如果我说错了什么，请你原谅。If I Have Said Something Wrong, Please Forgive Me

 

 

 

Is this a silent protest? I do not know.
Have I said something wrong? I do not know.
Have I said something that I should not say? I do not know.
Have I said something that makes you angry? I do not know.

I have given it a deep thought for a while. . .
I really do not know. . .
If I really have said something that hurts you,
I apologize to you. You know I don't mean it.

All I know is, I have said out.
All I know is, with the courage, I have said out.
All I know is, what my heart wants to say, I have said out.

If I know that I have said something that has messed up everything,
I'd rather not to have that sense of courage.
If I know that I have said something that has created more pain,
I'd rather not to have said anything.
If I know that I have said something that has offended you,
I'd rather bury those words deep inside my heart forever.
As most important,
I do not wish to cause any harm to you. . . not even the slightest harm.
"Sorry, please forgive me."

心碎之后 （2006）

Rating:	★★★★★
Category:	Music
Genre:	Christian & Gospel
Artist:	温小平

因为听CVC的广播，我有机会听到更多福音之歌，并接触到了“心碎之后”这首歌，才认识了这张非常好听的专辑。

你可以大声说出你的痛苦
你可以大声喊出你的伤悲
你可以大声叫出你的无助
你卻不要放弃希望

你可以大声说出你的痛苦
你可以大声喊出你的伤悲
你可以大声叫出你的无助
你却不要拒绝明天

第一次听这首歌，不知道什么歌名，是因为听到以上一段歌曲之中的歌词，触动了我的绝望的心。。。使我深深地感动，就去搜索，找到了这首歌的歌名“心碎之后”，购买了这张专辑。

专辑里面的几首歌曲，都相当的好听，听了之后，就像现在一样，虽然又失眠了，但暂且少许地抚平了我的心。尤其是“也许”这首歌，仿佛变成了一个无助的小孩，等待，祈求受到关怀与呵护。

无论是什么事，为什么让我心碎，我真的很希望能如专辑所说的：
“心碎之后，似乎眼前一片黑暗、毫无希望。 需要遗忘、需要方向、需要勇气、需要成长。然后，你的心才能再度苏醒 ----- 遇见阳光。”

以下简介摘取于原始制作：
~~
温小平母女与音乐才子联手创作，编织出令你心灵悸动的故事。
让这张专辑成为你的心灵暖暖包，陪你度过生命的寒冬。

温小平，拥有一颗永远年轻温暖的心，总是想传递希望与真爱给每个人。
她是着作超过七十几本的作家，也是佳音电台《天使不打烊》、《小平趴趴走》的节目主持人，常受邀至各公司行号及学校演讲。总是用文字或言语鼓励人的温小平，这次与她亲爱的女儿一同创作，要用知性感动的音乐谱出温暖人心的故事。
曾罹患子宫颈癌，与死神擦肩而过的经历，使她更加热爱生命。了解人生的旅程总是有泪有笑，心碎之后，不会是整片漆黑，只要你心中仍有盼望，美丽将永远待续。
~~

喜欢的歌曲：心碎之后、也许、你能吗？

专辑歌曲列表：
.01. 他在我们心里
.02. 心碎之后
.03. 就是要爱我
.04. 相爱一辈子
.05. 心动
.06. 星期三的下午茶
.07. 你能吗？
.08. 你到哪儿去？
.09. 上帝的恩典
.10. 喜酒
.11. 也许


以下是另外一位歌手所演唱的这首歌
心碎之后
 


心碎之后

如果你的心 成了干渴的田地
求上帝的爱 滋润你
如果你的心 已是碎成了片片
让上帝的手 一针一线缝补
看着所爱的人 在怀中停了呼吸
止了心跳 却无力拯救只能伤心
望着温暖的家园 在风中断了墙垣
倒了支柱 却无力抵挡只能流泪

你可以大声说出你的痛苦
你可以大声喊出你的伤悲
你可以大声叫出你的无助
你卻不要放弃希望

你可以大声说出你的痛苦
你可以大声喊出你的伤悲
你可以大声叫出你的无助
你却不要拒绝明天

如果你的心 成了干渴的田地
求上帝的爱 让它开出花朵
如果你的心 已是碎成了片片
让上帝的手 摸过你每一个伤口


也许

也许你会抱怨世界太烦扰
让你的心没有一刻平静
也许你会抱怨身边的人太虚伪
让你不知道跟谁做朋友
也许你也跟着这个世界转动
每天忙碌不明到底为了什么
也许你也在一点一点改变
变得是那么陌生忘了你是谁
来到主的面前
摘下你的面具
会成小孩子的笑容
那么纯真甜美

