人在什麼樣的關卡最容易迷失？

客問：人在什麼樣的關卡最容易迷失？

上人的回答：
在很富有的時侯，在生活很平安無事的時候。 

當在崎嶇險要的山路上開車時，因為小心翼翼，所以大都謹慎而安全的通過，反而在平坦廣闊的大道時，最容易疏忽出事。

人在坎坷苦難的日子裡，往往過得很像自己──因為會謹記本分，安分守己；相反地，很多人生活糜爛──在富裕中，沈溺於物欲的追求和享樂，忘失了自己的本性。

本文摘自：《慈濟道侶》147期

感激

这是Farlim Toastmaster (FTMC) 新学期的第一个活动，我的荣幸，第一次主办的活动获得了很好的反应。

参与FTMC的这几个月，对我来说是完全的新生活。在这里，接触到形形色色，不同阶层的人士。看到很多，听到很多，学到的更多。我的小小世界比以前宽阔了很多。

我个人觉得最值得分享的 - 在这里，认识到了极端的两种类型的人，一种是在很富裕家庭成长的，一种是在相当贫穷家庭长大的，这两种人的态度，也相对的极端。过惯好生活的趋向于对学习态度没那么认真，花钱也自然地没顾虑那么多，自然地就变成了有点挥霍。过惯苦生活的，对任何事都用心去学习，观察能力非常地强，每个身边的人都好像是他的学习对象。这种态度是好，但是观察得过于细微时，我会有种被监视的感觉。

心里有点不舒服的时候，我只能提醒自己，玮玮曾经告诉过我，这世界上有很多际遇可怜的人，看到身边的每一个人日子都过得那么好，自己却得辛苦地捱过每一天，这也难免他们心里不平衡，只要多站在他们立场想想，就不会把这点小事挂在心上了。

总归来说，我心存感激，在每一个人生阶段遇到的每一个朋友。他们都是我的良师，透过别人的生活，我看到自己的幸福，知道自己性格上的阴暗，一点一滴地，不断地改正自己，让自己变成一个比昨天更好的人。

人生的使命，克服上天制造给你的种种诱惑与陷阱，把自己引导上一条对的道路上。

平凡是福

来得太快和太美好的东西，绝对不是一件好事。不管是财富或爱情，你自以为自己有多幸运的时候，其实在不知不觉中，你掉入了上天制造给你的一个陷阱。

幸运的话，你觉悟的时候还未太迟。一切还来得及重新来过。

平凡是福，我深深地领悟到。

童真@美

我最可爱的两个小侄女...^ ^

中秋节快乐

挂满了灯笼的大东酒家，别有一番风味。想起了小时候用手工做的灯笼。
长大以后，当很多东西都可以以金钱买到的时候，你会怀念儿时做小小东西的用心。

  

生日。你快乐。所以我快乐。

我今年二十八咯！开始工作以后，时间就好像飞也似般地，稍纵即逝。
希望每一年的生日，都可以简简单单地过。简单是最大的幸福与快乐。
爱你们哦！

 

快乐秘诀

人生的快乐秘诀就是：

做豆腐，做硬了卖豆腐干，做稀了卖豆花，太稀了卖豆浆，豆腐卖不出去，放几天卖臭豆腐，还卖不出去，就让它彻底坏了卖腐乳。生活也是一样，总是会有办法的。人生如梦岁月无情，蓦然回首，才发现人活着是一种心情，穷也好富也好，一切都是过眼云烟，只要开心最好！

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山楂树之恋

我们的爱情，到了最后，怕是都会成为我们的习惯，在我们分开的很久以后才会明白，不是陌生，不是距离，而是我们彼此都成了习惯。

所以怎样度过失恋的痛苦，那就是把它当成习惯，久而久之，也就淡然了。

我们对于自己的习惯总是抱着淡定的态度，我们很少会去主动改变。而爱情亦是如此。恋爱的时候，我们抱着习惯不放，我们伤心的分开了。分手之后，我们抱着习惯不放，我们把一切都看开了。

