This young lady was recently on Oprah and what a loving, forgiving young woman she is ! An amazing story of what she has suffered and will bear the rest of her life.
This is Jacqueline Saburido on September 19, 1999 ..
The car in which Jacqueline traveled. She was hit by another car that was driven by a 17-year old male student on his way home after drinking a couple of hard packs with his friends.
Jacqueline was caught in the burning car and her body was heavily burnt during around 45 seconds.
After the accident Jacqueline has needed over 40 operations.
Now 20 years old, he cannot forgive himself for driving drunk on that night three years ago.
Let's make as many people as we can aware of the consequences of drinking & driving.
Remind your kid for safe driving especially in Christmas, New Year... Do you still remember a drunken Lorry driver killed 6 men coming from 6 families in a taxi to work just before the Chinese new year... Who Can forgive him! Who will forgive you if you had drunk and caused the accident to kill someone' father or brother? Don't drink when you drive!
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Sunday, February 14, 2010
Sometimes they are Right!
Sometimes, when I look at my children, I say to myself, 'Lillian, you should have remained a virgin.'
> -Lillian Carter (mother of Jimmy Carter)
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I had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalogue: - 'No good in a bed, but fine against a wall.'
> - Eleanor Roosevelt
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Last week, I stated this woman was the ugliest woman I had ever seen. I have since been visited by her sister, and now wish to withdraw that statement.
> - Mark Twain
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The secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning and a good ending; and to have the two as close together as possible
> - George Burns
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Santa Claus has the right idea. Visit people only once a year.
> - Victor Borge
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Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.
> - Mark Twain
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I was married by a judge. I should have asked for a jury.
> - Groucho Marx
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My wife has a slight impediment in her speech. Every now and then she stops to breathe.
> - Jimmy Durante
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I have never hated a man enough to give his diamonds back.
> - Zsa Zsa Gabor
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Only Irish coffee provides in a single glass all four essential food groups: alcohol, caffeine, sugar and fat.
> - Alex Levine
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My luck is so bad that if I bought a cemetery, people would stop dying.
> - Rodney Dangerfield
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Money can't buy you happiness. But it does bring you a more pleasant form of misery.
> - Spike Milligan
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Until I was thirteen, I thought my name was SHUT UP.
> - Joe Namath
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I don't feel old. I don't feel anything until noon. Then it's time for my nap.
> - Bob Hope
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I never drink water because of the disgusting things that fish do in it.
> - W. C. Fields
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We could certainly slow the aging process down if it had to work its way through Congress.
> - Will Rogers
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Don't worry about avoiding temptation. As you grow older, it will avoid you.
> - Winston Churchill
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Maybe it's true that life begins at fifty. But everything else starts to wear out, fall out, or spread out.
> - Phyllis Diller
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By the time a man is wise enough to watch his step, he's too old to go anywhere.
> - Billy Crystal
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Love is a Trivial Comedy made up of important Tragedies
HK Snob
If you marry a good wife, you would become a poet, if you marry a bad wife, you would become a Philosopher.
HK Snob
The Difference between a wife and a prostitute is that you pay monthly and per transaction,
You request to have a blow job would be a waste of time and a blow job is a standard for later.
A Misionary position for 7 years and 7 positions in one hour...Respectively...
What do you think!?
HK Snob
> -Lillian Carter (mother of Jimmy Carter)
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I had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalogue: - 'No good in a bed, but fine against a wall.'
> - Eleanor Roosevelt
<><>
Last week, I stated this woman was the ugliest woman I had ever seen. I have since been visited by her sister, and now wish to withdraw that statement.
> - Mark Twain
<><>
The secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning and a good ending; and to have the two as close together as possible
> - George Burns
<><>
Santa Claus has the right idea. Visit people only once a year.
> - Victor Borge
<><>
Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.
> - Mark Twain
<><>
I was married by a judge. I should have asked for a jury.
> - Groucho Marx
<><>
My wife has a slight impediment in her speech. Every now and then she stops to breathe.
> - Jimmy Durante
<><>
I have never hated a man enough to give his diamonds back.
> - Zsa Zsa Gabor
<><>
Only Irish coffee provides in a single glass all four essential food groups: alcohol, caffeine, sugar and fat.
> - Alex Levine
<><>
My luck is so bad that if I bought a cemetery, people would stop dying.
> - Rodney Dangerfield
<><>
Money can't buy you happiness. But it does bring you a more pleasant form of misery.
> - Spike Milligan
<><>
Until I was thirteen, I thought my name was SHUT UP.
> - Joe Namath
<><>
I don't feel old. I don't feel anything until noon. Then it's time for my nap.
> - Bob Hope
<><>
I never drink water because of the disgusting things that fish do in it.
> - W. C. Fields
<><>
We could certainly slow the aging process down if it had to work its way through Congress.
> - Will Rogers
<><>
Don't worry about avoiding temptation. As you grow older, it will avoid you.
> - Winston Churchill
<><>
Maybe it's true that life begins at fifty. But everything else starts to wear out, fall out, or spread out.
> - Phyllis Diller
<><>
By the time a man is wise enough to watch his step, he's too old to go anywhere.
> - Billy Crystal
<><>
Love is a Trivial Comedy made up of important Tragedies
HK Snob
If you marry a good wife, you would become a poet, if you marry a bad wife, you would become a Philosopher.
HK Snob
The Difference between a wife and a prostitute is that you pay monthly and per transaction,
You request to have a blow job would be a waste of time and a blow job is a standard for later.
A Misionary position for 7 years and 7 positions in one hour...Respectively...
What do you think!?
HK Snob
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Words of Wisdom
Love is a trivial comedy made up of important tragedies.
It does not matter whom you marry with, as she will look and behave differently after wake up!
Don’t be silly that there is love, they are only trades of family relation and stock for your hope tomorrow.
Don’t fear Pressure as it turns Rusted stone into Diamond.
Believe your life is worth living, your believe will make your life Happy.
Whenever you go, take your whole heart along
Heal the past, live the present, dream the tomorrow.
The Key of happiness is having a dream, The key to success if to make the dream comes true.
HK Snob
It does not matter whom you marry with, as she will look and behave differently after wake up!
Don’t be silly that there is love, they are only trades of family relation and stock for your hope tomorrow.
Don’t fear Pressure as it turns Rusted stone into Diamond.
Believe your life is worth living, your believe will make your life Happy.
Whenever you go, take your whole heart along
Heal the past, live the present, dream the tomorrow.
The Key of happiness is having a dream, The key to success if to make the dream comes true.
