hapa
2010/11/22 上午 01:13:20
謹以此文替所有的流浪動物向您致謝！We Are Their Heroes
If you worry that you have not made a difference,
you have,
for only those who do not worry about it have not.
If you feel overwhelmed, if the weight of problems
is too heavy to bear,
remember it is a shared burden
and the strength of numbers can accomplish much.
If you think society and government are blind,
it only serves to remind that we need to change
one mind at a time, one law after another.
We effect change by cooperation, not by isolation.
If you consider that we cannot save them all,
and what difference does one make?,
you ought to know the joy of the one who is saved.
Mourn those we cannot save, it is a eulogy to their being.
Do not let their loss be in vain.
Be kind to yourself, remember your needs
and those of your family and friends of every species.
If you give everything, what will you have left for yourself,
or for them?
Strive to be happy and healthy. You are needed.
Achieving balance in life is a lifelong struggle.
We who help those who do not have all that they need
should be among the most grateful for what we have.
Be proud of your accomplishments, not your opinions.
The quality of your efforts is more important than the quantity.
Forgive your own deficiencies - sometimes your caring is sufficient.
Everyone can do something, it is up to you to do the thing you can. A
kind word and a gentle touch can change a life.
If a seething anger wells up within you, because people are the
problem, remember your humanity and that people are also the solution.
Concentrate on specific needs, pay attention to the individual - they
make up the whole. See beyond the unlovable, the unattractive, the
impure and the wounded - see that their spirit is as deserving as the
rest. Help them heal. Their eyes are windows to their soul and the
mirror of your sincerity.
All species, all beings, share this Earth in a chain of life.
Care more about what makes us alike than what separates us.
Policies, rules and regulations are not infallible.
Apply them judiciously, interpret them wisely.
No decision based purely on money is ever the right one.
Listen to your heart. Sometimes we have to do that which
we are most afraid of.
Be true to yourself and your beliefs.
Family may abandon you,
friends may disappoint you, strangers will ridicule you.
People shun what they do not understand.
Help them to understand - kindly, softly, gently.
Those who do not respect all life are to be pitied.
Often the wrongdoer is as in need of help as his victims.
Forgive, then teach by example.
Educate yourself or you cannot hope to teach others.
No action based in hatred is ever right and
anger drowns out wisdom.
Yours may be a voice crying in the wilderness,
make it a voice to be respected.
Listen more than you talk, be courteous and reliable.
Learn to ask for help. Never waiver from the truth.
Know that it takes a lot of strength to cry and
with every defeat, we learn.
All Creation celebrates that which is in its own best interest.
The Children are our hope - nurture them.
Nature is our legacy - protect it.
The Animals are our brethren - learn from them.
Your rewards will not be material, but they will be meaningful,
and the courage of your convictions can survive anything.
We are small boats cast adrift on a cruel sea, but someday
the tide will turn toward a safe harbor. No matter how dark
the storm clouds, or deep the pain of heartbreak - never forget:
We are their heroes.
© Jim Willis 2001
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hapa
2010/11/22 上午 01:37:43
我們是牠們的英雄
假如你擔心你並沒有改變任何事，你有，
唯獨那些從來不曾擔心的人才沒有。
如果你覺得問題沉重到讓你受不了而無法承擔時，
要記得那是一個一起分攤的重擔
而且眾多的力量可以成就更多事。
如果你認為社會和政府都沒看見，
那只是提醒我們需要一次改變一個想法，
一個法條接一個法條的改下去。
我們透過合作促成改變，而非各自獨立去做。
如果你考慮到我們無法拯救牠們全部，
單救出一個又有什麼意義呢?，
你應當體會獲得拯救的那一個所感受到的喜悅。
我們心痛無法拯救到的，那也要讚頌牠們的存在。
不要讓牠們白白的失去生命。
善待您自己，記得你及你的家人及每個物種朋友所需的
如果你付出了一切，你還為你自己及牠們留下甚麼呢？
盡量讓你自己快樂而健康。牠們都需要你。
終身的努力來實現生活中得到的平衡。
我們能夠幫助其他生活上有所欠缺的人，應該感謝我們所擁有的。
為你的成就感到驕傲，而不是你的意見。
你努力的品質比成果的數量來得重要。
原諒自己不足之處 –有您的關愛就足夠了。
每個人都可以做點事，那就要看您自己能做些甚麼事。
一些仁慈的話語，一個溫柔的接觸都可以改變一個生命。
如果一股怒火在你心中升起，那是因為人的問題，
記得你也是人而人也是解答所在。
把注意力集中在特定的需求上，注意每個個體–
因為他們的聚集就會成為一個整體。
別只看到不惹人疼的，不吸引人的,
血統不純正的和傷殘的 –
要知道他們的精神和其他的動物一樣值得救助。幫助他們痊癒。
牠們的眼睛是向著您的靈魂之窗，也是反映你真誠的明鏡。
所有的物種，所有的眾生，都在一條生命鏈中來分享地球的一切。
我們應該比較在意的是什麼讓我們相似，而不是什麼讓我們分開。
政策、 規則和條例不是萬無一失的。
審慎的運用它們，明智的詮釋它們。
純粹依據金錢來做的決定是永遠不會正確的。
傾聽你自己的內心。有時我們必須做我們最害怕的事。
忠實面對你自己和你的信念。
家人可能會放棄你，
朋友可能會讓你失望，陌生人將會取笑你。
人們都會避開他們所不瞭解的事。
您可以用和藹的、輕柔的、溫和的態度來幫助他們來理解。
不懂得尊重生命的人應該被值得同情。
做錯事的人往往和他們的受害人一樣需要幫助的。
寬恕他們，然後以身作則。
教育你自己，否則你不能期望自己去教導別人。
建立在仇恨上的行動永遠不可能是正確
而憤怒的情緒會淹沒了智慧的判斷。
你的聲音可能是在荒野中的哭喊，
要讓它贏得尊重。
你聽的要比說的多，要有禮而且可靠。
學習請求幫助。永遠不要放棄真理。
要知道哭泣需要很大的力量
並且我們從每一次失敗中得到學習。
所有的生物都會頌揚對自己最有利的事物。
孩子是我們的希望 – 培養他們。
大自然是我們留給後人財富 – 保護它。
動物是我們的兄弟 – 向牠們學習。
你獲得的回報雖然不是物質上的，但卻意義非凡，
你的信念所滋生的勇氣遇到任何事都能存活下來。
我們像似在殘酷的大海中漂流的小船，
但是有一天潮水將會轉向一個安全的港灣。
不論暴風雨的雲層有多黑，
或者心痛有多深 – 千萬不要忘記：
我們是牠們的英雄。