来到主的面前
把你完全交给他
会成小孩子的呼吸
那么平静安稳

来到主的面前
不管闲言闲语
会成小孩子的话语
那么天真可爱

来到主的面前
把世界挡在外面
换成小孩子的心
只要相信不再害怕


你能吗？

你能叫狂风停止地不要动吗？
你能让黑暗退去光明永久吗？
你能叫日月颠倒星辰落尽吗？
你能使白发变红颜青春回转吗？

你能在狂风暴雨中等待天晴
你能在漫长黑夜中守候黎明
你能在日月星辰中捕捉美丽
你能在流失的岁月中体会悲喜

一切的事情都在神的手中
我们并无法改变神的计划
却可以选择接受生命的洗礼
是成长是恩典也是祝福


上帝的恩典

在上帝的国度里 没有小人物
每个人不管是贫穷 是富有 不分派迷
我们都是 上帝的心肝宝贝

在上帝的眼睛里 没有浓厚的云雾
每个人的空虚或绝望 他都看得清清除楚楚
一笔笔记在他的心头上

上帝的恩典 像一块玉样的土壤
让我们的灵魂 像主鲜亮天天长大
助我们勇敢地抵抗罪恶的诱惑

上帝的恩典 是早晨窗外的阳光
让路途中的困难 变成美丽乐章
使我们自己快乐 也能散发快乐

在上帝的国度里 没有小人物
每个人不管是贫穷 是富有 不分派迷
都可以 在上帝怀里 享受温暖

青空 （2008）

Rating:	★★★★
Category:	Music
Genre:	Indie Music
Artist:	马林 Marine

"如果能有一台小巴士，这张专辑就会是那段旅程的原声带" ~ 阿凯。1976

“甜食童话系，又甜又不腻。触动你的听觉，还有你的味觉，让你醒着就能体验美梦的绮丽” ~ 小民。旺福

很庆幸没错过这张EP。在决定买这EP的时候，对它一无所知，是直接通过长途电话让诚品书店介绍而购买回来的。

喜欢这张EP专辑的设计~青空动物园。封面封底采用青色和白色对比的配搭。简单、明了。连CD的设计也是非常的简单。整片青色的CD上面，什么文字、商标都没有。除了一个小红苹果印在上面，很特别。

“青空”是Marine集结了多年首次发表的EP专辑。

轻柔的吉他伴奏，没有华丽复杂的编曲，简简单单地搭上淡淡却有个性的声音。就有如Marine自己说的“你所见到的，就是我所正在努力着的。努力让难产的所谓作业的这个意念，化为真实地可以捧在手心里的东西。”

听Marine唱歌，会让我想起早期民歌式的朴实唱法。没有经过任何包装与修饰，完完全全就是这样直接很坦率地唱出最深最真诚的感受。听了很舒服，自在，仿佛重回到那自由自在，不拘约束的青春时代。

喜欢的歌曲：国王的新衣、黄色小巴士、青空

专辑歌曲列表
.01. 国王的新衣
.02. 只是
.03. 水泥盒子
.04. 黄色小巴士
.05. 青空
.06. 话说过了离开
.07. 床边故事

如想试听听青空专辑里的歌曲，可点击此Marine青空到Marine的Blog 上收听。

黄色小巴士


青空

Come To Me (2008)

Rating:	★★★★★
Category:	Music
Genre:	Indie Music
Artist:	黄建为

这张是我托同事十月初从台湾带回来一叠专辑中之一。

一张刚在九月二十五日发行，五月天 阿信、昊恩、姚谦、马世芳、苏打绿 青峰联名推荐，黄建为真诚创作的专辑 “COME TO ME”。

“有一种声音，你在聆听他的同时，觉得自己也被聆听了。
当我需要被聆听的时候，我会听建为的歌，
他常将我不知不觉烂得像条破裤子的情绪，缝补出美丽的骨架。” ~ 青峰。苏打绿

第一眼就觉得这专辑哦。很”黄“。专辑封面、封底、内侧、甚至CD，都是以黄色为主。而且这张专辑也延续了黄建为三张专辑“OVER THE WAY”，“黄式”的民谣弹唱风格。

对其中的几首歌如“青鸟”、“COME TO ME”、 “童年的疑问”（之前为“羽毛”）感到特别熟悉，因黄建为曾在八月演唱会上介绍过。

“青鸟” 是黄建为看着一张外公外婆五十多年前的结婚照，写下的一首描述初恋，青春代价的歌曲。初恋是毫无保留，付出所有热情给对方的特别感觉。歌词与旋律都重返古时那种朴实、简单，琅琅上口，贴近人心的温暖之感。

每个人都曾在童年问过这个问题：人死了以后会去那里？
“童年的疑问” 这首歌是献给多年前因为骨癌过世的创作人 - 宋岳廷。这首歌揣摩宋岳廷被陷害后入狱，而出狱后正要改过自新，却发现自己罹患骨癌的心情。

发觉在这次的专辑里，有些歌曲是以吉他伴奏为主，有些就以键盘带动整首曲子，相当悦耳。有几首歌黄建为尝试以比惯常低几key的调子来演唱，“也无风雨也无晴” 就是其中的一首了。虚音减少了，声量增大了，咬字显得更清晰了。
黄建为说这张专辑中，“也无风雨也无晴” 这首歌对他来说是最重要的。在写这首歌的当下，流的眼泪比以往任何一首歌还多。我何尝不也是一样。这首歌描述的正是我现在的心情写照，所以。每回听这首歌时，我就有莫名的伤感涌上心头，哭得稀里哗啦。
“每个人都曾失去方向停在原地 再强的人也要呼吸，而我们都需要勇气 在彷徨时继续相信 那乌云终究会散去，直到雨和眼泪 洗净天空 我看清 其实也无风雨也无晴”

