平息下来

Hermes immediately after he was born,hermes was appointed godof thieves at olympus.and a thief he became when he was barely a few hours old.feeling hungry,the infant left his cradle after nightfall to hunt for food.he chanced uponapollo''s oxen grazing on a meadow and drove a number ofthese animals away,tying tree branches around the feet of thecattle to make their footsteps dim.he killed two of these oxenand had a magnificent dinner.then he slipped back into his littlebed in his mother''s house.when apollo came to question himhermes pretended to be innocent.the angry sungod draggedhim up to olympus,where he was accused of the stealing andmade to return the cattle to their master.in reconciliation little hermes gave apollo the lyre he had made out of a tortoise shell,and apollo was so pleased with the gift that he presented his little brother with a magic stick.the stick could pacify hostileforces.

海尔墨斯海尔墨斯一生下来就被任命为奥林波斯山的贼神。他出生后几个小时的时候就做了贼。黄昏时分，他感到饥饿，于是还是婴孩的海尔墨斯离开了他的摇篮去找食物吃。他碰巧看见阿波罗的牛在草地里吃草，于是他偷走了许多牛，并将树枝绑在牛脚上，让脚印变得模糊不清。他杀了其中两头牛，美餐了一顿。然后悄然地回到他妈妈的房里，爬上床。当阿波罗发现牛少了，来质问他时，海尔墨斯佯作不知。愤怒不已的太阳神把他拖到奥林波斯山上，告他偷窃并责令将牛如数还给主人。为了平息这件事，小海尔墨斯将他用乌龟壳做的琴送给阿波罗。阿波罗得到这件礼物非常高兴，并送给他的小兄弟一支魔棍，这支魔棍可以化解敌对力量。

The students laughed."Now," said the professor, as the laughter subsided, I want you to recognise that this jar represents your life. The golf balls are the important things - your family, your children, your health, your friends, and your favourite passions - things that, if everything else was lost and only they remained, your life would still be full. The pebbles are the other things that matter like your job, your house, your car. The sand is everything else - the small stuff.

现在&，笑声平息之后，教授说，&我希望你们把这个大瓶子当作你的生活，高尔夫球是其中重要的事，比如你的家庭、子女、健康、朋友，以及你的激情所在，即使你一无所有了，这些也会被保留下来，而你的生活仍将非常充实；鹅卵石代表其他一些关键的事情，比如你的工作、住房、汽车等等；而沙子则代表所有其他的事--小小不言的事。

What are your goals and strategies for growth?

你的成长目标和策略是什么？

And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things saith he that hath the seven irits of God, and the seven star I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead.

3：1 你要写信给撒狄教会的使者，说，那有神的七灵和七星的，说，我知道你的行为，按名你是活的，其实是死的。