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September 8, 2020September 9, 2020

Living in the present, Waiting for the Surprise

When a man was roaming in the forest, suddenly a hungry tiger rushed up to him with a roar. He immediately ran with the fastest speed he ever had in his life, but the tiger was chasing him so hard. He ran and ran all the way, and finally, there was nowhere to run, he was standing on the edge of the cliff, he thought quickly: Instead of being caught by a tiger, bitten, dismembered and die, it’s better to jump into the cliff, maybe there is still a glimmer of life.

He jumped into the cliff and was very lucky to get stuck on a plum tree, and it was full of plums. When he was rejoicing, he heard a huge roar from the depths of the cliff. Looking towards the bottom of the cliff, a fierce lion was looking up at him. It made him tremble, but then he thought: Even I will be killed by the lion, but it is not any worse than killed by that tiger, they are the same beasts.

When he was relieved, he heard another sound, after a closer look, two mice, one black and one white were biting the branches of the plum tree. He panicked for a while, then relieved soon, he thought: It’s better to die by falling from the broken branches than eaten and killed by the lion.

After he calmed down, he was a little hungry and picked some plums to eat. He felt that was the most delicious plums in his life. He found a triangular branch and thought: maybe he’s going to die sooner or later, but nothing he can do with that right there, why not take a good rest, let his luck to handle the parts he can’t help.

He fell asleep deeply on the stable triangular branch. After waking up, he found that the black and the white mouse,the tiger and the lion were gone. So he followed the branches and carefully climbed the cliff, finally he was out of danger.

when he was asleep, the hungry tiger couldn’t wait anymore, it roared and jumped off the cliff. The black and the white mouse heard that and ran away in a panic. The tiger fought fiercely with the lion under the cliff and they both escaped with injuries.

Sometimes the suffering in life is such like the hungry tiger in the story is chasing us crazy, alternating days and nights are like the white mouse and the black mouse are chewing the branches, finally, time will be gone and everything will be gone, yes, the death is like the lion in the bottom of the cliff is waiting for us, so why not just like the guy in the story knowing the worst thing forward but still enjoy the delicious plums and take a good rest, when he wakes up, what a surprise is waiting for him.

If you don’t like death then every present we are alive worth being cherished. When you give more respect to today then you will receive more surprises tomorrow.

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August 25, 2020September 9, 2020

you will receive what you give out

A kid ran into the mountains and unintentionally shouted to the valley: “ Hey…” as soon as the voice fell, echoes of “hey…” came from all directions. Seemed like mountains giving the response. The kid was surprised and confused, he shouted again: “who are you?” and the mountains also replied: “who are you ?” the kid kept shouting: “why didn’t you tell me?” and the mountains said same: “why didn’t you tell me?” the kid was getting angry and shouted: “ I hate you! ” then, the voice from the whole world was: “I hate you…I hate you…”

The kid ran back home crying and told his mom about that. Mom said to him: “ well, how about go back to the mountains and shout ‘ I love you’ to see what will happen .”

The kid ran to the mountains again and shouted “I love you” to the valley, this time the kid surrounded by “I love you…I love you…”

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August 4, 2020September 9, 2020

Why is it important to have cooperation

One day, in the dead of night, the lock woke up the key and complained: “I work hard every day to guard the house for our owner, but he likes you and carry you everywhere with him, I really envy you .”

But the key was dissatisfied, he said: you stay at home every day, how comfortable that is. Yes, I follow him every day everywhere, but I am expose to the big sun, heavy rain, I envy you more！

Another day, the key really wanted to experience a comfortable stay home life, so he hid, he didn’t go with the owner that day.

when the owner got home, he couldn’t find the key to open the lock, he checked over and over again from everywhere he thought the key could have been, and finally he lost his patience. He used a rock broke the lock and threw it to the garbage can.

When he got into the house, he found the key was staying at home, but he said: “ the lock is ruined, what’s the reason to keep you here.” he dumped it, too.

The key and the lock met In the garbage can, they sighed: “because we didn’t see each other’ s value and effort, we though each other’s position is better, we had mutual suspicion, so we ended up sadly today.

Sometimes in life, when we are suspicious and jealous of each other will hurt both sides, but when we trust and support each other when we cooperate and appreciate each other, both get a win.

July 21, 2020September 9, 2020

The Difference Between Like And Love In a Relationship

Liking someone is more like enjoyment to make yourself happy. Loving someone is more like a responsibility to make the person you love happy.

