My JoUrNeY BeGiNs . . . . .

Synonyms for: Amazing - Beautiful - WonderfulCategory — Vocabulary | Grammar: Synonyms for Positive Feelings or Emotions

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The story:

One day, when I was a freshman in high school, I saw a kid from my class was walking home from school. It looked like he was carrying all of his books.


Jock Saved Helpless “Nerd” From Being Bullied, 4 Years Later He Learned The Heartwrenching Truth.

Randall Neely | Mar 30, 2016

This incredible story has been circulating the internet for a while.  It’s message is poignant… a lesson to us all.

The premise: a high school athlete saved a small boy with glasses from bullying.  Many considered him a nerd, but this jock stood up for him. It wasn’t until four years after they met, and became dear friends, that he learned the true extent of his act of kindness’ aftermath.  Read below.

The story:

One day, when I was a freshman in high school, I saw a kid from my class was walking home from school. It looked like he was carrying all of his books.

I thought to myself, “Why would anyone bring home all his books on a Friday? He must really be a nerd.”

I had quite a weekend planned (parties and a football game with my friend the next afternoon), so I shrugged my shoulders and went on.

As I was walking, I saw a bunch of kids running toward him. They ran at him, knocking all his books out of his arms and tripping him so he landed in the dirt. His glasses went flying, and I saw them land in the grass about 10 feet from him.

He looked up and I saw this terrible sadness in his eyes. My heart went out to him. So, I jogged over to him and as he crawled around looking for his glasses, I saw a tear in his eye.

As I handed him his glasses, I said, “Those guys are jerks. They really should get lives.” He looked at me and said, “Hey thanks!” There was a big smile on his face. It was one of those smiles that showed real gratitude.



Jock Saved Helpless “Nerd” From Being Bullied, 4 Years Later He Learned The Heartwrenching Truth.

Randall Neely | Mar 30, 2016

This incredible story has been circulating the internet for a while.  It’s message is poignant… a lesson to us all.

The premise: a high school athlete saved a small boy with glasses from bullying.  Many considered him a nerd, but this jock stood up for him. It wasn’t until four years after they met, and became dear friends, that he learned the true extent of his act of kindness’ aftermath.  Read below.

The story:

One day, when I was a freshman in high school, I saw a kid from my class was walking home from school. It looked like he was carrying all of his books.

I thought to myself, “Why would anyone bring home all his books on a Friday? He must really be a nerd.”

I had quite a weekend planned (parties and a football game with my friend the next afternoon), so I shrugged my shoulders and went on.

As I was walking, I saw a bunch of kids running toward him. They ran at him, knocking all his books out of his arms and tripping him so he landed in the dirt. His glasses went flying, and I saw them land in the grass about 10 feet from him.

He looked up and I saw this terrible sadness in his eyes. My heart went out to him. So, I jogged over to him and as he crawled around looking for his glasses, I saw a tear in his eye.


Image representation from Meredith Vieira Show.  NOTE: this post is a story that has widely circulated the internet, so we don’t know who the actual people are.  This picture is a representation of the 2 boys and their emotions.  Thanks!

As I handed him his glasses, I said, “Those guys are jerks. They really should get lives.” He looked at me and said, “Hey thanks!” There was a big smile on his face. It was one of those smiles that showed real gratitude.

I helped him pick up his books, and asked him where he lived. As it turned out, he lived near me, so I asked him why I had never seen him before. He said he had gone to private school before now. I had never hung out with a private school kid before.

His name was Kyle. We talked all the way home, and I carried his books. He turned out to be a pretty cool kid. I asked him if he wanted to play football on Saturday with me and my friends. He said yes. We hung all weekend and the more I got to know Kyle, the more I liked him. And my friends thought the same of him.

Monday morning came, and there was Kyle with the huge stack of books again. I stopped him and said, “Damn boy, you are gonna really build some serious muscles with this pile of books everyday!” He just laughed and handed me half the books. Over the next four years, Kyle and I became best friends. When we were seniors, we began to think about college. Kyle decided on Georgetown, and I was going to Duke. I knew that we would always be friends, that the miles would never be a problem. He was going to be a doctor, and I was going to study business on a football scholarship. Kyle was valedictorian of our class.

I teased him all the time about being a nerd. He had to prepare a speech for graduation. I was so glad it wasn’t me having to get up there and speak.

On graduation day, I saw Kyle. He looked great. He was one of those guys that really found himself during high school. He filled out and actually looked good in glasses. He had more dates than me and all the girls loved him! Boy, sometimes I was jealous.

Today was one of those days. I could see that he was nervous about his speech. So, I smacked him on the back and said, “Hey, big guy, you’ll be great!” He looked at me with one of those looks (the really grateful one) and smiled. “Thanks,” he said.

