The Spirit of The Fighter!

Although without 2 legs, the dog still fighting for his life to survive. How about you? Are you The Fighter or The Quitter?

别人的嘴巴, 自己的路

從前有一個故事是這樣說的：有一群青蛙在比賽誰能爬上最高的鐵塔，比賽開始了，一大群的青蛙看著那高大的鐵塔議論紛紛：「這太難了！我們絕對爬不到塔頂的……」、「塔太高了！我們不可能成功……！」聽到這裡，有些青蛙便放棄了。

看著那些仍然繼續爬的青蛙，大家又繼續說：「這太難了！沒有誰能爬上塔頂的……」就這樣你一言我一語，越來越多的青蛙退出了比賽。但有一隻卻越爬越高，最後當其他的青蛙都無法再前進的時候，牠卻成為唯一到達頂點的選手。其他的青蛙都想知道，牠是怎麼做到的？於是便跑上前去詢問，才發現原來牠是個聾子！

朋友，你知道這個故事告訴你什麼嗎？是的，嘴巴是別人的，但人生卻是自己的！雖然我們不必做個真正的聾子，但卻要永遠充滿希望、樂觀和積極，不要只聽那些消極、悲觀的話，因為他們只會潑別人的冷水，澆熄你的毅力。要將充滿力量的話，時時記在心裡，因為這將影響你往後的一生。

嘴巴長在別人嘴上，但自己卻要走屬於自己的道路。 在這個現實的社會裡，即便是遭受旁人無情的冷落、批評、否定，甚至排擠，也不能表示你就必須哀聲歎氣、自怨自悲，唯一能否定你的人，只有你自己！

人生如火箭, Life's Like A Rocket

實際上﹐火箭只有3% 的時間是在完全朝向月球的軌道上﹐沒有絲毫偏移﹐在其余的97% 的時間裡則一直都在修正﹐才能最終飛底月球。

Life is full of mistakes, and corrections; nothing is absolute, even if it is being pre-planned. only 3% are pre-determined, another 97% is planned but required constantly monitoring and correction in order to achieve objectives...

You Know Your Lesson!

Often we know exactly what they (lessons) are, and we are hoping they will go away!

用心過好每一天．相信每天都是美好的一天

記住 anger ( 發怒 ) 與 danger ( 危險) 只差一個字
別看少這一個字
它會影響我們這份職業、甚至人際關係
正所謂「禍從口出…」
專家講:
「人，面對外人時，
總是可以表現得雍容大肚、心平氣和，
但面對自己最親近的家人，
卻往往一點小事就足以皺起眉頭，
甚至出言相傷。」
正如你永遠只對你最愛、最親的人生氣
你會對住你上司、老板生氣嗎 ?
如果形容人類是一種
「出門高E.Q ，回家低E.Q 」的動物，
我想一點兒也不誇張，
多拿出一點耐心與包容給家人吧！
否則您自己也不會快樂，不是嗎？


