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愛是無涯---當上網玩GAME, 向 ICQ CHAT, 生活和成長於繁榮富庶的我們, 有沒有想一想, 那些落後國家貧窮的, 天災, 戰爭, 疾病, 絕症, 甚至連基本需要都成問題, 正在生命邊緣掙扎的人呢?

<希望你會留下來看一看, 然後想一想自己有多麼幸福.
幸福并不是必然的, 請珍惜你所擁有的, 多關心身邊的人.>

饑饉三十

"饑饉三十小時, 以實際行動籌募善款, 為饑饉貧窮的一群帶來希望." 這是有關機構所發之感謝證書上印有之句語.

有幸參加一九九五及一九九六年由香港世界宣明會舉辦之饑饉三十, 在限定三十個小時內只利用流質飲料頂肚餓, 滋味一世難忘. 試想想世界另一端有一群人, 不知要過多少個"饑饉三十小時", 死神每天向他們招手, 捱不過的便會與世長辭.

一九九五年第一次參加饑饉三十, 舉行的地點是香港政府大球場, 據說那年有八千人參加. 那年心血來潮, 很"勇"地一個人獨自報名, 萬萬想不到, 我的組長正是我中學時的師兄, 頓時不再怕寂寞. 開幕禮在下午二時開始, 主辦單位安排了一連串活動讓營友度過這個有意義的三十小時, 包括: 有關第三世界國家和貧窮落後地區的資料短片放影; 藝人及知名人士講述參與善事的感受, 并支持鼓勵營友; 還有社會團體各項表演.

在營中, 營友要互相照顧, 一般來說每組大概有廿個營友, 我們在大球場中央的拍定營區活動, 玩遊戲及談天, 漸漸營友間建立起友誼. 記得晚上大伙兒遷移陣地至球場四周有蓋的看台作休息的地方, 營友將帶來的睡袋合起來坐在一起, 因為大家都不太想睡; 看看四周其他營友, 有些玩GAME BOY, 有些玩CARD, 有些走來走去, 當然也有人"偷食"; 而我們并沒有帶太多東西, 只有除身必需品而已, 我們一直談天, 同組的營友原來很多都是首次參加"饑饉"的, 年齡大概是廿多歲, 就這樣過了一個沒有晚餐和沒有洗澡的夜晚, 直到天光前大家才睡. 雖然沒有公雞, 但我們卻被人們的惡作劇叫聲吵醒, 有些年紀小的在球場的看台上大叫茶樓點心的名稱, 例如: 叉燒包, 蝦姣等等, 我們發出會心微笑但不覺得肚餓.

第二天清早, 我們又返回球場中央的位置. 大會安排了我們做早操, 玩人浪令大家頓時為之一振. 一整天沒有吃東西之後, 有些其他組的營友支持不住肚餓, 有些抵擋不住炎熱的天氣, 終於要中途放棄. 而我們依然精神奕奕. 畢竟大家都是懷有一顆善心來做善事的, 三十個小時其實不難過. 大會主持每隔一段時間便會和我們倒數, 一直到晚上八時, 除住閉幕典禮的結束, 我們便完成了 "饑饉三十".

一九九六年再參加, 給我最難忘的一幕, 相信是大會安排所有營友攜除身物品赤足繞場步行一周, 一邊行一邊看資料片段, 想像一下落後地方從來沒有鞋, 沒有衣服穿, 量食和物資不足的人, 我們就會體會和了解到自己有多幸福.

參加"饑饉"的收穫不少, 不但認識了一班新朋友, 從中大家學到相處之道. 我們更珍惜食物及所擁有的東西, 多關心身邊的人和事. top

<如果你覺得事事不如意, 生活難過. 不如看看以下由一位朋友FORWARD給我的真實故事, 看完之後你會有另一番感受.>

LIFE

Have you ever, at any one time, had the feeling that life is bad, real bad, and you wish you were in another situation? You find life make things difficult for you, work sucks, life sucks, everything seems to go wrong...

Read the following story...it may change you views about life:-

After a conversation with one of my friends, he told me despite taking 2 jobs, he brings back barely above 1K per month, he is happy as he is.

I wonder how he can be as happy as he is considering he has to skimp his life with the low pay to support a pair of old parents, in-laws, a wife, 2 daughters and the many bills of a household.

He explained that it was through one incident that he saw in India...that happened a few years ago when he was really feeling low and touring India after a major setback. He said that right in front of his very eyes, he saw an Indian mother chop off her child's right hand with a chopper. The helpessness in the mother's eyes, the scream of pain from the innocent 4 year old child haunted him until today.

You may ask why did the mother do so; had the child been naughty, had the child's hand been infected?? No, it was done for two simple words ---TO BEG! The desperate mother deliberately caused the child to be handicapped so that the child could go out to the streets to beg.

