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1、哲理篇The Help from the GodA small village came into a very large storm, and floods began to submerge the whole village. A priest prayed in the church when the flood submerged his knees Lifeguard came to the church driving a sampan： Father, come here as soon as possible！Otherwise you will drown in the

2、flood！ The priest said： No！I am confident that God will save me, please go to save others But soon, the water rose to the priests chest, and the priest had to stand on the altar At this time, a police drove to the priest with a speedboat：Father, hurry up, otherwise you will be drowned！ The priest sa

3、id： No, I would like to keep my church. I believe that God will save meYoud better to save others. After a while, the floods have submerged the entire church. The priest had no choice but to firmly grasp the top of the Cross ChurchA helicopter flied over slowly, and the pilot dropped a rope ladder：F

4、ather, hurry up, this is the last chance! But the priest said: No, I would like to keep my church！God will save me”The stubborn priest was finally drowned. In the heaven, the priest asked the God angrily：Lord, I devoted my whole life to serving you, why you refuse to help me！ God said： The first tim

5、e, I sent a sampan to rescue you, but you didnt get on . I think you are not satisfied with the sampan；the second time, I sent a speedboat, you refuse it again；the third time, I send a helicopter to rescue you, but also you are unwilling to accept it. Therefore, I thought you wanted to come back to

6、my side. In fact, there are many obstacles in life chiefly coming from our stubbornness and ignoranceWhen others give us a hand, do not forget, only we accept it, can they help us！Gods CoffeeA group of alumni, highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old professor. Conversati

7、on soon turned into complaints about stress in work and life. The professor went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and an assortment of cups - porcelain, plastic, glass, crystal, some plain looking, some expensive, some exquisite - telling them to help themselves. When all the s

8、tudents had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said: If you noticed, all the nice looking expensive cups were taken up, while the plain and cheap ones are left on the table. It is normal for you to have only the best for yourselves, which is the source of your problems and stress. Be assured tha

9、t the cup itself adds no quality to the coffee. In most cases it is just more expensive and in some cases even hides what we drink. What all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you consciously went for the best cups. And then you began eyeing each others cups. Now consider this: Life i

10、s the coffee; the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and contain Life, and the type of cup we have does not define, nor change the quality of Life we live.Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee God has provided us. God brew

11、s the coffee, not the cups. Enjoy your coffee!The happiest people dont have the best of everything. They just make the best of everything.Live simply.Love generously.Care deeply.Speak kindly.Leave the rest to God.Pebbles and diamondsWhy do we have to learn about these useless things?This is what tea

12、chers have heard students complain about most commonly. In such cases, we may tell the students such a fable:One night, a group of nomadic tribes of herdsmen was preparing to break camp, all of a sudden, a bunch of bright light shrouded. They knew that God would be there, so that they looked forward

13、 to getting wishes from God.God began to speak: You have to collect along the way a number of pebbles. Tomorrow night, you will be very happy, but you can also be regretted.Then God disappeared. Herdsmen were very disappointed, because they would look forward to God to bring them untold wealth and h

14、ealth and longevity, but they did not expect that God had told them to do all these meaningless things. However, in any case, after all, that was Gods will, although there were some dissatisfaction, they were still picking over some stones,In this way, they took a day, when night fell, they camped.

15、All of a sudden, they found that all the pebbles they picked had turned into diamonds. They were delighted, at the same time, they felt very sorry, and regretted that they did not collect more pebbles.Now we feel that knowledge is useless, like pebbles, in the future, they may become endless wealth.

