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    July 22

    Summer Holiday Daily No. 6

    Topic: Women needs sisters

    A young wife sat on a sofa on a hot humid day, drinking iced tea and visiting with her Mother.
    As they talked about life, about marriage, about the responsibilities of life and the obligations of adulthood, the mother clinked the ice cubes in her glass thoughtfully and turned a clear, sober glance upon her daughter 'Don't forget your Sisters,' she advised, swirling the tea leaves to the bottom of her glass.
    'They'll be more important as you get older. No matter how much you love your husband, no matter how much you love the children you may have, you are still going to need Sisters. Remember to go places with them now and then; do things with them.

    'Remember that 'Sisters' means ALL the women... your girlfriends, your daughters, and all your other women relatives too. You'll need other women. Women always do.'
    What a funny piece of advice the young woman thought! Haven't I just gotten married? Haven't I just joined the couple-world? I'm now a married woman, for goodness sake! A grownup! Surely my husband and the family we may start will be all I need to make my life worthwhile! But she listened to her Mother. She kept contact with her Sisters and made more women friends each year. As the years tumbled by, one after another, she gradually came to understand that her Mom really knew what she was talking about. As time and nature work their changes and their mysteries upon a woman, Sisters are the mainstays of her life. After almost 50 years of living in this world, here is what I've learned:
    THIS SAYS IT ALL:
    Time passes.
    Life happens.
    Distance separates.

    Children grow up.
    Jobs come and go.
    Love
    waxes and wanes.
    Men don't do what they're supposed to do.
    Hearts break.
    Parents die.
    Colleagues forget favors.
    Careers end.

    BUT.........
    Sisters are there, no matter how much time and how many miles are between you.

    A girl friend is never farther away than needing her can reach.
    When you have to walk that lonesome valley and you have to walk it by yourself, the women in your life
    span will be on the valley's rim, cheering you on, praying for you, pulling for you, intervening on your behalf, and waiting with open arms at the valley's end. Sometimes, they will even break the rules and walk beside you...Or come in and carry you out.

    Girlfriends, daughters, granddaughters, daughters-in-law, sisters, sisters-in-law, Mothers, Grandmothers, aunties, nieces, cousins, and extended family, all bless our life!
    The world wouldn't be the same without women, and neither would I. When we began this adventure called womanhood, we had no idea of the incredible joys or sorrows that lay ahead. Nor did we know how much we would need each other.
    Every day, we need each other still. Pass this on to all the women who help make your life meaningful.
    I just did. Short and very sweet:

    There are more than twenty angels in this world. Ten are peacefully sleeping on clouds. Nine are playing. And one is reading my paper at this moment.
    Happy days! Stephanie Clark made me understand how important the sisters we need for each other!

    July 13

    Summer Holiday Daily No. 5

    Topic: G8

      This Saturday I went to my junior high school deskmate’s birthday party, he grow up as a mature guy, but still keep a pure juvenile heart, he used to be my “ deadly enemy”(he always make fun of me), but we are best friends on earth now. See, nothing is impossible.

      If you race the origin of the word“G6”, you will find a big secret about six guys who established the deeply friendship by the gambling which we could call “mah-jong”. Anymore, the new word “G8” is instead of “G6” for the beauty and playboy joining. Twofer!!!

      There is nothing more important than high school friendship, I assume you’ll make yourself nostalgic when memory the great time in high school, the guys are hysterically funny and the games are big bowl of amazing, we really enjoyed an entertaining night, we spit-swear and pinky-swear to promise we must talk the talk , walk the walk , keep friendship forever.

       It is not a rendezvous, but how could it be too damn perfect? I mean, every minute is worthy of good memory and I love every member of the “G8”, I wish we could be good friends forever.

    July 06

    Summer Holiday Daily No.3

    Topic: Rush

    Yesterday I gathered together with my junior high school classmates, we went to KTV to sing, have dinner, and chat with each other. Nine years have already passed since we graduated from junior high school , how quickly time rushes by!!

         There is a popular song named <<Ten Years>> that shows us a picture on many changes that can happen in ten years and I don’t know how many days I have been given to spend, but I do feel my hands are getting empty. Taking stock silently I find that more than eight thousand days have already slid away from me.

         Now, you the wise, tell me, why should our days leave us, never to return? If they had been stolen by someone, who could it be? Where could he hide them? If they had made the escape themselves, then where could they stay at the moment?

         After 10 years, I don’t know where I am, maybe here or the other side of the ocean, but wherever and whatever, the days passed never return. What I can do is to cherish the surroundings I have right now.

     

    July 04

    Summer Hoilday Daily No .2

    Topic: The Art of Living

          You know , yesterday I received the comments : You are my true love so the wind that blows through your room would be the love that I send each and every day to you carried on the wind current for thousands and thousands of miles. I'm into somebody who could say that, if you really understand the art of love , probably you know when to hold fast and when to let go , and this is also the art of living.

