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Once upon a time, a child was ready to be born. So he asked God, “How am I going to live there? I am so small and helpless.”
God answered, “Among many angels, I chose one for you. She will be waiting for you and will take care of you.”
The child asked, “Here I am in Heaven, I don't do anything else but sing and smile. That's enough for me to be happy.”
God answered, “Your angel will sing for you and will also smile for you every day. You will feel your angel's love and be happy.”
The child asked, “How will I learn? I don't know the language that human beings speak.”
God said, “Your angel will tell you the most beautiful and sweetest words you will ever hear. With much patience and care, your angel will teach you how to live.”
The child asked, “What am I going to do when I want to talk to you?”
God smiled, “Your angel will place your hands together and will teach you how to pray.”
The child asked, “Who will protect me?”
God said, “Your angel will protect you even if it means risking her own life.”
At that moment there was much peace in Heaven, but voices from the earth could already be heard, and the child in a hurry asked softly, “Oh God, if I am about to leave now, please tell me my angel's name.”
“Your angel's name is of no importance. You will simply call your angel 'Mom'. ”
What I have Lived for 我為何而生
Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind. These passions, like great winds, have blown me hither and thither, in a wayward course, over a deep ocean of anguish, reaching to the very verge of despair.
I have sought love, first, because it brings ecstasy---ecstasy so great that I would often have sacrificed all the rest of my life for a few hours for this joy. I have sought it, next, because it relieves loneliness---that terrible loneliness in which one shivering consciousness looks over the rim of the world into the cold unfathomable lifeless abyss. I have sought it, finally, because in the union of love I have seen, in a mystic miniature, the prefiguring vision of the heaven that saints and poets have imagined. This is what I sought, and though it might seem too good for human life, this is what---at last---I have found.
With equal passion I have sought knowledge. I have wished to understand the hearts of men. I have wished to know why the stars shine. And I have tried to apprehend the Pythagorean power by which number holds sway above the flux. A little of this, but not much, I have achieved.
Love and knowledge, so far as they were possible, led upward toward the heavens. But always it brought me back to earth. Echoes of cries of pain reverberate in my heart. Children in famine, victims tortured by oppressors, helpless old people a hated burden to their sons, and the whole world of loneliness, poverty, and pain make a mockery of what human life should be. I long to alleviate the evil, but I cannot, and I too suffer.
This has been my life. I have found it worth living, and would gladly live it again if the chance were offered me.
Clear Your Mental Space 保持心靈的整潔
Think about the last time you felt a negative emotion---like stress, anger, or frustration. What was going through your mind as you were going through that negativity? Was your mind cluttered with thoughts? Or was it paralyzed, unable to think?
The next time you find yourself in the middle of a very stressful time, or you feel angry or frustrated, stop. Yes, that’s right, stop. Whatever you’re doing, stop and sit for one minute. While you’re sitting there, completely immerse yourself in the negative emotion.
Allow that emotion to consume you. Allow yourself one minute to truly feel that emotion. Don’t cheat yourself here. Take the entire minute---but only one minute---to do nothing else but feel that emotion.
When the minute is over, ask yourself, “Am I wiling to keep holding on to this negative emotion as I go through the rest of the day?”
Once you’ve allowed yourself to be totally immersed in the emotion and really fell it, you will be surprised to find that the emotion clears rather quickly.
If you feel you need to hold on to the emotion for a little longer, that is OK. Allow yourself another minute to feel the emotion.
When you feel you’ve had enough of the emotion, ask yourself if you’re willing to carry that negativity with you for the rest of the day. If not, take a deep breath. As you exhale, release all that negativity with your breath.
This exercise seems simple---almost too simple. But, it is very effective. By allowing that negative emotion the space to be truly felt, you are dealing with the emotion rather than stuffing it down and trying not to feel it. You are actually taking away the power of the emotion by giving it the space and attention it needs. When you immerse yourself in the emotion, and realize that it is only emotion, it loses its control. You can clear your head and proceed with your task.
Try it. Next time you’re in the middle of a negative emotion, give yourself the space to feel the emotion and see what happens. Keep a piece of paper with you that says the following:
Stop. Immerse for one minute. Do I want to keep this negativity? Breath deep, exhale, release. Move on!
