Leanne
整理您的電腦，發現伴隨您走過最後歲月的「名人金句」。我放在網誌，讓我緬懷着您，也可與人分享，這是您歡喜作的事。
我慢慢細讀，憶起這些金句活現在您最後歲月的情境，回味着這些生活片段，彷彿您就在眼前，仍在身邊。
「專心控制自己能控制的範圍，別狂抓自己能力範圍以外的問題
(control the controllable)」
「當生命在明滅之間，人會重新思想生活目標的優次…..察覺內心的信仰情操。」
「將注意力從昨天及明天轉回今天，是減少這些不必要憂慮非常有效的方法。」
“Time is too slow for those who wait,
Too swift for those who fear,
Too short for those who rejoice.
But for those who love,
Time is eternity.”
– 戴妃funeral 的輓詞
Footprints for Women
One night a woman had a dream -
She walked by the sea on the strand
And images of her life appeared
Along with some marks in the sand
* * *
Just her footprints and the Lord’s –
Two sets, but sometimes one;
It seemed as if this happened
When there was the most to be done.
* * *
When she carried so many burdens,
And there was so much to do,
She wondered why the Lord had not
Been there to help her through.
* * *
She questioned the Lord about it:
“You said You’d be there for me,
But it seems wherever I needed you most,
Your footprints I do not see.”
* * *
The Lord replied, “My daughter,
I did what I promised to do –
When you see just one set of footprints,
The opposite thing is true:
While you were carrying everything else,
It was then that I carried you.” – Jill Wolf
「打敗癌病不僅只是治癒它們，而是在逆境中生活得更積極、更有信心。即使最終不幸離世，你仍然是這場仗的大嬴家。」- 勞念慈
上帝賜給人類自由意志，面對苦難，我們可以哭泣自憐，抱怨上帝對我們不公平，但也可以用積極歡愉的心，欣賞仍然享有的生命，祈求上帝賜給我們信望愛。
Interview With God
I dreamed I had an interview with God.
“So you would like to interview me?” God asked
“If you have the time” I said.
God smiled
“My time is eternity”
“What questions do you have in mind for me?”
“What surprises you most about humankind?...”
God answered...
“That they get bored with childhood.
They rush to grow up and then
long to be children again.”
“That they lose their health to make money
and then lose their money to restore their health.”
“That by thinking anxiously about the future,
they forget the present,
such that they live in neither
the present nor the future.”
That they live as if they will never die,
and die as if they had never lived.”
God’s hand took mine
and we were silent for awhile
And then I asked...
“As a parent, what are some of life’s lessons
you want your children to learn?”
God replied with a smile
“To learn they cannot make anyone love them.
What they can do is let themselves be loved.”
“To learn that it is not good
to compare themselves to others.”
“To learn that a rich person is not one who has the most,
but is one who needs the least.”
“To learn that it only takes a few seconds
to open profound wounds in persons we love,
and it takes many years to heal them.”
“To learn to forgive by
practicing forgiveness.”
“To learn that there are persons who love them dearly,
but simply do not know how to express or show
their feelings.”
“To learn that two people
can look at the same thing
and see it differently.”
“To learn that it is not always enough that they
be forgiven by others. But that they must
forgive themselves.”
“And to learn that I am here always.”
“So you would like to interview me?” God asked
“If you have the time” I said.
God smiled
“My time is eternity”
“What questions do you have in mind for me?”
“What surprises you most about humankind?...”
God answered...
“That they get bored with childhood.
They rush to grow up and then
long to be children again.”
“That they lose their health to make money
and then lose their money to restore their health.”
“That by thinking anxiously about the future,
they forget the present,
such that they live in neither
the present nor the future.”
That they live as if they will never die,
and die as if they had never lived.”
God’s hand took mine
and we were silent for awhile
And then I asked...
“As a parent, what are some of life’s lessons
you want your children to learn?”
God replied with a smile
“To learn they cannot make anyone love them.
What they can do is let themselves be loved.”
“To learn that it is not good
to compare themselves to others.”
“To learn that a rich person is not one who has the most,
but is one who needs the least.”
“To learn that it only takes a few seconds
to open profound wounds in persons we love,
and it takes many years to heal them.”
“To learn to forgive by
practicing forgiveness.”
