筆記園地
8.2.2006
Mahatma Gandhi - Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.
The Wise Woman's Stone
A wise woman who was traveling in the mountains found a precious stone in a stream. The next day she met another traveler who was hungry, and the wise woman opened her bag to share her food. The hungry traveler saw the precious stone and asked the woman to give it to him. She did so without hesitation. The traveler left, rejoicing in his good fortune. He knew the stone was worth enough to give him security for a lifetime. But a few days later he came back to return the stone to the wise woman.
"I've been thinking," he said, "I
know how valuable the stone is, but I give it back in the hope that you can
give me something even more precious. Give me what you have within you that
enabled you to give me something more precious. Give me what you have within
you that enabled you to give me the stone. - Author Unknown
7.21.2006
do not feed yourself with the food of anyone of ungenerous eye, nor show yourself craving his tasty dishes. for as one that has calculated witin his soul, so he is. "eat and drink," he says to you, but his heart itself is not with you. your morsel that you have eaten, you will vomit it out, and you will have wasted your pleasant words. - proverbs 23:6-8
7.20.2006
雖然這本書有點像教課書﹐但是它裡面對二十世紀中所發生的事有很正確和仔細的分析。現在知道 the great war (WWI) 是怎麼發生的﹐看到一些人因為想要在這個地球上稱霸而使得 17.29million 的人在這場senseless的戰爭中喪生。 這只有為人類帶來更多的苦難。
書裡面的細節促使我拿出但以理書﹐和裡面所說的南方王﹐北方王做一個對照。
種花心得
deadheading and pinch back
deadheading-如果你並沒有要收集種子而希望長期能欣賞到花﹐就是將快要凋謝的花摘掉﹐這樣植物就會多多開花而不會繼續將注意力(養份和精力)專著在這些快凋謝的花身上 -因為這些花的下一步就是要產生種子了。
pinchback-如果希望植物看來茂盛﹐就將它最新生的嫩芽摘下來。新發的嫩芽是整個植物所專著要供應養份的部份﹐那個部份有很多的 hormone。 當摘下嫩芽後﹐植物收到信息嫩芽被摘掉了﹐就會在莖幹旁產生補救的新芽。因此植物就不會只是長長的一根﹐而會在莖幹上發更多的新枝。 這樣﹐植物就會看來更茂盛 - more bushy looking。 這也要感謝缺德的鄰人三番兩次的折斷我剛種下去的花。這使得一排花看起來很不一致。 一氣之下﹐就把所有的花上端都減掉了。沒想到﹐這樣反而使得花兒叢生﹐茂盛。 美得不得了。 所以人生是常常會有因禍得福的奇妙狀況發生的。 every cloud has a silver lining
7.18.2006
當腦海不再專著在消極的事上﹐就開始有愉快新鮮的思想。加油﹗
今年種花非常有心得。令八婆不得不對我另眼相看。check your thumb, it might be green
4.27.2006
I treasure these words of wisdom 智慧之言:
There exists the one speaking thoughtlessly as with the stabs of a sword,
but the tongue of the wise ones is a healing. - Proverbs 12:18
The one despising his own fellowman is sinning, but
happy is he who is showing favor to the afflicted ones. - Proverbs 14:21
Better is it to be lowly in spirit with the meek ones than to divide spoil
with the self-exalted ones. - Proverbs 16:19
Pleasant sayings are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul
and a healing to the bones. - Proverbs 16:24
He that is slow to anger is better than a mighty man, and he that is controlling
his spirit than the one capturing a city. - Proverbs 16:32
Anyone holding back his sayings is possessed of knowledge,
and a man of discernment is cool of spirit. - Proverbs 17:27
2/8/2005
有科學家估計﹐人腦能夠儲存的資訊[足以編進大約二千萬冊書裡﹐這相當於世界上最大幾所圖書館的藏書量]。
有些神經系統科學家估計﹐在普通人的一生中﹐人只運用了腦子潛能的萬分之一。
人腦為什麼具有這麼巨大的潛能﹐但一般人的一生只能夠運用其中的一點點呢﹖
One scientist estimated that our brain can hold information that "would fill some twenty million volumes, as many as in the world's largest libraries." Some neuroscientists estimate that during an average life span, a person uses only 1/100 of 1 percent (.0001) of his potential brain capacity.
Why do we have a brain with so much capacity that we hardly test a fraction of it in a normal lifetime?
相信積極和鼓勵所帶來的力量嗎﹖一個真實又有趣的例子 [pdf format]
I treasure these words of wisdom 智慧之言:
不經一番寒徹骨﹐焉得梅花撲鼻香
The best way for a person to have happy thoughts is to count his blessings and not his cash. -- Anonymous
Never let yesterday use up today. -- Richard H. Nelson
Forget the times of your distress, but never forget what they taught you. -- Herbert Gasser
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. -- Eleanor Roosevelt
Worry is as useless as a handle on a snowball. -- Mitzi Chandler