“而今天已经开始，我还停留在昨天。。。”
感觉“明天的事”的调调和之前他那首“蝴蝶”有些些雷同，同样是一首曲子非常优美，歌词深感动人的歌曲。歌中句句道出了忧郁的人始终看不见阳光的复杂心情。一方面希望得到解脱，希望生命重来一次，但却始终停留在昨日的忧伤与郁闷。非常赞同他所写的“许多人都会在人生中经厉这种难过的关卡，过去的我以为伤心的解药是正面想法和积极态度。但后来发觉，更多时候其时只希望身边有人或一首歌的陪伴，忧郁就会慢慢过去。”
的确，我也有同感，尤其是最近，听歌曲与夜晚听两小时的广播已成为我切切需要时的一种陪伴。

“嘟嘟歌”是一首轻松愉快的歌。开场那段旋律让我想起卡通“Caillou”的主题曲。小孩童真的歌声与笑声，听了感到特别窝心。

“彷徨少年时”灵感来自赫塞的一本名著“彷徨少年时”。旋律轻快，歌词简短，写的就是他自己成长时心中的矛盾和不知所措。

喜欢“罗盘”这首歌开叙与尾端那段海边清澈的海浪、海鸥声，听了很舒服，仿佛身早已置在那里了，享受那阵阵南风吹掠过。

至于 “Come to me” 和 “Everything” 这两首英文歌曲，我只能说我还是比较喜欢听黄建为所写的中文歌曲。

喜欢的歌曲：也无风雨也无晴、明天的事、童年的疑问

专辑歌曲列表
.01. 青鸟 The Birds of Youth
.02. Come to me
.03. 也无风雨也无晴 No Clouds and Rain, No Clear Skies
.04. 天边一朵云 A Cloud in the Sky
.05. 明天的事 Tomorrow's Affairs
.06. 远处传来她的声音 Her Voices Comes From Afar
.07. 嘟嘟歌 Toot-Toot Song
.08. 彷徨少年时 Irresolute Youth
.09. Everything
.10. 童年的疑问 The Questions of Childhood
.11. 罗盘 Compass


也无风雨也无晴
词曲：黄建为

今天我问我自己 明天在哪里
失去方向 停在原地 生活只剩呼吸
拼命找寻着回忆 我问我自己
有没有值得纪念的事情
上一次流泪 为什么 早已忘记

我又打开电视机 转着遥控器
每一天重复的刺激 而我早已麻痹
看着他们的眼睛 看看我自己
发现是一样的委屈
终于明白 这世上 生活不容易

每个人都是独一无二的星星
在每个角落绽放光明
而我们难免有恐惧 不知道明天在哪里
害怕拥有一切 又再失去的伤心

每个人都曾失去方向停在原地
再强的人也要呼吸
而我们都需要勇气 在彷徨时继续相信
那乌云终究会散去
直到雨和眼泪 洗净天空 我看清
其实也无风雨也无晴


明天的事
词曲：黄建为

天空多么蓝 海洋多么蓝
这世界应该改变 却什么都没发生
月光洒落地太阳带来颜色
而我的世界怎么灰蒙蒙一片

*
天空多么蓝 海洋多么蓝
这世界应该改变却什么都没发生
月光洒落地太阳带来颜色
而今天已经开始 我却停留在昨天

**
我没有眼泪 哭不出的悲
我没有笑容 来掩饰这疲倦
我试着抗拒 但我真的好累
而今天已经开始 我却停留在昨天
我知道有人会带我到那里去
我可以快乐 可以哭泣 会有自己的表情
我知道有人会带我到那里去
我会安安静静的等待 抱着一缕一丝的期待
但不是今天 不是昨日 我想那会是明天的事
repeat **
repeat *


也无风雨也无晴


青鸟

我能活出我自己吗？

  

 

 

Do you know?

I escape from reality again, hide myself in my own planet. . .

There are too many matters pressure on me that I am unable to withstand anymore.

Would like to abandon a few of them, but cannot make a decision
Thus I do not know since when,
In every journey, my teardrops unable to control and roll continuously in the eye socket. . .

Every time at work, my sight slowly covered by a layer of tears gradually become blurred. . .

In every night time, my tears slowly flow off and wet the pillow. . .

In nobody corner, my tears will pour out of wept like a child. . .

I really do not want to be in such situation. . .  I really do not want. . .

Am I too persistent, stubborn and always go to a dead end?
Am I worried too much?

Perhaps I do not trust other people, or I do not have self-confidence at all
Perhaps I am too indecisive, considering too much that unable to make up my mind,
Now only ends up with a situation where lead to the former road of no return.


Do you know?

This time, I'm really very bothersome, very annoying, the mood has already fallen to the valley.

Once more, I inexplicably fall into that melancholy abyss, and unable to extricate myself.

Not that I never attempt with the aid of the positive thought and strength to overcome that sadness,
trying to pull myself out of this difficult hopeless situation.

However, it does not help at all, instead let me
Feel the pain becoming more and more unbearable each time,
Bog down even deeper and deeper each time.