“To learn that there are persons who love them dearly,
but simply do not know how to express or show
their feelings.”
“To learn that two people
can look at the same thing
and see it differently.”
“To learn that it is not always enough that they
be forgiven by others. But that they must
forgive themselves.”
“And to learn that I am here always.”
“Yesterday has gone. Tomorrow is not yet coming. But today is a ‘gift’, because today is present, and present means ‘gift’.”
苦難决不可能帶來快樂，但經歷苦難，面對苦難，卻可以改變我們看世界的態度，以致破執一些牢固的思想，接觸到真正的世界，珍惜得來不易的幸福。
快樂在心靈深處，生活中細味人生滋味，不管甜酸苦辣，向內產生愉悅，向外煥發悲憫與分享的力量，一切源於自由的抉擇。
We have choice to be happy. Nothing can stop us.
「隨不是跟隨，是順其自然，不強求，不過度，不躁進；隨不是隨便，是把握機綠，不悲觀，不刻板，不慌亂，不忘形。」- 聽見西藏(邸常梵)
「快樂像一隻蝴蝶，你追逐，牠便飛走；相反，你靜下來，牠會停在你的肩上。」- 逆境如春雨(區樂民)
「祈求與醫治之間的關係不是必然的，也不是終極的，病者大概是有一個比痊癒更高更廣的空間可以存在，或期盼，那就是神的名字要得榮耀，祂的國可以早日降臨，祂的旨意可以成就在地，以及別人會得到益處；其間可以包括我得到神的醫治，或得不到神的醫治，但終極關懷的主體不是我，素來都不可能是我，乃是神，乃是別人。」
- 再生情緣(楊牧谷)
「信仰不是用來解釋人生，乃是用來承載生命，使我們可以走得更遠，去得更深，這是信仰賦予生命的勇氣。」
- 再生情緣(楊牧谷)
「信心不是因為這些那些(not because of)，乃是就算沒有這些那些(in spite of)，我仍要因耶和華歡欣和喜樂。」
- 再生情緣(楊牧谷)
「我無法喜樂的原因常常是因為太注意自己。自私使我不能以別人的喜樂為樂，也使我看不到神每天賜下的各種小禮物，因而失去許多快樂。」(約翰．歐特堡)
「我們都活在一種錯覺中，以為有一天情況改變了，我們就會喜樂。」(約翰．歐特堡)
Happy moments, praise God.
Difficult moments, seek God.
Quiet moments, worship God
Painful moments, trust God.
Every moment, thank God.
「嘗試從今天開始，不再怨天，說自己運氣不好；不再尤人，說沒給你機會；請對自己說：我只有一件事，其他都是不重要的；五年後再回頭，看看是不是又走很遠了。」
- 多走一步(楊牧谷)
人生在世知何似，應似飛鴻踏雪泥；泥上偶然留趾爪，鴻飛那復計東西。
資生堂格言：順其自然，以心以誠，一期一會。
順其自然：老莊思想，随緣而作，不勉強，不固執。
以心以誠，OMOTENASHI，日本古老諺語，發自內心，率性而為。
一期一會，日本茶道，接待客人要珍而重之，視為不再相見般。
「活在當下：意即專心做好眼前的事，人生路上每個時刻或每個階段皆如是。」(李焯芬)
「要死得安祥，在活的時候就要活得安祥。」(逹賴喇嘛)
「人需要的不多，想要的太多。」(聖嚴法師)
「面對它、接納它、處理它、放下它。」(聖嚴法師)
「消極的人機會中看見困難，積極的人在困難中看見機會。」
(英國首相邱吉爾)
「積極的人會尋找成功的元素，竭盡全力；阿Q的人只懂認命自我安慰，停滯不前。」
「一個人選擇多快樂，他便有多快樂。」(美國總統林肯)
Life will go on, with our faith, our perseverance, and our love for the new morning to come.
Fly on the wings of hope.
「人生的光榮，不在永不失敗，而在於能夠屢跌屢起」- 拿破崙
「癌細胞最後一定會死掉，但我將活著被上帝接走。」
我最喜歡就是這一句，所以把它排到最後。
如區樂民所言，您現在快樂像一隻蝴蝶嗎？我靜下來時，您會停在我的肩上麼？
William
2011/07/12
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