曾在報上看過
英文中的stressed （壓力），與 desserts （甜點）兩字，
有很微妙的相關。是什麼相關呢？
仔細一瞧，好像沒什麼關係嘛！
可是，再看一下，咦，
stressed 這個字從後面倒過來拼寫，不就是 desserts 嗎？
所以，「Stressed is just desserts if you can reverse. 」
（壓力就是甜點，只要你能逆向觀看。）
哈，這真是有趣的妙論呀！
人生之中，有許多「壓力、挫折」，
但只要轉個念、換個角度看，
它也就是我們生命中的「甜點」呀！
此外，也有人說：
「人生就像一碗飯，一半是甜的，一半是苦的，
你不知道會先吃到哪一邊，但終究必須把飯吃完。」
是呀，生命有甜、有苦、有酸、也有辣；
但都必須去經歷它、走過它呀！
有一個小學老師在偏遠的鄉里教書，
這天，他來到自己班上的教室，
問班上的小朋友：「你們大家有沒有討厭的人啊」
小朋友們想了想，有的未作聲，有的則猛力地點點頭。
老師接著便發給每人一個袋子，說：
「我們來玩一個遊戲。現在大家想想看，過去這一 週，
曾有那些人得罪過你他到底做了怎麼樣可惡的事想到後，
就利用放學時間到河邊去找一塊石頭，
把他的名字給用小紙條貼在石頭上如果他實在很過份，
你就找一塊大一點的石頭，如果他的錯是小錯，
你就找一塊小一點的石頭。
每天把戰利品用袋子裝到學校來給老師看哦！」
學生們感到非常有趣且新鮮，
放學後，每個人都搶著到河邊去找石頭。
第二天一早，
大家都把裝著從河邊撿來的鵝卵石的袋子帶到學校來，
興高采烈地討論著。
一天過去了，兩天過去了，三天過去了….. ，
有的人的袋子越裝越大，幾乎成了負擔。
終於，
有人提出了抗議「老師，好累喔」老師笑了笑沒說話，
立刻又有人接著喊：
「對啊每天背著這些石頭來上課， 好累喔 」
這時，老師終於開口了，
她笑著說：「那就放下這些代表著別人過犯的石頭吧」
孩子們有些訝異，
老師又接著講：
「學習寬恕別人的過犯 ，
不要把它當寶一樣的記在心上，扛在肩上，
時間久了，任誰也受不了…」
這個星期，這班的同學上到了人生中極寶貴的一課。
袋裡裝入越多、越大的「石頭」，
心中存留越多、越深的仇恨，
所造成的負擔就越重。
假如你有寫上我名字的石頭
你應當知道該怎樣做了吧！
我很喜歡一句名諺：
「寬恕人的過失，便是自己的榮耀。」
懂得「放下」，何等自在。
請不吝分享，或許今天正有人需要它！
相愛容易相處難，婚姻與戀愛最大的不同，
就是「戀愛看的是對方的優點」，
而「婚姻卻是要包容對方的缺點」。
Made with ... 緣份是找到包容你的人
用心過好每一天．相信每天都是美好的一天 ；
好運會降臨在樂觀開朗的人身上!

Thankful For

FOR ALL THE COMPLAINING I HEAR ABOUT THE GOVERNMENT BECAUSE IT MEANS WE HAVE FREEDOM OF SPEECH.
FOR THE PILE OF LAUNDRY AND IRONING BECAUSE IT MEANS I HAVE CLOTHES TO WEAR.
FOR THE LADY BEHIND ME IN CHURCH WHO SINGS OFF KEY BECAUSE IT MEANS I CAN HEAR.
FOR THE MESS TO CLEAN AFTER A PARTY BECAUSE IT MEANS I HAVE BEEN SURROUNDED BY FRIENDS.
FOR THE PARKING SPOT I FIND AT THE FAR END OF THE PARKING LOT BECAUSE IT MEANS I AM CAPABLE OF WALKING AND I HAVE BEEN BLESSED WITH TRANSPORTATION.
FOR THE CLOTHES THAT FIT A LITTLE TOO SNUG BECAUSE IT MEANS I HAVE ENOUGH TO EAT. FOR THE HUSBAND WHO IS ON THE SOFA BEING A COUCH POTATO, BECAUSE HE IS HOME WITH ME AND NOT OUT AT THE BARS.
FOR MY SHADOW THAT WATCHES ME WORK BECAUSE IT MEANS I AM OUT IN THE SUNSHINE.
FOR A LAWN THAT NEEDS MOWING, WINDOWS THAT NEED CLEANING, AND GUTTERS THAT NEED FIXING BECAUSE IT MEANS I HAVE A HOME.
FOR THE ALARM THAT GOES OFF IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS BECAUSE IT MEANS I AM ALIVE.

FOR THE TAXES I PAY BECAUSE IT MEANS I AM EMPLOYED.
FOR WEARINESS AND ACHING MUSCLES AT THE END OF THE DAY BECAUSE IT MEANS I HAVE BEEN CAPABLE OF WORKING HARD.
FOR MY HUGE HEATING BILL BECAUSE IT MEANS I AM WARM.
FOR THE TEENAGER WHO IS COMPLAINING ABOUT DOING DISHES BECAUSE IT MEANS SHE IS AT HOME, NOT ON THE STREETS.
FOR THE WIFE WHO SAYS IT'S EGGS N BACON TONIGHT, BECAUSE SHE IS HOME WITH ME, AND NOT OUT WITH SOMEONE ELSE.

Life's A Balancing Act

Imagine a tightrope walker in a circus. He is on a rope suspended a few feet above the straw-covered floor. His purpose is to walk the rope from one end to the other. He holds a long bar in his hands to help him maintain his balance. But he must do more than simply walk. On his shoulders he balances a chair. And in that chair sits a young woman who is herself balancing a rod on her forehead, and on top of that rod a plate.