This will remind you of the steps to the process. Remember; take the time you need to really immerse yourself in the emotion. Then, when you feel you’ve felt it enough, release it---really let go of it. You will be surprised at how quickly you can move on from a negative situation and get to what you really want to do!
母親永遠成不了父親
A Unique Job
A father's job is unique.
If parents had job descriptions mine would read: organize bills, playmates, laundry, meals, laundry, carpool1, laundry, snacks, outings and shopping, and laundry.
The only thing on my husband's description would be the word “fun” written in big red letters along the top. Although he is a selfless caregiver and provider, our children think of him more as a combination of a jungle gym2 and bozo3 and clown.
Our parenting styles compliment each other. His style is a nonstop adventure where no one has to worry about washing their hands, eating vegetables, or getting cavities4. My style is similar to Mussolini5. I'm too busy worrying to be fun. Besides, every time I try, I am constantly outdone by my husband.
I bought my children bubble gum flavored toothpaste and I taught them how to brush their teeth in tiny circles so they wouldn't get cavities. They thought it was neat until my husband taught them how to rinse6 by spitting out water between their two front teeth like a fountain.
I took the children on a walk in the woods and, after two hours, I managed to corral7 a slow ladybug8 into my son's insect cage. I was “cool” until their father came home, spent two minutes in the backyard, and captured a beetle the size of a Chihuahua9.
I try to tell myself I am a good parent even if my husband does things I can't do. I can make sure my children are safe, warm, and dry. I'll stand in line for five hours so the children can see Santa at the mall ?? or be first in line to see the latest Disney movie. But I can't wire the VCR1 so my children can watch their favorite video.
I can carry my children in my arms when they are tired, tuck them into bed, and kiss them goodnight. But I can't flip them upside down so they can walk on the ceiling or prop them on my shoulders so they can see the moths flying inside of the light fixture2.
I can take them to doctor appointments, scout meetings, or field trips to the aquarium3, but I'll never go into the wilderness, skewer4 a worm on a hook, reel in5 a fish, and cook it over an open flame on a piece of tin foil6.
I'll even sit in the first row of every Little League game and cheer until my throat is sore and my tonsils7 are raw8, but I'll never teach my son how to hit a home run9 or slide into first base10.
As a mother I can do a lot of things for my children, but no matter how hard I try ?? I can never be their father.
母親永遠成不了父親 A Unique Job
當爸是件無人能替代的活兒。
如果為人父母有職務簡述的話，我的“職務簡述”將會包括如下內容：管理賬單和孩子們的玩耍同伴、洗衣、做飯、洗衣、安排與人合夥用車、洗衣、準備小吃、安排短途旅遊、購物、洗衣。
我先生的“職務簡述”是在上端用紅色寫出的兩個大字——“樂子”。儘管他無私地給予孩子們百般關愛，盡其所能為他們提供所需，我們的`孩子們更多的時候還是把他看作攀緣遊戲架、大傻瓜和小丑的三合一。
我們倆為人父母的風格是互補的。他的風格是持續不斷的探險，在這過程中，沒有人需要操心孩子是不是洗手了，是不是吃蔬菜了，或者會不會長蛀牙。我的風格則類似墨索里尼的執政風格。我太忙了，為這操心，為那操心，哪裏顧得上找什麼樂子。再者，每次我試圖逗孩子們開心，我總是被我先生比下去。
我給孩子們買來帶泡泡糖香味的牙膏，教他們如何用牙刷轉圈兒刷牙以免得蛀牙。他們認為那樣刷挺好玩，直到有一天我先生教他們如何漱口——從兩顆門牙間把水噴出來。他們發現這才叫好玩。
我帶孩子們到小樹林裏去散步，兩個小時後，我好不容易才逮住一個遲鈍的瓢蟲放進我兒子的蟲籠裏。在他們眼裏我是夠“酷”的，直到他們的父親回家，在後院裏只花了兩分鐘，便捕獲了一隻有奇瓦瓦小狗那麼大的甲蟲!