HK Snob
Monday, December 7, 2009
出生时间看你的富贵命
古老测试:出生时间看你的富贵命 有人说命运用自己双手去创造,不过又有说冥冥中有主宰,富贵不能强求。究竟你一生劳碌还是生成富贵命呢?皇帝诗可以为你揭示一切。
算法: 先参考表一,找出属于自己的出生时间;再参考表二,找出你出生季节及时间属于皇帝的哪个部分,你就知道自己一生运程点。
表一: 皇帝四季歌出生时间对照表
子时(23:00至00:59)
丑时(01:00至02:59)
寅时(03:00至04:59)
卯时(05:00至06:59)
辰时(07:00至08:59)
巳时(09:00至10:59)
午时(11:00至12:59)
未时(13:00至14:59)
申时(15:00至16:59)
酉时(17:00至18:59)
戌时(19:00至20:59)
亥时(21:00至22:59)
表二:
春季生(即新历2月4日至5月5日)
配子时:生在黄帝头
配卯时或酉时:生在黄帝肩
配丑时或亥时:生在黄帝腹
配午时:生在黄帝腰
配巳时或未时:生在黄帝手
配辰时或戌时:生在黄帝膝
配寅时或申时:生在黄帝足
夏季生(即新历5月6日至8月7日)
配午时:生在黄帝头
配卯时或酉时:生在黄帝肩
配未时或亥时:生在黄帝腹
配子时:生在黄帝腰
配丑时或巳时:生在黄帝手
配辰时或戌时:生在黄帝膝
配寅时或申时:生在黄帝足
秋季生(即新历8月8日至11月7日)
配玄时:生在黄帝头
配子时或午时:生在黄帝肩
配卯时或未时:生在黄帝腹
配申时:生在黄帝腰
配丑时或巳时:生在黄帝手
配寅时或酉时:生在黄帝膝
配辰时或戌时:生在黄帝足
冬季生(即新历11月8日至2月3日)
配巳时:生在黄帝头
配卯时或酉时:生在黄帝肩
配寅时或申时:生在黄帝腹
配子时:生在黄帝腰
配午时或亥时:生在黄帝手
配丑时或未时:生在黄帝膝
配辰时或戌时:生在黄帝足
生在皇帝头「一生衣食无忧」
生在皇帝头的朋友,虽然未必会拜爵封侯,但胜在家境不俗。幼年至青少年期间生活风平浪静、衣食无忧,这种福气重会持续一生。
不过,有时由于先天条件太好,令人失去奋斗动力,若能努力加把劲,成功机会比一般人高得多。
生在皇帝手「经济支柱」
生在皇帝手的人名副其实是实干型,你一生中财源不绝,而你交际手腕十分了得,是天生生意人才,所以可考虑去创业。
生在皇帝手的人如无意外必属家庭经济支柱。早年运气大多一般,但若能及早理解个人特长,再坚定向目标前进,以致到晚运,都必定能够衣食无忧。
生在皇帝肩「中年运佳」
生在皇帝肩的人早年运程并不太差,只不过身心劳累,踏入中年后(必须要结婚先得),运气及际遇则会大幅进步。财运方面,亦会由出出入入而变成多入少出。
除此之外,生在皇帝肩亦同时表示易得亲友助力,若能善用优点如同屋人合股创业,就可以增加成功机会啦!
生在皇帝膝「一生劳碌」
生在皇帝膝的人,一生比较辛苦。因为侥幸从不会降临阁下身上,而你生命中所争取到金钱、事业等,都要比其它人付出更多努力先可以达到。
你早年劳劳碌碌,中年之后亦会辛劳,但正因为天将降大任于斯人,所以你意志同毅力都会比一般人强得多。若能够抱住永不放弃精神,晚运非常不俗。
生在皇帝足「远行有发展」
生在皇帝足的人一生欠缺长辈及亲友协助,所以不要有依靠祖荫的想法。而你会成功或失败,要视乎你是否懂得自强不息。而你运气以愈离开出生旧居而变得愈好。
阁下可考虑北上或前往他方发展,说不定可令你人生出现重大转机。而生在皇帝足朋友要特别留意婚姻问题,千万别意气用事而导致感情出现裂缝。
生在皇帝腰「受宠型」
以古书而论,生在皇帝腰其实即是生在皇帝腰下跟。其特色是生来万千宠爱,用勤家运可改。因为父母亲将你视为珠宝,不但小心培育,而且亦抱有高度期望。 而你一生多有贵人扶持,步入中年后亦可获得相当稳定的富足生活。不过,你必须先克服温室性格,磨练身心且培养意志力,才可马到功成。
生在皇帝腹「才气型」
生在皇帝腹的人特别重视品味,事业方面你会追求卓越成就,加上你脑筋灵活,才气不俗,所以容易达到成功。 不过,阁下小心切勿聪明反被聪明误而好高鹜远,做事不切实际。只要阁下愿意脚踏实地,你成就必可更大及更持久
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算法: 先参考表一,找出属于自己的出生时间;再参考表二,找出你出生季节及时间属于皇帝的哪个部分,你就知道自己一生运程点。
表一: 皇帝四季歌出生时间对照表
子时(23:00至00:59)
丑时(01:00至02:59)
寅时(03:00至04:59)
卯时(05:00至06:59)
辰时(07:00至08:59)
巳时(09:00至10:59)
午时(11:00至12:59)
未时(13:00至14:59)
申时(15:00至16:59)
酉时(17:00至18:59)
戌时(19:00至20:59)
亥时(21:00至22:59)
表二:
春季生(即新历2月4日至5月5日)
配子时:生在黄帝头
配卯时或酉时:生在黄帝肩
配丑时或亥时:生在黄帝腹
配午时:生在黄帝腰
配巳时或未时:生在黄帝手
配辰时或戌时:生在黄帝膝
配寅时或申时:生在黄帝足
夏季生(即新历5月6日至8月7日)
配午时:生在黄帝头
配卯时或酉时:生在黄帝肩
配未时或亥时:生在黄帝腹
配子时:生在黄帝腰
配丑时或巳时:生在黄帝手
配辰时或戌时:生在黄帝膝
配寅时或申时:生在黄帝足
秋季生(即新历8月8日至11月7日)
配玄时:生在黄帝头
配子时或午时:生在黄帝肩
配卯时或未时:生在黄帝腹
配申时:生在黄帝腰
配丑时或巳时:生在黄帝手
配寅时或酉时:生在黄帝膝
配辰时或戌时:生在黄帝足
冬季生(即新历11月8日至2月3日)
配巳时:生在黄帝头
配卯时或酉时:生在黄帝肩
配寅时或申时:生在黄帝腹
配子时:生在黄帝腰
配午时或亥时:生在黄帝手
配丑时或未时:生在黄帝膝
配辰时或戌时:生在黄帝足
生在皇帝头「一生衣食无忧」
生在皇帝头的朋友,虽然未必会拜爵封侯,但胜在家境不俗。幼年至青少年期间生活风平浪静、衣食无忧,这种福气重会持续一生。
不过,有时由于先天条件太好,令人失去奋斗动力,若能努力加把劲,成功机会比一般人高得多。
生在皇帝手「经济支柱」
生在皇帝手的人名副其实是实干型,你一生中财源不绝,而你交际手腕十分了得,是天生生意人才,所以可考虑去创业。
生在皇帝手的人如无意外必属家庭经济支柱。早年运气大多一般,但若能及早理解个人特长,再坚定向目标前进,以致到晚运,都必定能够衣食无忧。
生在皇帝肩「中年运佳」
生在皇帝肩的人早年运程并不太差,只不过身心劳累,踏入中年后(必须要结婚先得),运气及际遇则会大幅进步。财运方面,亦会由出出入入而变成多入少出。
除此之外,生在皇帝肩亦同时表示易得亲友助力,若能善用优点如同屋人合股创业,就可以增加成功机会啦!
