【刪繁就簡的智慧】

一位青年滿懷煩惱去找一位智者，他大學畢業後，曾豪情萬丈地為自己樹立了許多目標，可是幾年下來，依然一事無成。
他找到智者時，智者正在河邊小屋裏讀書。智者微笑著聽完青年的傾訴，對他說：「來，你先幫我燒壺開水！」

青年看見牆角放著一把極大的水壺，旁邊是一個小火灶，可是沒發現柴火，於是便出去找。


他在外面拾了一些枯枝回來，裝滿一壺水，放在灶台上，在灶內放了一些柴便燒了起來，可是由於壺太大，那捆柴燒盡了，水也沒開。於是他跑出去繼續找柴，回來的時候那壺水已經涼得差不多了。

這回他學聰明了，沒有急於點火，而是再次出去找了些柴，由於柴準備充足，水不一會就燒開了。

智者忽然問他：「如果沒有足夠的柴，你該怎樣把水燒開？」

青年想了一會，搖了搖頭。

智者說：「如果那樣，就把水壺裏的水倒掉一些！」

青年若有所思地點了點頭。

智者接著說：「你一開始躊躇滿志，樹立了太多的目標，就像這個大水壺裝了太多水一樣，而你又沒有足夠的柴，所以不能把水燒開，要想把水燒開，你或者倒出一些水，或者先去準備柴！」

青年恍然大悟。回去後，他把計畫中所列的目標去掉了許多，只留下最近的幾個，同時利用業餘時間學習各種專業知識。

幾年後，他的目標基本上都實現了。

只有刪繁就簡，從最近的目標開始，才會一步步走向成功。萬事掛懷，只會半途而廢。另外，我們只有不斷地撿拾「柴」，才能使人生不斷加溫，最終讓生命沸騰起來。

 

 

文章取自：http://appnews.fanswong.com/show.php?id=302009&NANCY

成功的人

成功的人，

就是那种能用

别人扔向他的

石头来铺设

路基的人。

Live poor, Die rich！

有多少人就是這樣「活得窮，死得富」，發財有道，生活無門，處處小氣將就，唯一捨得花的錢，就是醫療保健費，想盡千方百計讓自己活得更久，可是活的時候又不好好享受人生。

我說的享受不是大魚大肉、花天酒地，而是去經歷、體驗世界無限美好，如同電影「一路玩到掛」；否則每天活得一模一樣，無聊地像白開水，雖然無害，但實在無趣，活多久也無差。

結果生命結束，反而死得風光講究，死一趟花的錢，反而是他活一生都花不到的金額那麼多。

更麻煩的是身後留下龐大財產，不但沒有造福子孫，反而財產愈大，留下的火藥庫愈大，是不是遺產變遺禍？

所以，活著的時候要捨得花錢對自己好、對愛人好、對孩子好、對親人朋友好、對需要幫助的人好……！

別忘了要活得富、活得樂！要活的精彩，不要死的隆重。

 取自：http://appnews.fanswong.com/show.php?id=301249&TORO

Old man

A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams. - John Barrymore

Appreciation

One young academically excellent person went to apply for a managerial position in a big company.

He passed the first interview, the director did the last interview, made the last decision.

The director discovered from the CV that the youth's academic achievements were excellent all the way, from the secondary school until the postgraduate research,
Never had a year when he did not score.

The director asked,
"Did you obtain any scholarships in school?"
The youth answered "none".

The director asked,
" Was it your father who paid for your school fees?"
The youth answered,
"My father passed away when I was one year old, it was my mother who paid for my school fees.

The director asked,
" Where did your mother work?"
The youth answered,
"My mother worked as clothes cleaner.
The director requested the youth to show his hands.
The youth showed a pair of hands that were smooth and perfect.

The director asked,
" Have you ever helped your mother wash the clothes before?"
The youth answered,
"Never, my mother always wanted me to study and read more books.
Furthermore, my mother can wash clothes faster than me.