The tightrope artist doesn’t begin until all the elements above him are aligned. Only then does he move forward, carefully, slowly, across the rope.

If at any time one of the items should start to drift off balance, he must stop until he can get all of them in perfect alignment again. For the tightrope artist, balance is everything. Should his balance fail him, he will surely fall.

Life is very much a balancing act and that we are always just a step away from a fall. We are constantly trying to move forward with our purpose, to achieve our goals, all the while trying to keep in balance the various elements of our lives.

Think about it and balance it. You are your own worst enemy.

Your Life, Your Choice

In life,
You meet The Hurdle, The Obstacle and The Impossible,
You, not only must know the right ways to take care of yourself,
Moreover, you, must love yourself,

In the road of life,
It is You whom are The Composer,
Runaway, does not mean you may get away every time,
Face the fact, does not mean you may find it is hard time every time,
Possession, does not mean you can have it eternally,
Loss, does not mean you may not get it again,
Turn-away, does not mean you are the weakest,
Do not ever say ‘there is no other choice’,
Do not think there are only Right and Wrong,
There are many answers for things in this world,
That is why you always have paths to go,
While You, can entangle yourself with woes,
You, can find the remedy of happiness also,
You must learn to Let It Go and Let It Be, sometimes,
Knowing to let go, you find happiness,
Knowing to forget, you find freedom,
Knowing to care, you find friends.

From Macus to readers.

生命乐章

人在成长的过程中，
难免遇到挫折，
懂得保护自己，
也要懂得爱自己，
生命的乐章，
看你自己如何去谱写，
躲避不一定躲得过，
面对不一定最难受，
得到不一定能长久，
失去不一定不再有，
转身不一定最软弱，
别急着说别无选择，
别以为世上只有对和错，
许多事情的答案都不止一个，
所以我们永远有路可以走，
你能找到理由难过，
也一定能找到快乐的藉口，
拿得起，
也要放得下，
懂得放心的人找到轻松，
懂得遗忘的人找到自由，
懂得关怀的人找到朋友。

Each Day is a Gift

The 92-year-old, petite, well-poised and proud lady, who is fully dressed each morning by eight o'clock, with her hair fashionably coifed and makeup perfectly applied, even though she is legally blind, moved to a nursing home today.

Her husband of 70 years recently passed away, making the move necessary.

After many hours of waiting patiently in the lobby of the nursing home, she smiled sweetly when told her room was ready.

As she maneuvered her walker to the elevator, I provided a visual description of her tiny room, including the eyelet sheets that had been hung on her window. "I love it," she stated with the enthusiasm of an eight-year-old having just been presented with a new puppy.

"Mrs. Jones, you haven't seen the room .... just wait."

"That doesn't have anything to do with it," she replied. "Happiness is something you decide on ahead of time. Whether I like my room or not doesn't depend on how the furniture is arranged, it's how I arrange my mind. I already decided to love it. It's a decision I make every morning when I wake up. I have a choice; I can spend the day in bed recounting the difficulty I have with the parts of my body that no longer work, or get out of bed and be thankful for the ones that do. Each day is a gift, and as long as my eyes open I'll focus on the new day and all the happy memories I've stored away, just for this time in my life."

She went on to explain, "Old age is like a bank account, you withdraw from what you've put in. So, my advice to you would be to deposit a lot of happiness in the bank account of memories Thank you for your part in filling my Memory bank. I am still depositing."

And with a smile, she said:

"Remember the five simple rules to be happy:

1. Free your heart from hatred.

2. Free your mind from worries.

3. Live simply.

4. Give more.

5. Expect less."

Start Where You Stand

Start where you stand and never mind the past,

The past won't help you in beginning new,

If you have left it all behind at last

Why, that's enough, you're done with it, you're through;

This is another chapter in the book,

This is another race that you have planned,

Don't give the vanished days a backward look,

Start where you stand.

The world won't care about your old defeats

If you can start anew and win success;

The future is your time, and time is fleetA

nd there is much of work and strain and stress;

Forget the buried woes and dead despairs,

Here is a brand-new trial right at hand,

The future is for him who does and dares,

Start where you stand.