生在皇帝膝「一生劳碌」
生在皇帝膝的人,一生比较辛苦。因为侥幸从不会降临阁下身上,而你生命中所争取到金钱、事业等,都要比其它人付出更多努力先可以达到。
你早年劳劳碌碌,中年之后亦会辛劳,但正因为天将降大任于斯人,所以你意志同毅力都会比一般人强得多。若能够抱住永不放弃精神,晚运非常不俗。
生在皇帝足「远行有发展」
生在皇帝足的人一生欠缺长辈及亲友协助,所以不要有依靠祖荫的想法。而你会成功或失败,要视乎你是否懂得自强不息。而你运气以愈离开出生旧居而变得愈好。
阁下可考虑北上或前往他方发展,说不定可令你人生出现重大转机。而生在皇帝足朋友要特别留意婚姻问题,千万别意气用事而导致感情出现裂缝。
生在皇帝腰「受宠型」
以古书而论,生在皇帝腰其实即是生在皇帝腰下跟。其特色是生来万千宠爱,用勤家运可改。因为父母亲将你视为珠宝,不但小心培育,而且亦抱有高度期望。 而你一生多有贵人扶持,步入中年后亦可获得相当稳定的富足生活。不过,你必须先克服温室性格,磨练身心且培养意志力,才可马到功成。
生在皇帝腹「才气型」
生在皇帝腹的人特别重视品味,事业方面你会追求卓越成就,加上你脑筋灵活,才气不俗,所以容易达到成功。 不过,阁下小心切勿聪明反被聪明误而好高鹜远,做事不切实际。只要阁下愿意脚踏实地,你成就必可更大及更持久
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開始讀書
記者曾問英業達董事長溫世仁,有什麼話要送給年輕人?
他只說了四個字: 開始讀書...*讀書是為了讓日子變得更有趣......
" 我有個國三的女兒,她在前一陣子的保送升學甄試時只填了一個志願,結果高分落榜.
她說: 聯考名額還那麼多,我總要把機會都試過了,才能甘願......
前幾天, 收音機播出屋頂上的提琴手,她陶醉在音樂旋律中說: 很高興,我聽得懂英語......
在書店, 她翻著進口月曆,笑開了臉, 因為她看到畢卡索, 梵谷的名畫,都被改畫進了貓臉, 藝術家的幽默,使她一整天心情愉快......她說: 美術史,我沒有白念......
讀書的目的是什麼?她說:哪來那麼嚴肅?
讀書, 讓我的日子過的更有趣罷了......
那你為什麼想念第一志願的學校呢??她說: 我想把日子玩的更精采,
我想聽聽名校名師的課,我想認識一群聽得懂我說笑話的朋友......
而且, 第一志願的學校,不是用想的就可以進去念,我和我未來的好朋友,現在都在為聯考努力以赴......
我想,這就是她......人生以玩為目的.....
讀書只是讓她能玩的視野擴大,讓她更能享受生活之美的方法而已...."
"讀書......是為了讓日子變得更有趣......"
馬斯洛說過的話.......
心若改變......你的態度跟著改變
態度改變......你的習慣跟著改變
習慣改變......你的性格跟著改變性格改變......你的人生跟著改變
他只說了四個字: 開始讀書...*讀書是為了讓日子變得更有趣......
" 我有個國三的女兒,她在前一陣子的保送升學甄試時只填了一個志願,結果高分落榜.
她說: 聯考名額還那麼多,我總要把機會都試過了,才能甘願......
前幾天, 收音機播出屋頂上的提琴手,她陶醉在音樂旋律中說: 很高興,我聽得懂英語......
在書店, 她翻著進口月曆,笑開了臉, 因為她看到畢卡索, 梵谷的名畫,都被改畫進了貓臉, 藝術家的幽默,使她一整天心情愉快......她說: 美術史,我沒有白念......
讀書的目的是什麼?她說:哪來那麼嚴肅?
讀書, 讓我的日子過的更有趣罷了......
那你為什麼想念第一志願的學校呢??她說: 我想把日子玩的更精采,
我想聽聽名校名師的課,我想認識一群聽得懂我說笑話的朋友......
而且, 第一志願的學校,不是用想的就可以進去念,我和我未來的好朋友,現在都在為聯考努力以赴......
我想,這就是她......人生以玩為目的.....
讀書只是讓她能玩的視野擴大,讓她更能享受生活之美的方法而已...."
"讀書......是為了讓日子變得更有趣......"
馬斯洛說過的話.......
心若改變......你的態度跟著改變
態度改變......你的習慣跟著改變
習慣改變......你的性格跟著改變性格改變......你的人生跟著改變
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Lies of My Mother
This story begins when I was a child: I was born in a poor family. Often we hadn'tenough to eat. Whenever we had some food, Mother often gave me herportion of rice. While she was transferring her rice into my bowl, she would say "Eat this rice, son! I'm not hungry."This was Mother's First Lie.
As I grew, Mother gave up her spare time to fish in a river near our house; she hoped that from the fish she caught, she could give me a little bit more nutritious food for my growth. Once she had caught just two fishes, she would make fish soup. While I was eating the soup, mother
would sit beside me and eat the what was still left on the bone of the fish I had eaten, My heart was touched when I saw it. Once I gave the other fish to her on my chopstick but she immediately refused it and said, "Eat this fish, son! I don't really like fish."
This was Mother's Second Lie.
Then, in order to fund my education, Mother went to a Match Factory to
bring home some used matchboxes, which she filled with fresh matchsticks. This helped her get some money to cover our needs. One wintry night I awoke to find Mother filling the matchboxes by candlelight. So I said, "Mother, go to sleep; it's late: you can continue working tomorrow morning." Mother smiled and said "Go to sleep, son! I'm not tired."This was Mother's Third Lie.
When I had to sit my Final Examination, Mother accompanied me. After dawn, Mother waited for me for hours in the heat of the sun. When the bell rang, I ran to meet her.. Mother embraced me and poured me a glass of tea that she had prepared in a thermos. The tea was not as strong as my Mother's love, Seeing Mother covered with perspiration, I at once gave her my glass and asked her to drink too. Mother said "Drink, son!I'm not thirsty!".
This was Mother's Fourth Lie.
After Father's death, Mother had to play the role of a single parent.She held on to her former job; she had to fund our needs alone. Ourfamily's life was more complicated. We suffered from starvation. Seeingour family's condition worsening, my kind Uncle who lived near my housecame to help us solve our problems big and small. Our other neighborssaw that we were poverty stricken so they often advised my mother tomarry again. But Mother refused to remarry saying "I don't need love."This was Mother's Fifth Lie.
After I had finished my studies and gotten a job, it was time for my oldMother to retire but she carried on going to the market every morningjust to sell a few vegetables. I kept sending her money but she wassteadfast and even sent the money back to me. She said, "I have enoughmoney."That was Mother's Sixth Lie.
I continued my part-time studies for my engineering Degree. Funded by theDutch Corporation for which I worked, I succeeded in my studies. Witha big jump in my salary, I decided to bring Mother to enjoy life inHolland but Mother didn't want to bother her son; she said to me "I'mnot used to high living."That was Mother's Seventh Lie.
In her dotage, Mother was attacked by cancer and had to be hospitalized.Now living far across the ocean, I went home to visit Mother who wasbedridden after an operation. Mother tried to smile but I was heartbroken because she was so thin and feeble but Mother said, "Don'tcry, son! I'm not in pain."That was Mother's Eighth Lie.
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For those people who are lucky to be still blessed with your Mothers presence,
Tell your mother, “ I love You” and please care about your mother!!
feverip
As I grew, Mother gave up her spare time to fish in a river near our house; she hoped that from the fish she caught, she could give me a little bit more nutritious food for my growth. Once she had caught just two fishes, she would make fish soup. While I was eating the soup, mother
would sit beside me and eat the what was still left on the bone of the fish I had eaten, My heart was touched when I saw it. Once I gave the other fish to her on my chopstick but she immediately refused it and said, "Eat this fish, son! I don't really like fish."
This was Mother's Second Lie.
Then, in order to fund my education, Mother went to a Match Factory to
bring home some used matchboxes, which she filled with fresh matchsticks. This helped her get some money to cover our needs. One wintry night I awoke to find Mother filling the matchboxes by candlelight. So I said, "Mother, go to sleep; it's late: you can continue working tomorrow morning." Mother smiled and said "Go to sleep, son! I'm not tired."This was Mother's Third Lie.