No matter how much I strive to inspire myself, comfort myself,
I still unable to walk out of the labyrinth which I have created myself.

I am really lost. . . Like the timid child feeling so helpless . . .

I almost about to crumble. . . The chest is unable to breathe in the stabbing pain. . .

I have no energy to do anything. . . Just want to hide in the dark groomy corner. . .

I start to give up everything in despair. . .Even want to give up my life. . .


Please guide me, how should I walk out of myself?

 

如果。选择。If ... Choice ...

 

 

 

If I can choose
I prefer not come to this ruthless world
I hate every devil's face behind the angel mask
But I do not get to choose.

If I have a choice
I will not choose to deprave in this vulgar city
Return to Innocence, I aspire to live in the village of simple life
But I have no choice.

If I can choose
I will never choose to become a member of this broken family
If I still consider that is a "family"
But I cannot choose.

If I have the opportunity to choose again
I will choose not to know those people who I feel deeply regret with
So that my heart will not be hurt once again and again
But I do not have the opportunity.
If I have to choose
I would choose the blessings given to those more in need
Just let me alone to bear all the sufferings
But can I choose?

If I want to choose
I immediately discard the negative selection in the hearts and minds of a heavy body
This is no longer a lingering left in the world so that the soul free
But will I really be released?

有苦说不出 Pain That Unable to Say Out

 

 

Pain which can be voiced out is not really considered as pain at all...

Real pain is that which you have kept to yourself as there is nowhere to tell...

  

Run Through the Rain - 冒雨跑过去

Run Through the Rain

  ~~ Written by Bob Perks

A little girl had been shopping with her Mom in Wal-Mart. She must have been 6-years-old, this beautiful red-haired, freckle-faced image of innocence. It was pouring outside. The kind of rain that gushes over the top of rain gutters, so much in a hurry to hit the earth it has no time to flow down the spout. We all stood there under the awning and just inside the door of the Wal-Mart.

We waited, some patiently, others irritated because nature messed up their hurried day. I am always mesmerized by rainfall. I got lost in the sound and sight of the heavens washing away the dirt and dust of the world. Memories of running, splashing so carefree as a child came pouring in as a welcome reprieve from the worries of my day.

The little voice was so sweet as it broke the hypnotic trance we were all caught in: "Mom, let's run through the rain," she said.

"What?" Mom asked.

"Let's run through the rain!" she repeated.

"No, honey. We'll wait until it slows down a bit," Mom replied.

This young child waited about another minute and repeated: "Mom, let's run through the rain."

"We'll get soaked if we do," Mom said.

"No, we won't, Mom. That's not what you said this morning," the young girl said as she tugged at her Mom's arm.

"This morning? When did I say we could run through the rain and not get wet?"

"Don't you remember? When you were talking to Daddy about his cancer, you said, 'If God can get us through this, he can get us through anything!"

The entire crowd stopped dead silent. I swear you couldn't hear anything but the rain. We all stood silently. No one came or left in the next few minutes.

Mom paused and thought for a moment about what she would say.

Now some would laugh it off and scold her for being silly. Some might even ignore what was said. But this was a moment of affirmation in a young child's life. A time when innocent trust can be nurtured so that it will bloom into faith.

"Honey, you are absolutely right. Let's run through the rain. If God let's us get wet, well maybe we just needed washing," Mom said.

Then off they ran. We all stood watching, smiling and laughing as they darted past the cars and, yes, through the puddles.  They got soaked. But they were followed by a few who screamed and laughed like children all the way to their cars.

And yes, I did. I ran. I got wet. I needed washing.

冒雨跑过去

在雨中奔跑的脚步是无畏的，在雨中奔跑的心情是畅快的。当你被劳累、忧虑困扰的时候，当你的神经处于紧张和焦灼之中的时候，不妨到雨中去。困难算什么？被雨淋湿又算什么呢？困难就像雨一样，都是可以闯过去的。

她和妈妈刚在沃尔玛购物广场购完物。这个漂亮的小女孩应该有6岁了，一头棕色的头发，脸上长着雀斑。外面大雨瓢泼，雨水来不及从落水管排出，迫不及待地扑向大地的怀抱。

我们都站在沃尔玛门口的雨篷下。大家都等待着，有的人颇有耐心，也有人烦躁不安，因为老天把他们本已忙碌的一天给搅乱了。雨天总会让我浮想联翩。我出神地听着、看着老天涤荡着这世间的污垢，孩提时代无忧无虑地在雨中奔跑嬉戏的记忆如潮水般涌来，暂时缓解了这一天的焦虑。小女孩甜美的声音惊醒了昏昏欲睡的我们。

“妈妈，我们冒雨跑过去吧。”她说道。

“什么？”妈妈问。

“我们冒雨跑过去吧！”她重复道。

“不，亲爱的，我们等雨小点再走。”妈妈回答说。

又等了一会，小女孩又说：“妈妈，我们冒雨跑过去吧。”

“那样，我们会淋成落汤鸡的，”妈妈说。

“不，我们不会的，妈妈。你今天早上可不是这样说的。”小女孩使劲拽着发妈的胳膊央求道。

“今天早上？我什么时候说过我们冒雨奔跑不会淋湿啊？”

