This year, our Christmas gift is a trip to
Ok, please wait until we are back home, and I will share our travel to one of the world’s great Wonders that we have seen…
We wish all of you ‘FELIZ NAVIDAD’ (Spanish: Merry Christmas), and welcoming a Prosperous New Year!
今年我们的圣诞节礼物是到秘鲁旅遊。秘鲁是南美洲西部的一个国家，官方语言是西班牙语，秘鲁民族有印第安人原住民，这民族不知是不是我很久前读历史课印象中的印第安人？当然这次的旅遊，不是去看人，而是去参观世界新七大奇迹之一的马丘比丘，一个著名的前哥伦布时期時印加帝國的遗迹！
好，等我们回来后，再细叙所见的伟大世界奇迹之一的游记…
祝大家FELIZ NAVIDAD（西班牙语: 圣诞节快乐），迎接新的美好一年！
The Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation started in
Recently, we found a Tzu Chi center in
By the way, I’ll share a little part of one of the stories shared in the study group. It was about a Tzu Chi group that went to
佛教慈济开始是发展于台湾，但现今已扩佈世界各大城市成立会所。在马来西亚也有慈济，我之前在槟城因投入心理辅导义工行列，虽然知晓槟城慈济会所，但从没分身参与慈济的行列。不过，我常常赞叹慈济义工的利行慈善救助贫困灾难者、医疗、教肓等的伟大精神。
最近我们知晓在St. Louis也有慈济会所，我们走进去，慈济义工们即热情的招待，该会所其中一负责人竟是马来西亚华人，她已定居美国多年。我开始参与他们目前进行的两周六一次读书会。美国这么大，不是很多城市都有慈济会所，我很感恩可以接触到这些善知识！
顺便提一提在读书会的其中一个分享，关于慈济团队到海地（Haiti）发放食物，据说当地人民用泥土制成饼充饥，泥土也没了，人饥饿得都失去礼仪。慈济团队到那里，因为了自身安全，都只好用丢食物的方式给当地人民…
Once, an Angel was sent to hell to interview Hate.
Angel said, “How are you?”
Hate said, “I am in pain! I get punishing everyday; life is sick. “
“Why has this happened to you?”
“It’s my boss, Thought, who harms me.”
“What has Thought done?”
“Thought assigned a project to me, Revenge and Murder. Although we were successful, the result is hell!”
Angel was also sent to heaven to interview Happy.
Angel said, “How are you?”
Happy said, “I am good, I am joyful everyday!”
“How do you do that?”
“Well, I think the reason is that I have a good boss – Thought.”
“What about your boss?”
“Thought always encourages me to work together with Forgive and Free, and we have become very close co-workers and friends!”
Angel wrote a report about the interviews, before it was sent to Angel’s boss (can you guess who the Angel’s boss is?), Angel wrote a little conclusion at the end:
‘Please be a good boss!’
有一次，天使被派到地狱访问怨恨，
天使: “你好吗？”
怨恨: “我苦得很！每天都在受刑，没好日子过。”
“你怎么会遭受到这苦刑？”
“都是我的老板 – 信念害了我。”
“怎么信念会害你呢？”
“都是因为信念要我、报复和仇杀去做一项行动，虽然我们成功了，但却落得如此下场！”
天使也被派到天堂访问喜悦。
天使: “你好吗？”
喜悦: “我很好，每天都欢欢乐乐！”
“你是怎么做到的？”
“我想是因为我有一位好老板 – 信念。”
“信念是怎样的一个老板？”
“信念常激励我、宽恕、和自在一起工作，我们已是很好的同事兼好朋友！”
天使记录了这两个访谈，在呈交给天使的老板（你猜，谁是天使的老板？）前，天使在这访谈记录的结尾做了一个小总结:
‘请做个好老板！’
Sense of smell, take in a deep breath, energy picks up
Sense of hearing, perk up the ears, searching for the direction
Sense of sight, focus on the object, appearance catches the eyes
Sense of touch, start to move, fingers and teeth acting
Sense of taste, chew up and swallow, sounds loud
Sense of feeling, flow over around, wow satisfaction
That was
When a burst of aroma, a burst of aroma came from the kitchen
嗅覺深吸住 抖擻精神
聽覺豎立起 尋覓方向
視覺眯瞄着 色色狼狼
觸覺提動啟 五爪張牙
味覺嚼溶掉 嘖嘖有聲
感覺疏流遍 哇塞满足
那是
當厨房飄着一陣香 一陣香
Heart burst into Memory’s home.
Memory says, “What’s up?” Heart says, “I feel bored! I came to visit you and entertain a little while.”
“My house is full of stuff; I’m afraid I don’t have any place for you to sit.” “Oh…that doesn’t matter, I wanted to look around your home to see what good stuff you have.”
“Hey…don’t simply touch my things! Some of them are in a terrible mess or in a state of utter confusion or entanglement; some of them have been covered in dust for a long time…. Err!” “Ahh…why don’t you reorganize them?”
“I am busy! I am busy collecting things to bring back home everyday; new things coming in and I still like to keep the old things!” “How can I help you?”
“How can you help me?” “Mmm…I don’t know yet. I will see what things I can learn!”
“Ha…learning? Don’t take away my things!” “No, I couldn’t take away your things!”
“Then what are you attempting to do?” “I will try to help you reorganize or realize some things that you didn’t recognize or some things very complicated or confused you since you collected them.”
“What’s the fun?” “It isn’t fun? So, why do you want to collect new things everyday, huh?”
“I mean a thing is still a thing after you look at it again. What will be different, huh?” “When you re-examine it, and if you know how to transform and give it a new definition, you might appreciate the things you have.”
“Mmm…it is none of my business. I just like to collect them! Ah…if you are interested in reorganizing them, then you just do it!”心闯进记忆的家。
记忆说，“你来干嘛？” 心说，“我很闷呀！来看看你及解闷一会。”
“我家装满了很多东西，恐怕没地方招待你坐。” “噢…没关系，我就是来看看你家有什么好东西的。”
“嘿…可别乱碰我的东西呵！有些东西乱七八糟的、纠缠交结的、尘封已久的…唉！” “啊…你怎么不整理整理？”
“我忙得很呀！每天都忙着收东西进家，新的进来旧的却不舍得丢掉！” “那你须要我的帮忙吗？”
“帮我什么？” “嗯…我也不知道，就看看什么是可以让我学习的！”
“哈…学习？你可别把我的东西带走！” “不，我可带不走你的东西。”
“那你有何企图？” “我可以尝试帮你整理或认知一些东西，比如你收集了的东西，很复杂混乱的或你不明白它是什么的，重新再去审视它。”
“这有什么好玩？” “不好玩吗？那干嘛你每天要收新的东西？”
“我想你再审视后，东西毕竟还是东西，会有什么不同呢？” “当你再审视时，如你懂得如何转化及给它新的诠释，你可能会欣赏感激你所拥有的东西。”
“嗯…这不关我的事，我只喜欢收集它们！啊…你有兴趣整理就去整理吧！”
I have several good friends, and I admire their moral characters. One of the characteristics I’ve noticed is that they praise and talk other people’s good points. They rarely gossip or criticize others. I shall learn from my friends!
