King Alexander's last words

The great Greek king, Alexander, after conquering many kingdoms, was returning home. On the way, he fell ill and he was bedridden for months. With death drawing close, Alexander realised how his conquests, his great army, his sharp sword and all his wealth were of no use.

He called his generals and said, 'I will depart from this world soon. But I have three wishes. Please fulfil my wishes without fail.' With tears flowing down their cheeks, the generals agreed to abide by their king's last wishes.

'My first desire is that,' said Alexander, 'my physicians alone must carry my coffin. Secondly, when my coffin is being carried to the grave, the path leading to the graveyard should be strewn with gold, silver and precious stones which I have collected in my treasury. My third and last wish is that both my hands should be kept dangling out of my coffin.' The people who had gathered there wondered at the king's strange wishes. But no one dared to question. Alexander's favourite general kissed his hand and pressed them to his heart. 'O king, we assure you that your wishes will all be fulfilled. But tell us why do you make such strange wishes?'

At this Alexander too a deep breath and said, 'I would like the world to know the three lessons I have just learned. I want my physicians to carry my coffin because people should realise that no doctor can really cure anybody. They are powerless and cannot save a person from the clutches of death. So let not people take life for granted.

The second wish of strewing gold, silver and other riches on the way to the graveyard is to tell people that not even a fraction of gold can be taken by me. Let people realise that it is a sheer waste of time to chase wealth.

And about my third wish of having my hands dangling out of the coffin, I want people to know that I came empty handed into this world and empty handed I go out of this world.'

Alexander's last words: 'Bury my body, do not build any monument, keep my hands outside so that the world knows the person who won the world had nothing in his hands when dying.'

Our Attitude Defines Life

Life is Best for those who want to Live it,
Life is Difficult for those who want to Analyse it,
Life is Worst for those who want to Criticise it,
Our Attitude Defines Life...

Enjoy your life,
Laugh so hard that even sorrow smiles at you,
Live life so well that even death loves to see you alive,
Fight so hard that even fate accepts its defeat...

How to stay young and happy always

1. Throw out non-essential numbers. These include age, weight and height.

Let the doctors worry about them... that is why you pay them.

2. Keep only cheerful friends. The grouches pull you down.

(Keep this in mind if you are one of those grouches!)

3. Keep learning: learn more about the computer, crafts, gardening, whatever. Never let the brain get idle. 'An idle mind is the devil's workshop.' And the devil's name is Alzheimer's!

4. Enjoy the simple things.

5. Laugh often, loud and long. Laugh until you gasp for breath.

And if you have a friend who makes you laugh, spend lots and lots of time with him/her!

6. The tears happen: Endure, grieve, and move on. The only person who is with us our entire life, is ourself. LIVE while you are alive.

7. Surround yourself with what you love: whether it's family, pets, keepsakes, music, plants, hobbies, whatever. Your home is your refuge.

8. Cherish your health. If it is good, preserve it. If it is unstable, improve it. If it is beyond what you can improve, get help.

9. Don't take guilt trips. Take a trip to the mall, even to a foreign country, but NOT to where the guilt is.

10. Tell the people you love that you love them, at every opportunity.

習慣

習慣，就是時間累積而來的一種動作。

早上，我總是走進7-eleven。

走了走，東選西選，還是選回了每天吃的三明治。

進到辦公室坐下後，總是開了機收信，然後放歌，

看了看，上選下選，還是聽起了那首最愛聽的。

開始寫程式前，總是洗了洗杯子走近飲水機，

看著瓶瓶罐罐，最後還是拿了一包就走。

人生總有很多的選擇。

每天要面對的選擇，很多。

吃什麼，做什麼，玩什麼，看什麼....

雖然你每天都在做選擇。

不過，總是....總是....

會選回你每次選的那個。

因為習慣。

習慣，是時間累積而來的一種動作。

情人間常說：「我對你不再有愛，都變成了習慣了。」

其實，習慣並沒有什麼不好。

它讓你自然的去做。

自然的去想他，自然的去愛他。

當你已經不覺得自己在付出時，

也許你覺得，你己開始習慣，有他陪伴在你的生命中，

那才是真的愛。

有什麼不好？

我一直認為

很多事情開始要一個人獨自去做時

就失去它的意義：

當
習慣了兩個人一起吃飯
習慣了兩個人一起看書
習慣了兩個人一起工作
習慣了兩個人一起散步
習慣了兩個人一起回家
習慣了兩個人一起聊天
習慣了兩個人一起商量事情
習慣了兩個人一起發呆
習慣了兩個人一起喝咖啡
習慣了兩個人一起..........

開始一個人

很多快樂都不再了....

請珍惜你身邊所有

把握任何一個美麗的機會

失去了就不再了...

