Always be honest. Count your blessings. Bear each other's burden. Forgive and forget. Be kind and tender-hearted. Comfort one another. Keep your promises. Be proud of each other. Be true to each other. Treat each other like you treat your friends. But most importantly—love one another deeply from your heart."

The Story of The Little Mermaid 小人鱼的故事

记得我七八岁时喜爱读安徒生的童话选，常常为仙女和巫婆，公主与王子浪漫的爱情故事而痴迷，其中最让我心动而难忘的就是小人鱼的故事。美丽而可爱的小人鱼可以为挽救她心爱的王子不惜割舍了自己美妙的歌喉，为了陪伴在心爱的人的身边，她坚强的忍着巨痛喝下巫婆的魔药，把美丽的鱼尾巴变成了人类的双腿，为了守护在情人身旁她由鱼人公主委身为普通侍女尽心竭力呵护着王子，当王子与另一个公主一见钟情后，她强忍着悲哀和痛苦，并在最后一刻为保护心上人而牺牲自己的生命化作海沫。。。。

我为小人鱼悲伤流泪，被她为爱情和心爱的人毅然作出无私的奉献而感动，更被这美丽而悲泣的故事所震撼。我反反复复读了很多边，次次为之悲叹伤感，这故事已深深印入我的脑海里，直到如今都难以忘怀，我甚至多次在心里埋怨作家安徒生，认为他太残忍了，给故事所定的结局实在是不公平，为什么他不能让小人鱼活下去，和她心爱的王子幸福地生活一辈子呢？

我为小人鱼的故事感动至深，渐渐地长大成人后，我经历了从少女到嫁作人妇，到如今成为人母的种种人生历程，我开始理解为什么她会为所爱得人而作出奉献和牺牲，我甚至发现自己就像是美人鱼的化身，自己的感情生活就是那故事的叠影。

少女时代我常常梦想着能拥有象安徒生童话中描述的爱情，幻想过自己是一位美丽多情的公主将与英俊勇敢的王子奇遇，然后堕入情网并幸福地相伴一生。。。很多认识我的朋友都认为我浪漫的爱情就是一部让人羡慕的童话故事，我与自己相爱的人一见钟情，冲破双方不同语言和不同国界的障碍，在截然不同的文化背景及生活方式下毅然决然地结合。。。为了心上人我决然放弃了自己的事业，告别了亲朋好友，勇敢地随他远渡重洋来到这陌生的异国他乡，从而开始了一种截然不同的生活。为了所爱的人我曾经努力地改变自己，由一个不会做饭菜，不喜欢主持家务的，没有责任与负担的人，转变成一个以家为主，以丈夫和孩子为中心的家庭主妇。为了这个家和我的亲人我心甘情愿地作出奉献，兢兢业业，勤勤恳恳。如今的我已不再拥有当年那少女的情怀，不会继续幻想着有王子和公主的爱情童话。也许是当时年少气盛，勇气与胆识冲破理智的枷锁，然而现实生活并不是象我幻想的那样简单，真正的人生就象一条坎坷不平的路，在这崎岖婉转的路上我跌倒了又爬起来，就象在漫长的黑夜中磕磕绊绊地探索着捷径。人生的历程就象一张持有单程的车票的列车，搭上这班车只有一直朝前行驶而没有回程的路。

虽然我已经知道这世界上并不存在什么爱情童话，但是时至今日我还会时常回味着小人鱼的故事，还是觉得它是那么地悲凄美丽，令人感伤得难以忘怀。我有时寻思为何会对小人鱼故事如此着迷，是为她对爱人无私的奉献的精神所感化？或是被她为心上人勇敢牺牲自己行为而打动？我突然一下不得而知为什么安徒生没有给小人鱼故事安排一个完美的结局，那是因为这个凄美的爱情故事令人看后悲痛欲绝，让人不由自主地为美丽的小人鱼而感伤，正是因为这个并不完美的结局所导致地残缺的美，才能使得读者们对它牵肠挂肚，无法释怀，从而让人记忆犹新，久久难忘, 并且让她永远地，刻骨铭心地活在我们的心中。。。

