It does not have to be January 1st to give yourself a chance to make the most out of your day — and your life. Every day is a new day and a fresh start to learn, grow, develop your strengths, heal yourself from past regrets or hurts, and move forward older and wiser. Every day gives you a chance to reinvent yourself, to fine-tune who you are, and build on lessons of what you have learned. It is never too late to change things that are not working in your life and switch gears, instead of thinking in the same old ways, hoping for a different outcome.
Be intelligent, be flexible, and keep and open mind to start each day anew! Flexibility is the key!
Ask yourself: How do you wake up each day? Do you start your day going already feeling pressured and rushed? Do you go through the morning routine without much thought at all, doing what you "have to do" to start your day?
How about starting each new day with a moment to stop, breathe and think of a positive intention for the day.
Think not just what you want to DO, but how you want to BE today?
Each day is a new beg
inning and a blank slate. How would you like to create your day? Think of it as a blank canvas — what would you like to paint on it. What can you create? If you wake up in a negative mindset, you are more likely to paint a dark picture throughout the day, and your canvas will not reflect hope, happiness and joy.
If you take each day to think positively, and have a positive intention for how you would like to create your day, how would your life be different? What positive outcome can reflect your positive intention?
What can daily positive intentions do for you? Every day you will give yourself the gift of an "attitude of gratitude."
Visualizing how you would like your day will help release positive energy from within you and you will attract more positive energy from those around you. Instead of spinning your wheels in an old way of thinking, each day is a chance to reframe and re-look at things in a different way.
You can experience each day an awe （敬畏）in the beauty and creation of the world — and the beauty of you who is in it!
You find yourself shifting from an "I can't mindset" to an "I can" mindset.
With a focus on positive intentions, you feel more empowered and more like a "victor" than a "victim."
You are more mindful of the present, and will be more likely to live fully in the present each moment of each day. After all, the past is a great place to visit, but you don't want to live there!
So how about starting each day taking a moment to think of a positive intention for the day? Each morning, write it down and reflect each evening on how you did!
Here are examples of Positive Intentions:
"Today I would like to replace my feelings of annoyance towards my co-worker to feelings of acceptance."
"I am looking forward today to focusing on what I am grateful for in my life, rather than what is missing, and express gratefulness to others."
"Today I want to slow my life down and take time to savor the moment, especially with my children".。
Using each day to recommit yourself to positive thinking and intention will help you create the life you want and that you deserve!
1.According to the writer, which is the most important?
A、changeable B、positive C、forgettable D、active
2.When you get up, what is the right way to start?
A、Just do as you do regularly
B、Brushing teeth and washing as quickly as possible
C、Stopping for a short while and planning some active things
D、Doing morning exercise to build up your body
3.Which of the followings is considered to be positive intention?
A、The boss told me to finish the task, so I have to hurry today
B、Mr. Smith treated me to dinner, so I’d like to send him a card.
C、I have finished all the tasks ,so I’m free today.
D、I didn’t sleep well last night, but it’s time to go to work..
4.What can daily intention do for you ,except______?
A、You can live fully
B、You will become mindful everyday
C、You will feel powerful
D、You can spend your day happily
It was the Year from Hell-September 1993 to September 1994-the dog died, my marriage of 24 years ended, and my house burned down. I had moved into a new rented house with my youngest son, after my husband and I split up. We'd been in the house just six weeks. I went to a dinner party one night, and as I drove home, I saw helicopters hovering in the general vicinity of my new home. Smoke was billowing into the sky, and sirens were wailing. As I got closer, I thought, Wouldn't it be awful if that was my house? Then I turned the corner, and sure enough, it was my house.
I was devastated. It had been such a horrible year, and now everything I owned had gone up in smoke. Mementos, baby pictures, family keepsakes, clothes, furniture-everything was destroyed. My marriage was gone, my dog was gone, my home was gone, and all my worldly possessions, except my car and the clothes on my back, were gone too.
My son and I stayed with a friend for a couple of nights. Then my friend Gail heard about the fire, called me up, and said, "Come move into my house. I have seven bedrooms and five bathrooms-plenty of space for you and your son." It was a sprawling ranch house on a double lot in La Jolla, with an ocean view, to boot. Gail had three kids at home, but there was still plenty of room for me and my son, Sutton. Her offer was a godsend. Little did I know that her offer of a temporary place to stay would turn into a living arrangement that lasted two and a half years.
Gail and I had a lot in common. We had both been raised Catholic and our unconscious minds had been programmed the same way-we saw ourselves as good little Catholic girls who were gonna stay married forever. But both of our husbands decided they didn't want to be married anymore, and so here we were, two single mothers, dazed, confused, and in a fog. We had followed the rules... why were we not happy? Gail and I spent the next couple of years sorting out a lot of things together.
