[C]Achieving any desire，whether large or small，begins with a seed sown in the mind.That seed is the vision of its fuIfillment.It also requires the commitment to allow the vision to grow.Commitment in daily life allows life's storms to strengthen resolve.Resolve allows us to nurture a new dream，improve an existing dream，or even begin over if necessary.
How often do we plant the seed of a beautiful dream in the fertile soil of our minds，and then dig it up？What could you achieve if you allowed your seed to grow，continuing to focus your spiritual eyes on the harvest？Just sow your seed，allow it to grow，and see an abundant harvest.
难点重点，一目了然！
长难句解析 Sentence Structures
A The story is toId of two boys who were waIking through a field and found some corn seeds scattered across the ground.
这是一个关于两个男孩的故事。他俩穿过田地时，发现地上有一些散落的玉米种子。
who引导定语从句，boys是先行词。
B The second boy pIanted his seed and left it aIone.
第二个男孩把种子种上后，就没再打扰它。
leave alone让某人一个人待着；撇下某人自己。例如：They leave their daughter alone in the house on weekdays.平时他们把女儿独自留在家中。也有“不理会；别惹；不打扰”的意思，例如：The committee left alone his proposal.委员会不理会他的建议。
C Achieving any desire，whether Iarge or small，begins with a seed sown in the mind.
任何愿望的实现，不管其大小，都始于我们心灵中播下的那颗种子。
whether……or……不管，不论。例如：I'm sure we'll see each other again soon whether here or in New York.我肯定我们不久会再见面的，不是在这就是在纽约。
On Beauty 美
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美随处能够感知，当你迫切需要它时，它就会出现。但美不是一种满足，更多的时候它是发自内心的欣喜，是一个欢喜的灵魂，是一座鲜花永远盛开的花园，一群永远在天空飞翔的天使。而当生命摘去遮盖她圣洁面容的面纱时，美就是生命。
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Where shall you seek beauty，and how shall you find her unless she herself be your way and your guide？And how shall you speak of her except she be the weaver of your speech？
The aggrieved and the injured say，"Beauty is kind and gentle.Like a young mother half-shy of her own glory she walks among us."
And the passionate say，"Nay，beauty is a thing of might and dread.Like the tempest she shakes the earth beneath us and the sky above us."
The tired and the weary say，"Beauty is of soft whisperings.She speaks in our spirit.Her voice yields to our silences like a faint light that quivers in fear of the shadow."
But the restless say，"We have heard her shouting among the mountains，and with her cries came the sound of hoofs，and the beating of wings and the roaring of lions."
At night the watchmen of the city say，"[A]Beauty shall rise with the dawn from the east."
And at noon-time the toilers and the wayfarers say，"We have seen her leaning over the earth from the windows of the sunset."
In winter say the snow-bound，"She shall come with the spring leaping upon the hills."
And in the summer heat the reapers say，"We have seen her dancing with the autumn leaves，and we saw a drift of snow in her hair."
[B]All these things have you said of beauty，yet in truth you spoke not of her but of needs unsatis fled，and beauty is not a need but an ecstasy.It is not a mouth thirsting nor an empty hand stretched forth，but rather a heart en flamed and a soul enchanted.It is not the image you would see nor the song you would hear，but rather an image you see though you close your eyes and a song you hear though you shut your ears.It is not the sap within the furrowed bark，nor a wing attached to a claw，but rather a garden for ever in bloom and a flock of angels for ever in flight.
[C]Beauty is life when life unveils her holy face.
难点重点，一目了然！
长难句解析 Sentence Structures
A Beauty shall rise with the dawn from the east.
美将与晨光一同从东方升起。
rise from从……升起；起源于，起因于。例如：As smoke from fire，so ill fame rise from scandal.
烟从火中来，恶名丑事头。
B All these things have you said of beauty，yet in truth you spoke not of her but of needs unsatisfied，and beauty is not a need but an ecstasy.
你们谈到关于美的所有这些，实际并非关于她本身，而是关于你们未被满足的需求，但美并不是一种需求，而是心醉神迷的欣喜。
in truth事实上，的确。例如：In truth，I did not mind whether we went or not.事实上，当时我们去不去我都无所谓。
C Beauty is Iife when Iife unveiIs her hoIy face.
探索生命的美丽就在那慢慢的涉入其中。
when“当……的时候”，其引导的是一个时间状语从句。