The director said,
"I have a request. When you go back today, go and clean your mother's hands, and then see me tomorrow morning.*

The youth felt that his chance of landing the job was high. When he went back, he happily requested his mother to let him clean her hands. His mother felt strange, happy but with mixed feelings, she showed her hands to the kid.

The youth cleaned his mother's hands slowly. His tear fell as he did that. It was the first time he noticed that his mother's hands were so wrinkled, and there were so many bruises in her hands. Some bruises were so painful that his mother shivered when they were cleaned with water.

This was the first time the youth realized that it was this pair of hands that washed the clothes everyday to enable him to pay the school fee. The bruises in the mother's hands were the price that the mother had to pay for his graduation, academic excellence and his future.

After finishing the cleaning of his mother's hands, the youth quietly washed all the remaining clothes for his mother.

That night, mother and son talked for a very long time.

Next morning, the youth went to the director's office.

The Director noticed the tears in the youth's eyes, asked:
" Can you tell me what have you done and learned yesterday in your house?"

The youth answered,
" I cleaned my mother's hand, and also finished cleaning all the remaining clothes'

The Director asked,
" please tell me your feelings."

The youth said,
Number 1,
I know now what is appreciation. Without my mother, there would not the successful me today.
Number 2,
By working together and helping my mother, only I now realize how difficult and tough it is to get something done.
Number 3,
I have come to appreciate the importance and value of family relationship.

The director said,
" This is what I am looking for to be my manager. I want to recruit a person who can appreciate the help of others, a person who knows the sufferings of others to get things done, and a person who would not put money as his only goal in life. You are hired.

Later on, this young person worked very hard, and received the respect of his subordinates. Every employee worked diligently and as a team. The company's performance improved tremendously.

A child, who has been protected and habitually given whatever he wanted, would develop "entitlement mentality"and would always put himself first. He would be ignorant of his parent's efforts.
When he starts work, he assumes that every person must listen to him, and when he becomes a manager, he would never know the sufferings of his employees and would always blame others.
For this kind of people, who may be good academically, may be successful for a while, but eventually would not feel sense of achievement.
He will grumble and be full of hatred and fight for more. If we are this kind of protective parents, are we really showing love or are we destroying the kid instead?*

You can let your kid live in a big house, give him a driver a car for going around, Eat a Good Meal, learn Piano, Watch a Big Screen TV. But when you are Cutting Grass, please let them experience it. After a Meal, let them Wash their Plates and Bowls together with their Brothers and Sisters. Tell them to Travel in Public Bus, It is not because you do not have Money for Car or to Hire a Maid, but it is because you want to Love them in a right way. You want them to understand, no matter how rich their parents are, one day their hair will Grow Grey, same as the Mother of that young person. The most important thing is your kid learns how to appreciate the effort and experience the difficulty and learns the ability to work with others to get things done..

The Measurement of success

A man's greatness is not measured by his wealth or success but for what he truly is.

動力

夢想也許不能帶你到冠軍席位，但絕對能帶給你動力將不可能變為可能。- 以諾王

Everyone Is No. 1

 
每当我听到掌声响起来的时候
我知道 我又向前走了一步
但是 我也曾经站不起来

北京2008 Special Olympic 题曲
曲：陈德建 词：刘德华 李安修
导演：霍兆基
制作：李安修 陈德建

我的路不是你的路   我的苦不是你的苦   每个人都有潜在的能力   把一切去征服
我的泪不是你的泪   我的痛不是你的痛   一样的天空 不同的光荣  有一样的感动
不需要自怨自艾的惶恐   只需要沉着 只要向前冲   告诉自己天生我材必有用

Everyone is No.1   只要你凡事不问能不能   用一口气交换你一生   要迎接未来不必等
Everyone is No.1   成功的秘诀在你肯不肯   流最热的汗 用最真的心   第一名属于每个人