As he started his speech, he cleared his throat, and began.

“Graduation is a time to thank those who helped you make it through those tough years. Your parents, your teachers, your siblings, maybe a coach … but mostly your friends. I am here to tell all of you that being a friend to someone is the best gift you can give them. I am going to tell you a story.”

I just looked at my friend with disbelief as he told the story of the first day we met. He had planned to kill himself over the weekend. He talked of how he had cleaned out his locker so his Mom wouldn’t have to do it later and was carrying his stuff home.

He looked hard at me and gave me a little smile. “Thankfully, I was saved. My friend saved me from doing the unspeakable.” I heard the gasp go through the crowd as this handsome, popular boy told us all about his weakest moment.

I saw his mom and dad looking at me and smiling that same grateful smile. Not until that moment did I realize its depth.

Never underestimate the power of your actions. With one small gesture you can change a person’s life.

http://www.inspiremore.com/jock-saves-kid-from-bullying-and-learns-truth-4-yrs-later/

人一定要學會『優化自己的圈子』
因為 圏子决定未來要如何做呢？

１、與熱愛學習的人在一起，會長知識。

２、與心胸寬廣的人在一起，會放大格局。

3、與哲人在一起，會增長智慧。

4、與善良的人在一起，會越來慈悲。

5、與勇敢的人在一起，會越來越堅强。

6、與積極樂觀的人在一起，會越來越快樂。

7、與有遠大夢想的人在一起，會很有遠見和希望。

8、與有强烈目標感的人在一起，會越來越珍惜時間。

9、與有强烈責任感和使命感的人在一起，會越來越有愛心和人格魅力。

所以，人生最重要的：不是努力奮鬥，而是《抉擇》
《男怕入錯行，女怕選錯郎》。

你是誰不重要，
重要的是你跟誰在一起；
和不一樣的人在一起，
就會有不一樣的人生。
世界上有多少有才華的失敗者，
有多少高學歷的無業遊民，
原因是因為選擇錯

下對注，贏一次；
跟對人，贏一世。
不識貨，半世苦；
不識人，一世苦。
人生能走多遠，看與誰同行；
有多大成就，看有誰指點。
所以和優秀的人在一起是非常重要的。

The Sun and the Wind

Once it so happened that there was a beautiful contest between the sun and the wind. It was to see which of the two was stronger than the other.

The wind was very proud of itself and its prowess. It said, "Even the mighty clouds bow before me. They know that I can drive them away.

And the clouds can envelop you. So you are a small thing before me." The sun said, "It is the time that will tell you who is stronger of the two."

Soon they saw a man who was wearing a coat. The sun said, "Let us see who makes the man to take off his coat."

The wind tried first. It blew harder and harder. But the man instead of removing his coat, wrapped it more and more. So, the wind failed.

Now it was the turn of the sun to try its strength. It began to shine. It became hotter and hotter.

Fiercer and fiercer. Ultimately, the man felt obliged to remove the coat. The wind lost and the sun won.

http://www.preservearticles.com/2012041930760/the-sun-and-the-wind-short-story.html

Good leaders generally develop different kinds of intelligence. There’s old-fashioned IQ of course, their intelligence quotient. There’s EQ, the quotient related to emotional intelligence; this concept turned fashionable in management circles within the last few years. And then there is what Jack Ma calls “LQ.”

“If you want to be respected, you need LQ,” said Ma, the founder and executive chairman of Chinese internet giant Alibaba, who spoke in New York today (Sept. 20) to a packed audience of CEOs and government leaders at theBloomberg Global Business Forum. “And what is LQ? The quotient of love, which machines never have.”

At the forum, a successor of sorts to the Clinton Global Initiative annual confab of movers and shakers, Ma said he believes humans will find solutions for the most dire issues facing global development today, including poverty, climate change, and disease, by having confidence in their imaginations and their ability to out-think machines. But Ma said the answers won’t come from people over age 50, mainly because older people tend to worry too much.

Pay attention to young people, he urged the audience, because they don’t worry as much about the future. They worry instead about the world’s leaders not changing in the here and now, and not using technology properly.

Ma, a former teacher, says he always warns government leaders to also “pay attention to education,” because right now we’re teaching children the wrong thing: that machines are better than humans. He believes this mindset will cost young people jobs in a future dominated by AI and computing.

Rather than encouraging humans to become more like machines, we should be building our machines to be more like humans, he suggested.

“A machine does not have a heart, [a] machine does not have soul, and [a] machine does not have a belief. Human being have the souls, have the belief, have the value; we are creative, we are showing that we can control the machines,” he said. These are the qualities that will allow people to pursue globalization that is humane.

 DON’T QUIT

When things go wrong as they sometimes will,

When the road you’re trudging seems all uphill,

When funds are low and the debts are high,

And you want to smile, but you have to sigh.

