大爱的足迹【飞翔】

Credits to my cousin bro for having his last will to have a sharing ceremony for all of his relatives & friends.
Bcoz of him, i came in-touch & got to know more about Buddhist Tzu-Chi Foundation.
Bcoz of him, i am now one of the members of the foundation, i might not be active now, but i believe i will in the future.
Bcoz of him, i got the chance to learn so many valuable lessons in life.
Bcoz of him, i found something in life....a meaningful goal.

I am grateful for having the opportunity to attend this ceremony...with the theme of 大爱的足迹【飞翔】.
I really like those sharing parts from his family members, it's meaningful & touching enough to give us teary eyes....& i enjoyed one of the videos shown to us, it's entitled '人生经济学'.
...the speaker did say something meaningful which leave some strong impacts on me.

Let's talk abt the part i like most, '人生经济学'.
We are always calculative about how much $$ we earn, & how much $$ we spend.
It is very uncommon for us to sit down & calculate how much time do we have for good deeds in our entire life.
As the speaker said, "人生无常，无常先来，还是明天先来，我们都不知道，所以我们必须把握当下，珍惜眼前所有的一切"
Most of us do not realize that we will actually spend quarter of our life just to sleep.
In other words, assuming that we have 60years of life-span, & we sleep for 8hours per day, 20years are spent on sleeping, unconscious & out of touch with the world.
...bear in mind that we gotta take out some time for eating, bathing, day-dreaming, sms-ing, calling, talking, & etc.
So basically we left not much time to contribute, & do good deeds.
Some of u may hv heard abt this calculating thingie.
But i believe not many ppl will think about it thoroughly & make a change.
At least, i was among these ppl.
i ever came across with this once upon a time, but i didn't really go & think abt it.
But today, again, this 'time-calculation' came to me, & it creates an impact on me.
"人生最大的资产就是时间，而最大的风险是无常"
i absolutely totally truly really madly deeply AGREED at this!
i bought a book abt '人生经济学', i was not sure if i should buy it at first, coz it's a chinese book, & i'm not sure whether i hv the patience to finish reading it.
But my younger cousin bro told me Hey the words in this book are not tough & i am sure u will hv the patience to finish the entire book coz it's really a good book & u will definitely learn a lot a lot & change into a different person by then!
With his powerful persuasive words, i bought it at last.
....& he bought me a book, '考验'.
He recommended this book for me & he believes that it will be very useful for me who is going to explore the outside world soon.
I am grateful & really appreciate his good deeds.

these are what i've gotten home

Bamboo Piggy Banks for charity purpose
Jing Si Aphorisms in both language
大悲咒 抄写本 from aunt
My 1st Chinese book in my life - '人生经济学'.
2nd Chinese book from cousin bro - '考验'.


i am looking forward to explore the content inside

'Still Thoughts' is the English version of Jing Si Aphorisms...
....& this precious book with autograph in it
They're given to me by cousin bro=)

okay so i shall start some reading to exercise my rusted mind!