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   下课了，一个上学期转学来的男孩子ZP，羞涩地笑着，跑过来塞给我一张小纸条：Miss Li，上课时，我读了这个故事，我感受到：成功不是一步，而是一步步地往前走，就能成功，还有信念力！我以后要一步步往前走！

   

    ZP是从汶川地震中幸存下来的孩子，对学习的感悟更加珍惜。

    ZP纸条中提到的是哪个故事呢？这要从孩子们的信件说起。

   开学到现在，有陆续收到了孩子们给Miss Li的一些来信，从心中Miss Li读到了感动和感恩，也读到了困惑和建议。在孩子的困惑中，很多学习优秀和潜能生都纷纷表示：害羞和害怕的心里是他们用英语与人交流的障碍。为了解决孩子们从“怕”中走出来，我们的英语课堂暂时把原来阅读英语小短文的环节换成了双语心智故事。

 

   老猎人和三个儿子打猎的故事，孩子们明白了《锁定目标》（汉语）的重要性。

   日本国际马拉松冠军山田本一的获胜秘诀：凭智慧战胜对手的故事，学生们懂得了《目标分解》（汉语）的好处；

   今天的课堂我们分享的故事《水仙定律》（双语）学生懂得了要想实现目标：在生活中运用英语与人顺利交流，就必须从现在开始一步步地去栽种，一点点地实践和练习，才能收获自己美丽的交流花园。

 

    多数学生用惯了个人提前预习、小组合作学习和表演的方式，所以在今天的公开课上，表现令人惊喜。

    一个曾经胆小的孩子毫不掩饰自己的开心：Miss Li，我终于敢在别人面前用英语表演啦！

    有着艺术气质的小美女W兴奋的眼神诠释着：Miss Li，好享受哦！

    又高又帅气的小T搂着Miss Li的脖子，别忘了给颗Candy噢！

    Miss Li立刻乖乖地应承：必须的。

    孩子，就是孩子，什么时候都喜欢甜的味道。

     

    静心想来，尽管有些孩子还很羞涩，尽管我们的课堂还真有这样那样的不足，但是毕竟全班----每一个学生都开口了！就连LMY也开始Show ---秀了她的英语对话----几乎所有英语老师都知道这个LMY女孩（父母已经放弃她的学习之富家女）。尽管只是一句话，也只是一小步的Baby--step，但是孩子们的确卖出了那自信的一步。

 

       每一周，英语值日生会根据本周故事内容，写下双语励志名言，现在，六一班黑板的左边, 有三句英语励志名言，其中一条是：

      If you're faithful to your daily practicing, you will find your progress is encouraging!

      如果每天都坚持不懈地练习，你会发现你的进步会给你带来信心。 

 

     每天感受着孩子们一节节课、一天天成长的快乐；每天生活在有歌声、有故事、有思考、有合作、有表演、有不足、有感悟的英语课堂；一想到六年级三个班级的孩子们，可爱的孩子们；想到三个班主任对Miss Li的帮助和支持，内心更是充满了温暖。这种感觉如饮茶，慢慢品味；如沐春风，沁人心脾----着实的放松和内心的享受。    

      今天的课堂上，Miss Li挑选了几封孩子们信件中的困惑，六一班的学生读后也引起了共鸣，水仙花定律的故事就在这种氛围中，在“秋日的私语”伴奏下，朗朗读书声就在课堂畅想了，听。。。。。。

 

 

   女儿打来好几次电话跟我说：“妈妈，水仙花凋落之前，你一定得来看看。”

   我委实想去，只是从拉古纳到箭头湖得2个小时的路程。

   女儿第三次来电，我勉强答应她说：“我打算下星期二过去。”结果星期二一早就下起了雨，还有点凉意。我已经承诺过女儿，便驱车前往。我终于踏进了女儿卡罗琳的家门，在与外孙子外孙女拥抱问好之际，我对女儿说道：“卡罗琳，忘掉水仙花吧，外面阴云密布，又下起了雾，路上根本看不清楚。在这个世界上，除非为了想看看你和孩子，别的什么休想再让我驱车半步。”

   女儿淡然一笑道：“妈妈，我们可是经常在这种天气里开车。”
  “好啦，除非天气转晴，否则你别想让我开车上路。天一晴我就回家。”我郑重其事的跟她说道。
  “妈妈，我希望你能带我去汽车修理场把我的车取回来。”
  “离这有多远。”
  “穿过几个街区就行了，”卡罗琳回答道，“我来开车，我习惯了。”
   几分钟后，我忍不住问道：“我们这是去哪啊，这好象不是去汽车修理场的路。”
  “我们将绕道去汽修场，”卡罗琳笑着说，“顺便去看一看水仙花。”
  “卡罗琳，”我厉声说道，“请你调头。”
  “好啦，妈妈，我敢保证，你今天一旦错过这个会后悔终身的. 二十分钟后，汽车驶入一狭窄的石子路面，我看到一座小教堂，在教堂的对面，有一个手写的标牌：“水仙花园。”