“你忘了吗？你和爸爸说他的癌症时，你不是说‘我们能闯过一切难关！’吗？”

整个人群鸦雀无声。我发誓，除了雨声，你什么听不到。我们都一声不响地站在那里。接下来的几分钟里，没有一个人来或离去。那位母亲一时语塞，琢磨着该如何回答。有人也许会对此一笑了之，批评孩子不懂事，也有人甚至可能不去理睬孩子的话。但却是一个孩子人生中需要被肯定的时刻。

“亲爱的，你说的对极了。我们冒雨跑过去吧。如果我们淋湿了，那也许是因为我们的确该冲洗一下了。”妈妈说道。然后她们就冲了出去。我们都站在那里，开心的笑着看她们飞快地奔过汽车，当然了，还有水坑。

虽然她们购物袋举到头顶凑合挡挡雨，但还是被淋成了落汤鸡。有几个人孩子般地尖叫着，大笑着，然而也跟着冲了出去，一路奔向自己的汽车。当然了，这其中也有我。我跑了出去。我淋湿了。我需要冲洗。

Simply Toys

http://www.simplytoys.com.sg/


Can't afford to rent a whole shop in a crowded shopping mall within a central business district to sell your toys?
So, how about just renting a box?
Sounds very practical and interesting...
hmmm~ one of my friends sure will find this interesting.

This afternoon, I went to this shop located within a shopping mall in one of Singapore popular shopping areas, just opened few days ago.

 

 

-- Pictures from Simply Toys

Basically,
You rent one or more boxes from the shop owner at a certain amount of money per month depending on the size, position, etc.

You place the toy stuff you want to sell in the box(es).

The shop owner provides price tags, plastic bags, payment methods (e.g credit card transaction) etc.

oh~ I presume sales personnel will also be provided by the shop owner, so that you no need to be there at all time.

A 6% commission will imposed on the total value of your items sold for that month, for all those services provided.

Great right?

Picture Perfect - Rhyme Time

 

Picture Perfect Friday 2008

Theme : Rhyme Time

Camera : Canon PowerShot S5 IS

Date Taken : 2008 Oct

 

~~ Fake Cake ~~

 

For sure you won't grow fat eating this yummy cake LOL~
It is just the cute cake earrings that I have bought from AdoptAnEarring.
Click on the picture to view more of my AAE collections.

Thanks for viewing my PPF page.  Have a Nice Day !

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我能拨开心中的云雾见蓝天吗？ Am I Able To Clear The Clouds Within My Heart To See Blue Sky?

 

 

I am feeling down and troubled.
Will I once again see the blue sky after the clouds and fog have parted?
Will everything get back on track, back to normal after a period of hardship?
Will I be able to see the light at the end of the tunnel?

 

  

 

 

Somehow recently, feeling very disorder, the mood is very unstable, sometimes good and sometimes bad
There are many work related matters waiting for me to solve.
There are many frustrating family issues waiting for me to face.
There are many complicated personal things waiting for me to deal with.
I have to exercise maximum restraint and refrain from thinking about them, all letting nature take its course. But the more I deliberately do not want to think of those annoying problems, the more stubbornly they have been lingering around my mind.
At night, once the eyes are closed, those problems start to circulate around my brain.
Once open my eyes in the morning, those problems began to surface in front of me again.
Those annoying problems, like the layers of clouds, start thickening, and make me feel so depressed and restless, such as wave-like approach to me, feeling breathless.
This group of fog, brought a great sense of sadness to me. This sadness starts to breed in my mind, quickly spread to the whole body.
That afternoon, felt so restless and bored, just did not feel like doing anything but looking out of the window.
Outside the window, saw the sky was cloudy, overcast sky, like a storm coming.

After a while, I saw the ray of sunshine, were struggling to clear the cloud layers, pushed its way out to brighten the sky.
All of a sudden, feeling a slight warmth of the sun flows into my heart. The forecast heavy rain did not come, instead the sun cleared the clouds, blooming a smiling face.
Soon enough, the sky started to become sunny, and was replaced by the blue sky with beautiful white clouds.

The sun has always been staying in its original place, just for the time being covered by thick layers of clouds.
The sky has always been so blue, just for the time being painted into dull color by the dark clouds.

I think, that sky within my heart should also be blue. It may be temporary covered by thick clouds and feeling breathless.
I should try, like that struggling ray of sunshine behind the clouds, to clear my mind of the clouds, so that my heart will always be a bright sunny day.
I know if I still continue to shrink in one dark corner of the soul, even if the sun is shinning brightly outside, will not warm my heart.
The question is, am I able to make it?
Can I clear away the thick layers of clouds by myelf? Or instead I am being covered by more dense cloud, and make that sky within my heart become more gloomy?
I really do not know. . .
Who can tell me, or rather who I can talk to?
I really do not know. . .

Rocks, Pebbles and Sand

Rocks, Pebbles and Sand

A philosophy professor stood before his class and had some items in front of him. When class began, wordlessly he picked up a large empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with rocks, rocks about 2" in diameter.

He then asked the students if the jar was full. They agreed that it was.