16、Sand and StoneThe story goes that two friends were walking through the desert. During some point of the journey they had an argument, and one friend slapped the other one in the face. The one who got slapped was hurt, but without saying anything, wrote in the sand: Today my best friend slapped me in

17、 the face. They kept on walking until they found an oasis, where they decided to take a bath. The one who had been slapped got stuck in the mire and started drowning, but the friend saved him. After he recovered from the near drowning, he wrote on a stone: Today my best friend saved my life. The fri

18、end who had slapped and saved his best friend asked him, After I hurt you, you wrote in the sand and now you write on a stone. Why? The other friend replied: When someone hurts us we should write it down in sand where winds of forgiveness can erase it away. But when someone does something good for u

19、s, we must engrave it in stone where no wind can ever erase it.The NailThere was a little boy with a bad temper. His father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper, to hammer a nail in the back fence. The first day the boy had driven 37 nails into the fence. Then it g

20、radually dwindled down. He discovered it was easier to hold his temper than to drive those nails into the fence. Finally the day came when the boy didnt lose his temper at all. He told his father about it and the father suggested that the boy now pull out one nail for each day that he was able to ho

21、ld his temper. The days passed and the young boy was finally able to tell his father that all the nails were gone. The father took his son by the hand and led him to the fence. He said, You have done well, my son, but look at the holes in the fence. The fence will never be the same. When you say thi

22、ngs in anger, they leave a scar just like this one. You can put a knife in a man and draw it out. It wont matter how many times you say Im sorry, the wound is still there. A verbal wound is as bad as a physical one. Friends are a very rare jewel, indeed. They make you smile and encourage you to succ

23、eed. They lend an ear, they share a word of praise, and they always want to open their hearts to us. Show your friends how much you care. Five Keys in lifeIn May, 2001, American Nevada state Madison middle schools entrance examination set such a topic: On the Bill Gates desk there are 5 locked drawe

24、rs, respectively representing wealth, interest, happiness, honor, and success. Gates always only have one key, and the other 4 are locked in the drawers. Which key does Gates take? One immigrated mainland student had flustered after he saw this topic, because he did not know whether it was a languag

25、e question or a mathematics one. When the test finished, he asked his guarantor. The director told him that the answer was not in the books, and there were no standard answers. The mainland student got 9 points. He didnt answer the question, but the teacher believed that, at least he was honest. At

26、last, we know which key Gates takes in Gates writing in reply for this school. What does he write? The letter reads: the secret of your life is hiding behind what you are interested in.幽默篇A Fine Match One day a lady saw a mouse running across her kitchen floor. She was very afraid of mouse, so she r

27、an out of the house, got into a bus and went to the shops. There she bought a mousetrap. The shopkeeper said to her, Put some cheese in it and you will soon catch that mouse. The lady went home with her mousetrap, but when she looked in her cupboard, she could not find any cheese in it. She did not

28、want to go back to the shop, because it was very late, so she cut a picture of some cheese out of a magazine and put that in the trap. Surprisingly, the picture of the cheese was quite successful! When the lady came down to the kitchen the next morning she found a picture of a mouse in the trap besi

29、de the picture of the cheese!He Was Only Wrong by Two Jack Hawkins was the football coach at an Amercian college, and he was always trying to find good players, but they werent always smart enough to be accepted by the college. One day the coach brought an excellent young player to the dean of the c

30、ollege and asked that the student be allowed to enter without an examination. Well, the dean said after some persuasion, Id better ask him a few questions first. Then he turned to the student and asked him some very easy questions, but the student didnt know any of the answers. At last the dean said

31、, Well, whats five times seven? The student thought for a long time and then answered, Thirty-six. The dean threw up his hands and looked at the coach in despair, but the coach said earnestly, Oh, please let him in, sir! He was only wrong by two. Napoleon Was Ill Jack had gone to the university to s

32、tudy history, but at the end of his first year, his history professor failed him in his examinations, and he was told that he would have to leave the university. However, his father decided that he would go to see the professor to urge him to let Jack continue his studies the following year. Hes a g

33、ood boy, said Jacks father, and if you let him pass this time, Im sure hell improve a lot next year and pass the examinations at the end of it really well. No, no, thats quite impossible, replied the professor immediately. Do you know, last month I asked him when Napoleon had died, he didnt know! Pl

34、ease, sir, give him another chance, said Jacks father. You see, Im afraid we dont take any newspaper in our house, so none of us even know that Napoleon was ill. Be Careful What You Wish For A couple had been married for 25 years and they were celebrating their 60th birthdays, which fell on the same

35、 day. During the celebration a fairy appeared and said that because they had been such a loving couple for all 25 years, she would give them one wish each. The wife wanted to travel around the world. The fairy waved her hand, and Boom! She had the tickets in her hand. Next, it was the husbands turn.