When I had to sit my Final Examination, Mother accompanied me. After dawn, Mother waited for me for hours in the heat of the sun. When the bell rang, I ran to meet her.. Mother embraced me and poured me a glass of tea that she had prepared in a thermos. The tea was not as strong as my Mother's love, Seeing Mother covered with perspiration, I at once gave her my glass and asked her to drink too. Mother said "Drink, son!I'm not thirsty!".
This was Mother's Fourth Lie.
After Father's death, Mother had to play the role of a single parent.She held on to her former job; she had to fund our needs alone. Ourfamily's life was more complicated. We suffered from starvation. Seeingour family's condition worsening, my kind Uncle who lived near my housecame to help us solve our problems big and small. Our other neighborssaw that we were poverty stricken so they often advised my mother tomarry again. But Mother refused to remarry saying "I don't need love."This was Mother's Fifth Lie.
After I had finished my studies and gotten a job, it was time for my oldMother to retire but she carried on going to the market every morningjust to sell a few vegetables. I kept sending her money but she wassteadfast and even sent the money back to me. She said, "I have enoughmoney."That was Mother's Sixth Lie.
I continued my part-time studies for my engineering Degree. Funded by theDutch Corporation for which I worked, I succeeded in my studies. Witha big jump in my salary, I decided to bring Mother to enjoy life inHolland but Mother didn't want to bother her son; she said to me "I'mnot used to high living."That was Mother's Seventh Lie.
In her dotage, Mother was attacked by cancer and had to be hospitalized.Now living far across the ocean, I went home to visit Mother who wasbedridden after an operation. Mother tried to smile but I was heartbroken because she was so thin and feeble but Mother said, "Don'tcry, son! I'm not in pain."That was Mother's Eighth Lie.
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For those people who are lucky to be still blessed with your Mothers presence,
Tell your mother, “ I love You” and please care about your mother!!
feverip
Monday, November 23, 2009
Attitude is everything
John is the kind of guy you love to hate...
He is always in a good mood and always has something positive to say. When someone would ask him how he was doing, he would reply, 'If I were any better, I would be twins!' He was a natural motivator.
If an employee was having a bad day, John was there telling the employee how to look on the positive side of the situation. Seeing this style really made me curious, so one day I went up and asked him, 'I don't get it!' 'You can't be a positive person all of the time. How do you do it?'
He replied, 'Each morning I wake up and say to myself, you have two choices today. You can choose to be in a good mood or...you can choose to be in a bad mood I choose to be in a good mood.' Each time something bad happens, I can choose to be a victim or...I can choose to learn from it. I choose to learn from it.
Every time someone comes to me complaining, I can choose to accept their complaining or....I can point out the positive side of life. I choose the positive side of life. 'Yeah, right, it's not that easy,' I protested. 'Yes, it is,' he said. 'Life is all about choices. When you cut away all the junk, every situation is a choice. You choose how you react to situations. You choose how people affect your mood. You choose to be in a good mood or bad mood.
The bottom line: It's your choice how you live your life.' I reflected on what he said. Soon hereafter, I left the Tower Industry to start my own business. We lost touch, but I often thought about him when I made a choice about life instead of reacting to it.. Several years later, I heard that he was involved in a serious accident, falling some 60 feet from a communications tower. After 18 hours of surgery and weeks of intensive care, he was released from the hospital with rods placed in his back.. I saw him about six months after the accident.
When I asked him how he was, he replied, 'If I were any better, I'd be twins....Wanna see my scars?' I declined to see his wounds, but I did ask him what had gone through his mind as the accident took place. 'The first thing that went through my mind was the well-being of my soon-to-be born daughter,' he replied. 'Then, as I lay on the ground, I remembered that I had two choices: I could choose to live or...I could choose to die. I chose to live.' 'Weren't you scared?
Did you lose consciousness?' I asked. He continued, '....the paramedics were great. They kept telling me I was going to be fine. But when they wheeled me into the ER and I saw the expressions on the faces of the doctors and nurses, I got really scared.
In their eyes, I read 'he's a dead man'. I knew I needed to take action.' 'What did you do?' I asked. 'Well, there was a big burly nurse shouting questions at me,' said John. 'She asked if I was allergic to anything 'Yes, I replied..' The doctors and nurses stopped working as they waited for my reply.. I took a deep breath and yelled, 'Gravity'' Over their laughter, I told them, 'I am choosing to live. Operate on me as if I am alive, not dead.' He lived, thanks to the skill of his doctors, but also because of his amazing attitude...
I learned from him that every day we have the choice to live fully. Attitude, after all, is everything. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself.
Each day has enough trouble of its own.' Matthew 6:34.
After all today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.
He is always in a good mood and always has something positive to say. When someone would ask him how he was doing, he would reply, 'If I were any better, I would be twins!' He was a natural motivator.
If an employee was having a bad day, John was there telling the employee how to look on the positive side of the situation. Seeing this style really made me curious, so one day I went up and asked him, 'I don't get it!' 'You can't be a positive person all of the time. How do you do it?'
He replied, 'Each morning I wake up and say to myself, you have two choices today. You can choose to be in a good mood or...you can choose to be in a bad mood I choose to be in a good mood.' Each time something bad happens, I can choose to be a victim or...I can choose to learn from it. I choose to learn from it.
Every time someone comes to me complaining, I can choose to accept their complaining or....I can point out the positive side of life. I choose the positive side of life. 'Yeah, right, it's not that easy,' I protested. 'Yes, it is,' he said. 'Life is all about choices. When you cut away all the junk, every situation is a choice. You choose how you react to situations. You choose how people affect your mood. You choose to be in a good mood or bad mood.
The bottom line: It's your choice how you live your life.' I reflected on what he said. Soon hereafter, I left the Tower Industry to start my own business. We lost touch, but I often thought about him when I made a choice about life instead of reacting to it.. Several years later, I heard that he was involved in a serious accident, falling some 60 feet from a communications tower. After 18 hours of surgery and weeks of intensive care, he was released from the hospital with rods placed in his back.. I saw him about six months after the accident.
When I asked him how he was, he replied, 'If I were any better, I'd be twins....Wanna see my scars?' I declined to see his wounds, but I did ask him what had gone through his mind as the accident took place. 'The first thing that went through my mind was the well-being of my soon-to-be born daughter,' he replied. 'Then, as I lay on the ground, I remembered that I had two choices: I could choose to live or...I could choose to die. I chose to live.' 'Weren't you scared?
Did you lose consciousness?' I asked. He continued, '....the paramedics were great. They kept telling me I was going to be fine. But when they wheeled me into the ER and I saw the expressions on the faces of the doctors and nurses, I got really scared.
In their eyes, I read 'he's a dead man'. I knew I needed to take action.' 'What did you do?' I asked. 'Well, there was a big burly nurse shouting questions at me,' said John. 'She asked if I was allergic to anything 'Yes, I replied..' The doctors and nurses stopped working as they waited for my reply.. I took a deep breath and yelled, 'Gravity'' Over their laughter, I told them, 'I am choosing to live. Operate on me as if I am alive, not dead.' He lived, thanks to the skill of his doctors, but also because of his amazing attitude...
I learned from him that every day we have the choice to live fully. Attitude, after all, is everything. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself.
Each day has enough trouble of its own.' Matthew 6:34.
After all today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.