爱情，若能适时地打住，那便是最美丽的。我看过一句话：当他在最爱你的时候让你走，那便是真的爱你。以前不明白，现在我懂了。爱，如此简单。只是我们让一切变得复杂而已。

平衡点

两个人之间有三条关系线。一条是我和你的关系。另一条是你和自己的关系。还有一条是我和自己的关系。因此，我手上没有那条你和自己的关系，所以我改变不到你。我只能改变我手上握住的两条关系，那就是我和你的关系，以及我和自己的关系。我关怀我们之间关系，也关怀我和自己的关系。这两条关系，就是让我如何在爱别人以及爱自己之间找到平衡点。
                                                                      - 冯以量

What On Earth Am I Here For

The purpose of your life is far greater than your own personal fulfillment, your peace of mind, or even your happiness. It’s far greater than your family, your career, or even your wildest dreams and ambitions.

The search for the purpose of life has puzzled people for thousands of years. That’s because we typically begin at the wrong starting point – ourselves. We ask self-centered questions like What do I want to be? What should I do with my life? What are my goals, my ambitions, my dreams for my future? But focusing on ourselves will never reveal our life’s purpose.

Many people are driven by materialism. Their desire to acquire becomes the whole goal of their lives. This drive to always want more s based on the misconceptions that having more will make me more happy, more important, and more secure, but all three ideas are untrue. Possessions only provide temporary happiness. Because things do not change, we eventually become bored with them and then want newer, bigger, better versions.

It’s also a myth that if I get more, I will be more important. Self—worth and net worth are not the same. Your value is not determined by your valuables, and God says the most valuable things in life are not things!

Without a purpose, life is motion without meaning, activity without direction, and events without reason. Without a purpose, life is trivial, petty, and pointless.

A pretentious, showy life is an empty life; a plain and simple life is a full life.

Without a clear purpose, you will keep changing directions, job, relationships, or other externals – hoping each change will settle the confusion or fill the emptiness in your heart. You think, Maybe this time it will be different, but it doesn’t solve your real problem – a lack of focus and purpose.

Life on earth is just the dress rehearsal before the real production. You will spend far more time on the other side of death – in eternity – than you will here. Earth is the staging area, the preschool, the tryout for your life in eternity. It is the practice workout before the actual game; the warm-up lap before the race begins. This life is preparation for the next.

One day your heart will stop beating. That will be the end of your body and your time on earth, but it will not be the end of you. Your earthly body is just a temporary residence for your spirit.

When you live in light of eternity, your values change. You use your time and money more wisely. You place a higher premium on relationships and character instead of fame or wealth or achievements or even fun. Your priorities are reordered. Keeping up with trends, fashions, and popular values just doesn’t matter as much anymore.

Life is a test, life is a trust and life is a temporary assignment.

Character is both developed and revealed by tests, and all of life is a test. You are always being tested. God constantly watches your response to people, problems, success, conflict, illness, disappointment, and even the weather. He even watches the simplest actions such as when you open a door for others, when you pick up a piece of trash, or when you’re polite toward a clerk or waitress.

When you understand that life is a test, you realize that nothing is insignificant in your life. Even the smallest incident has significance for your character development. Every day is an important day, and every second is a growth opportunity to deepen your character, to demonstrate love, or to depend on God. Some tests seem overwhelming, while others you don’t even notice. But all of them have eternal implications.

God keeps his promise, and he will not allow you to be tested beyond your power to remain firm, at the time you are put to the test, he will give you the strength to endure it, and so provide you with a way out.

Every time you pass a test, God notices and makes plans to reward you in eternity. “Blessed are those who endure when they are tested. When they pass the test, they will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him.”

At the end of your life on earth you will be evaluated and rewarded according to how will you handled what God entrusted to you.

In God’s eyes, the greatest heroes of faith are not those who achieve prosperity, success, and power in this life, but those who treat this life as a temporary assignment and serve faithfully, expecting their promised reward in eternity. All these great people died in faith. They did not get the things that God promised his people, but they saw them coming far in the future and were glad. They said they were like visitors and strangers on earth. They were waiting for a better country – a heavenly country. So God is not ashamed to be called their God, because he has prepared a city for them.

Your time on earth is not the complete story of your life. You must wait until heaven for the rest of the chapters. It takes faith to live on earth as a foreigner.

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