The article was extracted from a Chinese paper and was sent to me in Chinese, so to retain the origin of the story, I post it without translating. Sorry to those who do not understand Chinese, perhaps you would have to ask for an assistance.
After reading this, we should do more and less complaint, always be contented with what we have, and our life is full of hope......
1) 是我的福氣(摘自國語日報)
鵑鵑原本在美國工作,公司給她的待遇很好,再加上單身,生活過得很逍遙。
前一陣子她住在臺灣的母親罹患腦瘤,開刀後復原得很慢。
鵑鵑立刻請調回臺,找了間公寓,把母親接到身邊就近照顧。
鵑鵑不是家中的獨生女,上有大姐,下有弟弟,但是只有她放棄原本的生活,承擔服侍母親的責任。
她大姐偶爾給她一筆錢,當作是孝親費,此外很少露面,更別談關心自己母親的現況,好像出點錢就可以心安理得的把母親推給妹妹。
我們這些鵑鵑的朋友看不過去,紛紛提醒她要找大姐和弟弟談清楚母親的事。
鵑鵑保持她一貫的優雅從容,靜靜的說:「照顧媽媽是我的福氣。 」原本為她打抱不平的我們,聽了這句話,頓時沉默起來。
難怪從來不曾聽她抱怨,自認享有「福氣」的人,怎麼會向人訴苦呢?
她總是耐著性子尋找適合母親的飲食配方和復健機構,珍惜與母親相處的時光,鵑鵑忙著張羅都來不及了,哪有閒功夫喊累叫煩哪!
在鵑鵑細心打點下,病情不大樂觀的母親,身體竟一天天好起來,母親想要康復的意願也啟動了,甚至會離開臥房到屋外走走。
原本令人覺得沉重的擔子,因為鵑鵑懂得惜福,居然化作豐盛的禮物。
現在鵑鵑成了大家的強心劑,每當我們遇到困難,或者受了委屈,習慣性的退縮、放棄、抱怨或指責別人時,總會想起她的話。
在我們這一群朋友中,開始流行一種句型:「 能多做一點是我的福氣。 」
「孩子不聽話,耐著性子引導他是我的福氣。 」 「擠公車沒位子坐是我的福氣。」
說這些話的時候,我們多少帶著點自我解嘲的意味,有時也是開玩笑,但不知不覺中,我們看待周遭人事物的態度有了明顯變化,原來好福氣也是會傳染的。
2) 原來你也很富有
有一位青年,老是埋怨自己時運不濟,發不了財,終日愁眉不展。
這一天,走過來一個鬚髮皆白的老人,問:「年輕人,為什麼不快樂?」
「我不明白,為什麼我總是這麼窮。」
「窮?你很富有嘛!」老人由衷地說。
「這從何說起?」年輕人不解。
老人反問道:「假如現在斬掉你一個手指頭,給你 1千元,你幹不幹?」 「不幹。」年輕人回答。
「假如砍掉你一隻手,給你 1 萬元,你幹不幹?」
「不幹。」
「假如使你雙眼都瞎掉,給你 10 萬元,你幹不幹?」
「不幹。」
「假如讓你馬上變成80 歲的老人,給你 100 萬,你幹不幹?」
「不幹。」
「假如讓你馬上死掉,給你 1000 萬,你幹不幹?」
「不幹。」
「這就對了,你已經擁有超過1000 萬的財富,為什麼還哀怨自己貧窮呢?」老人笑吟吟地問道。
青年愕然無言,突然什麼都明白了。
3) 心靈導航
親愛的朋友,如果你早上醒來發現自己還能自由呼吸,你就比在這個星期中離開人世的人更有福氣。
如果你從來沒有經歷過戰爭的危險、被囚禁的孤寂、受折磨的痛苦和忍饑挨餓的難受 ……。
你已經好過世界上五億人了。
如果你的銀行帳戶有存款,錢包裡有現金,你已經身居於世界上最富有的 8%之列!