So the professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar. He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles, of course, rolled into the open areas between the rocks.

He then asked the students again if the jar was full. They agreed it was.

The students laughed. The professor picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar. Of course, the sand filled up everything else.

 

"Now," said the professor, "I want you to recognize that this is your life. The rocks are the important things - your family, your partner, your health, your children - anything that is so important to you that if it were lost, you would be nearly destroyed."

"...
The pebbles are the other things that matter like your job, your house, your car.

The sand is everything else. The small stuff.

If you put the sand into the jar first, there is no room for the pebbles or the rocks. The same goes for your life. If you spend all your energy and time on the small stuff, you will never have room for the things that are important to you.

Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness.

Play with your children. Take time to get medical checkups. Take your partner out dancing. There will always be time to go to work, clean the house, give a dinner party and fix the disposal.

Take care of the rocks first - the things that really matter. Set your priorities. The rest is just sand.
..."

The Praying Hands - 祈祷之手

 

The Praying Hands

The most often reproduced and widely known work of the German artist Albrecht Dürer is the gray and white brush drawing on blue-grounded paper, entitled the "Hands of the Apostle," generally known as "The Praying Hands".

Below is a wonderfully touching story about Dürer's Praying Hands that is circulated widely.

Back in the fifteenth century, in a tiny village near Nuernberg, lived a family with eighteen children. Eighteen! In order merely to keep food on the table for this mob, the father and head of the household, a goldsmith by profession, worked almost eighteen hours a day at his trade and any other paying chore he could find in the neighborhood.

Despite their seemingly hopeless condition, two of Albrecht Dürer the Elder's children had a dream. They both wanted to pursue their talent for art, but they knew full well that their father would never be financially able to send either of them to Nuernberg to study at the Academy. After many long discussions at night in their crowded bed, the two boys finally worked out a pact. They would toss a coin. The loser would go down into the nearby mines and, with his earnings, support his brother while he attended the academy. Then, when that brother who won the toss completed his studies, in four years, he would support the other brother at the academy, either with sales of his artwork or, if necessary, also by laboring in the mines.

They tossed a coin on a Sunday morning after church. Albrecht Dürer won the toss and went off to Nuernberg. Albert went down into the dangerous mines and, for the next four years, financed his brother, whose work at the academy was almost an immediate sensation. Albrecht's etchings, his woodcuts, and his oils were far better than those of most of his professors, and by the time he graduated, he was beginning to earn considerable fees for his commissioned works.

When the young artist returned to his village, the Dürer family held a festive dinner on their lawn to celebrate Albrecht's triumphant homecoming. After a long and memorable meal, punctuated with music and laughter, Albrecht rose from his honored position at the head of the table to drink a toast to his beloved brother for the years of sacrifice that had enabled Albrecht to fulfill his ambition. His closing words were, "And now, Albert, blessed brother of mine, now it is your turn. Now you can go to Nuernberg to pursue your dream, and I will take care of you."

All heads turned in eager expectation to the far end of the table where Albert sat, tears streaming down his pale face, shaking his lowered head from side to side while he sobbed and repeated, over and over, "No ...no ...no ...no."

Finally, Albert rose and wiped the tears from his cheeks. He glanced down the long table at the faces he loved, and then, holding his hands close to his right cheek, he said softly, "No, brother. I cannot go to Nuernberg. It is too late for me. Look ... look what four years in the mines have done to my hands! The bones in every finger have been smashed at least once, and lately I have been suffering from arthritis so badly in my right hand that I cannot even hold a glass to return your toast, much less make delicate lines on parchment or canvas with a pen or a brush. No, brother ... for me it is too late."

More than 450 years have passed. By now, Albrecht Dürer's hundreds of masterful portraits, pen and silver-point sketches, watercolors, charcoals, woodcuts, and copper engravings hang in every great museum in the world, but the odds are great that you, like most people, are familiar with only one of Albrecht Dürer's works. More than merely being familiar with it, you very well may have a reproduction hanging in your home or office.

One day, to pay homage to Albert for all that he had sacrificed, Albrecht Dürer painstakingly drew his brother's abused hands with palms together and thin fingers stretched skyward. He called his powerful drawing simply "Hands," but the entire world almost immediately opened their hearts to his great masterpiece and renamed his tribute of love "The Praying Hands."

The next time you see a copy of that touching creation, take a second look. Let it be your reminder, if you still need one, that no one - no one - - ever makes it alone!

祈祷之手

德国艺术大师Albcht Durr有一幅名画“祈祷之手”，这幅画的背後有一则爱与牺牲的故事。

十五世纪时，在德国的一个小村庄里，住了一个有十八个孩子的家庭。父亲是一名冶金匠为了维持一家生计，他每天工作十八个小时。

生活尽管窘迫逼人，然而这个家庭其中两个孩子却有一个同样的梦想。他们是法兰西斯和亚尔伯，两人都希望可以发展自己在艺术方面的天份。不过他们也了解到父亲无法在经济上供他们两到艺术学院读书。

 晚上，两兄弟在床上讨论一番後，得到一个结论：以掷铜板决定。胜方到艺术学院读书，败方则到矿场工作赚钱。四年後，在矿场工作的那一个再到艺术学院读书，由学成毕业那一个赚钱支持。

结果，弟弟亚尔伯胜出。亚尔伯在艺术学院表现很突出，他的作品比教授的还要好。他毕业后，并没有忘记他的承诺，立刻返回自己的村庄，寻找四年来一直在矿场工作，供他读书的哥哥法兰西斯。
他返回家乡那一天，家人为他准备了盛宴，庆祝他学成归来。

席间，亚尔伯起立答谢法兰西斯几年来对他的支持。“现在轮到你了哥哥，我会全力支持你到艺术学院攻读，实现你的梦想！”

亲友目光都转移到法兰西斯身上，只见
法兰西斯两行眼泪直流。他垂下头，边摇头边说：“ 不.....不....”

