Back in the car driving home，everyone was in high Christmas spirits，laughing and teasing each other with hints and clues about what they had bought.My eight-year-old younger daughter，Ginger was unusually quiet.I noted she had only one small，flat bag with her after her shopping spree.I could see enough through the plastic bag to tell that she had bought candy bars-fifty-cent candy bars！
I was so angry that I didn't say anything until we got home.[A]I called her into my bedroom and closed the door，ready to be angry again when I asked her what she had done with the money.She told me，"I was looking around，thinking of what to buy，and[B]I stopped to read the little cards on one of the Salvation Army's Giving Trees".One of the cards was for a four-year-old little girl，and all she wanted for Christmas was a doll with clothes and a hairbrush.So I took the card off the tree and bought the doll and hairbrush for her and took it to the Salvation Army booth.I only had enough money left to buy candy bars for us，"Ginger continued，"but we have so much and she doesn't have anything."
I was so moved and proud.I never felt so rich as I did that day.
难点重点，一目了然！
长难句解析 Sentence Structures
A I called her into my bedroom and closed the door，ready to be angry again when I asked her what she had done with the money.
我把她叫到我的屋里关上门，又一次气冲冲地问她拿这些钱做了什么。
句中when“正当……”引导的是时间状语从句；what引导的是宾语从句。
B I stopped to read the little cards on one of the Salvation Army's "Giving Trees".
我停下来读救世军的给予树上的卡片。
the Salvation Army“救世军（基督教慈善组织）”
Love Grows in Heart 爱在心里成长
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无疑，一件东西只有失去时，我们才会懂得其真正的价值；同样，一件东西在得到之前，我们并没有意识到它的缺少。爱也是如此，别指望爱有什么回报，耐心地等待它在你所爱的人的心里生根发芽，成长壮大。
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Maybe God wants us to meet a few wrong people before meeting the right one so that when we finally meet the right person，we will know how to be grateful for that gift.
When the door of happiness closes，another opens，but often times we look so long at the cIosed door that we don't see the one which has been opened for us.
[A]The best kind of friend is the kind you can sit on a porch and swing with，never say a word，and then walk away，feeling like it was the best conversation you've ever had.It's true that we don't know what we've got until we lose it，but it's also true that we don't know what we've been missing until it arrives.Giving someone all your love is never an assurance that they'll love you back！
[B]Don't expect love in return；just wait for it to grow in their heart but if it doesn't，be content it grew in yours.It takes only a minute to get a crush on someone，an hour to like someone，and a day to love someone，but it takes a lifetime to forget someone.
Don't go for looks；they can deceive.Don't go for wealth；even that fades away.Go for someone who makes you smile because it takes only a smile to make a dark day seem bright.Find the one that makes your heart smile.
难点重点，一目了然！
长难句解析 Sentence Structures
A The best kind of friend is the kind you can sit on a porch and swing with，never say a word，and then waIk away，feeIing Iike it was the best conversation you've ever had.
最好的朋友就是和你一起坐在门廊荡着秋千，默默无语，然后转身离去，那就是我们曾经说过的最好的话语。
feeling like“感觉像……”。例如，Since when have you been feeling like？你从什么时候开始有这种感觉的？
B Don't expect Iove in return；just wait for it to grow in their heart but if it doesn't，be content it grew in yours.
别指望爱有什么回报，耐心地等待它在你所爱的人的心里生根发芽，成长壮大。
be content“满足”。例如，We must be content with moderate hopes.我们不能有过高的希望。
Forgiving Others 原谅别人
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原谅宽恕别人就是给我们改正错误的机会，这样才能放下一切思想包袱轻松自由地、充满活力地生活，去做我们想要做的事情。
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In my experiences with discovering life purpose it seems inevitabIe，in all cases，to come to grips with our past.We build up negative issues in our past and need to clear the cIutter out in order to grow.I call this clearing process"Forgiveness".In the Bible，Jesus said，"Forgive not seven times，but seventy-times seven."Because forgiveness is our ability to remove negative thoughts and neutralize them，so our energy may be spent on doing what we came here for.We cannot move forward in our future if past issues cloud our thinking.
We can think of our life as a room.The more past issues or negative thoughts，the more furniture，dust，cobwebs，clutter，and other pests cIog up our thinking and our ability to manifest.
when we forgive，it is as if we took a broom，vacuum cleaner and a dumpster and got rid of the old clutter that blocks us from creating the life we really want.How do we forgive others？Each person may have their own method.
My personal choice is through prayer and meditation.Through visualizing the issue or past event which clutters our thinking we may then send love and prayer to that situation and let them go，just let them go and send them on their way with love.
It takes some practice.There is another prayer which I've attached in the tools under"The Forgiveness Prayer"which I found very helpful.This prayer is a prayer you can use repeatedly for cleansing in this manner.
[A]Not only must we forgive others，but forgiveness in our own mind regarding our impression of others and how they might judge us is also important.I believe forgiving our own self is equally important in the forgiveness process.This is too true for most of us.We must release our mistakes in order to move forward clearly.
Whatever forgiving others or forgiving ourselves，we can truly be free and clear to build the life we want.
难点重点，一目了然！
长难句解析 Sentence Structures
A Not onIy must we forgive others，but forgiveness in our own mind regarding our impression of others and how they might judge us is aIso important.
我们不仅要原谅别人，而且从我们自己的思想上宽恕我们对他人的印象，以及他们如何评判我们也很重要。