When care is pressing you down a bit.

Rest, if you must, but don’t you quit.

Life is queer with its twists and turns

As every one of us sometimes learns.

And many a failure turns about

When he might have won had he stuck it out:

Don’t give up though the pace seem slow-

You may succeed with another blow.

Often the struggler has given up,

When he might capture the victor’s cup.

And he learned too late, when the night slipped down,

How close he was to the golden crown.

Success is failure turned inside out-

The silver tint of the clouds of doubt.

And you never can tell how close you are.

It may be near when it seems so far:

So stick to the fight when you’re hardest hit

It’s when things seem worst that you must not quit.

By: Edger A. Guest


YOU CAN WIN NO MATTER WHAT!

You can win no matter what!

You can live against all odd.

It may be difficult at the start,

There’s a chance if you fight hard.

If you dream big,

For the life you want to live.

And things go wrong as they may,

Keep going strong all the way.

If all you want is just to succeed,

And want it as bad as you want to breath,

Willing to give up your time and sleep,

You can make your life what you want it to be,

And against all odds attain your dream.

Your world may be small now,

And success of others dazzle you, wow!

You can change it, if you seek how-

Great men made their life count.

Sure, the journey will be rough

To succeed, fight tough;

Sticking to your mind these thought,

You can win no matter what!

By: Inno Johnson

rich man has four sons. As he grows old, he decides to give his property to the son who would value the wealth he had earned. He calls his four sons and gives them each five grains of rice. He tells them that he shall ask for these grains at the end of 5 years & he would give his property to the son who would value these grains the most.

The first son throws away the grains. He decides to show his father some other grains when he would ask for them after 5 years, in anticipation that his father would not be able to see the difference between the two sets of grains.

The second son eats the grains. He too decides to show his father some other grains when he would ask for them after 5 years, in anticipation that his father would not be able to see the difference between the two sets of grains.

The third son preserves these grains in a silver box and keeps the silver box at home, and offers prayers to the box while offering his prayers to God for 5 years.

The fourth son sows these grains and cultivates them in the backyard of his house. They grow into crops during the harvest season. He keeps re sowing the grains from these crops. In due course, he has a vast plot of land cultivated with rice.

As apparent from the above mentioned, at the end of 5 years, the father gives his property to his fourth son, as he was the most deserving among his four sons.

Moral of the Story:
Making the most of every opportunity – When you have anything little in your hands, look at opportunity to grow it. Don’t feel sad if you have less money today, know that you have it and you can grow it.

Tom and his mentor Dwyer were on their customary weekly walk through the forest when Dwyer sat down on a large rock to take off his shoe.

“What are you doing?” asked Tom.

“I have a pebble in my shoe,” explained Dwyer.

“What are you stopping for? I have a pebble in my shoe as well, but we don’t have time to stop, so stop slowing us down.”

“I can assure you Tom, me stopping isn’t holding us back at all, but will end up saving us time and probably pain further down the track.”

“Pfft,” said the young man as he turned and walked on by himself, leaving the old man behind to remove the annoying pebble.

After about 20 minutes of walking, Tom could hear footsteps behind him and was surprised to see Dwyer making ground on him.

“Why are you limping?” the old man asked with a glint in his eye.

“You know why?  I have a pebble in my shoe!” Tom retorted.

“Why don’t you just stop and remove it?”

“Because I don’t have time.”

They walked side by side for a while, but eventually, despite his best efforts and pride, Tom’s sore foot really started to slow him down and his limp became more pronounced.

He was determined not to show any pain, but he was conscious that he was now slowing down his walking partner, so he sat down on a large log and took off his shoe to remove the pebble.

When he did, he noticed a small amount of blood seeping through his sock. He removed that too and saw that he had a very sore, bleeding welt where the pebble had been rubbing.

He grimaced as he looked up at his mentor who smiled broadly, showing very little pity for his young protege.

“You know what the message here is don’t you?  Always deal with problems straight away.  You may think that you don’t have the time, but you’ll save yourself a lot of time and pain if you get the pebble out of your shoe before you get too far down the road.”

Tom nodded as he put his bloodied sock back on.

Life is full of pebbles that find their way into our shoes.

They could be relationship issues, financial issues or problems at work.

Let me encourage you today to take the time to deal with problem now before they cause you too much pain and cost you time in the future.

BENDASING 

Aku seorang doktor bedah maksilofasial. Kepakaran aku adalah untuk perbaiki kecacatan atau kecederaan muka, rahang dan gigi. 

Sepanjang aku berkhidmat, aku pernah keluarkan pelbagai bendasing daripada muka seseorang. Kebanyakan bendasing ini masuk muka selepas kemalangan jalanraya. Kaca. Batu. Pasir. Semuanya berjaya dan tiada komplikasi.