他站起来，望着心爱的弟弟亚尔伯，握着他的手说：“看看我双手─四年来在矿场工作，毁了我的手，关节动弹不得，现在我的手连举杯为你庆贺也不可能，何况是挥动画笔或雕刻刀呢？弟弟，太迟了.....不过看到你能实现你的梦想，我十分高兴。”

几天后，亚尔伯不经意的看到法兰西斯跪在地上，合起他那粗糙的手祈祷着：
“主啊！我这双手已无法让我实现成为艺术家的梦 想，愿您将我的才华与能力加倍赐於我弟弟亚尔伯。”

原本对哥哥已十分感激的亚尔伯，见到这一幕立刻决定绘下哥哥的这一双手。

时至四百五十年後的今天，亚尔伯丢勒的速写、素描、水彩画、木刻、铜刻可以在世界各地博物馆找到。不过最为人熟悉的，莫过於他的“祈祷之手”。

 

The Carpenter - 老木匠的故事

 

 

The Carpenter

 An elderly carpenter was ready to retire. He told his employer/contractor of his plans to leave the house building business and live a more leisurely life with his wife enjoying his extended family. He would miss the paycheck, but he needed to retire. They could get by.
 The contractor was sorry to see his good worker go and asked if he could build just one more house as a personal favor. The carpenter said yes, but in time it was easy to see that his heart was not in his work. He resorted to shoddy workmanship and used inferior materials. It was an unfortunate way to end his career.
When the carpenter finished his work and the builder came to inspect the house, the contractor handed the front-door key to the carpenter. "This is your house," he said, "my gift to you."

What a shock! What a shame! If he had only known he was building his own house, he would have done it all so differently. Now he had to live in the home he had built none too well.

So it is with us. We build our lives in a distracted way, reacting rather than acting, willing to put up less than the best. At Important points we do not give the job our best effort. Then with a shock we look at the situation we have created and find that we are now living in the house we have built. If we had realized, we would have done it differently.

Think of yourself as the carpenter. Think about your house. Each day you hammer a nail, place a board, or erect a wall. Build wisely. It is the only life you will ever build. Even if you live it for only one day more, that day deserves to be lived graciously and with dignity. The plaque on the wall says, "Life is a do-it-yourself project."

Who could say it more clearly? Your life today is the result of your attitudes and choices in the past. Your life tomorrow will be the result of your attitudes and the choices you make today.

老木匠的故事

有个老木匠准备退休，他告诉老板，说要离开建筑行业，回家与妻子儿女享受天伦之乐。

老板舍不得他的好工人走，问他是否能帮忙再建一座房子，老木匠说可以。但是大家后来都看得出来，他的心已不在工作上，他用的是软料，出的是粗活。房子建好的时候，老板把大门的钥匙递给他。

“这是你的房子，”他说，“我送给你的礼物。”

他震惊得目瞪口呆，羞愧得无地自容。如果他早知道是在给自己建房子，他怎么会这样呢？现在他得住在一幢粗制滥造的房子里！

我们又何尝不是这样。我们漫不经心地“建造”自己的生活，不是积极行动，而是消极应付，凡事不肯精益求精，在关键时刻不能尽最大努力。等我们惊觉自己的处境，早已深困在自己建造的“房子”里了。

把你当成那个木匠吧，想想你的房子，每天你敲进去一颗钉，加上去一块板，或者竖起一面墙，用你的智慧好好建造吧！你的生活是你一生唯一的创造，不能抹平重建，即使只有一天可活，那一天也要活得优美、高贵，墙上的铭牌上写着：“生活是自己创造的”

晴天娃娃 （2007）

Rating:	★★★★★
Category:	Music
Genre:	Indie Music
Artist:	小果

“以单纯的民谣直面复杂，用快乐的音符抵消痛苦，带给你一片灿烂美好的晴天！” -- 小果

前一阵子去中国，在一个偶然的机会听到一把声线清润、柔和、甜美的好声音，非常喜欢。后来几翻查寻，终于让我找到了她的专辑。几个月前早想介绍这位多才多艺的女生给大家认识，可是一直没时间。

刚开始听时，觉得她的声音酷似王菲。后来慢慢地发觉虽然她在演唱时的气息有一些类似王菲般的迷人特质，但绝对又不是那种遥远、不可让人触摸的疏离感觉。她像未经世事的邻家小女孩，时而又流露出对尘俗的轻轻叹息，呈现出另一种的演唱风格和气质。