Taken aback by the scene, he dropped a piece of bread he was eating half-way. And almost instantly, a flock of 5 or 6 children swamped towards this small piece of bread which was covered with sand, robbing bits from one another. The natural reaction of hunger.

Stricken by the happenings, he instructed his guide to drive him to the nearest bakery. He arrived at two bakeries and bought every single loaf of bread he found in the bakeries. The owner was dumbfounded but willingly sold everything. He spent less than $100 to obtain about 400 loaves of bread (this is less than $0.25 per loaf) and spent another $100 to get daily necessities.

Off he went in the truck full of bread into the streets. As he distributed the bread and necessities to the children (mostly handicapped) and a few adults, he received cheers and bows from these unfortunate. For the first time in his life he wondered how people can give up their dignity for a loaf of bread which cost less than $0.25.

He began to tell himself how fortunate he is. How fortunate he is to be able to have a complete body, have a job, have a family, have the chance to be clothed, have the many things that these people in front of him are deprived of...

Now I begin to think and feel it, too! Was my life really that bad? Perhaps...no, I should not feel bad at all...What about you? Maybe the next time you think you are, think about the child who lost one hand to beg on the streets.

"Contentment is not the fulfilment of what you want, it is the realization of how much you already have."

When the door of happiness closes, another opens, but often times we look so long at the closed door that we don't see the one which has been opened for us. It's true that we don't know that we've got until we lost it, but it's also true that we don't know that we've been missing until it arrives.

Giving someone all your love is never an assurance that they'll love you back! Don't expect love in return; just wait for it to grow in their heart but if it doesn't, be content it grew in yours. It takes only a minute to get a crush on someone, an hour to like someone, and a day to love someone, but it takes a lifetime to forget someone.

Don't go for looks; they can deceive. Don't go for wealth; even that fades away. Go for someone who smile because it takes only a smile to make darkday seem bright. Find the one that makes your heart smile.

There are moments in life when you miss someone so much that you just want to pick them from your dreams and hug them for real! Dream what you want to dream; go where you want to go; be what you want to be, because you have only one life and one chance to do all the things you want to do.

May you have enough happiness to make you sweet, enough trials to make you strong, enough sorrow to keep you human, enough hope to make you happy. Always put yourself in other's shoes. If you feel that it hurts you, it probably hurts the other person, too.

The happiest of people don't necessarily has the best of everything; they just make the most of everything that comes along their way.

Happiness lies for those who cry, those who hurt, those who have searched, and those who have tried, for only they can appreciate the importance of people who have touched their lives.

Love begins with a smile, grows with a kiss and ends with a tear. The brightest future will always be based on a forgotten past, you can't go on well in life until you let go of your past failures and heartaches.

When you were born, you were crying and everyone around you was smiling. Live your life so that when you die, you're the one who is smiling and everyone around you is crying.

Please send this message to those people who mean something to you, to those who have touched your life in one way or another, to those who make you smile when you really need it, to really down, to those who you want to let them know that you appreciate their friendship.

And if you don't, don't worry, nothing bad will happen to you, you will just miss out on the opportunity to brighten someone's day with this message. top

FIVE SIMPLE RULES TO BE HAPPY

Remember the five simple rules to be happy:
1. Free your heart from hatred.
2. Free your mind from worries.
3. Live simply.
4. Give more.
5. Expect less.

No one can go back and make a brand new start. Anyone can start from now
and make a brand new ending. God didn't promise days without pain,
laughter without sorrow, sun without rain, but He did promise strength for
the day, comfort for the tears, and light for the way.

Disappointments are like road humps, they slow you down a bit but you
enjoy the smooth road afterwards.

Don't stay on the humps too long. Move on! When you feel down because you
didn't get what you want, just sit tight and be happy, because God is
thinking of something better to give you.

When something happens to you, good or bad, consider what it means.
There's a purpose to life's events, to teach you how to laugh more or not
to cry too hard.

You can't make someone love you, all you can do is be someone who can be
loved, the rest is up to the person to realise your worth.

The measure of love is when you love without measure. In life there are
very rare chances that you'll meet the person you love and loves you in
return. So once you have it don't ever let go, the chance might never come
your way again.

It's better to lose your pride to the one you love, than to lose the one
you love because of pride.

We spend too much time looking for the right person to love or finding
fault with those we already love, when instead we should be perfecting the
love we give.

When you truly care for someone, you don't look for faults, you don't look
for answers, you don't look for mistakes. Instead, you fight the mistakes,
you accept the faults, and you overlook the excuses.

Never abandon an old friend. You will never find one who can take his
place. Friendship is like wine, it gets better as it grows older.
Pass it on to your dear friends....top