Kecuali kes kali itu. 

Selepas aku keluarkan bendasing itu dari muka pesakit berumur 72 tahun itu, keadaan pesakit semakin nazak dan akhirnya meninggal dunia dengan aman. Alhamdulillah, semuanya berjalan lancar, tiada komplikasi di situ. 

Komplikasi yang aku maksudkan itu tidak berlaku pada pesakit, tetapi pada aku. Sejak pembedahan itu aku diracuni suara-suara halus yang menyemai keinginan melihat pesakit aku terseksa. 

Setiap kali pesakit mengerang kesakitan ketika aku mencabut gigi mereka, aku euphoria— tersenyum lebar disebalik surgical mask yang aku pakai. 

Ia merubah aku menjadi sadistik.

Aku cuba lawan desakan itu. Aku cuba perangi ketagihan endorphin yang terhasil daripada keterujaan melihat pesakit aku terseksa. Semakin aku melawan, semakin hebat dugaan yang aku tempuhi.

Mula-mula aku sering rasa diperhatikan, namun lama kelamaan, aku mula terlihat kelibat-kelibat yang mengintai dari tirai kegelapan. Lazimnya penampakan lembaga di ekor mata, namun bila aku tinjau, tiada apa pula yang kelihatan. 

Ketenteraman aku terganggu. Aku tak bisa lagi fokus ketika bekerja. Sedang aku khusyu’ melakukan pembedahan, aku rasakan seperti ada seseorang sedang menyua mukanya di sisi muka aku. Aku boleh rasa udara dari nafasnya di pipi aku. Selalunya disebelah kiri mukaku. 

Bila aku toleh, tiada apa-apa. 

Beberapa kali insiden seperti itu berlaku ketika aku melakukan pembedahan. Kemudian, ia melarat sehingga ke masa-masa lain. 

Pada suatu malam, aku melayari Facebook sambil berbaring di atas katil sementara menunggu mata aku mengantuk. Lampu sudah ditutup. Aku sedang baca status Dr. Kamarul Ariffin, seorang penulis FB, bila aku rasakan bulu-bulu halus di mukaku sebelah kiri, berdiri. Spontan, aku toleh ke kiri.

Tiada apa-apa. 

Aku sambung baca semula status doktor yang gemqr kongsi kisah hidupnya itu. Namun, belum sempat habis satu perenggan, aku terdengar dengus nafas seseorang di telinga kiri aku. Hembus nafas yang singgah ke cuping telinga aku sangat dingin. Remang bulu roma merayap hingga ke tengkuk.

“Haaaa...“

Bagai cas eletrik yang menjalar di lengan, bulu roma aku mula meremang dengan lebih dahsyat apabila terdengar suara bisikan wanita di telinga. Sebutir sahaja sebutannya, namun ia cukup untuk membuatkan jantung aku berdegup kencang.

Nak toleh atau tidak? Masa seakan berlalu begitu perlahan.

Kali ini aku tidak berani untuk menoleh. Aku pasti jika aku toleh, pasti akan aku terlihat wajah makhluk itu. Tangan aku menggeletar. Jari-jari jemari aku bagai bertukar menjadi tanah liat. Lembik tak bermaya. Aku cuba eratkan gengaman aku pada telefon. 

“PANDANGLAH SINI!”

Jantung aku berhenti beberapa detik bila gegendang aku diterjah dengan suara yang nyaring itu. Muka aku sebelah kiri menjadi kebas. Kemudian perit. Kesemutan. Bagai ditusuk sejuta sembilu halus. 

Dalam keadaan itu, muka ku berpaling dengan sendirinya ke arah suara berkenaan. Di luar kawalan aku. Di luar kemampuan aku untuk melawan.

Di kiri aku, terpampang satu wajah lesi yang dihiasi seribu kedutan. Kerepot bagai lanyut. Seperti belulang yang bergantung di temulang. Soket matanya kosong. Gusinya kecut, menampakkan barisan gigi yang kurus dan berterabur, seperti batu nisan yang berceracak di kuburan usang. 

Aku mengumpul kudrat untuk melepaskan jeritan, tapi yang keluar hanya dengus angin. Aku cuba sekali lagi, kali ini aku tersedak. Air liur aku cuba menceroboh peti suara. Iu membuatkan larinks aku mengejang. 

Badan aku palingkan, namun pergerakan aku sangat cemerkap. Maka aku terhumban ke sisi katil. Kepala aku terhempas ke lantai. Hentakan itu buat gegendang telinga aku berdesing. 

Aku cuba bangkit. Namun hanya anggota kanan aku yang mengikut arahan. Anggota kiri aku longlai, seperti sawi jeruk yang terkulai bila diangkat. Aku cuba gerakkan tangan kiri. Tiada pergerakan. Aku hilang autonomi ke atas separuh dari tubuh aku.