挫折，真的是人生的一部分吗？
跌倒，又真的是成长必须要走的路吗？

以前，我和他们一样
现在，我和你一样
意外，就是在人们和你自己都意想不到下才会发生的
所以，请不要怪别人更不要怪自己

我的路不是你的路   我的苦不是你的苦   每个人都有潜在的能力   把一切去征服
我的泪不是你的泪   我的痛不是你的痛   一样的天空 不同的光荣  有一样的感动
不需要自怨自艾的惶恐   只需要沉着 只要向前冲   告诉自己天生我材必有用

Everyone is No.1   只要你凡事不问能不能   用一口气交换你一生   要迎接未来不必等
Everyone is No.1   成功的秘诀在你肯不肯   流最热的汗 用最真的心   第一名属于每个人
我的手不是你的手   我的口不是你的口   只要一条心   狂风和暴雨   都变成好朋友
不需要自怨自艾的惶恐   只需要沉着   只要向前冲   告诉自己天生我材必有用

Everyone is No.1   只要你凡事不问能不能   用一口气交换你一生   要迎接未来不必等
Everyone is No.1   成功的秘诀在你肯不肯   流最热的汗 用最真的心   第一名属于每个人

不害怕路上有多冷   直到还有一点余温   我也会努力狂奔！

Everyone is No.1   只要你凡事不问能不能   用一口气交换你一生   要迎接未来不必等
Everyone is No.1   成功的秘诀在你肯不肯   流最热的汗 用最真的心   第一名属于每个人

以前我和他们一样   现在你要和我一样


Everyone is No.1   只要你凡事不问能不能   用一口气交换你一生   要迎接未来不必等
Everyone is No.1   成功的秘诀在你肯不肯   流最热的汗 用最真的心   第一名属于每个人!

LEARN

人生一定要活得没有遗憾

When I say I am a Christian

When I say..."I am a Christian", 當我說我是基督徒時，

I'm not shouting "I am saved". 我並不是在向大家嚷嚷：「我已得救」；

I'm whispering "I get lost!" 而是在低聲說，「我曾經迷失過」，

"That is why I chose this way." " 所以我選擇踏上這條路。"

When I say..."I am a Christian", 當我說我是基督徒時，

I don't speak of this with pride. 並不是因為我覺得比你高一等；

I'm confessing that I stumble, 而是承認我一直在蹣跚而行，

and need someone to be my guide. 因此我需要一位生命中的嚮導。

When I say..."I am a Christian", 當我說我是基督徒時，

I'm not trying to be strong. 我並不是在顯示自己很強壯；

I'm professing that I'm weak, 而是在承認自己的軟弱，

and pray for strength to carry on. 並尋求繼續邁步向前的力量。

When I say..."I am a Christian", 當我說我是基督徒時，

I'm not bragging of success. 我並不是在吹噓我的成功； 

I'm admitting I have failed, 而是承認自己的失敗， 

and cannot ever pay the debt. 承認無力償還所背負的債。

When I say, “I am a Christian”,當我說我是基督徒時，

I don’t think I know it all. 我並不是以為我什麼都知道了；

I submit to my confusion, 而是表達我的疑惑，

asking humbly to be taught. 坦承我需要謙卑的尋找答案。

When I say..."I am a Christian", 當我說我是基督徒時， 

I'm not claiming to be perfect. 我並不是在宣稱我是完美無暇；  

my flaws are too visible, 而是明白我的缺陷、弱點太明顯，  

but God believes I'm worth it. 但神仍然樂意接納，認為我是有價值的。

When I say..."I am a Christian", 當我說我是基督徒時， 

I still feel the sting of pain. 我依舊會感受針刺般的痛楚； 

I have my share of heartaches, 不同的是，我多了一位可以分擔我的難受， 

which is why I seek His name. 所以我會繼續尋求祂的名。

When I say..."I am a Christian", 當我說我是基督徒時， 

I do not wish to judge. 我並不是在評價、批評身旁的人； 

I have no authority. 因為我沒有那個資格， 

I only know I'm loved. 我只知道，祂是深深愛著我的。

原作為1988年Carol S.Wimmer 發表在 the Assemblies of God periodical Hi-Call Gospel Magazine 的一首詩。