她，小果，来自常德的女生。听说她曾在广州组过乐队，在北京和广州的民歌餐厅唱过歌。

“晴天娃娃”是小果在2007年发行的首张个人专辑，完成了她一直以来的唱片梦。这是一张很纯洁、出泥而不染、清新、旋律很棒的城市民谣专辑。

专辑里所有的词曲（除了“旅行的蜗牛”是由张浩南作词和“这个秋天有点凉”由任芳词曲）、演唱、吉他演奏，都是由小果自己一人包办，其超凡的音乐才能，可见一斑。

她写的这些歌也只是因为自己的喜好 所以听起来是那么清新自然。简简单单的旋律，简简单单的歌词，非常单纯清新的音乐，非常温润干净的歌声，使人听了身体不由自主的轻松舒缓起来。

“夏末” 和 “青草香” 都是以清亮的吉他伴奏弹拨全曲，在小果柔和的清唱中，不仅仅是简单的心情物语，而夹杂的是一种深沉的情绪，心里黯然地涌起一份莫名的感动。

喜欢“爱过了吗？”的编曲，很特别。有风铃声、人声、洞箫声、还有钢琴和琵琶轻掠地点缀声，将人带进一种美妙的心境当中。最喜欢副歌那部分，各种乐器的巧妙融合，加上小果”恩哒哒哒“的哼唱，营造出丰富多彩的听觉感受。

喜欢听小果在“花舞”里哼唱那段“啊。啊。。。啊” 和 “花谢了” 里的 “唉唉唉唉唉唉唉唉”。“花谢了”的旋律相当“俏皮而可爱”。

"雨“、“脸” 和 “如果你在这里”都是思念人的心情写照，让人感动和心疼。

喜欢的歌曲：夏末、青草香、爱过了吗？、雨、花谢了

专辑歌曲列表：
.01. 旅行的蜗牛
.02. 夏末
.03. 爱过了吗
.04. 花舞
.05. 青草香
.06. 雨
.07. 花谢了
.08. 蒲公英的梦想
.09. 脸
.10. 如果你在这里
.11. 这个秋天有点凉


夏末
作曲作词：小果

突然觉得难过 只是因为听一首歌
听这一首歌像是你对我的寄语
也许是我多心 总在猜测你话语间的深意
一个声音说不要再留恋曾经的浮云
过去都已是过去 我只能做回我自己只能做回我自己
是啊已经是夏末而秋天也已来临
阳光落在身上暖暖得很惬意
我应该很开心我应该很满意
可是听一首歌泪四处溅飞四处溅飞

突然觉得难过 只是因为听一首歌
听这一首歌像是你对我的寄语
也许是我多心 总在猜测你话语间的深意
一个声音说不要再留恋曾经的浮云
是啊已经是夏末而秋天也已来临
阳光落在身上暖暖得很惬意
我应该很开心我应该很满意
可是听一首歌泪四处溅飞四处溅飞

可笑吧我也觉着累想装着开心可心又碎
可怜吧那也是自己找的罪相信某一天再会

突然觉得难过 只是因为听一首歌
听这一首歌像是你对我的寄语
也许是我多心 总在猜测你话语间的深意
一个声音说不要再留恋曾经的浮云
过去都已是过去 我只能做回我自己只能做回我自己


花谢了
作曲作词：小果

我在想我在找我在跑 是什么让我如此烦恼
是红色的花还是绿色的草我也不知道
假装一切都很好 我真的做不到
快乐不快乐在我脸上找 分界线很明了
秋天才走冬天刚到 我的春天什么时候来到
问谁谁说不知道 唉唉唉唉唉唉唉
花儿都谢了

我在想我在找我在跑 是什么让我如此烦恼
是红色的花还是绿色的草我也不知道
假装一切都很好 我真的做不到
快乐不快乐在我脸上找 分界线很明了
前面的路有好几条 向左向右太难挑
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真烦恼

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花谢了

How to put the right person in the right Job?

 

Does your Company have a problem in recruiting the right person for the right Job? If yes, try this simple experiment.

 

Put around 100 bricks in some particular order in a closed room with an open window. Then send 2-3 candidates into the room and close it from outside. Leave them alone and come back after 6 hours, and then analyze the situation.

 

 

If they are counting and recounting the number of bricks
Put them in ACCOUNTS DEPT

If they have messed up the whole place with the bricks
Put them in ENGINEERING

If they are arranging the bricks in some other order
Put them in PLANNING

If they are throwing the bricks at each other
Put them in OPERATIONS

If they are sleeping
Put them in SECURITY

If they have broken the bricks into pieces
Put them in INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
 
If they are sitting idle
Put them in HUMAN RESOURCE DEPT

If they have thrown the bricks out of the window
Put them in MATERIALS DEPT

If they are clinging onto the bricks
Put them in TREASURY

If they say they have tried different combination, yet not a brick has moved
Put them in SALES

If they have already left for the day
Put them in MARKETING

If they are staring out of the window
Put them in STRATEGIC PLANNING

AND last but not least . . . . . . . . . .

If they are talking to each other and not a single brick has been moved
Put them in TOP MANAGEMENT