Apabila cuba menjerit, hanya bunyi dengus seperti lembu yang disembelih yang terhasil. Aku berusaha keras. Tidak berjaya untuk aku membawa diriku walau untuk duduk. Aku usaha. Aku berjuang. Aku mahu menjauhkan diri daripada makhluk itu. 

Malangnya, manusia cuma ada tenaga yang terhad. Aku tertidur dek kerana kepenatan. Dek kerana ketakutan.

Itulah perkara yang terakhir aku ingat sebelum aku membuka mata di hospital. 

“Encik, nama encik siapa? 

“Fih-dah-uf.. “sebutan aku kurang jelas

“OK. Awak tahu awak di mana, En. Firdaus ? 

“Ghostpital…”.

“Betul Dr. Saya Doktor Kamarul Ariffin dari Jabatan Rehabilitasi…”

“Henafa hengan haya?”

“Awak kena strok. Saya datang ni nak buat penilaian sebelum kita mulakan program rehabilitasi strok.”

“Hah?”

Doktor Kamarul jelaskan oada aku apa yang sebenarnya berlaku. Semalam, rakan serumah aku jumpa aku terbaring di sisi katil. Maka dia panggil ambulans. Siasatan dilakukan, dan meluli imbasan CT Brain, doktor dapati ada pendarahan di otak kanan aku.

Strok di usia 35 tahun? Aku tak merokok. Aku kerap bersenam. Aku amalkan diet sihat. Aku tak ada darah tinggi. Aku tak ada kencing manis. Keturunan aku pun tak ada penyakit berkenaan. 

Macam mana aku boleh kena strok? 

Ini mesti sebab aku buat pembedahan itu! Selepas ini, aku tak akan terima lagi kes rujukan untuk keluarkan susuk. Ya, doktor pakar bedah maxillofasial pun ada buat pembedahan keluarkan susuk. 

“Aku zhadi maham ni shebab susuk tu!”

“Susuk?” soal Dr. Kamarul

****

Begitulah ceritanya. Dr. Firdaus menceritakan pada aku dengan terperinci apa yang berlaku pada dirinya. Sukar nak faham sebutannya kerana dia ada kelumpuhan pada otot mukanya. Namun aku intipati ceritanya boleh difahami.

Benar kata Dr. Firdaus, pakar bedah maksilofacial ada lakukan pembedahan mengeluarkan susuk. Kalian boleh google "Maxillofacial susuk". Ada jurnal perubatan mengenainya. Siap ada gambar prosedur keluarkan susuk di jurnal berkenaan.

Susuk boleh kelihatan di dalam X-ray mahupun imbasan CT. Ada laporan mengatasi, imbasan MRI boleh mendatangkan mudharat kepada pemakai susuk kerana susuk diperbuat daripada bahan logam. Lazimnya campuran emas dan kuprum. 

Dikatakan, penggunaan susuk biasanya melibatkan pemujaan makhluk halus bagi mendapatkan kesaktian untuk susuk tersebut. Dikatakan, hanya bomoh yang memasukkan sesuatu susuk boleh mengeluarkan susuk itu semula, atau bomoh yang ilmunya lebih tinggi daripada bomoh yang memasukkan.

Ini kononnya ada kaitan dengan kebolehan bomoh untuk mengawal makhluk halus yang menjadi pendamping pemakai susuk. Pengeluaran susuk tanpa upacara yang betul, boleh mendatangkan mudharat pada pemakai dan individu yang mengeluarkannya. 

Apapun, aku tak begitu ambil pusing cerita Dr. Firdaus kerana dia baru sahaja kena strok. Selepas strok, pesakit boleh ada false memory. 

Moga Doktor Firdaus lekas sembuh.

Nota #ghostpital. Tak usahlah kalian amalkan pemakaian susuk.

Pautan kepada salah satu jurnal MaxFac tentang susuk: http://file.scirp.org/Html/6-1460243_32039.htm

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比爾·蓋茲的母親曾經撐着羸弱病體，在他的婚禮派對中，公開敦促他:“得天獨厚的人呀！你背負了比常人更沉重的使命。”

楊元寧也是如此。外人眼中，她出身豪門，是王永慶的外孫女，她的父親楊定一則是長庚生技董事長，從小就是天才兒童，13歲以全巴西最高分考上醫學院，21歲就拿到紐約洛克斐勒大學生化博士及康乃爾醫學院醫學雙博士。

