新的工作

感謝神,讓我輕鬆地放了兩個月大假,並為我安排了一份新的工作.在祈禱等候,並努力面試的過程中,我經歷了對神的信心.即使我有可能比別人高的學歷和很豐富的寫作及編輯經驗,他們覺得你不適合就是不適合,你想去做也沒有辦法.在祈禱中,神要我把這個需要交託給祂,祂會為我安排,因為祂是厚賜百物的神.

既然相信是神所賜的,便要帶著信心去做這份新的工作,即使在工作中可能會遇到不滿意的事物.其實做了十多年工作,在不少公司任職過,大機構也罷,小公司也罷,都會有好和不好的地方.這個世界並不可能找到一份完美的工作.就以這份新的工作來說,其中跟上一份比了下去的就是只有十二天大假.不過現在上班的地點是鰂魚涌,我每天可以「漫步」回公司和回家,省去了等小巴的時間或免去迫地鐵的辛苦.早上上班時所行的路線會經過以前往數碼港的小巴站,路過時也會回想起當日上班下班趕小巴的「走難」情景.

無論如何,在任何工作中,有多好或多不滿,仍要感恩,因為我相信祂是厚賜百物的主.

book review: a walk to remember

i have already finished reading four novels by nicholas sparks - the notebook, the wedding, a bend in the road and a walk to remember.

a walk to remember is a novel with humour in the beginning but tears in the later part. a teenager's first love has changed his life forever. he himself has never believed that he would fall in love with such a girl - not outstanding and fashionable in appearance but devoted to serving god and loved and helped others in her life. she has changed him -- his value system and his outlook on life. he said that she "helped me become the man i am today. with her steady hand she showed me how important it was to help others; with her patience and kindness she showed me what life is really all about. her cheerfulness and optimism, even in times of sickness, was the most amazing thing i have ever witnessed....also taught me the value of forgiveness and the transforming power that it offers...she led her life the way the bible taught."

i can feel this teenager's changes and indeed growth. growth is not easy especially for that part involving the shaping of one's value system. and i feel happy for him.

i was moved to tears when i read the part that the girl told him about her sickness and how he supported her all along. i am also moved by the girl's faith and optimism. in spite of all criticism and misunderstanding from other people earlier and the serious sickness later, she remains cheerful, optimistic and peaceful. and she keeps doing what she thinks god likes her to do.

read this book and you will feel the joy and pain of living.

慢活

最近讀到一個雜誌專題,談到"慢活".這是一種新的生活態度,不是叫人過閒懶的生活,而是調校緩急有致的生活步調.香港人習慣快,並且要以最少時間完成最多的工作,但卻因此失去了有質素的生活和健康.這個專題訪問了一些從前都是工作忙碌的人,現在卻願意做個都市慢人,過另一種的生活.在他們的生活時間表裡,除了有工作的時間外,也有冥想、看書、聽音樂、跟家人用飯等的時間,而他們多數是早睡早起的.

要香港人立刻改變其生活方式,並不是每個人都可以或願意.不過,其中有一篇文章提出了幾個慢活入門基本步,有興趣的話,不妨試試,讓慢的步調加入快速的生活中,也許可以平衡一下.

關手機 -- 工餘或適當時候關掉手機
關郵箱 -- IBM 鼓勵員工每天檢查電子郵箱2次
關電視 -- 不看電視便會有更多時間做更有意義的事情
戒衝動購物 -- 把錢和時間留給生活
休假充電 -- 每星期放一天充電假期
踱步 -- 上班下班時步行而不乘車,給自己一些寧靜
小息 -- 每天上班時要抽出時間小休
慢食 -- 健康飲食,戒掉快餐,慢嚼,慢嚥

游水

感謝神,自從去年年初開始每星期抽一至兩日游水,到了今天,頸神經痛的問題已好了九成.現在不用上班,每星期游兩至三次,每次游完水都覺得整個人的筋骨都鬆了許多.也因為多練習,現在可以一口氣游遠一點,並且比以前多游一點時間也不會感到太辛苦.

在去年之前,我已經多年沒有游水了,因為怕煩--游水後又要洗頭,又要洗澡,又要洗泳衣,毛巾等等.不過為了健康著想,也要"的起心肝",不厭其煩地每個星期都去泳池幾趟.人就是這樣,每每有問題出現,才會改變一些行為或習慣.如果早一些便行動,應該可以免去一些無謂的痛苦.