36、 He paused for a moment, then said shyly, Well, Id like to have a woman 30 years younger than me. The fairy picked up her wand, and Boom! He was ninety. Midway Tactics Three competing store owners rented adjoining shops in a mall. Observers waited for mayhem to ensue. The retailer on the right put u

37、p huge signs saying, Gigantic Sale! and Super Bargains! The store on the left raised bigger signs proclaiming, Prices Slashed! and Fantastic Discounts! The owner in the middle then prepared a large sign that simply stated, ENTRANCE.That man knows the futureNasreddin was cutting a branch of a tree in

38、 his garden. While he was sawing, another man passed in the street. He stopped and said, Excuse me, but if you continue to saw that branch like that, you will fall down with it. He said this because Nasreddin was sitting on the branch and cutting it at a place between himself and the trunk of the tr

39、ee. Nasreddin said nothing. He thought, This is some foolish person who has no work to do and goes about telling other people what to do and what not to do. The man continued on his way. Of course, after a few minutes, the branch fell and Nasreddin fell with it. My God! he cried. That man knows the

40、future! and he ran after him to ask how long he was going to live. But the man had gone.A Good BoyLittle Robert asked his mother for two cents. What did you do with the money I gave you yesterday?I gave it to a poor old woman, he answered.Youre a good boy, said the mother proudly. Here are two cents

41、 more. But why are you so interested in the old woman?She is the one who sells the candy.DrunkOne day, a father and his little son were going home. At this age, the boy was interested in all kinds of things and was always asking questions. Now, he asked, Whats the meaning of the word Drunk, dad? Wel

42、l, my son, his father replied, look, there are standing two policemen. If I regard the two policemen as four then I am drunk.But, dad, the boy said, Theres only ONE policeman!HospitalityThe hostess apologized to her unexpected guest for serving an apple-pie without any cheese. The little boy of the

43、family left the room quietly for a moment and returned with a piece of cheese which he laid on the guests plate. The visitor smiled, put the cheese into his mouth and then said: You must have better eyes than your mother, sonny. Where did you find the cheese? In the rat-trap, sir, replied the boy.Ho

44、w many children will I haveFour best friends met at the hospital since their wives were giving births to their babies. The nurse comes up to the first man and says, Congratulations, you got twins. The man said How strange, Im the manager of Minnesota Twins. After a while the nurse comes up to the se

45、cond man and says, Congratulations, you got triplets. Man was like Hmmm, strange I worked as a director for the 3 musketeers. Finally, the nurse comes up to the third man and says Congratulations, you got twins x2. Man is happy and says, Ironic, I work for the hotel 4 Seasons. All three of them are

46、happy until they see their last buddy jumping all over the place, cursing God and banging his head on the wall. They asked him whats wrong and he answered, Whats wrong? I work for 7up!Youre not going to make it Gravely ill, a man went to the doctor with his wife. After the examination the physician

47、motioned for the wife to meet him in the hallway. Your husband is very sick, the doctor said, but there are three things you can do to ensure his survival. First, fix him three healthful, delicious meals a day. Next, give him a stress-free environment, and dont complain about anything. Finally, make

48、 passionate love to him every day. On the drive home the husband asked, What did the doctor say? Im sorry, she said, but youre not going to make it. A lawyers dogA lawyers dog， running about unleashed， beelines for a butcher shop and steals a roast. Butcher goes to lawyers office and asks， “if a dog running unleashed steals a piece of meat from my store，do I have a right to demand payment for the meat from the dogs owner?”