楊元寧16歲就出版了7本發人省思的童書，17歲為“紐約時尚周”走秀，18歲進入哈佛大學就讀，修習生物學與東方哲學雙學位，並在大學二年級就修完哲學系的應修學分。

1、特殊教育，感悟哲思人生

她的成績除了來自聰穎的天賦，更重要的是楊定一特殊的訓練──朗誦古典文獻。身為科學家與醫師，楊定一在研究兒童腦波時發現，朗誦古文時，兒童腦波的狀態與靜坐時一樣，腦波彼此平行如一道巨大的雷射光波，不僅代表着深層的紓解與冥想，更是讓大腦發揮創意的必要條件。

至於為什麼要挑選古代聖哲的著作？他認為這是讓孩子們直接與大師對話，他更要求帶領朗誦的大人不要解釋字義，他相信孩子們有足夠的智慧了解，而這些經文也不至於因為大人的解釋而扭曲原意。

從6歲起，楊定一就帶着她與兩個弟弟讀經書，從孔子、老子到佛家思想，楊元寧笑笑說：“小時候這樣讀古文只是好玩，但那些文字好像有生命，不同時候會跑出來產生新的意義。”

在這麼多經書中，最讓楊元寧有所感悟的，則是《六祖壇經》，經書所言：“菩提本無樹，明鏡亦非台；本來無一物，何處惹塵埃。”對她影響深遠。9歲時，她與父親參加5日禪修，在第5天打坐要結束時，楊元寧忍不住嚎啕大哭，楊定一緊張地以為5日禪坐讓孩子身體不適，沒想到楊元寧卻哭着說：“原來人生是一場空。”

16歲那年，楊元寧出版了7本童書，《大地醫生》《不再恐懼》《活在沉靜中：讚頌大地》《整體療法》《記得快樂》《大笑老人》《業力：一分耕耘一分收穫》等。小男孩吉多因為透過與爺爺對話，體會了生命的意義。書中處處充滿佛家哲思，她坦言書中寫的道理，都是給大人看的，而智慧爺爺則是父親楊定一的化身。

她甚至談到連成年人都講不清的“業力”，在《業力：一分耕耘一分收穫》中說，人生的一切都是將石頭丟在水中，激起陣陣漣漪，引發善惡因果，更說：“我們的靈魂或是精神，不論我們叫它什麼，也是一樣的。即使拋去了這個肉體，我們的靈魂還是永存。真相是，我們原本就是美麗的靈魂。暫居在這皮骨袋裡。內在是無限地光明，永遠不滅地閃耀着。”

2、傳承門風，成為他人天使

出身豪門，對楊元寧最大的意義，不是揮霍不盡的金錢，而是最好的教育環境，以及好家庭的“家風”──儘力、勤儉、助人。從小，家族裡的長輩就身體力行：“無論碰到多大的困難，一旦立定目標，就要盡全力。”問楊元寧：“你人生遇過最大的困難是什麼？”她認真地想了想，回答：“沒有，我一定儘力完成。”

她承認自己有完美傾向，常常連楊定一都拜託她放輕鬆。申請大學時，她比別人早兩個月寄出所有的申請表格；老師建議她不要超過6所大學，

她卻一口氣申請了12所，而且每一份表格都費盡心思，強烈表達她渴望入學的慾望。最後她被哈佛大學以提前申請的方式准許入學，在哈佛所有的入學方式中，是最困難的。當她獲准入學後，輕輕鬆鬆放假，別的同學們還在拖延着，直到最後一刻才拚命。

勤儉，自然是這個家族最為人所知的門風。王永慶先生總是一條毛巾用到破。楊定一在餐桌上也有規矩，他不準孩子們有剩菜，他說：“吃飽，不是理所當然，非洲有幾百萬人都在挨餓。”

楊元寧也不像一般富家千金愛奢華，她很少買衣服，特別是學期中，寧願把時間拿來念書，也不花錢血拚；好不容易可以買衣服，總是平價實穿得體就好，一件衣服穿個4、5年很平常。

助人，則是楊定一從小教育楊元寧時，最重要的觀念。楊定一在巴西見過太多窮人，知道他們的苦以及自己的富足，所以他從小告誡楊元寧：“你很幸運出生在這樣的家庭，更應該幫助人。”

楊元寧的心比父親期望的還要柔軟。從小隻要有同學生病請假，楊元寧除了打電話關心，還會幫同學準備好缺漏的功課。曾經有個猶太媽媽握着楊定一的手說：“楊元寧真是個小天使。”

從賓格利高中（The Pingry School）畢業時，楊元寧除了在學業上獲得無數獎項，最讓她驕傲的，則是“羅斯奈爾獎”（Russ Neil Award），由全校250位同年級學生選出得獎者；另外，最高榮譽的“勞丹帝獎”（Magistri Laudandi Award），得獎評語則是：“其他獎項或可表揚‘最可能締造成就者’，但該生乃因‘最能夠幫助眾人締造成就’而獲頒此獎”。

