The secretary's eyes opened wide, and then she smiled. I smiled back and headed for class."

So ended my story.

“那个秘书听得目瞪口呆地，然后她笑了。我也冲她笑了一下，便上课去了。”这就是我的故事。

I scanned the sixty faces in my economics class at UNLV. Despite the early hour, no one

seemed to be asleep. Somehow, my story had touched them. Or maybe it wasn't the story at

all. In fact, it had all started with a student's observation that I was cheerful.

我扫视了一下全班六十张脸。虽然是在大清早，但没有一个学生在打盹儿。不知道为什么，他们好像被我

的故事触动了。也许触动他们的并不是故事本身。其实，从一开始有学生发现我兴致高昂的时候，他们便

已经被我的快乐感染了。

Deepak Chopra has quoted an Indian wise man as saying, "Who you are speaks louder to me than

anything you can say." I suppose it must be so.

著名的印度作家乔布拉，曾经引述过一位印度智者的名言：“你为人行事的本身，比你的语言更具说服力

。”我认为这的确是真理。