It is one of the most beautiful compensations of life that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.
——J. Pearson Webster
To help others, you don't have to be an efficient expert in the art, the main thing is the intention.You may be crude and clumsy, wasteful and ineffective, but if you sincerely try to help, your attempt produces nothing but good.The one you are trying to help knows your intention and is strengthened and encouraged by the magic of your sharing.In nearly every case, your simple desire to help, converted into action, produces the good sought.But perhaps the greatest good is the good that you yourself get out of the attempt.Service to others delivers more joy to you than the joy you deliver to them.In doing good, you free yourself into a clean world of joy and light.
The good you simply try to do, regardless of the out come, is always a success inside yourself.
Unselfish giving is your most efficient formula for happiness. For you have embraced eternity instead of self;you have felt life, and you are now the world bigger than you were before you began the project.
-try [traɪ]v.尝试;设法;努力 n.尝试;试验
典型例句
After a few tries they decided to give up.
试了几次后,他们决定放弃。
最常用法
try to do sth.尽力去做某事
try doing sth.尝试做某事
try one's best 竭尽全力;尽力
try on 试穿
try out 试用
have a try 尝试;努力
联想记忆
attempt v.企图;尝试 n.企图;试图
-expert [ˈekspɜːt]n.专家;能手 adj.熟练的;内行的
典型例句
My uncle is an expert in repairing radios.
我叔叔在修收音机方面是能手。
最常用法
expert advice 专家的意见
be expert at/in 在……方面熟练
an expert at/in/on……方面的专家
联想记忆
specialist n.专家;行家;专科医生
-deliver [dɪˈlɪvər]v.递送;发表(演讲);交付;解救;接生;履行
典型例句
Nobody will deliver the message.
没有人愿意送这口信。
最常用法
deliver milk 送牛奶
deliver a speech 作报告
deliver sb. from danger 救某人出险境
联想记忆
delivery n.传递;交付;递送;分娩;转让
-free [friː]adj.自由的;免费的 v.释放;使自由 adv.免费地;自由地
典型例句
Is the book for free or for a charge?
这本套书是免费的,还是收费的?
最常用法
be free from 没有……的;不受……影响的
set free 释放
for free 免费
free of charge 免费
联想记忆
freely adv.自由地;免费地;直率地
freedom n.自由;直率;特许,特权
任何一个人,如果真诚地尝试帮助旁人,必然也同时帮助了自己,这乃是人生当中最优美的补偿之一。
——J·皮尔森·韦伯斯特
想去帮助旁人,你不必是这种艺术的能干的专家,主要的条件是意向。你也许是粗陋而笨拙的,浪费而低能的,但是如果你真诚地试行帮助旁人,你的尝试必然产生善。你所打算帮助的人晓得了你的意向,并且被你的分担负荷的神秘力量所增强和鼓励。差不多在每一个事例之中,你的单纯的助人愿望,在化为行动之后,都会产生所寻找的善。但是最大的善,也许还是你自己从这项尝试中所获得的益处。在帮助旁人的时候,你本身所获得的快乐要比你带给那些人的快乐为多。在行善之中,你把本身从自我的可怕的附和之中解放出来,你脱离了自我,而进入一个快乐和光明的清纯世界。只要你去试行为善,不论其结果如何,在你的内心里面都永远会是一项成功。
不自私的给予,是获得快乐的最有效率的方法。因为如果能够做到这一点,你所领悟的已经不是自我,而是永恒;你已经感觉到生命和爱,而现在的你,要比没有开始实行这项计划之前的你宏伟多了。