          We remember a beauty that faded, a love that waned. But we member with far greater pain that we did not see that beauty when it flowered, that we failed to respond with love when it was tendered. Today, as I walked from the apartment, the sunlight hit me. I looked to see whether anyone else relished the sun's golden glow, but everyone was hurrying to and fro, most with eyes fixed on the ground. Then I remembered how often I ,too, had been indifferent to the grandeur of each day, too preoccupied with petty and sometimes even mean concerns to respond from that experience as commonplace as was the experience itself.
          The art of living just like what I said above, I mean, life's gifts are precious, but we are too heedless of them. I miss last July 4th, I enjoyed the independent day and
    had a lot fun in the United States through that's not my country at that time. Why? Because I told myself enjoy the special minutes in your life every time , when one day I look back I will always have good memory and no regret.

    July 02

    Summer Holiday Daily No 1 day, July 2

    Topic: True love

    I haven’t written daily anymore since I was 10 years old, I remembered that a famous Asian-American author said when she was a teenager,her secret crush on her classmate caused her to write daily about the obsessed feeling. Unfortunately, her private daily was recited in public by a prankish classmate then everyone laughed at her, specially the relationship between her and the guy she loved secretly became so embarrassed, she decided to write daily in English instead of being embarrassed again. That coincident decision caused her make great achievements in writing English novel today. I begin again to write daily not because of her, because the sentence “Fundamentals are the building blocks of fun” said by Mikbail Baryshnikov(荀子)and yesterday I was crying about a Korean TV series called “My Girl”, I can’t help bursting into tears even the second time to watch it. The hero and heroine were sick of pretending to be cousin for the developing of their secret love, but the grandfather couldn’t forgive the girl cheated him, actually the original intention she pretended to be his granddaughter for saving his sickness, keep him be happy in the rest of life. The real granddaughter lost for long time if the grandson couldn’t find her in the last moment, it would make the grandfather died with regret. We call this “white lie” or “well-meaning lie”.

    I was deeply moved by the true love happened between this pair of fake cousin, they waited for two years and finally got together.

    So I was wondering is the true love existed or when could we feel it around us, another love story happened in Korea as well, the guy who died in accident and his girlfriend remembered he said if one day he died, he would turn into breeze and return. So the girl made a lot pinwheel in room and opened windows whenever she was stay at home, because she was always waiting for him to return. The third story occurred in Hong Kong, the couples broken up with the guy’s cheating, it was a huge mistake he never make before and he was overcome with remorse and regretted everyday, so he started to write daily called “the time without Chang Zaixin”(the girl’s name), from No1 day to No 821 day, totally 821 days, deep down loved that girl and wish her forgiveness. The daily finally was found by the girl, but No 822 day he couldn’t write it because of the traffic accident, both of them were lawyers, he was giving some attention to the case girl asked for help when he was driving, after accident happened, he used a last piece of strength to call the girl and told her that he figured out the

    point of the case she could use in court maybe great helpful. The insinuating mean was “I love you and I could do everything for you until the last minute I dead”. But he didn’t say it, just finished the conversation by saying “take care”.The daily opened his heart to the girl, I assume she would forgive him.

    Right next door each star, there’s a hair between them. Why we couldn’t have a shot at being couples when both of us alive? Why we are ill-equipped in the philosophies of lost love? What is the highly-anticipated love? Are there sacrifices for a goal like pure love? And I’ve endeavored to find the answer. Right now , there is a windflaw through my room, is true love coming?

    August 01

    很怀念

           很怀念童年的时候,吃过的零食如小包装萝卜丝、搞搞糖、果丹皮等,我的朋友曾这样形容过:吃搞搞糖的人大可以放心大胆地买,然后大摇大摆地在众多期待的目光中把红色绿色黄色混合成为。。。混合色,然后作享受状地把它吃下去,而对于果丹皮的朋友们,关键就在于拆开包装纸的一刹那,把整根果丹皮全部塞到嘴里!现在,每当我看到超市货架上琳琅满目的进口薯片、巧克力棒饼干等,为何没有了当时的喜悦和兴奋?
          很怀念以前我过生日的时候,有人会送我超级大的长毛绒玩具,我捧着大熊走在大街上真的觉得自己是世上最幸福的女孩!现在,不知何时起我的生日礼物变成了水晶项链、香水、高档护肤品和一些时尚新潮的流行物。然而,为何我会没有了拥抱着大熊时露出傻傻笑容的一丝甜蜜?
          很怀念家里是小房子的时候,每当夏天的晚上,爸妈和我就会凑在草席上一起分享一只大西瓜、一边看电视的情景。现在,家越搬越大,夏天的晚上开着中央空调,爸在客厅看新闻、妈在主卧看电视剧,而我在书房上网。为何家会冷清寂寞许多、距离会遥远许多?
          很怀念我小时候曾暗恋过一个男生,每次看见他骑着单车从我面前呼啸而过,就会莫名的脸红心跳加快,所以暗恋了好久直到分开都没敢告诉他。现在,为何电视里认识的不到一小时就可以开口说:我们交往吧;甚至相遇几小时后就把除了领证之外的事情全做完了,连恋爱的过程都可以省了?
          很怀念以前上学时坐在爸爸的自行车后座上、抱着爸爸的后背再打个小盹,一觉醒来就到了校门口。现在,即便是打着奔驰车的在高架上飞驰,也不用为乐早起而打盹,为何没有了安稳贴心的感觉?
          很怀念小时候常常可以和朋友们在一起嘻嘻哈哈,现在,因为都长大了为了各自的前途而奔波,有走出国门身处异乡、有加班加点作无定息;也因为工作环境和网络的存在,让我们身边的朋友越来越多,知心的越来越少。为何找不回那种年少时友情在彼此心目中的地位了呢?
           很怀念一些事,但我知道今天应该比昨天更美好。可能就像刘若英在《后来》里唱到的:永远不可能再重来,有一个男孩爱着那个女孩。我明白:永远不可能再重来,有一个女孩小时候的所有感觉。
           你是否也曾很怀念过?
     
