Thought of the Day

Medical research that do not yield results are unethical in itself...

Dreams

Every boy once dreamed to be a soldier at some point of time... He was no exception...
perhaps he was not old enough, or not strong enough, or not smart enough, or not rough enough; whichever the case, when the king called for an army, he had to see his brothers off while he stayed at home...
Not that he didn't like it at home. He enjoyed playing on the green hills and rolling on the fields and swimming in the river. He always did those when he took his father's sheep out for grazing. But whenever he watched the clouds drift by, David would relive his dream of fighting mighty battles among the lines of Israel, the Lord's Own army!

Its amazing to see where one's dream will lead him... lets watch David...

He went to the battlefield to send a lunchbox for his brothers. That's when he heard someone who openly defied the troops of Israel, and their God.
Imagine how angry one would be, to have something one looked up to and dreamed about and admired for all his life suddenly mocked and derided and publicly scorned.
Well, David's not the kind who would be satisfied just playing sitting ducks!
He started to talk...

Well, I guess one of the first things one should do to reach one's dreams is to share it. Talk about it, show it to others that you want to do it.

Pretty soon,David caught the attention and got an opportunity. King Saul asked for a personal interview.
David gave a wonderful presentation and got the break he wanted.
Off to the field you go!

Well, I don't think I need to say that we should grab the opportunities that is given at hand and make the most of our dreams...

Well, he did it! He took the giant down and when others saw that his dream worked, they all jumped in and had a share...
Then again, SOME ONE had a bigger dream for him... a dream that had a "king" ring to it......

Well, I guess accomplishing dreams is a wonderful thing. But then, allowing God to accomplish His dream in us brings it to a whole new level.
His dreams for us is always bigger than we think.
For now I'm content to dream to be a soldier for Him, winning small victories in life...
who knows what God has in store for me??... what about you??
just be ready to run when king Saul comes after you!!

感激月亮,否定太陽

Got this as a forwarded message...

A wonderful story for a new year. Sry to those who can't read chinese, traditional chinese for that matter...

主題：感激月亮,否定太陽

"被照顧到無微不至的人反而不會感恩，
因為當白天夠亮，太陽就是多餘的> > "。

有一則猶太故事說，有一天，有人問一位老先生，
太陽和月亮哪個比較重要。
那位老先生想了半天，
回答道：「是月亮，月亮比較重要。」
為什麼呢？
「因為月亮是在夜晚發光，
那是我們最需要光亮的時候，
而白天已經夠亮了，
太陽卻在那時候照耀。」
你或許會笑這位老先生糊塗，
但你不覺得很多人也是這樣嗎？
每天照顧你的人，你從不覺得有什麼，
若是陌生人這樣對你，你就認為他人真好；
你的父母、妻子或先生一直付出，
你總覺得理所當然，甚至還有得嫌；
一旦外人為你做出類似行為，
你就受寵若驚，你就會很感激。
這不是跟「感激月亮，否定太陽」一樣糊塗嗎？

有個女孩跟媽媽大吵了一架，氣得奪門而出，
決定再也不要回到這個討厭的家了!
一整天，她都在外面閒逛，
肚子餓得咕嚕咕嚕叫，
但偏偏又沒帶零用錢出來，
可又拉不下臉回家吃飯。
一直到了晚上，她來到一家麵攤旁，
聞到了陣陣的香味，真是好想吃一碗，
但身上又沒帶錢只能不住的吞口水。
忽然，老闆親切的問：「小姐，妳要不要吃麵啊？」
她不好意思的回答：「嗯！可是……我沒有帶錢……」
老闆聽了大笑：「哈哈，沒關係，今天就算老闆請客吧！」
女孩簡直不敢相信自己的耳朵，她坐下來。
不一會兒，麵來了，她吃得津津有味，
並說：「老闆，你人真好！」
老闆說：{哦？怎麼啦？}
女孩接著回答：「對啊！我們素不相識，你卻對我
那麼好，不像我媽，
根本不了解我的需要和想法，真氣人呢！」
老闆又笑了：「哈，小姐，我才不過給妳一碗麵而已，
妳就這麼感激我，
那麼妳媽媽幫妳煮了二十幾年的飯，
妳不是更應該感激她嗎？」
被老闆這麼一講，女孩頓時有如大夢初醒，
眼淚瞬間奪眶而出！
顧不得還剩下的半碗麵，立刻飛奔回家。
才到家門前的巷口，就遠遠的看到媽媽，
焦急的在門口四處張望，
她的心立刻揪在一起！
有一千句、一萬句的對不起想對媽媽說。
還沒來得及開口，只見媽媽已迎了上前：
「唉呦！妳一整天跑去那裡了啊？
嚇死我了！來，進來把手洗一洗，吃晚飯了。」
這天晚上，這個女孩才深刻體會到媽媽對她的愛。

太陽一直都在，人就忘了它給的光亮，當親人一直都在，
人就會忘了他們給的溫暖；
一個被照顧到無微不至的人
反而不會去感恩，
因為白天已經夠亮了，太陽不是多餘的嗎？