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Saturday, February 26, 2011

鞋匠和總統

偉大的人,必有其偉大之處,由此觀之,能臨危不亂,撥亂反正,
才是真正的智者。
           值得學習 !
          『幫助別人是一件好事』
          『但要記得給人留尊嚴』

     文摘錄自《快樂在呼吸之間》  
 
在林肯當選總統時,整個參議院的議員都感到尷尬,因為林肯的父親是個鞋匠。
 
當時美國的參議員大部分出身望族,自認為是上流、優越的人,從未料到要面對總
統是一個卑微的鞋匠的兒子。 
 
於是,林肯一次在參議院演說之前,就有參議員計劃要羞辱他。
 
在林肯站在演講台的時候,有一位態度傲慢的參議員站起來說:「林肯先生,在你
開始演講之前,我希望你記住,你是一個鞋匠的兒子。」
 
所有議員都大笑了起來,為自己雖然不能打敗林肯而能羞辱他開懷不已。
 
林肯等到大家的笑聲歇止,坦然地說:「我非常感激你使我想起我的父親,他已經
過世了,我一定會永遠記住你的忠告,我永遠是鞋匠的兒子,我知道我做總統永遠
無法像我父親做鞋匠做得那麼好。」
 
參議院陷入一片靜默,林肯轉頭對那個傲慢的參議員說:「就我所知,我父親以前
也為你的家人做鞋子,如果你的鞋不合腳,我可以幫你改正它,雖然我不是偉大的
鞋匠,但是我從小就跟隨父親學到了做鞋子的藝術。」
 
然後他對所有的參議員說:「對參議院裡的任何人都一樣,如果你們穿的那雙鞋是
我父親做的,而它們需要修理或改善,我一定盡可能幫忙,但是有一件事是可以確
定的,我無法像他那麼偉大,他的手藝是無人能比。」說到這裡,林肯流下了眼
淚,所有的嘲笑聲全部化為讚歎的掌聲。
 
林肯沒有成為偉大的鞋匠,但成為偉大的總統,他最偉大的品質,正是他永遠不忘
記自己是鞋匠的兒子,並引以為榮。
 
《星星點燈》
尊嚴是人類靈魂中不可蹧蹋的東西,只有在你能夠坦率、真誠地面對自己的時候,
你才會真正尊重你自己,並且贏得別人的尊重。那些懂得尊重自己的人,才會去尊
重別人。

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

臉和屁股年終比考核

臉和屁股年終考核,結果屁股比臉優秀, 理由:
1.光滑,不易起皺。
2.節儉,不用花錢保養也白淨。
3.細膩,不易長斑,長痘。
4.美觀,造型簡潔,時尚。
5.嚴肅,不茍言笑。
6.真誠,不會皮笑肉不笑,兩面三刀。
7.莊重,大氣有福相。
8.和諧,既一分為二,又合二為一。
9.忍辱負重,從小到大常代臉受過被打。
10.講團結,連接上下。
11.低調,永遠在後,深藏不露。
12.生動傳情,稍加扭動,風情萬千,動人心魄。
13.敦實,牢靠,既能連坐連戰,也不怕壓成阿扁。

Monday, February 21, 2011

運動根治骨刺

第一式:  兩腳分立約與肩同寬, 兩手臂向前平舉, 手心向下. 兩手臂同時先平向左轉, 數一, 再向右, 數二, 做兩百次.

第二式:  兩腳與前同, 兩手向後握腕, 握左右腕均可, 上體向前向下彎, 數一, 挺身後仰, 數二, 做兩百次.

第三式:  兩腳跟微靠攏, 手臂自然下垂, 手心向後, 兩臂向前甩約十五度, 然後用力, 向後甩約四十五度, 同時腳跟提起, 做三百次.

附記: 

. 據教者告知, 他脊椎生六骨刺, 疼痛達九年之久, 疼痛時淚眼直流, 幸於遇善心人教此三式, 勤練兩個多月即根治.

. 練習得持續, 絕不能中斷, 否則無效!

. 每日, 早中晚各做一次. 初學者大概需要二十五分鐘, 純熟後二十分鐘即可做完

Tuesday, February 01, 2011

Winter in North Dakota


This  text is from a county emergency manager in Minot, North  Dakota
Minot  Daily News
WEATHER  BULLETIN
Up  here in the Northern part of North Dakota we just recovered from a  Historic event --- may I even say a "Weather Event" of "Biblical Proportions"  --- with a historic blizzard of up to 25’ of  snow and winds to 50 MPH that broke trees in half, knocked down utility  poles, stranded hundreds of motorists in lethal snow banks, closed ALL roads,  isolated scores of communities and cut power to 10 ' s of  thousands. 

FYI:
Obama  did not come.
FEMA did nothing.
No one howled for  the government.
No one blamed the government.
No one  even uttered an expletive on TV.
Jesse Jackson or Al Sharpton did  not visit.
Our Mayor ' s did not blame Obama or anyone  else.
Our Governor did not blame Obama or anyone else  either.

CNN, ABC, CBS, FOX, or NBC did not visit - or even report  on this category 5
snow  storm. 
Nobody  demanded $2,000 debit cards.
No one asked for a FEMA Trailer  House.
No one looted.
Nobody - I mean Nobody demanded the  government do something.
Nobody expected the government to do  anything either.
No Larry King, No Bill O ' Rielly, No Oprah, No  Chris Mathews and No Geraldo Rivera.
No Shaun Penn, No Barbara  Striesand,  No Brad Pitts, No Hollywood types to be  found.


Nope,  we just melted the snow for water.
Sent out caravans of SUV 's to pluck  people out of snow engulfed cars.
The truck drivers pulled people out  of snow banks and didn’t ' t ask for a penny.
Local restaurants made  food, and the police and fire departments delivered it to the snow bound  families..
Families took in the stranded people - total  strangers. 

We  fired up wood stoves, broke out coal oil lanterns or Coleman  lanterns.
We put on an extra layers of clothes because up here it is  "Work or Die".
We did not wait for some affirmative action government  to get us out of a mess created by being immobilized by a welfare  program that trades votes for ' sittin at home ' checks.


Even  though a  Category 5 blizzard of this scale is not usual, we  know it can happen and how to deal with it  ourselves.


I hope  this gets passed on.
Maybe .....
SOME people will get the  message ......
The world does Not owe you a  livi
ng.

12/29/10