After we moved in, I soon began to look for a permanent place to live. After a few weeks, Gail said, "Please don't leave. I've never had so much freedom!" Having me in the house meant someone to help take care of her kids, someone to share cooking and gardening, and someone to share day-to-day life. She loved having me there, and I loved being there. So we stayed.
It was an important chapter in my life. Gail and I gardened together, talking back and forth as we worked in the soil. We both needed time to heal from our divorces, time to sort out the confusion, time to get some clarity on the past and some focus on the future. It was a time of deeper insight and spiritual growth for both of us. Over time, I grew to realize how strong I really was, how even-tempered, and how I really could get my act together and go on with my life.
Gail's generosity was more than anyone could ever ask or expect from a friend. She gave me a safe haven in which to mourn and heal and grow into the next chapter of my life. She showed her love in countless ways. I am eternally grateful to have a friend like Gail.
I'm also grateful for the lessons I learned from the fire and the other losses that came so suddenly, so fast. Much to my surprise, I found gratitude among the ashes. I was tested sorely-literally trial by fire. But, like a phoenix, I rose from the ashes strong and whole. I would not be the person I am today if not for that Year from Hell.
1.Why did the writer say Sep 1993 to Sep 1994 was the Year from Hell?
A、She got divorced from her husband
B、Both of her houses were burned down
C、She met some misfortune one after another
D、Her dog was killed in the big fire
2.What did the writer and Gail have in common?
A、Both of them had one son
B、Both of them believed in the same faith
C、Both of them lost the home
D、Both of them decided to divorce
3.How did the writer spend the days with Gail?
A、She looked after the 4 kids alone
B、She planted some flowers with Gail
C、She shared the same bedroom with Gail
D、They did some cleaning together
4.which is the right order of the following events?
①、She wanted to find a permanent house
②、She shared cooking with Gail
③、She went to a dinner party one night
④、She stayed with a friend for a couple of days
⑤、She lost her dog
A、③⑤④①② B、④①⑤③② C、 ③④②⑤① D、①③⑤④②
5.What is the best title for the text?
A、Generosity from a friend
B、Recover from the pain
C、The Year from Hell
D、Gratitude among the ashes
Do you have a Teddy Bear? The lovable teddy bear _____be found all around the world. You can find _____not only in toy stores, _____ on T-shirts, posters and more. Do you know _____ the teddy bear got its name?
On November 14, 1902, US President Theodore Roosevelt went to Mississippi to ____ a problem. After a day's work, Roosevelt went hunting. However, he was unhappy ______ he couldn't find ___ big game to shoot during the hunt.
Legend has it _____ his host wanted the hunting trip to be _______, so he went out and found a bear cub and _____ it to a tree for Roosevelt to shoot. But Roosevelt _____and asked him to _____ it free.
After _____ about this, artist Clifford Berryman drew a cartoon of Roosevelt and the bear. He then _______ the cartoon in The Washington Post.
A few days _____, a shopkeeper saw the cartoon and had his wife _____ many toy bears _______ the bear in the cartoon. They named them _____ Roosevelt’s nickname Teddy. ____ early 1903, they sold these teddy bears in the shop and many people came to buy them. Now it is _____with a lot of people.
1.A. should B. can C. must D. will
2.A. it B. them C. its D. it’s
3.A. and B. however C. but also D. although
4.A. what B. how C. why D. however
5.A. answer B. make C. solve D. solving
6.A. because B. so C. but D. though
7.A. some B.every C.all D.any
8.A. that B.what C.which D./
9.A. successful B.succeed C.success D.succeeded
10.A. tie B.tied C.to tie D.tying
11.A. accepted B.received C.refused D.agreed
12.A. put B.set C.leave D.making
13.A. being heard B.hearing C.heard D.hear
14.A. came out B. made C.gave D.published
15.A. lately B.before C.later D.late
16.A. to make B. made C.to be made D.make
17.A. to be based on B. based on C.basing on D.are based on
18.A. because B.according C.before D.after
19.A. In B.On C.Between D.Among
20.A. loved B.sold C.popular D.bought
---Where on earth did you get the book?
---_________
A. What did you say? B. I beg your pardon?
C. Say it again! D. I didn’t get it on earth.
When you get involved in sports, a lot of racial____are broken down because players developed friendship quickly.
A. barriers B. threats C. approaches D. hardships
--- Jack fell off the ladder yesterday，but he is all right now.
---What a lucky dog! He ________himself badly.
A. should injure B. might injure C. should have injured D. could have injured