我勸慰自己我是個好媽媽，儘管我先生能做的事情我做不了。我可以確保我的孩子們是安全的、暖和的、乾乾爽爽的。我可以排隊等5個小時，讓孩子們在大商場裏看到聖誕老人——或者第一個排隊讓孩子們看最新的迪斯尼影片。但是我不會給錄像機接上電線，好讓孩子們看他們喜歡的錄像。
當孩子玩累時，我可以把他們抱到牀上，親吻他們，送他們進入夢鄉。但是我無法讓他們頭衝下，那樣他們可以腳踏天花板漫步;或者把他們扛在我的肩膀上，讓他們看飛蛾如何在燈具裏飛舞。
我可以帶他們去看醫生，參加童子軍集會，或者帶他們去參觀水族館，但是我永遠也不會進入荒郊野地，在魚鈎上掛上蟲餌，釣上一條魚，然後把魚用錫紙包起來在明火上烤着吃。
我甚至可以出席每一場少年棒球聯合會的比賽，坐在第一排吶喊助威，直到我的嗓子喊疼了，我的扁桃體發炎了，但是我永遠無法教我的兒子如何打一個本壘打或者如何巧妙進入一壘的位置。
作為一個母親，我可以為我的孩子們做許多事情，但是不管我怎樣努力——我永遠成為不了他們的父親。
by Debbie Farmer 牧野 選譯
For Love of Children 給孩子的愛
This slender volume opens with the story of Beniah, an infant rescued by sanitation workers from the stack of garbage in which he had been left to die. Without ever losing sight of Beniah and the too many other deserted children, the author, Sharon Emecz, tells the story of the two homes for abandoned children, Happy Life Kasarani and Happy Life Juja Farm, organized in the area of Nairobi, Kenya.
Developed more than a decade ago by two indomitable couples, Sharon and Jim Powell from Delaware in the USA, and Faith and Peter Kamau from Nairobi, the two settings provide the physical and emotional comforts that would otherwise have been denied the 102 abandoned children now living there, as well as having nurtured the many more who have found adoptive homes. More than that even, the two homes have literally saved the lives of all those children.
The book provides detail of the structure and functioning of The Happy Life homes allowing for an appreciation of their organization (as well as a pattern for their replication), and provides as well brief portraits of some of the children saved, of those adults who have opted to share a part of their lives with them whether through work or volunteering, and the adoptive parents who have pledged to share their homes and their love with the children who have become their own. Ms. Emecz gives the reader a real sense of the spiritual journey she has undergone in traveling from London to Nairobi, a journey she and her husband, Steve, now make at least annually.
Dear World:
親愛的世界：
My son starts school today.
我的兒子今天就要開始上學讀書了。
It's going to be strange and new to him for a while, and I wish you would sort of treat him gently.
一時之間，他會感覺陌生而又新鮮。我希望你能待他温柔一些。
You see, up to now, he's been king of the roost.
你明白，到現在為止，他一直是家中的小皇帝。
He's been boss of the backyard.
一直是後院的王者。
I have always been around to repair his wounds, and to soothe his feelings.
我一直在他身旁，忙着為他治療傷口，哄他開心。
But now--things are going to be different.
但是現在--一切都將不同了。
This morning, he's going to walk down the front steps, wave his hand and start on his great adventure that will probably include wars and tragedy and sorrow.
今天清晨，他就要走下前門的樓梯，衝我揮手，然後開始他的偉大的歷險征程，其間或許有爭鬥、不幸以及傷痛。
To live his life in the world he has to live in will require faith and love and courage.
既然活在這個世上，他就需要信念、愛心和勇氣。
So, World, I wish you would sort of take him by his young hand and teach him the things he will have to know.
所以，世界啊，我希望你能夠時不時握住他稚嫩的小手，傳授他所應當知曉的事情。
Teach him - but gently, if you can.
教育他吧--而如果可能的話，温柔一些。
Teach him that for every scoundrel there is a hero; that for every crooked politician there is a dedicated leader; that for every enemy there is a friend.
教他知道，每有惡人之地，必有豪傑所在；每有奸詐小人，必有獻身義士；每見一敵人，必有一友在側。
Teach him the wonders of books.
教他感受書本的神奇魅力。
Give him quiet time to ponder the eternal mystery of birds in the sky, bees in the sun, and flowers on the green hill.
