Story of the old women name Rose

An 87 Year Old College Student Named Rose

The first day of school our professor introduced himself and challenged us to get to know someone we didn’t already know.
I stood up to look around when a gentle hand touched my shoulder. I turned round to find a wrinkled, little old lady beaming up at mewith a smile that lit up her entire being.
She said, “Hi handsome. My name is Rose. I’m eighty-seven years old. Can I give you a hug?”
I laughed and enthusiastically responded, “Of course you may!” and she gave me a giant squeeze.
“Why are you in college at such a young, innocent age?” I asked.
She jokingly replied, “I’m here to meet a rich husband, get married, and have a couple of kids…”
“No seriously,” I asked. I was curious what may have motivated her to be taking on this challenge at her age.
“I always dreamed of having a college education and now I’m getting one!” she told me.

After class we walked to the student union building and shared a chocolate milkshake. We became instant friends. Every day for thenext three months, we would leave class together and talk nonstop. I was always mesmerized listening to this “time machine” as she shared her wisdom and experience with me.

Over the course of the year, Rose became a campus icon and she easily made friends wherever she went. She loved to dress up and she reveled in the attention bestowed upon her from the other students. She was living it up.

At the end of the semester we invited Rose to speak at our football banquet. I’ll never forget what she taught us. She was introduced and stepped up to the podium.
As she began to deliver her prepared speech, she dropped her three by five cards on the floor. Frustrated and a little embarrassed she leaned into the microphone and simply said, “I’m sorry I’m so jittery. I gave up beer for Lent and this whiskey is killing me! I’ll never get my speech back in order so let me just tell you what I know.”
As we laughed she cleared her throat and began, “We do not stop playing because we are old; we grow old because we stop playing.” There are only four secrets to staying young, being happy, achieving success and you have to laugh and find humor every day.  

You’ve got to have a dream. When you lose your dreams, you die. 

 We have so many people walking around who are dead and don’t even know it!

 There is a huge difference between growing older and growing up.

If you are nineteen years old and lie in bed for one full year and don’t do one productive thing, you will turn twenty years old.

If I am eighty-seven years old and stay in bed for a year and never do anything I will turn eighty-eight.

Anybody can grow older. That doesn’t take any talent or ability. The idea is to grow up by always finding opportunity in change. Have no regrets. The elderly usually don’t have regrets for what we did, but rather for things we did not do. The only people who fear death are those with regrets.”

She concluded her speech by courageously singing “The Rose.”

She challenged each of us to study the lyrics and live them out in our daily lives.
At the year’s end Rose finished the college degree she had begun all those years ago. One week after graduation Rose died peacefully in her sleep.

Over two thousand college students attended her funeral in tribute to the wonderful woman who taught by example that it’s never too late to be all you can possibly be .When you finish reading this, please send this peaceful word of advice to your friends and family, they’ll really enjoy it! These words have been passed along in loving memory of ROSE.

REMEMBER, GROWING OLDER IS MANDATORY. GROWING UP IS OPTIONAL.

We make a Living by what we get, We make a Life by what we give.

Culture of Seed Sharing 分享好种子的文化

    美国南方某州，每年都举办南瓜优种大赛，有一个农夫经常获头奖。他得奖之后，总是毫不吝惜地将得奖的种子送给街坊邻居。有人问他：“你的奖项来之不易，投 入了大量的时间和精力做品种改良，为什么却这么慷慨地将种子送给别人呢？难道不怕超越你吗？”这位农夫回答：“我将种子分送给大家，帮助大家，其实就是帮 助我自己！”
    原来，这位农夫所居住的城镇，家家户户的田地都彼此相连。农夫将得奖的种子分送给邻居，邻居们就有了优良南瓜品种，这样在蜜蜂在传递花粉过程中所传递的都会是优良品种的花粉，优良品种的花粉所结出来的果实便会是优良的。无形之中整个州的南瓜品种都一直在往一条不断提升的道路上。
     
   也是 因为这个原因我想开始将我所发现到，对我人生道路上很有帮助的任何东西一一的将它们记录在这部落格当中，一方面可以当着收藏好“种子”的地方，另一方面也可以是个管道与别人分享好种子。

   希望你能在这里找到些很棒的种子，好让他可以你人生道路上，长出一棵很棒的植物来，或许是一棵大树，在那炎热的太阳下为你遮阴；或许是棵藤，在你跌到谷底时助你爬回来，重新奋斗；或许是棵果树，为你结出营养丰富的果子。。。然后就请帮我完成我的一个大梦想，那就是继续将好种子传给下一个人 ^_^ 一起将好种子传到世界各地。