Thursday, November 12, 2009
The Brick
A young and successful executive was traveling down a neighborhood street, going a bit too fast in his new Jaguar. He was watching for kids darting out from between parked cars and slowed down when he thought he saw something. As his car passed, no children appeared. Instead, a brick smashed into the Jag's side door! He slammed on the brakes and backed the Jag back to the spot where the brick had been thrown.
The angry driver then jumped out of the car, grabbed the nearest kid and pushed him up against a parked car shouting, 'What was that all about and who are you? Just what the heck are you doing?
That's a new car and that brick you threw is going to cost a lot of money Why did you do it?' The young boy was apologetic. 'Please, mister...please, I'm sorry but I didn't know what else to do,'
He pleaded. 'I threw the brick because no one else would stop...' With tears dripping down his face and off his chin, the youth pointed to a spot just around a parked car. 'It's my brother, 'he said 'He rolled off the curb and fell out of his wheelchair and I can't lift him up.'
Now sobbing, the boy asked the stunned executive, 'Would you please help me get him back into his wheelchair? He's hurt and he's too heavy for me.'
Moved beyond words, the driver tried to swallow the rapidly swelling lump in his throat. He hurriedly lifted the handicapped boy back into the wheelchair, then took out a linen handkerchief and dabbed at the fresh scrapes and cuts.
A quick look told him everything was going to be okay. 'Thank you and may God bless you,' the grateful child told the stranger. Too shook up for words, the man simply watched the boy! push his wheelchair-bound brother down the sidewalk toward their home.
It was a long, slow walk back to the Jaguar. The damage was very noticeable, but the driver never bothered to repair the dented side door.
He kept the dent there to remind him of this message: 'Don't go through life so fast that someone has to throw a brick at you to get your attention!' God whispers in our souls and speaks to our hearts. Sometimes when we don't have time to listen, He has to throw a brick at us. It's our choice to listen or not.
Thought for the Day:
If God had a refrigerator, your picture would be on it.
If He had a wallet, your photo would be in it.
He sends you flowers every spring.
He sends you a sunrise every morning Face it, friend - He is crazy about you!
Send this to every 'beautiful person' you wish to bless.
God didn't promise days without pain, laughter without sorrow, sun without rain, but He did promise strength for the day, comfort for the tears, and light for the way.
Read this line very slowly and let it sink in...
If God brings you to it, He will bring you through it.
The angry driver then jumped out of the car, grabbed the nearest kid and pushed him up against a parked car shouting, 'What was that all about and who are you? Just what the heck are you doing?
That's a new car and that brick you threw is going to cost a lot of money Why did you do it?' The young boy was apologetic. 'Please, mister...please, I'm sorry but I didn't know what else to do,'
He pleaded. 'I threw the brick because no one else would stop...' With tears dripping down his face and off his chin, the youth pointed to a spot just around a parked car. 'It's my brother, 'he said 'He rolled off the curb and fell out of his wheelchair and I can't lift him up.'
Now sobbing, the boy asked the stunned executive, 'Would you please help me get him back into his wheelchair? He's hurt and he's too heavy for me.'
Moved beyond words, the driver tried to swallow the rapidly swelling lump in his throat. He hurriedly lifted the handicapped boy back into the wheelchair, then took out a linen handkerchief and dabbed at the fresh scrapes and cuts.