給他時間靜思大自然中亙古綿傳之奧祕：空中的飛鳥，日光裏的蜜蜂，青山上的簇簇繁花。
Teach him it is far more honorable to fail than to cheat.
教他知道，失敗遠比欺騙更為光榮。
Teach him to have faith in his own ideas, even if everyone tells him they are wrong.
教他堅定自我的信念，哪怕人人予以否認。
Teach him to sell his brawn and brains to the highest bidder, but never to put a price on his heart and soul.
教他可以最高價付出自己的精力和智慧，但絕不可出賣良心和靈魂。
Teach him to close his ears to a howling to stand and fight if he thinks he's right.
教他置暴徒的喧囂於度外……並在自覺正確之時挺身而戰。
Teach him gently, World, but don't coddle him, because only the test of fire makes fine steel.
温柔地教導他吧，世界，但是不要放縱他，因為只有烈火的考驗才能煉出真鋼。
This is a big order, World, but see what you can do.
這一要求甚高，世界，但是請盡你所能。
He's such a nice little fellow.
他是一個如此可愛的小傢伙。
The story goes that some time ago, a man punished his 3-year-old daughter for wasting a roll of gold wrapping paper. Money was tight and he became infuriated when the child tried to decorate a box to put under the Christmas tree. Nevertheless, the little girl brought the gift to her father the next morning and said, “This is for you, Daddy.”
有這樣一個故事，爸爸因為三歲的女兒浪費了一卷金色的包裝紙而懲罰了她。家裏很缺錢，當孩子想要用包裝紙裝飾一個掛在聖誕樹上的盒子時，爸爸生氣了。然而，第二天早上小女孩把盒子作為禮物送給了爸爸，“這是給你的，爸爸。”
The man was embarrassed by his earlier overreaction, but his anger flared again when he found out the box was empty. He yelled at her, stating, ”Don't you know, when you give someone a present, there is supposed to be something inside? The little girl looked up at him with tears in her eyes and cried, “Oh, Daddy, it's not empty at all. I blew kisses into the box. They're all for you, Daddy.”
女兒的這個行為讓爸爸感到尷尬。但是當他發現盒子是空的時候，他的怒火再一次燃燒了。他對女兒喊道，“難道你不知道給別人禮物的時候，裏面應該放有東西嗎？”多女孩抬頭看着父親，眼裏含着淚水，“爸爸，盒子不是空的'。我把吻放在了盒子裏，都是給你的，爸爸。”
The father was crushed. He put his arms around his little girl, and he begged for her forgiveness. Only a short time later, an accident took the life of the child. It is also told that her father kept that gold box by his bed for many years and, whenever he was discouraged, he would take out an imaginary kiss and remember the love of the child who had put it there.
爸爸感動極了，他摟住女兒，懇請她的原諒。之後不久，一場事故奪走了小女孩的生命。據説，父親便將那個小金盒子放在牀頭，一直陪伴着他的餘生。無論何時他感到氣餒或者遇到難辦的事情，他就會打開禮盒，取出一個假想的吻，記起漂亮女兒給予了自己特殊的愛。
In a very real sense, each one of us, as humans beings, have been given a gold container filled with unconditional love and kisses... from our children, family members, friends, and God. There is simply no other possession, anyone could hold, more precious than this.
從一個非常真實的意義上説，我們每個人都被贈與過一個無形的金色禮盒，那裏面裝滿了來自子女，家人，朋友及上帝無條件的愛與吻。人們所能擁有的最珍貴的禮物莫過於此了。
Ease of mind
Life is a personal, non - transferable patent.
The process of life is the process of time consuming. In the face of time, the greatest man has no power to reverse; we cannot buy, nor can we sell; we have only choice and use.
Therefore, to treasure life is to cherish time and to make the best use of time. Because of the intense emergence of my consciousness, I am spending more and more money on myself.
I try to choose an easy way of life, so I encourage and create light poetry. What I call light is not pure game life and enjoyment, but the pursuit of the light and freedom of the mind, and the day of self indulgence. And this feeling will lead to more humane and smart choices. A person living very tired, will make you around people and society also feel very tired. If I can benefit others and groups, it is because I can release this relaxed atmosphere and make others happy with me (no matter how short).