I remember when I was 7 or 8-years old, I loved to read Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale stories, my favorite selections were about the fairies and the witches, Princess and Princes and their romantic and obsessed love stories, one of my most exciting and unforgettable memory is the story of The Little Mermaid. The beautiful and cute little mermaid saved her beloved Prince's life by not hesitating to give up her wonderful singing voice to the sea witch, in order to be with her beloved Prince, she drank the magic potion which was given by the sea witch, and transformed the beautiful fish tail into a pair of human legs, in order to stand beside her lover and deal with having been changed from the Princess mermaid into a normal girl. She gives her faith and dedicated care to the Prince, but when the Prince falls in love with another princess, she had to endure the sorrow and pain, and at the end she sacrificed herself to protect her beloved Prince and turned her own life into the sea foam. . . . I was sad for the little mermaid and moved by tears, for her love and beloved Prince she would definitely make many selfless sacrifices. I was moved by this beautiful story and wept with grief . I read the story over and over many times and each time I was touched and moved. This story is etched into my mind until now it is still difficult to forget, I even complained repeatedly in my heart about the writer- Hans Christian Andersen, that he is so cruel to set out the ending of the story, I thought it is really unfair, why not allow the little mermaid to be alive, and let her to live with her beloved Prince many years happily ever after ( just like he did it in other stories)? I was touched by the story of a little mermaid, After I gradually grown up, I have experienced of my life from a girl to a married woman, now become the mother of two, I found that I begin to understand why little mermaid made dedication and sacrifices for her loved one, I even found myself like the embodiment of the little mermaid and my own life and the story's like the shadow stack.
When I was a little girl I often dreamed of someday I will find my love just as it was described in Andersen's fairy tale. Fantasize that I am a beautiful lovely princess who met with a handsome brave Prince, then we fall in love and live together happy ever after. . . I knew a lot of my friends think my romantic love is a fairy tale what people had often admired of - I met him and we fall in love at first sight. Both of us have had to break through the difficulty of different languages, and different obstacles at different cultural background, or the difference of our life styles. But in the end we married each other. For my loved one I had to give up my carrier, and say goodbye to my friends and family. I felt I was brave to follow him and travel a long way to come to this strange foreign land, then to begin a brand new different life style. I worked very hard and it took a lot of extra efforts to change myself for my love. I was a girl who once didn't know how to cook, I disliked doing the chores, and I lived without the burden of responsibility. Now I was transformed into a family minded housewife, and my husband and my children are becoming the center of my world. I am willing to sacrifice, to work conscientiously and diligently for this family and my loved ones. Today, I am no longer have the feelings and passion like my youth year. As I will not continue to have illusions about the Prince and Princess of fairy tales. At that time, I perhaps was young and more aggressive, brave to make a decision over the logical inference. But in the real world, my life is not as easy as my fantasies. The real life is like a rough road. On this rugged road, I often fall down then I'll get up again, as I was clumsy trying to explore a shortcut way in the long dark night. A journey through life is as a one-way ticket, if only you catch up with this train and then you only can move forward without return. Although I already knew that fairy tales don't exist in this world. But now I'll always remember the Little Mermaid Story. I think it is so beautiful and plaintive, it's so sad that it is difficult to forget. Sometimes I wonder why I have such a fascination with the Little Mermaid Story.Was because I was moved by the spirit of her selfless devotion? Or was I touched by the brave action when she saved her lover by make the sacrifice herself?All of a sudden, I start to recolonize why Hans Christian Andersen did not give the little mermaid a perfect happy ending .Almost all of his fantasy stories have the happy ending. Some are so simulate that I even forgot the names of stories or I might mixed stories up. But I remember they are all princesses who were in troubled life and waiting to be save by the handsome prince...... But the little mermaid did not wait to be save by her Prince, she was bravely protective of her lover, she took the sacrifice and effort to be with her beloved one. It is because of the non-perfect ending that makes it a unique story. The story is so passionate and emotionally powerful, and it made us weep and have sorrow for her. It also made her to be truly unforgettable. From now on, she will always be remembered, and she will always remain alive in side of our hearts. . .	Chinese > English swap Translate

梦想 / Dreams

十八岁的那一年青涩的你做了什么梦？ 像风一样的潇洒？ 像云一般的浪漫？ 梦想有一双红宝石的魔鞋? 还有一对天使的翅膀？！。。。。曾几何时你幻想着能有一天你的彩笔可以在画板上描画着七彩人生，又有多少次你梦见你的魔笔潇洒地在纸上来回串梭妙笔生花。。。

多少年来风风雨雨，沉沉浮浮； 无情的岁月在你的前额刻下了皱纹，飞逝的时光在你的头上编织了白发，。。。 你纤纤的秀手已被生活磨练的粗糙，你秀美的身材已被负担压得沉重。。。人生如梦一般地惊醒，潇洒的风吹散了云一般的浪漫，有一对翅膀的天使穿走了那双红宝石的魔鞋。。。你丰富的生活如同那五颜六色的彩笔，你令人回味的故事如同一本摊开的待阅的书。。。

然而你不再是那当年羞涩的少年，有着无穷无尽的梦与幻像。 如逝的光阴把你磨练的成熟和冷静，你喜欢一个人在黑夜里静静地思考， 默默地探寻着人生的最后的答案。。。

Dreams

What kind of dreams did you dream of when you were eighteen?
Free as the wind?
Floating romantically like the a cloud in the sky?
Did you dream of a pair of magic ruby slippers,
or of having a pair of Angel wings?
I dreamed to paint the world beautiful with colorful brushes,
or write exciting stories with a magic pen….

Ups and downs over the years.
Many gloomy, merciless years fly by.
Now there are wrinkles carved into your forehead
and white hairs are woven through your head….
Your once soft, little hands now betray your rough life
and your beautiful figure carries the burden of extra weight…
Life, awakened from the Dream.
The clouds of romance scattered by cool winds.
The angel wearing the magic ruby slippers, wings away . . . .
your rich experiences are like a beautiful picture painted by a colorful brush
and your journey through life is like an unfinished story waiting to be read....

However,
now you are no longer that shy teenager with endless dreams and illusions,
with years of practical experience
you have been changed into a mature and strong person . . . .
In the darkness of the silent night,
you are - like a cat,
quietly thinking,
quietly exploring the final answers of life….