【拿掉你的專業，你剩什麼？】

【拿掉你的專業，你剩什麼？】

一個竹科高階主管，年薪200萬的大哥分享。

當我的女朋友告訴我，要走出來學習成長、找備胎時，我心想：我的工作這麼好了，還要出來學什麼，找什麼備胎。

我的老師，看到了我看不到的危機，便告訴我『你的工作非常的好，但是拿掉你的專業，你剩什麼？』

他講了一個故事：

有一隻海螺，常看到漁夫拿著長長的釣竿要釣他，每當他看到這危機時，他的頭就縮進去他認為十分安全的殼內，躲避一切。

隔了幾天，他想伸出頭來看看風景，呼吸一下空氣。

他突然發現…周遭環境變的都不太一樣了，他身處在一家海產店，外面標價：50元。

我就像這個海螺，遇到困難，都躲起來。我們在老闆眼中，也只是一個價錢。

我的老師又說：在順境時找出路比在逆境時找退路還來的簡單。



在我上班的公司，若有一個人要升遷，要三位主管聯合視訊開會，其中一位主管得報告為何要讓他升遷，有2/3 的人通過，那個被提名的人才可以升遷。

上個月，我有位部屬因為工作表現不佳，副總一句話，他就走路。

升遷要很多人同意，可是離職卻只是一個人講，就得走。

我們的未來就掌握在一個人的二片薄薄的嘴唇上。但是透過不斷的學習，我讓我的未來掌握在自已手中。

他說：如果你認為你是個人才，那你要放在對的舞台，不然老闆會把你當木材燒。
早在多年前，誰想的到遠航、亞力山大、力霸衣蝶會倒！

如果一年以後，你被迫馬上離開這裡，你有多少優勢能讓你快速轉換理想跑道？

如果十年以後，你被迫中年失業，你那時剩多少優勢能與新世代競爭?



所有的優勢，只能維持半年

英特爾裁員五千人，讓我不禁又嚇出一堆冷汗，這些人，領著高薪，擁有著人人稱羨的頭銜上班時，可曾想到會有這一天。

到底是為什麼？難道他們的專業有問題嗎？能在這些知名企業上班的起碼都有兩把刷子

曾經有個台灣記者訪問『窮爸爸與富爸爸』的作者：「我想要在我的工作上更進一層樓，我應該去精進我的英文嗎？」，這位作者回答他：「難道紐約街頭的乞丐，英文能力比你差嗎？」。

很顯然，不是專業上的問題，這也是多數人始料未及的，總以為只要不斷的精進專業知識，就可立於不敗之地。可惜趨勢不斷地在改變。

MOTOROLA 總代理商的楊貫一，他舉了一個例子：

『一家生產筆記型的電腦公司，因獲利短少，轉而生產手機』。

短短一句話，對公司來說，只是關掉一個獲利少的生產線，而增加一個獲利高的生產線而已。

對當初幫老闆賺進大把銀子的工程師，卻要面臨被裁撤的命運。

『在２０年前，你所擁有的優勢，可以用５年』；

『在１０年前，你所擁有的優勢，可以用２年』；

『而現在，你所擁有的優勢，只能維持半年』！

朋友，用你現在所擁有的能力還能用多久？

有句話說的好：『人要活到老，學到老，而不要活到老，做到老』

很多人說學習啊，沒時間啦！千萬不要等到你有時間，卻來不及的時候就太晚了！ 

This article is copy from the others internet web page ... 

超幸運

偶爾我們的生命中就是會出現這樣的朋友，
當你跟他相聚的時候你很想裝着不認識他，
因為他真的是太囧了；但當你跟他分散
的時候就會開始在想什麼時候還能與他再見面。

若是沒有，你是幸運的；
若是你有，你是超幸運的!