A quick look told him everything was going to be okay. 'Thank you and may God bless you,' the grateful child told the stranger. Too shook up for words, the man simply watched the boy! push his wheelchair-bound brother down the sidewalk toward their home.
It was a long, slow walk back to the Jaguar. The damage was very noticeable, but the driver never bothered to repair the dented side door.
He kept the dent there to remind him of this message: 'Don't go through life so fast that someone has to throw a brick at you to get your attention!' God whispers in our souls and speaks to our hearts. Sometimes when we don't have time to listen, He has to throw a brick at us. It's our choice to listen or not.
Thought for the Day:
If God had a refrigerator, your picture would be on it.
If He had a wallet, your photo would be in it.
He sends you flowers every spring.
He sends you a sunrise every morning Face it, friend - He is crazy about you!
Send this to every 'beautiful person' you wish to bless.
God didn't promise days without pain, laughter without sorrow, sun without rain, but He did promise strength for the day, comfort for the tears, and light for the way.
Read this line very slowly and let it sink in...
If God brings you to it, He will bring you through it.
Sunday, November 1, 2009
How Rich You Are?

There is a book " You are really Rich, you just don't know it" written by Steve Henry published by Virgin Books.
There are most 10 important items that you should have if you are rich, or in other word, if you have these ten items, as being part of your life you are having, you will be qaulified to be rich.
These are the most important elements in your life.
1. Health.
2. Some one says " I love you"
3. Being in a stable relationship: family and career
4. Being in a safe and peaceful place
5. Have kids
6. Can have some quality time with family
7. Always able to laugh
8. You can Make Love!
9. Go travelling once in a while
10. Living in peacful and quiet World.
If you want to know how Rich you are. Go www.reallyrichlist.com/TED and perform a simple test to see how rich you are, or Kick the link in this post!
feverip
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
做孩子的心理醫生 游乾桂 教授
我在臨床做十六年,前幾年做的是精神病人,做精神病人對於我在做親職教育有很深的影響,因為精神病人其實是在囚籠裡頭不會回來的黑暗份子。原先我跟很多人一樣,一直認為一個人會住到精神病院一定是腦袋秀斗,前半段的假設是對的,但是有一部份的假設是錯的,我們以為他笨,事實上我在醫院裡頭看到很多孩子其實很聰明。
我在醫院曾經看到一個從台大醫科畢業的孩子,我花了很長的時間跟他接觸,他只要看到穿白袍的人走近,就會狠狠的瞪著對方,有時甚至會無預警的搥對方,所以所有的醫護人員都很怕他。我大概花了三個月的時間才可以跟他坐下來慢慢談,大概半年後他才能意識到我對他的關心。我常常利用下班時間去陪他下五子棋,也就是從這兒開始,讓我覺得很難過。我常在想:「一個這麼聰明的孩子,為什麼現在只能跟我坐在這兒下五子棋?」於是,我開始追尋他生命的歷程。
我從他身上發現兩個秘密:第一個令我驚訝的是──他從小學到高中從來沒有考過第二名。這讓我想到了金庸筆下的一個人──東方不敗,這時我才領悟到原來東方不敗指的就是一敗塗地。有人是東方不敗,但是只要一敗就會塗地,所以由中抽離出一個很重要的物質就叫做成功。有人十幾歲就成功,有人中年成功,也有人老年才成功,但是太早成功所代表的就是壓力重重。
孩子在成長的過程裡頭並不是靠第一名長大的,他要的是學習動機,學習動機及學習歷程比學習結果重要,但是我們現在往往只在乎結果,不重視歷程,這樣一來,對孩子而言就是壓力。我們期望孩子成績好,永遠名列前茅,而孩子就會想辦法保持第一,壓力因此而來。在心理學來講這就是「高期望」,但! 是! 「高期望」=「高壓力」。沒有一個人能夠永遠得第一,有一個專家勞瑞爾曾說:「我是物理學專家,所謂的『專家』就是在我的領域裡我會,其它的領域我就叫白痴。」但是現在我們要求我們的孩子全會,全會也就代表了全不會。所以一個人要演活自己,何謂演活自己?就是一個人演一個自己才能全心全意的演好自己,如果一個人分兩顆心,就叫做半心半意,一個人要學三樣好,就叫三心兩意,一個人要多才多藝、四項全能就叫做分明找死。因 為一個人不可能什麼都會,如果什麼都會就不叫「專家」。
從這個孩子身上我又想到金庸筆下的另外一個人,叫做獨孤求敗,獨孤倒過來就叫做孤獨,獨孤求敗好孤獨,這意謂著人在高處不勝寒。我們看到我們的孩子成績很好,考試第一名,但是我們忘記了孩子他好孤獨、好寒冷,也忘了他有壓力。所以我們一直以為孩子成績好應該很有自信,但是由研究中我們發現:成績好的孩子大多沒有自信,成績差的孩子大多數很自卑。
以前有部連續劇叫保鑣,裡面有個人物我非常喜歡,叫做賈糊塗,我喜歡他那種難得塗糊的個性,所有不能解決的問題,最後都是賈糊塗解決。我們在老子裡頭有看到一句話:大智若愚。有的時候有些人看起來笨笨的,學習笨笨的,走的笨笨的,其實是最聰明的。有很多人都是這樣子,例如非洲之父史懷哲,他是一個醫生,他的成長過程並不順遂,他大學沒考上,後來因為他手風琴拉得很好,所以進了大學唸歷史系,他大學畢業後,三十歲才開始念醫科,卅八歲醫科畢業,人生過半的史懷哲畢業之後到了非洲創造了一個不朽的基業,成為非洲之父─慈悲的代言人。
另外一位,印度的勝雄叫甘地,甘地是印度的國父,但是他在四十歲之前是紈跨子弟,他一直以為自己是英國人,穿著很英國、打扮很英國,直到有人告訴他,他是印度? 四十歲他的夢才幻滅。他四十歲的時候帶領著印度做和平的革命,創造了不朽的勝雄甘地。
還有一位我們更熟悉的人叫做 劉其偉,他今年九十二歲過逝,卅八歲才學畫,畫了廿八年,在六十六歲時才成名,活了九十二歲,但是他畫出了畫壇奇葩。
