Woke up by birds chirping at dawn is beautiful, only it’s far too early in the morning. Usually, I will continue to sleep again until the alarm clock ring. One morning, I woke up by a bird singing. The singing was so wonderful that I have to pay attention to it. Melodious, low and high …
(1) This is a story about a musician called BoYa, he lived around 380 BC in ancient China. He played zither with extraordinary excellent skill and he was very well known at his time. He was even revered as “God of Zither”. The famous Chinese philosopher XunZi wrote: when BoYa plays zither, horses would stop …
Life has written many things in our hearts.Beautiful memories and painful moments are engraved.Nothing can be wiped out,no matter how much we may wish for it. But God writes a new story in our hearts:Write this in your heart be courageous, you have the help at your door;He who refreshes and comforts your hearts is here.Write …
My new year’s resolution usually look like this: learning a new language, travel to a new place. But this year, the new year resolution – Psalm 131.
Calvin: wow, it really snowed last night! Isn’t it wonderful? Hobbes: Everything familiar has disappeared! The world looks brand new! Calvin: A new Year … A fresh, clean start! Hobbes: It’s like having a big white sheet of paper to draw on! Calvin: A day full of possibilities! Calvin: It’s a …
JK Rowling’s idea about “platform 9 3/4” might have borrowed from Eva Ibbotson’s The Secret of Platform 13. A book that I really enjoying reading it, first in German, then one more time in English. What do I like about the book? I will try my best to tell you without being a spoiler. 1. The unconventional …
Bookworm wrote a winter reading list not long ago, but the winter just started, she already finished reading more than half of the list. It is necessary and very urgent to draw an expansion to the reading list. Therefore, another 8 books had added in. And what are you reading? Winter Reading List (Original) …
I stand before Thy manger fair,My Jesus, Life from heaven!I come, and unto Thee I bearWhat Thou to me hast given.Receive it, for ’tis mind and soul,Heart, spirit, strength—receive it all,And deign to let it please Thee. Original Text (German) Ich steh an deiner Krippen hier,o Jesulein, mein Leben,ich stehe, bring und schenke dir,was …
Fulfilled life is possible in spite of unfulfilled wishes. Es gibt erfülltes Leben trotz vieler unerfüllter Wünsche. Dietrich Bonhoeffer
… … a fulfilled life is not the life that stuffed with material, but the life that is filled with love. … … erfülltes Leben ist nicht das mit Materiellen vollgestopfte, sondern das mit Liebe erfüllte Leben. In seine Lieb versenken Werner Grimm