-以諾-

我們是玻璃？

一首很棒的歌
歌手：Thompson Square
歌名：Glass


Tryin' to live and love
With a heart that can't be broken
Is like tryin' to see the light
With eyes that can't be opened

Yeah, we both carry baggage
We picked up on our way
So if you love me, do it gently
And I will do the same

We may shine, we may shatter
We may be pickin' up the pieces here on after
We are fragile, we are human
We are shaped by the light we let through us
But we break fast 'cause we are glass
'Cause we are glass

I'll let you look inside me
Through the stains and through the cracks
And in the darkness of this moment
You see the good in that

But try not to judge me
'Cause we've walked down different paths
But it brought us here together
So I won't take that back

We may shine, we may shatter
We may be pickin' up the pieces here on after
We are fragile, we are human
We are shaped by the light we let through us
But we break fast 'cause we are glass

We might be all in water
This could be a big mistake
We might burn like gasoline and fire
It's a chance we'll have to take

We may shine, we may shatter
We may be pickin' up the pieces here on after
We are fragile, we are human
And we are shaped by the light we let through us
But we break fast 'cause we are glass
We are glass

点与路 Point and Journey

成功若只是个終點，就太可悲了；
成功是条路，是条美好的路。
--- 以诺王

所以從一開始就得先要有個清楚的方向。。。若是還沒有方向，就放慢腳步，加強觀察（閱讀，反思），用心尋求（個人經驗---向創造宇宙萬物的耶和華上帝求）。

個人覺得走在成功的道路上，並不是大富大貴，一帆風順，萬事如意。。。反而是在風浪中有喜樂。

你怎麼看你自己？

有一位牧師的女兒，她天生就是一位腦性痲痺患者，且無法言語。

但，她卻靠著無比的毅力與信仰的扶持，在美國拿到了藝術博士，並到處現身說法幫助他人。

有一次，她應邀到一個場合演「寫」（不能講話的她必需以筆代口），會後發問時，一個學生當眾小聲的問：「妳從小就長成這個樣子，請問你怎麼看你自己？妳都沒有怨恨嗎？」

這個無心但尖銳的問題讓在場人士無不捏一把冷汗，深怕會深深刺傷了她的心。

只見她回過頭，用粉筆在黑板上吃力地寫下了「我怎麼看自己？」這幾個大字。

她笑著再回頭看了看大家後，又轉過身去繼續寫著：

一、我好可愛！

二、我的腿很長很美！

三、爸爸媽媽這麼愛我！

四、上帝這麼愛我！

五、我會畫畫！我會寫稿！

六、我有隻可愛的貓！

七、還有……

八、……

忽然，教室內一片鴉雀無聲，沒有人敢講話。

她又回過頭來靜靜地看著大家，再回過頭去，在黑板上寫下了她結論：「我只看我所有的，不看我所沒有的。」

眾人安靜了幾秒後，一下子，全場響起了如雷的掌聲與無數感動的淚水。

那天，許多人因著她的樂觀與見證而得到激勵。

這個樂觀的腦性痲痺患者是誰？

她，就是美國南加州大學藝術博士，在台灣開過多次畫展的黃美廉女士。

「我只看我所有的，不看我所沒有的。」

幸福，不在於您擁有多少事物，乃在於您用怎樣的態度去看待、享受自己現下所擁有的一切。

若是能這樣，即便您看似一無所有，也能比那些大富豪或身體健壯但成天愁眉苦臉的人們更快樂、更富有。

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Ideals 理想

" Ideals are like stars: you will not succeed in touching them with your hands, but like the seafaring man on the ocean desert of waters, you choose them as your guides, and following them, you reach your destiny. "

- by Carl Schurz

梦想

留下什么

 

以諾之言：能留下的比能帶走的更重要，更何況生命結束時我們能帶走什麼呢？

有价值的人生