諾貝爾物理學獎的得主,有一位是日本人叫小才昌俊,他研究微粒子。他念書時的成績是慘得不能看,但他在得獎時說過一句話:「成績單不是人生的保證,我就是例子。」
我花很多時間在做研究、做實驗,所以我不可能背很多東西,「背」跟「思考」、「想像」、「創意」是有差別的,我們現在的教育就是背得多分數就高,但是你可有想過,有位禪師講過一句話:「這一分鐘你找到美好,這一分鐘你就不會找到不美好」。而我的理解是:「這一分鐘你拿書來背,這一分鐘你就不會思考、不會想像、不會創意。」因為它同時進行,但是未來的世界是送給會想的人,不是送給會背的人。
1965年的諾貝爾物理學獎得主叫費曼,他曾說過他爸爸送給他三個能力:會思考、會想像、有創意。從他爸爸的教育中他才知道,一個問題可以有很多個答案。宇宙是無限大,而地球在宇宙中並不是唯一,我們的孩子也許可以贏得全台灣、全亞洲,甚至全世界,但是他在宇宙中還是渺小的。
很多事情以前是對的,現在卻是錯的。例如:飛機在以前不會飛是對的,現在卻是錯的。所以,我們的腦袋如果只是死記,我想孩子未來有的只是壓力,未來學歷並不難拿到,而未來徵才要的是會工作的孩子,不是會讀書的孩子。因此,我們要培養的是孩子的能力。未來有些東西? 例如:志氣要高、勇氣要足、骨氣要硬,我想這是一個孩子應該要俱備的。而這些是我在這個台大醫科的孩子身上所發現的。
另外一個秘密,就是他告訴我:「如果我學音樂,我現在會是一個快樂的音樂家。」換言之:如果他學音樂,他就不會住在精神病院,如果他沒有住在精神病院,他就會有人生。還有另外一個個案,原本應是孩子住進來,最後卻是媽媽住進來。
一個孩子他的求學過程很辛苦也很順利,因為他媽媽對他的期望很高,而他也很順遂的考上托福出國留學,在他畢業拿到學位的當天,寫了封信寄回台灣給媽媽,之後便跳河自殺死亡。信中有句話非常刺痛人心,他說:「媽媽,妳的夢,我幫妳圓了,請妳放我一馬。」媽媽看完信之後受不了,住進了精神病院。
我們千萬不要忘了,每個孩子都有適合他的位置,所謂天生我才必有用。心理學家早已提出多元智慧的理論,意思是說,每個孩子都有自己的舞台,都有一套不同的智慧結構,有些人長於音樂,有些人長於科學,有些人長於運動,會音樂的人學不成科學;會科學的孩子藝術並非頂尖;我們不要老想把孩子當做科學家來養,重要的是找出孩子擅長與眾不同的智慧。我們一定要記住一件事情:行行有狀元,而且未來一定是每一行每一業都有狀元。當然在學習、成長的過程中,孩子必? 跌跌撞撞,所以,我們要教孩子:這一條路走不通可以走另一條路,不要因一時的跌倒而失志,人生是可以轉個彎的,柳暗花明又一村,人生是可以失之東隅,收之桑榆。
你是否記得當你的孩子小時候哭鬧時,你敏銳的聽聲音便能知道他是尿床還是肚子餓。我發現在孩子六歲以前,每一個爸爸媽媽都像心理醫生,為什麼孩子長大以後,你就不像了呢?你以為孩子長大了嗎?還是你敏銳的特質不見了?還是有些東西去阻礙了你敏銳的特質?或者是你不夠用心呢?其實這些因素都包括,但是我認為不夠用心是最重要的。
心理學家皮亞傑曾說:「請你記住,孩子的名字永遠叫『小孩』。」縱使是資優,他還是小孩。專制成性的中國父母最不會利用同理心了解孩子心裡想什麼,我們以為孩子自己生的,應該了解的;其實不然,孩子在每個年紀都有一些不一樣的成長使命,三歲的孩子與十一歲的孩子絕對不一樣,孩子需要我們做父母的用心去了解。何謂了解?就是三歲時就把他當做三歲的孩子來看,五歲時就當做五歲來看,十歲時就當做十歲的孩子來看,這才是了解。
一個孩子的學習需要動機,動機是成就的原動力。例如:閱讀是一種動機,假若閱讀不是一種動機的時候,閱讀就是一種考試,如果閱讀是一種考試,那麼閱讀不會持久,也就不會有成就。因為人生是一輩子的事,閱讀也是一輩子的事,假如你唸完書就不再閱讀,那麼你就會變成草包。而做學問不是死記東西,是要知道它在哪裡。所以爸爸媽媽們對面孩子的詢問時,可以常常用「我不知道,我們一起來查書」來回答。「我不知道」表示人有進! 步! 的空間,如果全知道,就是全不知道,假若一個五歲的孩子全都知道,那就完了,表示他已經滿了。有的時候我們會覺得孩子在這個年紀不夠飽滿、不夠豐富,但是換一個角度來看,也正因為他不夠,表示他正等待吸收很多東西。所以滿分哲學到底是對或錯?一個每一次都考滿分的孩子,對他而言已經足夠了,因為他沒有再進步的空間,也不能夠退步,那麼下一次的考試該怎麼辦呢?這時他的壓力就來嘍!所以我們應該要讓孩子有進步的空間,即使退步了,我們也要給孩子鼓勵使他有唸書的動力。
孩子專心的時間會因興趣而有變化,例如對數學有興趣的孩子,他的專心時間就會加長。若孩子常常忘東忘西並不表示他不夠聰明,因為在十歲以前的孩子腦袋裡頭只能專心做一件事情,但是我們可以想別的方法加強孩子對事情的專注,使他不容易忘記。例如:下雨天時,我們可以將雨傘掛在電梯門口,提醒孩子不要忘記帶雨傘。教育是可以用很多種不同的方法,! 如! 果一種方法行不通,我們可以用二種、三種,甚至更多種,盡量少責備、多了解。
在做教育之前,我們要學會一件事:會愛自己的人才會愛別人。人生有四個要件,而這四個要件是做教育的準備:健康、快樂、時間、美好生活,若再加上一點金錢,就叫做富有的人。如果一個人只是努力工作、努力賺錢,然後逼著孩子好好讀書未來努力工作、賺錢,那麼這就叫做有錢人。
人生裡頭有二件事情是很重要的:一是努力得到我們想要的;二是享受我們得到的更為重要。我們常常盲目的生活、工作、賺錢,而賺錢的目的不就是要讓自己的生活更美好嗎?但是大多數的人卻不知道要享受我們得到的。
我認為人生過四十之後一定要有兩個圓在交集,一個圓是「精神」、另一個圓是「物質」。四十歲之前我們可能為了過更好的生活而每天工作、賺錢,假設人的一生能活八十歲,四十歲已是過半了,所以四十歲之後,我們不能永遠只想到工作而忽略了生活中的美好。要擁有美好的生活,最重要的就是要有健康,身體健康是心理健康之母,心理健康是家庭健康之母。沒有健康,教育便是虛假,所以有健康的身體才會有好心情,有好心情就不會對孩子亂發脾氣,也就能夠有耐心聽聽孩子說的話,相對的親子關係就會更融洽,家庭氣氛會更和諧。
另一個重要的要件便是快樂。現代的孩子普遍都不快樂,因為功課太多、壓力太大,所以如果孩子有機會開懷暢笑時,我們不要去嚇阻他,要尊重孩子的快樂。研究指出:快樂的人比不快樂的人學習效率多了1.76倍,假若我們的孩子是快樂的,那麼他的學習≠壓力、學習≠高期望。我們甚至可以花點心思製造快樂,例如:每天找個時間全家坐在一起說說笑話。當孩子說笑話給我們聽時,即便不好笑,我們也要笑得很開心,孩子會說得更多,並且從中得到自信與快樂。
童年,對我們來說已經是很遙遠的事,有些人甚至沒有美好的童年回憶,但我們別忘了,現在正是孩子的童年,我們有機會再過一次童年,陪著孩子一同成長、一同過童年。所以,我們要學習拒絕忙碌,錢是永遠賺不完的,事情是永遠做不完的,而孩子的童年卻只有一個,撥出一些時間陪陪孩子、了解孩子,親子關係才會建立,互動會更好。
Forwarded by Caca, a very good article for understand our child, and telling us the value of life!
I decided to go back home 1 hour earlier every day!
Feverip
我在醫院曾經看到一個從台大醫科畢業的孩子,我花了很長的時間跟他接觸,他只要看到穿白袍的人走近,就會狠狠的瞪著對方,有時甚至會無預警的搥對方,所以所有的醫護人員都很怕他。我大概花了三個月的時間才可以跟他坐下來慢慢談,大概半年後他才能意識到我對他的關心。我常常利用下班時間去陪他下五子棋,也就是從這兒開始,讓我覺得很難過。我常在想:「一個這麼聰明的孩子,為什麼現在只能跟我坐在這兒下五子棋?」於是,我開始追尋他生命的歷程。
我從他身上發現兩個秘密:第一個令我驚訝的是──他從小學到高中從來沒有考過第二名。這讓我想到了金庸筆下的一個人──東方不敗,這時我才領悟到原來東方不敗指的就是一敗塗地。有人是東方不敗,但是只要一敗就會塗地,所以由中抽離出一個很重要的物質就叫做成功。有人十幾歲就成功,有人中年成功,也有人老年才成功,但是太早成功所代表的就是壓力重重。
孩子在成長的過程裡頭並不是靠第一名長大的,他要的是學習動機,學習動機及學習歷程比學習結果重要,但是我們現在往往只在乎結果,不重視歷程,這樣一來,對孩子而言就是壓力。我們期望孩子成績好,永遠名列前茅,而孩子就會想辦法保持第一,壓力因此而來。在心理學來講這就是「高期望」,但! 是! 「高期望」=「高壓力」。沒有一個人能夠永遠得第一,有一個專家勞瑞爾曾說:「我是物理學專家,所謂的『專家』就是在我的領域裡我會,其它的領域我就叫白痴。」但是現在我們要求我們的孩子全會,全會也就代表了全不會。所以一個人要演活自己,何謂演活自己?就是一個人演一個自己才能全心全意的演好自己,如果一個人分兩顆心,就叫做半心半意,一個人要學三樣好,就叫三心兩意,一個人要多才多藝、四項全能就叫做分明找死。因 為一個人不可能什麼都會,如果什麼都會就不叫「專家」。
