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“Being in a long marriage is a little bit like that nice cup of coffee every morning – I might have it every day, but I still enjoy it.” -Stephen Gaines This quote perfectly describes my marriage. I will celebrate my 23 years wedding anniversary on June 22, 2014. It is just like I love to drink coffee every day and I might have it everyday but I always enjoy it.                                                                                                                      On the other hand my husband doesn ’ t like coffee at all. We come from different side of the world. My husband likes sweet chocolate but I like dark chocolate. I like dancing; he doesn ’ t like dancing. This is like “ East vs. West ” Every time we meet a new friend, they will say, “ Both of you are so different, one is talkative, one is calm. Like the earth and the sky ” It is so true, my daughters always say, “ Dad is a book smart, mom is a street smart ” I believe my husband will describe

A lesson from cleaning the bathroom Many years ago I read the story about the monk who enlightened when he swept the floor. How come? The master Zen answered, “It’s just that while he was sweeping the corners of the monastery he made sure he was also sweeping the corners of his mind.” (Quoted from The Corners of the mind) That story stayed in my mind. However it is hard to understand clearly the meaning of the great lesson. Today I was cleaning the bathroom and I did with a full awareness. While brushing the tile of the bathroom I could understand clearly the message in that story. Cleaning the bathroom is not my favorite work at all, because it is really hard to clean the corners of the bathroom. Most of the time I worked as fast as possible, I knew there were some stains in the corner but I didn ’ t want to try harder. Now today, I tried harder to clean the corners, I brushed harder and harder, I saw some stains gone but still I could see little stain there. After severa