就是亂碼

當有人跟你說，你看起來很好，而你通常都回答說，”那裡，那裡，我看起來一點也不好．．”　
你知道在那一刻，你做了什麼呢？．．呵，那可是不禮貌的回應哦．．．
朋友的下列這段話，讓我對如何回應別人的讚美，得到新的體會．．
下回，當有人讚美你時，記得要謝謝他們，然後沉默的，開心的接受那美麗的誠意！！
而且記得：讚美是最廉價的禮物！

Has anyone ever told you that you looked wonderful and
you respond by saying something like "No I don't...I look like a hot mess!"?
Do you know what you're doing at that moment?

First, you are telling that person that they don't know what they are talking about,
and secondly, you are completely dismissing a gift from them to you.

My Teacher once told me that it costs you nothing to make someone else feel good,
and I believe this. "Compliments" are a lot like water...
they can be carried to someone's ear by the winds just like gentle raindrops,
but enough compliments can tear down a barrier of low self-esteem,
just like enough water can erode rock.
Conversely, enough negative response to positive occurrences
can build walls where none need to exist.

When someone is trying to show kindness,
rather than dismiss it, TAKE IT AND HUSH!

When you hear a kind word about your work or about you as a person,
rather than disagree with them, TAKE IT AND HUSH!

When God is sending blessings, TAKE IT AND HUSH!

When someone does these things for you,
they believe these acts and words to be deserved...
show them enough respect to accept their offering
in the spirit in which it's intended.

當世界被拉平時，國界／性別／種族／階級／．．似乎都不重要了，
或許未來只有二種人：”有錢人”和　”沒錢人”．．
想想我們用心過生活了沒？有沒偷懶？
”知識”當然很重要了，就可以決定個人的定位，但願我們還有警惕！
　
看到一段訪問，是日本經濟大師：大前研一
也算有點爭議性的專家，（不過名人誰不是備受兩面評所苦？）
大陸熱和亞洲熱還在延燒，結果會如何，就只能時間可以證明了；
不過，我想到的不是經濟這領域，而是個人生涯規劃．．
原來他還玩越野摩托車（己經３０年了），
還挑戰潛水記錄，和其他海上運動哪．．．
他自訴說：他所認識的世界級大師或名人，
都不只在他們的個人專業裡名利雙收．．．
幾乎都有多重技能和興趣，大多都多才多藝；
最忙的人，反而完成最多的休閒活動．．
一樣的２４小時，他們發揮到極致．．有錢是必然了．．
成功真不是偶然的．．要付代價的．．
我還相信：什麼事都要付代價的．．

陽光夠毒的時節，真期待有場陣雨，
但是今天雨下得夠猛，夠不客氣的，雷電交加陸陸續續下了三個鐘點，
卻讓我怕了起來，沒個來由，就開始慌張．．

莫名的恐懼好像任誰都難免吧？！朋友說他經常睡得不穩，
一個高收入和一隻雜種黑狗同居的都會離婚男子；
半夜就常嚇醒，說夢裡的他被解聘了，女兒手機來電要補習費；
越南女傭逃跑，年過８０的單親老母叫搬回他老家住．．
哇．．他發現自己才睜開眼睛，己經汗流浹背．．
其實，只不過是場夢罷了，就夠讓人心力交瘁，
何況生存競爭的壓力一直都在那裡？！

這樣說來，過了中年，青春淍零也不袛是女人的最怕哪！
少了養家活口的本事，也可能叫一個男子得了年華老去的”恐慌症候群”
這叫負責任？還是根本是在拯救自己的自尊心罷了？．．

Well..想了這麼多好像也沒個答案，反正上帝對每個人總有計劃；
只要懂得交託就少被煩擾．．．
只管眼前的事就夠了．．．

哇．．．
聽說露台加建的下水管竟然好端端的，就冒出水柱．．
這下真有得忙了．．．
就怪這一場期待己久的雨．．
或許這是”世界”的期待，和神的安排不一樣吧！

想要的太多，需要的卻很少；
但是對我來說，每天真正不能少的只有兩種：
”音樂”　和　”聖經”～～呵　
這都是精神食糧哪，我聽R & B...
雖然這音樂和聖經比較有點異類，
但我猜上帝應該不驚奇吧？！
既然萬物都是神創造的，
我就可以乖乖享用這種恩典．．呵


___箴言 Proverbs Chapter 4___

1 眾子阿，要聽父親的教訓，留心得知聰明‧
(WEB) Listen, sons, to a father's instruction. Pay attention and know understanding;
2 因我所給你們的，是好教訓‧不可離棄我的法則‧﹝或作指教﹞
(WEB) For I give you sound learning. Don't forsake my law.