現在請你回想一下

你習慣的那個人，是不是讓你感覺很熟悉，就像家人一樣？

這種感覺，不是那麼容易就可以擁有的，應該好好的珍惜。

也許有天你失去了，才會明白這個人，在你的心理是佔了很大的位置。

好緣份是很神奇的東西，它只送給用心去經營的人。

最近你是否不再那麼用心，去關心或態度冷淡了嗎???

趕快去抓住你那個熟悉的人吧，必竟你們曾經走過那一段，不是嗎？

Some quotes about nature

Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you. - Ralph Waldo Emerson, USA

The soul that can speak through the eyes can also kiss with a gaze. - Gustavo Adolfo Becquer, Spain

A baby is God's opinion that life should go on. - Carl Sandburg (1878-1967), USA

As the soul... cannot be productive without cultivation, so the mind without culture can never produce good fruit. - Seneca (C. 4BCE - C.65CE), Rome

Love cannot express the idea of music, while music may give an idea of love. - Louis-Hector Berlioz (1803-69), France

The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be and that God wishes to see people happy, amidst the simple beauty of nature. - Anne Frank, Netherlands (1929-45)

* 不能老了再後悔 *

出生一張紙，開始一輩子；
畢業一張紙，奮鬥一輩子；
婚姻一張紙，折磨一輩子；
做官一張紙，鬥爭一輩子；
金錢一張紙，辛苦一輩子；
榮譽一張紙，虛名一輩子；
看病一張紙，痛苦一輩子；
悼詞一張紙，了結一輩子；
淡化這些紙，明白一輩子；
忘了這些紙，快樂一輩子 !

當大部分人都在關注你飛得高不高時，
只有少部分人關心你飛得累不累，
這就是友情。

再忙，也要照顧好自己，
朋友雖不常聯繫，卻一直惦念。

少喝奶茶、不吃剛烤好的麵包，
遠離正在充電的電源。
白天多喝水，晚上少喝，
一天不喝多於兩杯的咖啡。
少吃油多的食物，
最佳睡眠為晚上十點至早上六點。
晚上五點後少吃大餐，
每天喝酒不超過一杯。
不用冷水服膠囊，
睡前半小時服藥忌立刻躺下。
睡眠不足八小時人會變笨，
有午睡習慣的人不易老。
手機電池剩一格時不要打電話，
剩一格時輻射是平時的一千倍。
要用左耳接電話，
用右耳會直接傷害到大腦。

*2009** 新概念*

一個中心：一切以健康為中心。
兩個基本點：遇事瀟灑一點，看世糊塗一點。
三個忘記： 忘記年齡，忘記過去，忘記恩怨。
四個擁有： 無論你有多弱或多強，一定要擁有真正愛你的人，擁有知心的朋友，擁有向上的事業，擁有溫暖的住所。
五個要： 要唱，要跳，要俏，要笑，要苗條。
六個不能： 不能餓了才吃，不能渴了才喝，不能困了才睡，不能累了才歇，不能病了才檢查，不能老了再後悔。

Just Stay

Just Stay

A nurse took the tired, anxious serviceman to the bedside.

"Your son is here," she said to the old man.

She had to repeat the words several times before the patient's eyes opened.

He was heavily sedated because of the pain of his heart attack, he dimly saw the young uniformed Marine standing outside the oxygen tent. He reached out his hand. The Marine wrapped his toughened fingers around the old man's limp ones, squeezing a message of love and encouragement.

The nurse brought a chair so that the Marine could sit beside the bed. All through the night the young Marine sat there in the poorly lighted ward, holding the old man's hand and offering him words of love and strength. Occasionally, the nurse suggested that the Marine move away and rest awhile.

He refused. Whenever the nurse came into the ward, the Marine was oblivious of her and of the night noises of the hospital - the clanking of the oxygen tank, the laughter of the night staff members exchanging greetings, the cries and moans of the other patients.

Now and then she heard him say a few gentle words. The dying man said nothing, only held tightly to his son all through the night.

Along towards dawn, the old man died. The Marine released the now lifeless hand he had been holding and went to tell the nurse. While she did what she had to do, he waited.

Finally, she returned. She started to offer words of sympathy, but the Marine interrupted her.

"Who was that man?" he asked.

The nurse was startled, "He was your father," she answered.

"No, he wasn't," the Marine replied. "I never saw him before in my life."

"Then why didn't you say something when I took you to him?"

"I knew right away there had been a mistake,

but I also knew he needed his son, and his
son just wasn't here.

When I realized that he was too sick to tell

whether or not I was his son,

knowing how much he needed me, I stayed."

The next time someone needs you ... just be there. Stay.

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WE ARE NOT HUMAN BEINGS GOING THROUGH A
TEMPORARY SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE.

WE ARE SPIRITUAL BEINGS GOING THROUGH A TEMPORARY HUMAN EXPERIENCE.