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Three wishes
A genie asks you to make three wishes.
My first wish could be this: to remain calm in every situation. Whatever may happens, I would like to remain in complete possession of my thoughts and actions, without be conditioned from anxiety or panic.
About my second wish... I would like to be able to listen to everyone who is talking to me, even if he's talking about something wich isn't intresting for me. I also would like to be listened and well understood in return. I think that nowadays it's very difficult to be correctly understood. Everyone is busy and has no time to listen to what someone is saying to him. This cause much misunderstandig that, in turn, makes people act in the wrong way.
And now, my last wish. I would like to get in my memory everything I see and everything I hear. It often happens that I forget someone's name or something to do. I hate this! It's very embarassing to talk with someone without remembering his name! It's annoying to get home and, only in that moment, realizing that you have forget something. Furthermore, if you could remeber everything you have read, you will be able to get a lot of informations everytime you wil need them. This would certainly increase your cleaverness.
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The way to change your way
Sometimes you realize that the way you're living your life isn't what you need.
What can you do when you realize [here I'd like a synonymous] that your expectations were wrong or what you're doing is much different from how it seemed to be when you started to do it?
You can't live your life leaving that time runs, simply waiting that things will change: nothing will change until you'll do all you can to make it happen.
So, the only right choice, is to roll up your sleeves and restart your life.
No matters what you're leaving: if you don't understand [I mean realize] that you need to leave what you have before you can get anything else, you'll never be able to change your life.
Someone could say "But I've already failed and I'm afraid I could do worse".
To they, I always answer: "If you think so, you've already done worse!"
P.S. In the title I tried a word pun, please tell me if it's correct.
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The good mother
Everyone knows that it's difficult to be a good mother. I often think about my behaviors and I ask myself if I'm on the right way. Sometimes I recommend my little daugther to be carefully but she doesn't follow my hints. Just yesterday I told her to wear a coat but she doesn't do as I said and so she got a cold. In the evening, while we're having dinner, she began to cough. I asked her if she'd been using the coat and when she look me, like saying "I didn't", I get furios and I scold her very hard. After, when I went to bed, I fight with myself thinking if I were too harsh. I love my children and I would like to see them always able to do the right thing, even when I'm not with them. Anyway no one can teach me how to accomplish this, so I'll do my best and I hope it will be enough!
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"They'd delivered the mail before he left the office" - Why <'d>?
I found this sentence in an english course:
"They'd delivered the mail before he left the office"
I know that the mail was delivered, so why <'d>.
What does the sentence means?
Can I say: "They delivered the mail before he left the office" ?
Have it the same meaning of "They'd delivered the mail before he left the office" or not?
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