3 我在父親面前為孝子，在母親眼中為獨一的嬌兒‧
(WEB) For I was a son to my father, Tender and an only child in the sight of my mother.

4 父親教訓我說，你心要存記我的言語，遵守我的命令，便得存活‧
(WEB) He taught me, and said to me: "Let your heart retain my words. Keep my commandments, and live.

5 要得智慧，要得聰明‧不可忘記，也不可偏離我口中的言語‧
(WEB) Get wisdom. Get understanding. Don't forget, neither swerve from the words of my mouth.

6 不可離棄智慧，智慧就護衛你‧要愛他，他就保守你‧
(WEB) Don't forsake her, and she will preserve you. Love her, and she will keep you.

7 智慧為首‧所以要得智慧‧在你一切所得之內，必得聰明‧﹝或作用你一切所得的去換聰明﹞
(WEB) Wisdom is supreme. Get wisdom. Yes, though it costs all your possessions, get understanding.

8 高舉智慧，他就使你高陞‧懷抱智慧，他就使你尊榮‧
(WEB) Esteem her, and she will exalt you. She will bring you to honor, when you embrace her.

9 他必將華冠加在你頭上，把榮冕交給你‧
(WEB) She will give to your head a garland of grace. A crown of splendor will she deliver to you."

10 我兒，你要聽受我的言語，就必延年益壽‧
(WEB) Listen, my son, and receive my sayings. The years of your life will be many.

11 我已指教你走智慧的道，引導你行正直的路‧
(WEB) I have taught you in the way of wisdom. I have led you in paths of uprightness.

12 你行走，腳步必不至狹窄‧你奔跑，也不至跌倒‧
(WEB) When you go, your steps will not be hampered. When you run, you will not stumble.

13 要持定訓誨，不可放鬆‧必當謹守，因為他是你的生命‧
(WEB) Take firm hold of instruction. Don't let her go. Keep her, for she is your life.

14 不可行惡人的路‧不要走壞人的道‧
(WEB) Don't enter into the path of the wicked. Don't walk in the way of evil men.

15 要躲避，不可經過‧要轉身而去‧
(WEB) Avoid it, and don't pass by it. Turn from it, and pass on.

16 這等人若不行惡，不得睡覺‧不使人跌倒，睡臥不安‧
(WEB) For they don't sleep, unless they do evil. Their sleep is taken away, unless they make someone fall.

17 因為他們以奸惡吃餅，以強暴喝酒‧
(WEB) For they eat the bread of wickedness, And drink the wine of violence.

18 但義人的路，好像黎明的光，越照越明，直到日午‧
(WEB) But the path of the righteous is like the dawning light, That shines more and more until the perfect day.

19 惡人的道好像幽暗‧自己不知因什麼跌倒‧
(WEB) The way of the wicked is like darkness. They don't know what they stumble over.

20 我兒，要留心聽我的言詞，側耳聽我的話語‧
(WEB) My son, attend to my words. Turn your ear to my sayings.

21 都不可離你的眼目‧要存記在你心中‧
(WEB) Let them not depart from your eyes. Keep them in the midst of your heart.

22 因為得著他的，就得了生命，又得了醫全體的良藥‧
(WEB) For they are life to those who find them, And health to their whole body.

23 你要保守你心，勝過保守一切‧﹝或作你要切切保守你心﹞因為一生的果效，是由心發出‧
(WEB) Keep your heart with all diligence, For out of it is the wellspring of life.

24 你要除掉邪僻的口，棄絕乖謬的嘴‧
(WEB) Put away from yourself a perverse mouth. Put corrupt lips far from you.

25 你的眼目，要向前正看，你的眼睛，﹝原文作皮﹞當向前直觀‧
(WEB) Let your eyes look straight ahead. Fix your gaze directly before you.

26 要修平你腳下的路，堅定你一切的道‧
(WEB) Make the path of your feet level. Let all of your ways be established.

27 不可偏向左右‧要使你的腳離開邪惡‧
(WEB) Don't turn to the right hand nor to the left. Remove your foot from evil.