lives,we are dropped,crumpled,and ground into the dirty by the decision we make and the circumstances that come our way.We feel as though we are worthless;but no matter what happend or what will happen, u will never lose your value."

         "Dirty or chean,crumpled or finely creased, u are still priceless to those who love u.The worth of our lives comes,not in what we do or who we know,but by...WHO WE ARE."

         "You are special---do not ever forget it."

    曾经有个男孩跟我说，你除了时间什么都没有给我。当时我沉默了，我想跟他讲这个故事，但是它太长了，而且我又是个不善言语的人。现在我把它放在这里，不知道那个他会不会耐心地看完，不过，即使现在他看了，也晚了。

  English Version:                 Only time knows

      Once upon a time there was an island where all the feelings lived; happiness, sadness, knowledge, and all the others, including love.

      One day it was announced to all of the feelings that the island was going to sink to the bottom of the ocean. So all the feelings prepared their boats to leave. Love was the only one that stayed. She wanted to preserve the island paradise until the last possible moment. When the island was almost totally under, Love decided it was time to leave. She began looking for someone to ask for help.

      Just then Richness was passing by in a grand boat. Love asked, "Richness, Can I come with you on your boat?"
      Richness answered, " I'm sorry, but there is a lot of silver and gold on my boat and there would be no room for you anywhere."
      Then Love decided to ask Vanity for help who was passing in a beautiful vessel. 
      Love cried out, "Vanity, help me please."
      "I can't help you", Vanity said, "You are all wet and will damage my beautiful boat." 
      Next, Love saw Sadness passing by.
      Love said, "Sadness, please let me go with you."
      Sadness answered, "Love, I'm sorry, but, I just need to be alone now." 
      Then, Love saw Happiness.

      Love cried out, " Happiness, please take me with you."
      But Happiness was so overjoyed that he didn't hear Love calling to him. Love began to cry.


      Then, she heard a voice say, "Come Love, I will take you with me." It was an elder. Love felt so blessed and overjoyed that she forgot to ask the elder his name. When they arrived on land the elder went on his way. Love realized how much she owed the elder.

       Love then found Knowledge and asked, "Who was it that helped me?"
      "It was Time", Knowledge answered.
      "But why did Time help me when no one else would?", Love asked.

       Knowledge smiled and with deep wisdom and sincerity, answered,



        "Because only Time is capable of understanding how great Love is."