    下了汽车，我和女儿一人一手拽着孩子，由女儿带路沿着这条狭窄的小道走着。转一个弯后，我举目望去，不由得一惊。眼前的景观瑰丽无比，就好似有人把一桶碎金撒满了山顶和山坡。观其水仙栽植，有的如丝绦数根，式样绝好，美丽壮观，摇曳生姿；有的像采缎几匹，其色洁白、深橙、浅黄、橙红、橘黄、葱黄，一应俱全。由于颜色不同，品种各异的水仙分片种植，所以随风摇摆，流动起来宛若花河，独俱色调。这里整整有5英亩水仙花。

  “这些水仙都是谁种的？”我问卡罗琳。
  “只是一个妇人。”卡罗琳答道，“她就住在这，看那是她的房子。”
   卡罗琳指向一座A字构架的屋子，在周围灿烂辉煌景象的映衬之下，这座房子显得矮小而又简陋。

   我们朝那间屋子走去，在门前的露台上看到一张海报，标题是：我知道你们要问什么，这就是答案。
   第一个答案比较简单：“5万茎。”第二个答案是：“一次栽一茎，一名妇人所植，用两只手，两条腿，还略动了点脑筋。”第三个答案是：“开始于1958年。”
   这就是水仙定律，对我来说，那一刻的经历使我对于生活有了新的认识。

   我想，这位素昧平生的妇人，早在四十多年前就-----一次一茎水仙---把自己对于美和快乐的理解与想象带给这座无名的小山之颠。每次仅仅栽种一茎，年复一年，却改变了世界。这位无名的妇人永远改变了她所居住的世界。她开创的事业雄伟壮观，美妙绝伦，而又鼓舞人心。

  水仙花园给我们揭示伟大的礼赞法则之一。即每次只求一步，学着朝着目标努力-----也许只是一小步----学着乐于这样做，学会积累时间，利用日常琐碎的时间每天努力一点，我们就会发现自己同样能干成大事。我们也可以改变世界。

 

The Daffodil Principle

http://s7/middle/5f6d9e3bg9e19c50523b6&690Several times my daughter, Julie, had telephoned to say, "Mom, you must come see the daffodils before they are over."  I wanted to go, but it was a two-hour drive from my place by the beach to her lakeside mountain home.

"I will come next Tuesday," I promised, a little reluctantly, on her third call. The next Tuesday dawned cold and rainy.  Still, I had promised, and so I got in the car and began the long, tedious drive.

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When I finally walked into Julie's house and hugged and greeted my grandchildren, I said, "Forget the daffodils, Julie!  The road is invisible in the clouds and fog, and there is nothing in the world except you and the children that I want to see bad enough to drive another inch!"

My daughter smiled calmly, "We drive in this all the time, Mom."

"Well, you won't get me back on the road until it clears and then I'm heading straight for home!" I said, rather emphatically.

"Gee, Mom, I was hoping you'd take me over to the garage to pick up my car," Julie said with a forlorn look in her eyes.

"How far will we have to drive?"

Smiling she answered, "Just a few blocks, I'll drive ... I'm used to this."

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After several minutes on the cold, foggy road, I had to ask "Where are we going? This isn't the way to the garage!"

"We're going to the garage the long way," Julie smiled, "by way of the daffodils."

"Julie," I said sternly, "please turn around."

"It's all right, Mom, I promise, you will never forgive yourself if you miss this experience."

After about twenty minutes we turned onto a small gravel road and I saw a small church.  On the far side of the church I saw a hand-lettered sign ...

We got out of the car and each took a child's hand, and I followed Julie down the path.  As we turned a corner of the path, and I looked up and gasped.

Before me lay the most glorious sight.  It looked as though someone had taken a great vat of gold and poured it down over the mountain peak and slopes. The flowers were planted in majestic, swirling patterns, great ribbons and swaths of deep orange, white, lemon yellow, salmon pink, saffron, and butter yellow.  Each different-colored variety was planted as a group so that it swirled and flowed like its own river with its own unique hue.

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Five acres of the most beautiful flowers I had ever seen!

"Who planted all these?" I asked Julie.

"It's just one woman," Julie answered, "She lives on the property.  That's her home," and she pointed to a well-kept A-frame house that looked small and modest in the midst of all that glory.

We walked up to the house and on the little patio we saw a poster ...

There it was ... "The Daffodil Principle"

For me that moment was a life-changing experience.  I thought of this woman whom I had never met, who, more than thirty-five years before, had begun - one bulb at a time - to bring her vision of beauty and joy to an obscure mountain top.

Still, This unknown, old woman had forever changed the world in which she lived.  She had created something of magnificent beauty, and inspiration.

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The principle her daffodil garden taught is one of the greatest principles of celebration:

·                  learning to move toward our goals and desires one step at a time,
                    (often just one baby-step at a time)

·                  learning to love the doing,

·                  learning to use the accumulation of time

When we multiply tiny pieces of time with small increments of daily effort, we too will find we can accomplish magnificent things.  We can change the world.

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"It makes me sad in a way," I admitted to Julie, "What might I have accomplished if I had thought of a wonderful goal thirty-five years ago and had worked away at it 'one bulb at a time' through all those years.  Just think what I might have been able to achieve!"

My daughter summed up the message of the day in her direct way, "Start tomorrow, Mom," she said, "It's so pointless to think of the lost hours of our yesterdays.  The way to make learning a lesson a celebration instead of a cause for regret is to only ask ... "

"How can I put this to use today?"

 

（http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_4a6505d5010007ph.html 感谢这位博主，免去了Miss Li打字之苦。）