The only way to make the whole world a harmonious place is to relax one's life. Evil is no cure for evil.
For our descendants of the Loess Plateau, the ancient civilization, a long history has made us bear enough heavy, complex reality and interpersonal relations, so that we experience enough tired.
I am willing to light weight, with light to tired. On my own, whether it is in nirvana or misfortune, I can easily find themselves, neither fame nor tired, for the suffering poor environment. To the surrounding community, when I appear in front of them, can bring them the need to relax, and to add or ease the joy and pain in their lives.
Of course, this is my one wish on a very narrow world, social and secular caught by me, believe that the pursuit of a relaxed lifestyle, at certain times and in certain aspects, may pay a heavy price.
September, the season of yearning
September, silent arrival, time, hurriedly leave. Inadvertently, 2015 quietly passed most of the year. In my heart, perhaps, leaving just the scenery, perhaps, leaving just time, and left on the sea is a scene of unforgettable memories. Read, always branded in the lonely heart of the night; love, silently buried in the boundless sea of heart. Heart with love, love and heart, already all blend into one harmonious whole; has gradually melted into water, and gathered into the roaring waves of the sea, only for the Pentium bumps in the stream of life, only for bathing. The life wind and rain, but can happily write all about beauty and express the love poem! Let a slumbering heart joyfully, a blossoming bright Sheng to the delicate fragrance of flowers, from now on, the bright blue sky, the beautiful clouds, also completely beautiful period of years like songs.
Last night in my dreams, I see you like a charming and holy angel, breathing the fresh air around the sweet smell, soft silk Lvlv of flowers, from the distant horizon as graceful butterfly dance, gently step clouds floated. The sky is deep blue, the stars blinking shiny eyes, shining in the misty night, every grass reflects the green Yingying, each flower Piaosa joy fragrance, for only, can be comfortable leisurely to wander in this piece with heart and love carefully trimmed, only, a quiet autumn time. September is the autumn angels in the autumn season, to become more beautiful, lovingly pathetic. In September, everything is so full of all is a quality suggestive of poetry or painting; so let people linger, misty, and even linger......
Buddha said: “in the past five hundred times looking back, only in exchange for this life pass, meet is in the past repair to fate.”. In September, how to meet the poem you, you see the sun, from the picturesque Qiulin, smiled at me, affectionate came...... Meet, the most beautiful touch in life, Lin Whei-yin said: “meeting a person, only a short time, fall in love with a person, often will be a lifetime.”. This is not my fault then turned to love forever is not perfect. The doomed fate of karma, we really have no other way. Indeed, we can meet and fall in love in the thousands on thousands of crowd, this is a good thing how not easy! Fell in love with a person, like a glimpse, more like the warm spring wind slowly blowing across the lonely heart, his heart began to love sweet and moist, wanton growth, and spread forever......
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Awe
In this world, some people believe that some people do not believe, which is divided into theists and atheists, religious and laity. However, this distinction is not very important. There is also a much more important distinction between them, namely, that some people believe in holiness, and some do not believe that man is distinguished from mean and ignoble.
A man may not believe in God, but he cannot believe in holiness. Do you believe God, Allah, Buddha mysterious power or what else in the universe, the special experience of tradition, cultural background and personal often depends on personal membership, even some mysterious experience depends on the individual, which could not be forced. A man without these religious beliefs may still be a kind man. However, if you don't believe there is any sacred value, no restrictions of any kind, do whatever they want, such a person is the same as a beast.
Believe in the sacredness of the human mind. In his mind, there are always some things belong to the basic of life, is profane. He was not afraid to be punished, but was unwilling to lose his basic personality. No matter how his life is full of desire, he always understand that once he sweep the floor in front of their own personality, but also lost a man of confidence and dignity, then all desire to meet all failed to save his life.
On the contrary, the man who does not revere never reflects himself on his personality. If the “shamed”, then, because it was a kind of wanton shameless cowardly. As long as he was not punished, he dared to trample on anything good, including love, friendship, honor, and no uneasiness at heart. Such people, although there is more love affair, nor the ability to really love a back; to make more friends, also can not appreciate the purity of friendship; get more fame, but also do not know what glory. He who does not believe in holiness will be forsaken by all the sacred things in the world.
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