Liking someone is when the relationship is getting hard you may give up and go find a new one. Loving someone is even when you know this relationship is going to be hard, you still try your best to fix it, for keeping them to stay with you.

Liking someone is conditional, if you can’t get anything in return you may give up. but loving someone is unconditional, you want to give your best or anything they love to them, even you know there is nothing that will be returned.

Liking someone is you enjoy the present with them. Loving someone is you enjoy the present and also plan the future with them.

You can like a few people at the same time, but you only love one at a time.

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July 8, 2020September 9, 2020

why less is more

According to the theory of Yin and Yang, when you lost something you also gain something, when you gain something you lost something too.

Once upon a time, there was a rich guy who had a large business and a lot of property. He worried about if his accountant had made mistakes, so even though he was old, he still kept checking the accounts by himself every night. Right next to the wall of his house, there was a poor family. The poor couple worked from dawn to dusk for making tofu for a living. Although life seemed tough to them, the poor couple talked a lot, they made jokes, they laughed and sang every day. Every night, when the poor couple was happy to go to bed, next door the rich man was still diligent for checking his accounts, no matter how exhausted he was.

One night, the rich guy’s wife said: “We are always busy at night for counting money, that’s so boring. Look at the neighbor, their life is tough, but they seem much happier than us.”The rich guy said: “they will stop laughing and singing tomorrow.” then he grabbed a gold ingot and walked out, then threw it to the poor couple’s yard. The poor couple was joking and giggling inside, suddenly they heard “bang”, something almost hit their door. They took the lantern and went out to check.

Under the lantern, there was A gold ingot on the ground, they almost stopped breathing, they were so confused, so nervous, so surprised…They picked it up quietly and went inside. They thought it draped from the sky, it’s got to be a gift from God, they can’t let other people know about it, so they hid it under the pillow, but they thought it wasn’t secure, then they hid it in the rice tank, still thought it wasn’t secure. They spent all night thinking and try where to hide it better, but nowhere seemed safe enough, of course, they did not make any tofu that night.

The second day, they started discussing their new future, they wanted to stop making tofu, buy a bigger property, but they were also worried if people noticed that they got money so fast, people may think it was stolen. If nothing will be changed in their life, then what is the reason for “god” giving this gold ingot . . . they were thinking a lot, they got so confused, they stopped joking, laughing and singing, they kept thinking and thinking over and over again, but, they couldn’t find any perfect solutions with the gold ingot.

The third day, the rich guy said to the wife: “see? no singing no joking and no laughing from the neighbor, right?”

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When we have less stuff, the things we only have will be treasured and valuable. When we have more stuff we never feel enough, then we get confused about what we truly need.

June 23, 2020September 9, 2020

7 signs that you are falling in love

1 you can’t stop thinking of them

When you are driving alone on a long trip or waiting in a huge line to pay your grocery, it’s not boring time anymore, even your boss being negative to you or a gloomy day. . . does not matter at all! Because when you are thinking of someone time flies and a big smile appears.

2 want to know more about them

You stay on their social media for hours to check all the public posts they have posted and the comments people have left. You are curious about things that in their life before you. You do your best to give a like or comment on their posts as soon as possible. Any pictures, music or movies have shown on their profile, you will seriously go through and over think the meaning behind.

3 bring them up into any conversations with others

Any topics with others will be related to someone who is in your mind all the time.

For example:

Friend: I want to go to Japan for my vacation.

You: great! Ann just got back from Tokyo, she showed me lots of wonderful pictures. . .

Or like that:

Friend: Cold winter is coming, my hibernating time is started.

You: Ann loves winter, she said everyone dresses like a teddy bear in winter, that’s cute huh?

4 constantly check your phone to see if anything from them

When your phone keeps silent, you will check out if anything is wrong, you are always expecting something from someone, five minutes seem like five hours long.

5 prepare your words before phone calls

You practice over and over again before you finally call or message them, you want them to know you are always here for them, you want to keep a comfy position that can be getting closer safely, you don’t want to pressure them or freak them out at the very hazy beginning.

6 update tiny things of your life to them

you are more perceptual and enthusiastic now, you want to tell them anything new of your life.your flower started blooming this afternoon, your dog barking like crazy, there’s a new restaurant just opened downstairs. . .

7 after matched 6 signs above and you still keep thinking of the same person, then yes! You are falling in love with him/her!