Old failures will not halt, old triumphs aid,

To-day's the thing, to-morrow soon will be;

Get in the fight and face it unafraid,

And leave the past to ancient history,

What has been, has been;

yesterday is deadAnd by it you are neither blessed nor banned;

Take courage, man, be brave and drive ahead,

Start where you stand.

Secrets of Life

If you want to get somewhere, you have to know where you want to go and how to get there. Then never, never, never give up.

The secret of life isn't what happens to you, but what you do with what happens to you.

Help other people to cope with their problems and your own will be easier to cope with.

Never use the word impossible seriously again. Toss it into the verbal wastebasket.

Self-trust is the first secret of success. So believe in and trust yourself.

Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them.

You will find that they haven't half the strength you think they have.

Joy increases as you give it, and diminishes as you try to keep it for yourself.

In giving it, you will accumulate a deposit of joy greater than you ever believed possible.

How you think about a problem is more important than the problem itself - so always think positively.

Go at life with abandon; give it all you've got.

And life will give all it has to you.

You Are The BEST!

There is nothing you can't do! You can even move a mountain! Believe in yourself!

There's nothing to fear ---

you're as good as the best,

As strong as the mightiest, too.

You can win in every battle or test;

For there's no one just like you.

There's only one you in the world today;

So nobody else, you see,

Can do your work in as fine a way:

You're the only you there'll be!

So face the world, and all life is yours

To conquer and love and live:

And you'll find the happiness that endures

In just the measure you give;

There's nothing too good for you to possess,

Nor heights where you cannot go:

Your power is more than belief or guess ---

It is something you have to know.

There is nothing to fear --- you can and you will.

For you are the invincible you.

Set your foot on the highest hill ---

There's nothing you cannot do.

Keep 'Em Close

One day a mother died.

And on that clear, cold morning,

in the warmth of her bedroom,

the daughter was struck with

the pain of learning that sometimes

there isn't any more.

No more hugs, no more lucky moments to celebrate together,

no more phone calls just to chat, no more "just one minute."
Sometimes, what we care about the most goes away,

never to return before we can say good-bye, say "I Love You."

So while we have it … it's best we love it .

And care for it and fix it when it's broken

and take good care of it when it's sick.

This is true for marriage … and friendships!

And children with bad report cards;

and dogs with bad hips;

and aging parents and grandparents.

We keep them because they are worth it,

because we cherish them!

Some things we keep -

like a best friend who moved away

or a classmate we grew up with.

There are just some things that

make us happy, no matter what.

Life is important, and so are the people we know.

And so, keep them close!

Two Brothers

Brothers of Hamster! Its Brothers. For instance, Jarod and I, brothers!

Once upon a time two brothers, who lived on adjoining farms, fell into conflict. It was the first serious rift in 40 years of farming side by side, sharing machinery, and trading labor and goods as needed without a conflict. Then the long collaboration fell apart. It began with a small misunderstanding and it grew into a major difference, and finally it exploded into an exchange of bitter words followed by weeks of silence.

One morning there was a knock on John's door. He opened it to find a man with a carpenter's tool box. "I'm looking for a few days' work" he said. "Perhaps you would have a few small jobs here and there I could help with? Could I help you?" "Yes," said the older brother. "I do have a job for you."

"Look across the creek at that farm. That's my neighbor; in fact, it's my younger brother. Last week there was a meadow between us and he took his bulldozer to the river levee and now there is a creek between us. Well, he may have done this to spite me, but I'll do him one better."

"See that pile of lumber by the barn? I want you to build me a fence -- an 8-foot fence -- so I won't need to see his place or his face anymore."

The carpenter said, "I think I understand the situation. Show me the nails and the post-hole digger and I'll be able to do a job that pleases you."

The older brother had to go to town, so he helped the carpenter get the materials ready and then he was off for the day. The carpenter worked hard all that day measuring, sawing, nailing. About sunset when the farmer returned, the carpenter had just finished his job.

The farmer's eyes opened wide, his jaw dropped. There was no fence there at all. It was a bridge -- a bridge stretching from one side of the creek to the other! A fine piece of work, handrails and all -- and the neighbor, his younger brother, was coming toward them, his hand outstretched.

"You are quite a fellow to build this bridge after all I've said and done." The two brothers stood at each end of the bridge, and then they met in the middle, taking each other's hand.

They turned to see the carpenter hoist his toolbox onto his shoulder. "No, wait! Stay a few days. I've a lot of other projects for you," said the older brother. "I'd love to stay on," the carpenter said, but I have many more bridges to build.

