Friendship

父母

看父母就是看自己的未來

如果你在一個平凡的家庭長大

如果你的父母還健在

不管你有沒有和他們同住

如果有一天，你發現媽媽的廚房不再像以前那麼乾淨

如果有一天，你發現家中的碗筷好像沒洗乾淨

如果有一天，你發現母親的鍋子不再雪亮

如果有一天，你發現父親的花草樹木已漸荒廢

如果有一天，你發現家中的地板衣櫃經常沾滿灰塵

如果有一天，你發現母親煮的菜太鹹太難吃

如果有一天，你發現父母經常忘記關瓦斯

如果有一天，你發現老父老母的一些習慣不再是習慣時，就像他們不 再想要天天洗澡時

如果有一天，你發現父母不再愛吃青脆的蔬果

如果有一天，你發現父母愛吃煮得爛爛的菜

如果有一天，你發現父母喜歡吃稀飯

如果有一天，你發現他們過馬路行動反應都慢了

如果有一天，你發現在吃飯時間他們老是咳個不停

千萬別誤以為他們感冒或著涼，(那是吞嚥神經老化的現象)

如果有一天，你發覺他們不再愛出門…

如果有這麼一天

我要告訴你，你要警覺父母真的已經老了

器官已經退化到需要別人照料了

如果你不能照料，請你替他們找人照料

並請你請你千萬千萬要常常探望

不要讓他們覺得被遺棄了

每個人都會老

父母比我們先老

我們要用角色互換的心情去照料他

才會有耐心、才不會有怨言

當父母不能料理自己的時候，為人子女要警覺，

他們可能會大小便失禁、可能會很多事都做不好，

如果房間有異味，可能他們自己也聞不到，

請不要嫌他髒或嫌他臭，為人子女的只能幫他清理，

並請維持他們的『自尊心』。

當他們不再愛洗澡時，

請抽空定期幫他們洗身體，

因為縱使他們自己洗也可能洗不乾淨。

當我們在享受食物的時候，

請替他們準備一份大小適當、容易咀嚼的一小碗，

因為他們不愛吃可能是牙齒咬不動了。

從我們出生開始，

餵奶換尿布、生病的不眠不休照料、

教我們生活基本能力、供給讀書、吃喝玩樂和補習，

關心和行動永遠都不停歇。

如果有一天，

他們真的動不了了，

角色互換不也是應該的嗎？

為人子女者要切記，

看父母就是看自己的未來，

孝順要及時。

如果有一天，

你像他們一樣老時，你希望怎麼過？

現在的你，

是在當單身寄生蟲、還是已婚雙料或多料寄生蟲？

你留意過自己的父母嗎？

樹欲靜而風不止、子欲養而親不在,您的父母還有多少時間等您?

A Seed

A successful business man was growing old and knew it was time to choose
a successor to take over the business. Instead of choosing one of his
directors or his children, he decided to do something different.

He called all the young executives in his company together.

"It is time for me to step down and choose the next CEO," he said.
"I have decided to choose one of you."

The young executives were shocked, but the boss continued. "I am going
to give each one of you a seed today - a very special seed. I want you
to plant the seed, water it, and come back here one year from today with

what you have grown from the seed I have given you. I will then judge
the plants that you bring, and the one I choose will be the next CEO."

One man, named Jim, was there that day and he, like the others, received a seed.

He went home and excitedly, told his wife the story. She helped him get
a pot, soil and compost and he planted the seed.

Every day, he would water it and watch to see if it had grown. After
about three weeks, some of the other executives began to talk about
their seeds and the plants that were beginning to grow. Jim kept
checking his seed, but nothing ever grew.

Three weeks, four weeks, five weeks went by, still nothing. By now,
others were talking about their plants, but Jim didn't have a plant and
he felt like a failure.

Six months went by - still nothing in Jim's pot. He just knew he had
killed his seed. Everyone else had trees and tall plants, but he had
nothing. Jim didn't say anything to his colleagues, however. He just
kept watering and fertilizing the soil - he so wanted the seed to grow.

A year finally went by and all the young executives of the company
brought their plants to the CEO for inspection. Jim told his wife that
he wasn't going to take an empty pot. But she asked him to be honest
about what happened.

Jim felt sick at his stomach. It was going to be the most embarrassing
moment of his life, but he knew his wife was right.

He took his empty pot to the board room. When Jim arrived, he was amazed
at the variety of plants grown by the other executives. They were
beautiful--in all shapes and sizes. Jim put his empty pot on the floor
and many of his colleagues laughed. A few felt sorry for him!

