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Showing posts with label Life Wisdoms. Show all posts

May 02, 2008

Quote from Ashton Kutcher's Interview with Details

I just finished reading an interview that Ashton Kutcher did with Details Magazine (May 2008). Here is a quote from the interview that I found pretty interesting, especially to hear it from the mouth of a famous Hollywood actor.

"It wasn't until I was 25 that I plugged into the idea that we all come here to earn it," Ashton says, "become if we don't earn it, we don't really appreciate any of it. You know what I mean? Gravity is pushing us down. When a kid stands up for the first time we all fucking cheer, and the kids feels good about standing, and for the rest of his life he is going to be standing up. The reason he feels good about it is because he fought against gravity and he stood up."

It does sound pretty philosophical. It's something that I have not thought about all my life.

April 06, 2007

快樂不是用追求得 來的,而是發現得來的

I received this through an email from my friend. I think it's very meaningful.
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如果也可以”分期付款”
那我就可以一天快樂一點兒 每天都有一點兒

周末午後,無緣由被點名訓話,
帶著一肚子氣步出辦公室,迎面而來是冷的天氣;
加上陰冷的情緒,心情一下跌至了谷底。

細雨紛飛的站牌下,不禁對諸事不順遂而怪嗔、怨懟起來。
無意識上了公車,
在擁擠的沙丁魚陣中仍為自己的際遇不平而怨天尤人。
想著他人憑著家世背景,一進公司便在眾人之上,
而為公司賣命多年的自己,仍只是別人的出氣筒,想及此,
臉色就更加陰黯了。

快要下車前,走到司機身旁摸索著找零錢,
卻越摸越著急,身上竟沒有半個銅板!
眼看車已靠站,司機、乘客面面相覷,卻沒有一個人準備同情我!
不得已之下,我只好拿出千元大鈔,
顫抖著手準備投入「恕不找零」的投幣口,突然.....
一位婆婆丟進十五元,告訴司機:「兩票」便拉著我下車。

下車後我才知道其實婆婆自己坐是不用錢的,
她身上的零錢只是隨時為有緣人準備;
而且今天也為了我提早兩站下車,
只因看我臉色不佳,想陪我一下而已。
知道這件事後,我滿臉羞赧,
想到婆婆剛才就站在我身邊,而我卻沒有起身讓坐……
後來反倒讓她來幫助我,真令我無地自容,
一小段路程,婆婆一直溫柔地執著我的手,
解開我的眉梢,融化我的怨怒。
臨別前她送了一個晴天小和尚給我,是她親手縫製的,
上面寫著:
「手把青秧插滿田,低頭便見水中天;心地清淨方為道,退步原來是向前。」
婆婆說:
世上本來就不公平,我們際遇不好,卻有人比我們更糟;
我們怨上天不公平,那麼換成我們是老天爺呢?
我們能做得更好嗎?
凡事要多方面想想,其實自己是很幸運的了。

當婆婆說這話時,陽光在她慈祥的背影後綻放,
而我也才發現她的腿不太方便,但竟為了一個陌生人,
辛苦地多走一段路,反倒快樂無比……
我的淚水滑落,自己的任性造成了別人的不便,
原來自己也處處給別人惹麻煩哪!

婆婆謝謝您!您說的話我都聽進去了,
現在的我每天都努力過得很快樂。

快樂不是用追求得來的,而是發現得來的,
凡事總有好的一面,只在於我們願不願意去發現而已;快樂的人懂得惜福,他們從不埋怨自己缺少什麼,
而會去珍惜自己擁有些什麼。
朋友!你發現快樂了嗎?