從這個孩子身上我又想到金庸筆下的另外一個人,叫做獨孤求敗,獨孤倒過來就叫做孤獨,獨孤求敗好孤獨,這意謂著人在高處不勝寒。我們看到我們的孩子成績很好,考試第一名,但是我們忘記了孩子他好孤獨、好寒冷,也忘了他有壓力。所以我們一直以為孩子成績好應該很有自信,但是由研究中我們發現:成績好的孩子大多沒有自信,成績差的孩子大多數很自卑。
以前有部連續劇叫保鑣,裡面有個人物我非常喜歡,叫做賈糊塗,我喜歡他那種難得塗糊的個性,所有不能解決的問題,最後都是賈糊塗解決。我們在老子裡頭有看到一句話:大智若愚。有的時候有些人看起來笨笨的,學習笨笨的,走的笨笨的,其實是最聰明的。有很多人都是這樣子,例如非洲之父史懷哲,他是一個醫生,他的成長過程並不順遂,他大學沒考上,後來因為他手風琴拉得很好,所以進了大學唸歷史系,他大學畢業後,三十歲才開始念醫科,卅八歲醫科畢業,人生過半的史懷哲畢業之後到了非洲創造了一個不朽的基業,成為非洲之父─慈悲的代言人。
另外一位,印度的勝雄叫甘地,甘地是印度的國父,但是他在四十歲之前是紈跨子弟,他一直以為自己是英國人,穿著很英國、打扮很英國,直到有人告訴他,他是印度? 四十歲他的夢才幻滅。他四十歲的時候帶領著印度做和平的革命,創造了不朽的勝雄甘地。
還有一位我們更熟悉的人叫做 劉其偉,他今年九十二歲過逝,卅八歲才學畫,畫了廿八年,在六十六歲時才成名,活了九十二歲,但是他畫出了畫壇奇葩。
諾貝爾物理學獎的得主,有一位是日本人叫小才昌俊,他研究微粒子。他念書時的成績是慘得不能看,但他在得獎時說過一句話:「成績單不是人生的保證,我就是例子。」
我花很多時間在做研究、做實驗,所以我不可能背很多東西,「背」跟「思考」、「想像」、「創意」是有差別的,我們現在的教育就是背得多分數就高,但是你可有想過,有位禪師講過一句話:「這一分鐘你找到美好,這一分鐘你就不會找到不美好」。而我的理解是:「這一分鐘你拿書來背,這一分鐘你就不會思考、不會想像、不會創意。」因為它同時進行,但是未來的世界是送給會想的人,不是送給會背的人。
1965年的諾貝爾物理學獎得主叫費曼,他曾說過他爸爸送給他三個能力:會思考、會想像、有創意。從他爸爸的教育中他才知道,一個問題可以有很多個答案。宇宙是無限大,而地球在宇宙中並不是唯一,我們的孩子也許可以贏得全台灣、全亞洲,甚至全世界,但是他在宇宙中還是渺小的。
很多事情以前是對的,現在卻是錯的。例如:飛機在以前不會飛是對的,現在卻是錯的。所以,我們的腦袋如果只是死記,我想孩子未來有的只是壓力,未來學歷並不難拿到,而未來徵才要的是會工作的孩子,不是會讀書的孩子。因此,我們要培養的是孩子的能力。未來有些東西? 例如:志氣要高、勇氣要足、骨氣要硬,我想這是一個孩子應該要俱備的。而這些是我在這個台大醫科的孩子身上所發現的。
另外一個秘密,就是他告訴我:「如果我學音樂,我現在會是一個快樂的音樂家。」換言之:如果他學音樂,他就不會住在精神病院,如果他沒有住在精神病院,他就會有人生。還有另外一個個案,原本應是孩子住進來,最後卻是媽媽住進來。
一個孩子他的求學過程很辛苦也很順利,因為他媽媽對他的期望很高,而他也很順遂的考上托福出國留學,在他畢業拿到學位的當天,寫了封信寄回台灣給媽媽,之後便跳河自殺死亡。信中有句話非常刺痛人心,他說:「媽媽,妳的夢,我幫妳圓了,請妳放我一馬。」媽媽看完信之後受不了,住進了精神病院。
我們千萬不要忘了,每個孩子都有適合他的位置,所謂天生我才必有用。心理學家早已提出多元智慧的理論,意思是說,每個孩子都有自己的舞台,都有一套不同的智慧結構,有些人長於音樂,有些人長於科學,有些人長於運動,會音樂的人學不成科學;會科學的孩子藝術並非頂尖;我們不要老想把孩子當做科學家來養,重要的是找出孩子擅長與眾不同的智慧。我們一定要記住一件事情:行行有狀元,而且未來一定是每一行每一業都有狀元。當然在學習、成長的過程中,孩子必? 跌跌撞撞,所以,我們要教孩子:這一條路走不通可以走另一條路,不要因一時的跌倒而失志,人生是可以轉個彎的,柳暗花明又一村,人生是可以失之東隅,收之桑榆。
你是否記得當你的孩子小時候哭鬧時,你敏銳的聽聲音便能知道他是尿床還是肚子餓。我發現在孩子六歲以前,每一個爸爸媽媽都像心理醫生,為什麼孩子長大以後,你就不像了呢?你以為孩子長大了嗎?還是你敏銳的特質不見了?還是有些東西去阻礙了你敏銳的特質?或者是你不夠用心呢?其實這些因素都包括,但是我認為不夠用心是最重要的。
心理學家皮亞傑曾說:「請你記住,孩子的名字永遠叫『小孩』。」縱使是資優,他還是小孩。專制成性的中國父母最不會利用同理心了解孩子心裡想什麼,我們以為孩子自己生的,應該了解的;其實不然,孩子在每個年紀都有一些不一樣的成長使命,三歲的孩子與十一歲的孩子絕對不一樣,孩子需要我們做父母的用心去了解。何謂了解?就是三歲時就把他當做三歲的孩子來看,五歲時就當做五歲來看,十歲時就當做十歲的孩子來看,這才是了解。
一個孩子的學習需要動機,動機是成就的原動力。例如:閱讀是一種動機,假若閱讀不是一種動機的時候,閱讀就是一種考試,如果閱讀是一種考試,那麼閱讀不會持久,也就不會有成就。因為人生是一輩子的事,閱讀也是一輩子的事,假如你唸完書就不再閱讀,那麼你就會變成草包。而做學問不是死記東西,是要知道它在哪裡。所以爸爸媽媽們對面孩子的詢問時,可以常常用「我不知道,我們一起來查書」來回答。「我不知道」表示人有進! 步! 的空間,如果全知道,就是全不知道,假若一個五歲的孩子全都知道,那就完了,表示他已經滿了。有的時候我們會覺得孩子在這個年紀不夠飽滿、不夠豐富,但是換一個角度來看,也正因為他不夠,表示他正等待吸收很多東西。所以滿分哲學到底是對或錯?一個每一次都考滿分的孩子,對他而言已經足夠了,因為他沒有再進步的空間,也不能夠退步,那麼下一次的考試該怎麼辦呢?這時他的壓力就來嘍!所以我們應該要讓孩子有進步的空間,即使退步了,我們也要給孩子鼓勵使他有唸書的動力。
孩子專心的時間會因興趣而有變化,例如對數學有興趣的孩子,他的專心時間就會加長。若孩子常常忘東忘西並不表示他不夠聰明,因為在十歲以前的孩子腦袋裡頭只能專心做一件事情,但是我們可以想別的方法加強孩子對事情的專注,使他不容易忘記。例如:下雨天時,我們可以將雨傘掛在電梯門口,提醒孩子不要忘記帶雨傘。教育是可以用很多種不同的方法,! 如! 果一種方法行不通,我們可以用二種、三種,甚至更多種,盡量少責備、多了解。
在做教育之前,我們要學會一件事:會愛自己的人才會愛別人。人生有四個要件,而這四個要件是做教育的準備:健康、快樂、時間、美好生活,若再加上一點金錢,就叫做富有的人。如果一個人只是努力工作、努力賺錢,然後逼著孩子好好讀書未來努力工作、賺錢,那麼這就叫做有錢人。
人生裡頭有二件事情是很重要的:一是努力得到我們想要的;二是享受我們得到的更為重要。我們常常盲目的生活、工作、賺錢,而賺錢的目的不就是要讓自己的生活更美好嗎?但是大多數的人卻不知道要享受我們得到的。
我認為人生過四十之後一定要有兩個圓在交集,一個圓是「精神」、另一個圓是「物質」。四十歲之前我們可能為了過更好的生活而每天工作、賺錢,假設人的一生能活八十歲,四十歲已是過半了,所以四十歲之後,我們不能永遠只想到工作而忽略了生活中的美好。要擁有美好的生活,最重要的就是要有健康,身體健康是心理健康之母,心理健康是家庭健康之母。沒有健康,教育便是虛假,所以有健康的身體才會有好心情,有好心情就不會對孩子亂發脾氣,也就能夠有耐心聽聽孩子說的話,相對的親子關係就會更融洽,家庭氣氛會更和諧。
另一個重要的要件便是快樂。現代的孩子普遍都不快樂,因為功課太多、壓力太大,所以如果孩子有機會開懷暢笑時,我們不要去嚇阻他,要尊重孩子的快樂。研究指出:快樂的人比不快樂的人學習效率多了1.76倍,假若我們的孩子是快樂的,那麼他的學習≠壓力、學習≠高期望。我們甚至可以花點心思製造快樂,例如:每天找個時間全家坐在一起說說笑話。當孩子說笑話給我們聽時,即便不好笑,我們也要笑得很開心,孩子會說得更多,並且從中得到自信與快樂。
童年,對我們來說已經是很遙遠的事,有些人甚至沒有美好的童年回憶,但我們別忘了,現在正是孩子的童年,我們有機會再過一次童年,陪著孩子一同成長、一同過童年。所以,我們要學習拒絕忙碌,錢是永遠賺不完的,事情是永遠做不完的,而孩子的童年卻只有一個,撥出一些時間陪陪孩子、了解孩子,親子關係才會建立,互動會更好。
Forwarded by Caca, a very good article for understand our child, and telling us the value of life!
I decided to go back home 1 hour earlier every day!
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