When the CEO arrived, he surveyed the room and greeted his young executives.

Jim just tried to hide in the back.

"My, what great plants, trees, and flowers you have grown," said the CEO.

"Today one of you will be appointed the next CEO!"

All of a sudden, the CEO spotted Jim at the back of the room with his
empty pot. He ordered the financial director to bring him to the front.

Jim was terrified. He thought, "The CEO knows I'm a failure! Maybe he
will have me fired!"

When Jim got to the front, the CEO asked him what had happened to his seed.

Jim told him the story.

The CEO asked everyone to sit down except Jim. He looked at Jim, and
then announced to the young executives, "Here is your next Chief Executive!
His name is Jim!"

Jim couldn't believe it. Jim couldn't even grow his seed. How could he
be the new CEO the others said?

Then the CEO said, "One year ago today, I gave everyone in this room a seed.

I told you to take the seed, plant it, water it, and bring it back to me
today. But I gave you all boiled seeds; they were dead - it was not
possible for them to grow.

All of you, except Jim, have brought me trees and plants and flowers.

"When you found that the seed would not grow, you substituted another
seed for the one I gave you. Jim was the only one with the courage and
honesty to bring me a pot with my seed in it. Therefore, he is the one
who will be the new Chief Executive!"

Moral:

If you plant honesty, you will reap trust

If you plant goodness, you will reap friends.

If you plant humility, you will reap greatness.

If you plant perseverance, you will reap contentment

If you plant consideration, you will reap perspective.

If you plant hard work, you will reap success.

If you plant forgiveness, you will reap reconciliation.

Puppies

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Pandas

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We Are Family

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Like Father Like Son

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Love Our Parents

A simple man tells how his booking an air ticket for his father, his first flight, brought emotions and made him realize how much we all take for granted when it comes to our parents.


My parents left for our native place on Thursday and we went to the airport to see them off. In fact, my father had never traveled by air before, so I just took this opportunity to make him experience the same. In spite of
being asked to book tickets by train, I got them tickets on MAS.


The moment I handed over the tickets to him, he was surprised to see that I had booked them by air. The excitement was very apparent on his face,
waiting for the time of travel. Just like a school boy, he was preparing himself on that day and we all went to the airport, right from using the trolley for his luggage, the baggage check-in and asking for window seat and waiting restlessly for the security check-in to happen. He was thoroughly enjoying himself and I, too, was overcome with joy watching him experience all these things.


As they were about to go in for the security check-in, he walked up to me with tears in his eyes and thanked me. He became very emotional and it was not as if I had done something great but the fact that this meant a great
deal to him.

When he said thanks, I told him there was no need to thank me.

But later, thinking about the entire incident, I looked back at my life.

As a child how many dreams our parents have made come true. Without understanding the financial situation, we asked for football, dresses, toys, outings, etc. Irrespective of their affordability, they had satisfied all our needs. Did we ever think about the sacrifices they had to make to
accommodate many of our wishes?

Did we ever say thanks for all that they have done for us?

Same way, today when it comes to our children, we always think that we should put them in a good school. Regardless of the amount of donation, we will ensure that we will have to give the child the best, theme parks,
toys, etc. But we tend to forget that our parents have sacrificed a lot for our sake to see us happy, so it is our responsibility to ensure that their dreams are realized and what they failed to see when they were young, it is
our responsibility to ensure that they experience all those and their life is complete.

Many times, when my parents had asked me some questions, I have actually answered back without patience. When my daughter asks me something, I have been very polite in answering. Now I realize how they would have felt at those moments.

Let us realize that old age is a second childhood and just as we take care of our children,the same attention and same care need to be given to our parents and elders.

Rather than my dad saying thank you to me, I would want to say sorry for making him wait so long for this small dream. I do realize how much he has sacrificed for my sake and I will do my best to give the best possible attention to all their wishes. Just because they are old does not mean that
they will have to give up everything and keep sacrificing for their grandchildren too. They have wishes, too.

Take care of ur parents.

Let Me Hold Your Hand

Little girl and her father were crossing a bridge.
The father was kind of scared so he asked his little daughter,
'Sweetheart, please hold my hand so that you don't fall into the river.'
The little girl said, 'No, Dad. You hold my hand.'
'What's the difference?' Asked the puzzled father.
'There's a big difference,' replied the little girl.

'If I hold your hand and something happens to me,
chances are that I may let your hand go.
But if you hold my hand, I know for sure that no matter what happens,
you will never let my hand go.'

In any relationship, the essence of trust is not in its bind, but in its bond.

So hold the hand of the person who loves you rather than expecting them to hold yours...