2012年8月6日
「這是你的選擇」
“雲若滿了雨，就必傾倒在地上。樹若向南倒，或向北倒，樹倒在何處，就存在何處。看風的必不撒種。望雲的必不收割。」
傳道書11:3-4
德國心理分析學家維克托 ‧ 弗蘭克曾在「權能時間」作嘉賓，也是我爺爺尊敬的朋友。他是一個偉大的思想家，特別關於人類的苦難。他的智慧是來自他的親身經歷。在二次世界大戰期間，他被拘留於集中營裡，只因他是個猶太人。他受到的對待，無論在肉體上和精神上，都受盡折騰，比牲畜更糟，失盡所有的尊嚴。
被拘留在集中營的猶太人，有超過百分之七十五都死去了。因此，維克托看著他身邊所有的人，他尊重和愛的人，包括他的朋友、家人、知識份子、出色的人，都紛紛死去。維克托身心破碎，只剩下瘦骨嶙峋的軀殼，活在窮凶極惡的痛苦之中，真是生無可戀。
之後，他能給我們極具智慧的勸勉，他說：「即使他們奪去你的尊嚴，即使他們奪去你的衣服和你的溫暖，甚至他們奪去你之的一切，但有一樣東西，他們無法從你身上奪去的－就是你有能力去選擇如何回應。」對於惡劣的境況，你可以選擇如何回應，這是永遠沒有人可以從你那裡奪去的。
禱告： 今天，主啊！我不要看我周遭的環境如何。相反，我要仰望祢，來支取我需要的力量，以面對人生的跌宕起伏。阿們！
反思： 你是否在等待「最佳的時間」或最佳的境況，才去開展某些事情或為你人生帶來改變？你在等什麼？
6 Aug 2012
It's your choice...
"When the clouds are full of water, it rains. When the wind blows down a tree, it lies where it falls. Don't sit there watching the wind. Do your own work. Don't stare at the clouds. Get on with your life." - Ecclesiastes 11:3-4, MSG
"When the clouds are full of water, it rains. When the wind blows down a tree, it lies where it falls. Don't sit there watching the wind. Do your own work. Don't stare at the clouds. Get on with your life." - Ecclesiastes 11:3-4, MSG
German psychoanalyst Viktor Frankl, a past Hour of Power guest and esteemed friend of my grandfather, was such a great thinker when it came to human suffering. His wisdom came from experience. During WWII, he was interred in a concentration camp merely because he was born a Jew. He was treated worse than an animal, physically and mentally abused until all dignity was gone.
Over 75% of the Jews that were interned in concentration camps died. So, all around him, Viktor saw people he respected and loved - his friends, his family, intelligent, wonderful people - dying left and right. Viktor was brought down to the bare-bones-soul of what it meant to live with nothing in the midst of the most heinous and treacherous suffering.
Later, he gave us tremendous wisdom when he said, "Even when they take away your dignity, even when they take away your clothes, and your warmth, even when they take everything away from you, there is one thing they can never take from you - your ability to choose how you will respond." It's your choice on how you will respond to imperfect conditions - that is something that no one can ever take away from you.
Prayer : Today, Lord, I am not going to look at the conditions around me. Instead, I am looking to you for the strength I need to face the ups and downs of life. Amen.Reflection : Are you waiting for the "perfect time" or the perfect set of circumstances to start something or change something in your life? What are you waiting for?
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信靠主，必得勇氣，我也要這樣試著去幹一些事情
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