台上綻放，要求完美表現進入哈佛後，楊元寧幾乎投注所有心力在智識的追求，夜夜苦讀，兩三天就讀完一百多頁黑格爾的哲學思想或者生物學理論。念書累了，她就去湖邊跑步，睡前爽快地做上百個仰卧起坐當遊戲。

她永遠提前把老師交付的功課做完，兩年來科科得A。楊定一勸她放輕鬆，甚至開玩笑：“只要妳有一科得B，我就請妳吃飯！”直到大學二年級結束，楊元寧都沒吃到爸爸這頓“拜託不要拚命”的晚餐。

但別以為楊元寧是個無趣的書獃子。17歲時，她在朋友慫恿下參加試鏡，成為平面模特兒，楊元寧總是從紐澤西開車進紐約參加一場又一場的面試，直接面對被挑選的殘酷，以及被選上後嚴苛的工作。第一次當模特兒，她是現場最小的菜鳥，做造型要忍受髮型師拉扯頭髮，拍照一站就是12小時。

她曾為美國《Vogue》雜誌拍照，在“紐約時裝周”走秀，上了哈佛大學後甚至擔任起模特兒指導。新手走秀難免膽怯，她上台前告訴自己：“你一定要相信自己是美麗的！”

不過她這個模特兒也很特別，拍照現場當大家都在閑聊，她卻帶上耳機，抱着書本苦讀。尤其接近大學申請前，有無數的先修科考試（Advanced Placement，簡稱AP），她一邊走秀一邊讀書，還得個全A。

楊元寧做模特兒，除了好玩，更重要的是去吃苦。別以為模特兒光鮮亮麗，每一次面試都要殘酷地被挑選、到了現場要毫不保留，勇敢地展現自己，更別提在冬天穿薄紗拍照的痛苦。

楊元寧開玩笑說：“我爸爸覺得吃點苦很好，所以很支持。”

助人為本，願世人都得福

她若不是天才，怎麼會如此優秀？楊定一卻說：“每個孩子都是天才，只要大人能夠放下。”

楊定一從不限制孩子們的選擇，唯一在意的，是希望孩子放下“我”，他說：“如果把自我成就當成人生最重要的事情，到後來一定會失望。”

楊定一常說，人生最重要的是“願”，有了希望，自然會走向它。他在小小楊元寧心中種下“助人的願”，已長成一棵不斷努力向天空延伸的小樹，只求濃蔭庇人。有了奔向藍天的目標，自然不會迷失。

楊元寧在學校曾經為了幫助中國兔唇的孩子籌措經費，舉辦時尚走秀活動募款；參加不同的非營利性組織，為貧苦的人找希望。

楊定一在危地馬拉推動的“住屋計劃”，楊元寧更是重要幫手。那是一個為了當地貧民所興建的計劃，分別為“希望之村”與“光之城市”的計劃。“希望之村”建造了環保而美麗的房屋，每戶只要1萬1000美元，目的是讓中低收入戶的貧民能夠有屋可住；“光之城市”則是造鎮計劃，包含2000戶住家、商用建築、學校、醫院等。

回美國的楊元寧常想起那些貧窮景象，貧窮單親媽媽帶着孩子住破爛鐵皮屋，一出門就被男人毛手毛腳，每天還要坐兩個小時的巴士去工作，楊元寧就忍不住難過。

於是，楊元寧在繁重的課業外，還主動提出要幫忙製作說明書，她打了幾十通國際電話，跟不同單位要來詳細數據，消化後寫成易懂的簡介，在危地馬拉總統面前簡報自己的夢想與實踐方法。

在新書《哈佛心體驗》最後她寫着：“我的夢想是，有一天，我能為世界各地無數的貧困人口提供更好的生活方式。成為志工企業家之後，我希望能幫助世上每一個人獲得平靜、和諧、均衡的生活。我希望在某一天，即使是孤兒與棄兒，也有機會獲得良好的教育，並體驗世界的美好。”

為別人付出，回報是什麼？她笑着說：“看到被幫助的人開心，就是最棒的。”

對楊元寧來說，哈佛大學，只是人生的起點：“我真要想趕快畢業，趕快去幫助人。”

電影《蜘蛛人》里，影響蜘蛛人最深的一句話，是養育他成人的叔叔所說：“Remember, with great power, comes great responsibility。（能力愈強，責任愈大。）”

楊元寧才20歲，讓人欣羨的天賦家世，滋養她，也考驗她。然而，最終能讓她閃閃發光的，不是出身豪門名校，也不是美貌與才華，而是慈悲心。

許多人期待着當楊元寧40、50歲，具備了深度的智識與人生智慧後，會做出一番什麼事業？

無論如何，人生苦短，若世界因為有了她，而變得美好柔軟，就是眾人與她最大的福氣。

最後，我希望留下這幾句話：修行勝過一切！

相信它，你一定不會失望，你的人生必定會改變。

來源：周南新國學
責任編輯：李文涵


http://www.soundofhope.org/b5/2017/07/18/n938880.html

The Butterfly (Struggles)


A man found a cocoon of a butterfly. One day a small opening appeared. He sat and watched the butterfly for several hours as it struggled to force its body through that little hole. Until it suddenly stopped making any progress, and looked like it was stuck.

