谁能帮我写个英语的有人生哲理的小故事

小故事反映人生的大道理

Building Your Own House

An elderly carpenter was ready to retire after years of work.He told his employer-contractor of his plans to leave the house-building business to live a more leisruely life with his wife and enjoy his extended family.He would miss the paycheck each week,but he wanted to retire .With the money the carpenter had put aside during the years he worked for the employer-contractor,they could get by.

The contractor was very sorry to see his good worker go and asked if he could possibly build just one more house as a personal favor for him.The carpenter said yeas,but over time it was easy to see that his heart was not in his work at all.He resorted to shoddy workmanship and used inferior materials.You see,it was an unifortunate way to end a dedicated career.

When the carpenter finished his work,his employer came to inspect the house .Then he handed the front-door key to the carpenter and said ,"This is your house ...my gift to you ."

The carpenter was shocked!

What a shame! If he had only known he was building his own house,he would have done it all so differently.

So it is with us.We build our lives,a day at a time,often putting less than our best into the building .Then ,with a shock,we realize we have to live in the house we have built.If we could do it all over again,we would do it much differently.

You are the carpenter ,and everyday you hammer a nail,place a board,or erect a wall.Someone once said ,"life is a do-it yourself project."Your attitude and the choices you make today helps to build the "house "you will live in tomorrow.Therefor ,build wisely!

笑对失败 For the "failure" of the word, I do not think we are strange. After all, no one failed, but also on more than one occasion. However, we should be the attitude of how to deal with failure? Here, I want to say is: Laughter on the failure! Do not know if you have never heard such a story: The United States, a Hollywood film star, also has been the United States, "and Time magazine," the "great American," the ranks of successful people - but also from a series of setbacks and failures to get out of of. His poor origin. Student days, he's very bad results. To make matters worse, he is not only a natural-born left-handed, but also "reading disorder", to be considered as mental retardation. In the fledgling, he would be black because of the skin, do not be negative ...... handsome but he is still confident of his family, said: "Looking at it, not ten years, I will become a Hollywood the star! "but it is not plain sailing: the first" debut "is just a flash appeared and no small role in a penny fee. Although they subsequently appeared in four films, and films which he also starred in the leading role, but the plot of the film due to poor performances and his immature and have failed ... ... However, all this did not knock him. A continual process of reflection and improvement of his own, and finally in 1986 a U.S. Navy fighter pilots describe the film - "Top Gun" in the early success. I think we all know do not think I said that is Hollywood superstar Tom - Cruz. In fact, the successes and failures as a cycle between the two are closely related, there will be a successful failure. Therefore, when we failed, the need not pessimistic. Not only that, we may be able to lift the spirits of the laugh! Because I have always think: God is a girl. And, God is not only a gril, but also a headstrong girl. Yes, she likes to make things difficult for our people to open such a joke. And we need to do is to withstand the test. Although we will its failures, but we still have to fight on despite repeated setbacks. To believe that God is fair, a joke is only temporary, you will eventually succeed! In fact, failure is often a person, but is also often successful. All this is like the spring: Spring to Spring will come again and spend another grateful to the Fair ... ... when the failure of a little nearer, a little bit away from the success, we should believe that as long as the persistent efforts to climb, the success in the near will definitely come again, after ... ... To remember: Even if a fall should be proud to smile! What is also hesitant? Let us laugh together on the failure of the successful Meet it!

对于“失败”这个词，我想大家都不会对此感到陌生。毕竟，谁都失败过，而且还不止一次。但是，我们应该以怎样的态度来面对失败呢？在这里，我想说的是：笑对失败！

　　不知道大家有没有听过这样一个故事：美国有一位好莱坞的影视巨星，还曾被美果《时代周刊》列入“美国伟人”行列的成功人士——却也是从一连串的挫折和失败中走出来的。他出身贫寒。学生时代，他的成绩很糟糕。更糟糕的是，他不但是个天生的左撇子，而且还有“阅读障碍症”，被人视为智力低下。在刚出道时，他便因皮肤黑、不英俊而被否定......但他仍自信满满，对他的家人说：“看着吧，不出十年，我一定会成为好莱坞的巨星！”但后来却并不是一帆风顺：第一次的“处子秀”仅仅是出演一个一闪而过且没有一分钱片酬的小角色。其后虽然又出演了4部影片，并且其中有部电影他还出演了主角，但却因电影的情节不佳和他表演的稚嫩而均告失败……

　　但是，这一切的一切并未将他击倒。他不断反思和改进自己，终于在1986年的一部描写美国海军战斗机飞行员的影片——《壮志凌云》中初获成功。

　　我想，不用我说大家早已想到，这个人就是美国好莱坞巨星汤姆-克鲁斯。

　　其实，成功和失败就像是一种轮回，二者之间有着紧密的关联，有成功就会有失败。

　　因此，当我们遭遇失败时，大可不必悲观。不仅如此，我们大可以开怀的笑！因为，我一直都认为：God is a girl。并且，God不仅是一个gril，而且还是一个任性的girl。是的，她喜欢和我们开这种刁难人的玩笑。而我们要做的，就是经受住考验。纵然我们会屡战屡败，但我们依然要屡败屡战。要相信上帝是公平的，玩笑只是暂时的，你终究会获得成功！

　　其实，一个人失败是经常的，但成功也是常有的。这一切就好比春暖花开：春去春会再来，花谢花会再开……当失败一点点逼近，成功一点点远离时，我们都应该相信，只要坚持不懈的努力下去，成功在不久之后必然会再次降临……

　　要记住：就算跌倒也要豪迈地笑！

　　还犹豫什么呢？让我们一起来笑对失败，笑迎成功吧！