Food for Thought: Do you have any bridges that you need to build?

STRUGGLE... Do you want to be the flying butterfly?

A man found a cocoon of a butterfly.
One day a small opening appeared;
he sat and watched the butterfly for several hours as it struggled to force its body through that little hole.
Then it seemed to stop making any progress.
It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could and it could go no farther.
Then the man decided to help the butterfly, so he took a pair of scissors and snipped off the remaining bit of the cocoon.
The butterfly then emerged easily.
But it had a swollen body and small, shriveled wings.
The man continued to watch the butterfly because he expected that, at any moment, the wings would enlarge and expand to be able to support the body, which would contract in time.
Neither happened!
In fact, the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling around with a swollen body and shriveled wings.
It never was able to fly.
What the man in his kindness and haste did not understand was that the restricting cocoon and the struggle required for the butterfly to get through the tiny opening were nature's way of forcing fluid from the body of the butterfly into its wings so that it would be ready for flight once it achieved its freedom from the cocoon.
Sometimes struggles are exactly what we need in our life.
If nature allowed us to go through our life without any obstacles, it would cripple us.
We would not be as strong as what we could have been.
And we could never fly...

Laws Of Success

Do you want something ? -- Will you pay the price?

The great sin -- Gossip.

The great crippler -- Fear.

The greatest mistake -- Giving up.

The most satisfying experience -- Doing your duty first.

The best action -- Keep the mind clear and judgement good.

The greatest blessing -- Good health.

The biggest fool - The man who lies to himself.

The great gamble -- Substituting hope for facts.

The most certain thing in life -- Change.

The greatest joy -- Being needed.

The cleverest man -- The one who does what he thinks is right.

The most potent force -- Positive thinking.

The greatest opportunity -- The next one.

The greatest thought -- God.

The greatest victory -- Victory over self.

The best play -- Successful work.

The greatest handicap -- Egotism.

The most expensive indulgence -- Hate.

The most dangerous man -- The liar.

The most ridiculous trait -- False pride.

The greatest loss -- Loss of self confidence.

The greatest need -- Common sense.

By Jack Yianitsas

Dear Diary, do you want some QUALITY people in your life?

IF ONLY I COULD HAVE SOME QUALITY PEOPLE IN MY LIFE...
We might look at our life and say: “If I didn’t have to deal with my lazy husband and these rowdy kids, I could get about my personal growth...” Wrong! They are your personal growth.

The people in our life are our teachers. Husbands who snore and leave cupboard doors open, “ungrateful” children, neighbors who park across the driveway ... Only for so long can we tell ourselves: “I’d be happier if these guys got their act together!”

If your wife makes you angry, then your project is to deal with anger effectively. And you have the perfect person to help you do it right in your home. A practice partner! What fortune!

You might say: “I’ll divorce her! That will fix it!” But it will fix it only until you marry someone else who makes you just as angry.

Dear Diary, Live & Learn!

“It’s only by going down into the abyss
that we recover the treasures of life.
Where you stumble
there lies your treasure.
The very cave you are afraid to enter
turns out to be the source of
what you were looking for.”

Life doesn’t always have to be painful – but pain is still the main reason we change. Until we are in pain, we can pretend. Out ego says: “I’m fine.” When things hurt enough, for example, when we are lonely enough, or scared enough, we become vulnerable. Our ego has no more answers, and we open up. Pain encourages us to get serious.

It’s always easier to be philosophical about other people’s pain! We look at Jim and say: “Going broke was a huge learning experience for him.” We look at Mary and say: “That divorce helped her to stand on her own feet.” We all agree: “Challenges make you stronger.”

But when out own challenges come along, we’re not so enthusiastic. We say: “Lord, why this? Give me a convenient challenge!” Unfortunately, real challenges aren’t convenient.

Dear Diary, don't ask "Why Me?"

We are each a cause. Our thoughts attract and create circumstances. As we change, we attract different circumstances. Until we learn a lesson about debt, or work, or levers, we either, a) stay stuck on the same lesson, or b) keep getting the same lesson in different packages.

Life goes like this. We get hit by little pebbles – as a kind of warning. When we ignore the pebbles, we get hit by a brick. Ignore the brick and we get wiped out by a boulder. If we’re honest, we can see where we have ignored the warning signs. And then we have the nerve to say: “Why me?"