phần 8 Đây là những câu chuyện nổi tiếng đang được lưu truyền trên Internet, từng được mọi người trên thế giới và bạn trẻ Việt Nam chuyền tay nhau, gửi qua email như một sự chia sẻ tinh thần, truyền cảm hứng hay động viên nhau trong những lúc khó khăn của cuộc sống - Đây là bộ sưu tập những câu chuyện đó với cả 2 bản tiếng anh và tiếng việt, nhằm giúp các bạn vừa trao dồi kiến thức tiến anh vừa làm giàu thêm tinh thần của mình . | CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE SOUL song ngữ Phần 8 It s never too late Several years ago while attending a communications course I experienced a most unusual teaching process. The instructor asked us to list anything in our past that we felt ashamed of guilty about regretted or incomplete about. The next week he invited participants to read their lists aloud. This seemed like a very private process but there s always some brave soul in the crowd who will volunteer. As people read their lists mine grew longer. After three weeks I had 101 items on my list. The instructor then suggested that we find ways to make amends apologize to people or take some action to right any wrongdoing. I was seriously wondering how this could ever improve my communications having visions of alienating just about everyone from my life. The next week the man next to me raised his hand and volunteered this story While making my list I remembered an incident from high school. I grew up in a small town in Iowa. There was a sheriff in town that none of us kids liked. One night my two buddies and I decided to play a trick on Sheriff Brown. After drinking a few beers we found a can of red paint climbed the public water tank in the midle of town and wrote on the tank in bright red letters Sheriff Brown is an . The next day the town arose to see our glorious sign. Within two hours Sheriff Brown had my two pals and me in his office. My friends confessed and I lied denying the truth. No one ever found out. Nearly 20 years later Sheriff Brown s name appears on my list. I didn t even know if he was still alive. Last weekend I dialed information in my hometown back in Iowa. Sure enough there was a Roger Brown still listed. I dialed his number. After a few rings I heard Hello I said Sheriff Brown Pause. Yup. Well this is Jimmy Calkins. And I want you to know that I did it. Pause. I knew it he yelled back. We had a good laugh and a lively discussion. His closing words were Jimmy I always felt badly for you .