如果你的雙親仍然在世,並且沒有分居或離婚,你已屬於稀少的一群。
如果你能抬起頭,面容上帶著笑容,並且內心充滿感恩的心情,你是真的幸福了。
因為世界上大部分的人都可以這樣做,但是他們卻沒有。
如果你能握著一個人的手,擁抱他,或者只是在他的肩膀上拍一下。你的確有福氣了。因為你所做的,已經等同於上帝才能做到的。
親愛的:如果你能讀到這段文字,那麼你更是擁有了雙份的福氣,你比20億不能閱讀的人不是幸福很多嗎?
看到這裡,請你暫且放下書,然後非常認真地對自己說一句話:
「哇!原來我是這麼富有的人! 」
"Good dancers don't make it look easy - they make it easy; ease in movement and postural alignment is an underlying factor in the development of good dance practise and a long lived practical enjoyment of dancing"
Thursday, June 26, 2008
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"If you live in the elite world of dance, you find yourself in a world rife with criticism. Let's face it. "
------A. Ailey
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"The true dancing girl, who has a great aptitude for such matters, and years of experience, is a marvel to behold, for she seems always different, subtle and surprising. Some of these girls, interestingly, are not even particularly beautiful, though in the dance they become so."
------Assasin of gor
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"On with the dance! let joy be unconfined;No sleep till morn, when Youth and Pleasure meet To chase the glowing hours with flying feet."
------George Gordon, Lord Byron, Childe Harold's Pilgrimage
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"You've got to sing like you don't need the money,Love like you'll never get hurt.You've got to dance like no one is watching,It's gotta come from the heart, if you want it to work."
------Susannah Clark and Richard Leigh
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1. Beginning dancer. Knows nothing.
2. Intermediate dancer. Knows everything. Too good to dance with beginners.
3. Hotshot dancer. Too good to dance with anyone.
4. Advanced dancer. Dances everything. Especially with beginners."
------Dick Crum
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"Dance is your pulse, your heartbeat, your breathing. It's the rhythym of your life. Its the expression in time and movement, in happiness, joy, sadness and envy."
------Jaques D'Amboise
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"When you are fifty, you're neither young nor old; you're just uninteresting. When you are sixty, and still dancing, you become something of a curiosity. And hey! if you hit seventy, and can still get a foot off the ground, you're phenomenal!"
------Ruth St Denis
"If you live in the elite world of dance, you find yourself in a world rife with criticism. Let's face it. "
------A. Ailey
________________________________________________
"The true dancing girl, who has a great aptitude for such matters, and years of experience, is a marvel to behold, for she seems always different, subtle and surprising. Some of these girls, interestingly, are not even particularly beautiful, though in the dance they become so."
------Assasin of gor
________________________________________________
"On with the dance! let joy be unconfined;No sleep till morn, when Youth and Pleasure meet To chase the glowing hours with flying feet."
------George Gordon, Lord Byron, Childe Harold's Pilgrimage
________________________________________________
"You've got to sing like you don't need the money,Love like you'll never get hurt.You've got to dance like no one is watching,It's gotta come from the heart, if you want it to work."
------Susannah Clark and Richard Leigh
________________________________________________
1. Beginning dancer. Knows nothing.
2. Intermediate dancer. Knows everything. Too good to dance with beginners.
3. Hotshot dancer. Too good to dance with anyone.
4. Advanced dancer. Dances everything. Especially with beginners."
------Dick Crum
________________________________________________
"Dance is your pulse, your heartbeat, your breathing. It's the rhythym of your life. Its the expression in time and movement, in happiness, joy, sadness and envy."
------Jaques D'Amboise
________________________________________________
"When you are fifty, you're neither young nor old; you're just uninteresting. When you are sixty, and still dancing, you become something of a curiosity. And hey! if you hit seventy, and can still get a foot off the ground, you're phenomenal!"
------Ruth St Denis
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