So the man decided to help the butterfly. He took a pair of scissors and snipped off the remaining bit of the cocoon. The butterfly then emerged easily, although it had a swollen body and small, shriveled wings.

The man didn’t think anything of it, and sat there waiting for the wings to enlarge to support the butterfly. But that didn’t happen. The butterfly spent the rest of its life unable to fly, crawling around with tiny wings and a swollen body.

Despite the kind heart of the man, he didn’t understand that the restricting cocoon and the struggle needed by the butterfly to get itself through the small opening were God’s way of forcing fluid from the body of the butterfly into its wings to prepare itself for flying once it was out of the cocoon.

Moral of the story: Our struggles in life develop our strengths. Without struggles we never grow and never get stronger, so it’s important for us to tackle challenges on our own, and not be relying on help from others.

https://wealthygorilla.com/10-most-inspirational-short-stories/6/

Wisdom for Every day Living

...that experience served as a stark reminder of what is important in life- and what isn't. (pg 81)
...Dear God, help me be focused on that which is eternal. By your grace, may the things of this world fade away so that your will might be preeminent in my life. (pg 81)

...In the stillness of the morning, the religious leaders brought before Jesus a barely covered woman caught in adultery. One of the accusers said, "teacher, this woman was caught in the act of adultery. What do you say about this?" (John8:5, NIV) Jesus di%d not answer the question but instead bent down and started to write on the ground with his finger. As the crowd kept pushing the issue, Jesus stood up and said to the mob, "If anyone in this group is without sin, let that person be the first one to throw a tone at her." (John 8:6, NIV). Jesus glared at the crowd and stooped down to write on the ground again. You could hear the echo noise in the temple courtyard as the crowd dropped their rocks of judgement and left. (pg.132)

...That timing brings an important truth to the surface: God uses his people at strategic times. You are where you are for a reason. There are no mistakes in God's master plan. (pg.133)


12.4.17

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EgqQmupSvGk

19.4.17
There is this old story of the shoe salesman who goes to a distant country, arrives there and sees that no one there wears shoes and he says, "Oh, no. I am not going to make any sales on this trip. No one here wears shoes" Another salesman goes to the same country and he sees that no one wears shoes and he says,"Oh, boy. I am going to have a field day here, nobody has shoes yet!" pg 197.
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24.4.17
The victim loves leisure, the leader adores learning

The method only works for people open to doing the work.

Robin Sharma

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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5MgBikgcWnY

合你意，不合我意
合他意，不合你意。
合我意，不合他意。
合天意，万事如意。

《简单点》

路很长，天很大
你会遇到谁，见到什么人
你想过什么生活，走什么样的路

顽固的抵抗，倔强的坚持
始终有一种宿命驱使着你前进
冥冥中已经注定…
尽人事，听天命
简单点，看淡些，平常心…

A man was asked to paint a boat.
He brought with his paint and brushes and began to paint the boat a bright red, as the owner asked him.
While painting, he noticed that there was a small hole in the hull, and quietly repaired it.
When finished painting, he received his money and left.
The next day, the owner of the boat came to the painter and presented him with a nice cheque, much higher than the payment for painting.
The painter was surprised and said "You've already paid me for painting the boat Sir!"
"But this is not for the paint job. It's for having repaired the hole in the boat."
"Ah! But it was such a small service... certainly it's not worth paying me such a high amount for something so insignificant."
"My dear friend, you do not understand. Let me tell you what happened.
When I asked you to paint the boat, I forgot to mention about the hole.
When the boat dried, my kids took the boat and went on a fishing trip.
They did not know that there was a hole. I was not at home at that time.
When I returned and noticed they had taken the boat, I was desperate because I remembered that the boat had a hole.
Imagine my relief and joy when I saw them returning from fishing.
Then, I examined the boat and found that you had repaired the hole! You see, now, what you did? You saved the life of my children! I do not have enough money to pay your 'small' good deed."
So, no matter who, when or how. Just continue to help, sustain, wipe tears, listen attentively and carefully repair all the 'leaks' you find, because you never know when one is in need of us or when God holds a pleasant surprise for us to be helpful and important to someone.
You may have repaired numerous 'boat holes' along the way... of several people without realizing how many lives you've saved.