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Monday, 29 June 2009

  • 特別的婚禮

    今天參加了一個有特別意義的婚禮 。一對新人都已經六十多歲，在場祝福他們的有他們雙方的兒女及配偶。婚後他們將一起去中國山區的痳瘋村服務，把基督的愛帶給苦難中的人。

    天主的安排是很奇妙的    ，原來他們是在同一堂區長大，一起參加教會的活動，自然成為初戀情人。分手後各自成家立業，教養子女，服務教會。當雙方的配偶先後回歸父家，天主又再安排他們重遇，更因為大家都願意服務痳瘋村，神父鼓勵他們以夫婦的身份一同事奉。事就這樣成全了。

Sunday, 28 June 2009

Tuesday, 14 April 2009

  • You are who you are for a reason --- by Russell Kelfer


    You are who you are for a reason.
    You're part of an intricate plan.
    You're a precious and perfect unique design,
    Called God's special woman or man.
    You look like you look for a reason.
    Our God made no mistake.
    He knit you together within the womb.
    You're just what He wanted to make.
    The parents you had were the one He chose,
    And no matter how you may feel,
    They were custom-designed with God's plan in mind,
    And they bear the Master's seal.
    No, that trauma you faced was not easy.
    And God wept that it hurt you so;
    But it was allowed to shape your heart
    So that into His likeness you'd grow.
    You are who you are for a reason.
    You've been formed by the Master's rod.
    You are who you are, beloved,
    Because there is a God!



Sunday, 05 April 2009

  • Be Proactive


    When Stephen Covey was speaking on the concept of proactivity, a man came up and said, "Stephen, I like what you're saying.  But every situation is so different.  Look at my marriage.  I'm really worried.  My wife and I just don't have the same feelings for each other we used to have.  I guess I just don't love her anymore and she doesn't love me.  What can I do?"

    "The feeling isn't there anymore?" Stephen asked.

    "That' right," he reaffirmed.  "And we have three children we're really concerned about.  What do you suggest?"

    "Love her," Stephen replied.

    "I told you, the feeling just isn't there anymore."

    "Love her."

    "You don't understand.  The feeling of love just isn't there."

    "Then love her.  If the feeling isn't there, that's a good reason to love her."

    "But how do you love when you don't love?"

    "My friend, love is a verb.  Love -----the feeling-----is a fruit of love, the verb.  So love her.  Serve her. Sacrifice.  Listen to her.  Empathize.  Appreciate.  Affirm her.  Are you willing to do that?"

    Proactive people make love a verb.  Love is something you do:  the sacrifices you make, the giving of self, like a mother bringing a newborn into the world.

    Love is a value that is actualized through loving actions.

    Proactive people subordinate feelings to value.  Love, the feeling, can be recaptured.

    ------- from "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People"



Sunday, 08 March 2009

  • Dale Carnegie - How to Win Friends & Influence People


    Fundamental techniques in handling people
    1. Don't critize, condemn or complain.
    2. Give honest and sincere appreciation.
    3. Arouse in other person and eager want.

    To make people like you
    1. Become genuinely interested in other people.
    2. Remember his/her name.
    3. Be a good listener.
    4. Talk in terms of the other person's interests.
    5. Make the other person feel important - and do it sincerely.

    Win people to your way of thinking
    1. Avoid argument.
    2. Show respect for the other person's opinion.  Never say, 'You're wrong.'
    3. If you are wrong, admit it quickly and emphatically.
    4. Begin in a friendly way.
    5. Get the other person saying 'yes,yes' immediately.
    6. Let the other person do a great deal of the talking.
    7. Let the other person feel that the idea is his or hers.
    8. Try honestly to see things from the other person point of view.
    9. Be sympathetic with the other person's ideas and desires.
    10. Appeal to the nobler motives.
    11. Dramatize your ideas.
    12. Throw down a challenge.

    Be a leader
    1. Begin with praise and honest appreciation.
    2. Call attention to people's mistakes indirectly.
    3. Talk about your own mistakes before criticizing the other person.
    4. Ask questions instead of giving direct orders.
    5. Let the other person save face.
    6. Praise the slightest improvement and praise every improvement.  Be 'hearty in your approbation and lavish in your praise.'




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