     
     
    July 27

    似水流年、人淡如菊

          袭着一身白衣、与四年未曾谋面的友人相约,她看着我说了八个字:“似水流年、人淡如菊。”我们笑了,因为彼此深知共同拥有的烂漫青春岁月里,我俩度过的是很淡很嫩的水粉色、最初的、美好的如同香水百合一般的,也有点脆弱的,难以留住的年少轻狂。
          一个女孩真正成熟需要走过多少年?从离开校门走向异国他乡,正好是四年。我不敢说今日的我们都成熟了,但至少多了一份自然恬淡、心胸开阔。记得年纪小的时候,不太会体谅别人,不能够从对方的角度看问题,比较忽视别人,太自我。幸好生活总是宽容得让我成长着、幸福着,我自认为是个平庸的人,追求的是四平八稳的平庸幸福,相信真爱、珍惜感恩,永远是爱情里的主旋律。世俗的成功,在我的心里并没有那么重要。我觉得,我小时候才有些理想和目标,越长大越没有。我当然也希望获得世俗意义上的成功,但是这种想法并不那么迫切,也就是说,不太能为之费尽心机的奋斗和争取。或许一直以来有别人替我铺好了路,自己只要脚踏实地、勤勤恳恳的走下去就好,我没有特别地羡慕甚至妒忌过哪一种人、哪一种人生,因为我相信每个人都有一条适合自己走的路,做好自己能力范围内的事情就会过得满足幸福。以前获得的种种,并非我刻意的追求,我还常觉得我实际得到的比我的目标还要好。
          有人想要成功会不惜一切代价,我也想要有成功的人生,沃伦*巴菲特喜爱的一本书《智慧书》曾告诉我:“生命就像一个火柴盒”,有的人追逐名利,有的人于是无争,在这两种常见倾向之上,只有孜孜不倦地尽自己天职的精神,才能使生命富有意义,才能使生命变得崇高和纯洁。对我而言,成功的定义,可能就是一个人能力和兴趣的最佳结合,其结果是对社会有价值。然而我却不喜欢竞争,害怕压力,不太能吃苦,所以我没有披荆斩棘向“上”爬的决心和毅力,甚至对靠这样的“进取”来获得成功有点不敢苟同。我有时幻想过一个社会,平和宽容,人们各尽其才,各取所乐,但是不论做什么工作,财富和社会地位都差不多,大家没啥可比的,也就都消停了。大人们不会让孩子从小就有“弱肉强食、适者生存、不是你死就是我亡”的残酷竞争意识,而是告诉他们任何人的成功都离不开勤奋努力,要愿意去努力,为自己定一个力所能及的目标就好,学会与周围人和睦相处。
          这些年,越是成长越觉得自己得到的比付出的多,因为这个,还总有种占了便宜偷着乐的感觉。保送读研一路顺利走来,自己并不是毫不用功,我愿意努力,但拼搏的程度不会让自己感到太劳心劳力。我也从不认为自己天赋聪颖,可能因为足够自信才能超脱,不介意别人为我设下的困难、对我的流言蜚语,反而感谢他们帮助我更好地认识了生活的真谛、更好地让我鼓足勇气面对人生、用淡定的心去看待世俗。
          友人原先是个“物质”的小女生,她曾撕心裂肺的在夜晚的电话里对我说:“此生最大的心愿是嫁个有钱人。”但走出国门却将她物质方面的欲望一点点洗涤干净,她从容地对我说,物质回归了它本身的属性,而不带有价值判断的附加值。在国外,大家都有车开、有房住,至于车子的好坏,房子的大小,在发达国家多数人眼里没有多大差别,也就没有值得比较的必要。幸福在那里是一种消费品,是拿来用的,而不是摆设。而在国内,幸福更多的成为一种装饰品,是给别人艳羡的,而且大多数情况下是以物质为衡量标准。现在面对物质时的她则多了份坚定、洒脱。
          我也有几年很恋物,现在可能因为读的书多了、走得路长了、见得人广了,自信心就多了,就更坚定了,不再容易被环境左右。我们离超越物质可能还有一段距离,但是人要是有足够的自信,就会超脱很多。这自信的基础是对自己判断能力的相信,而不是靠别人的表扬或羡慕建立的,因为那叫虚荣。我和友人都享受着这份难得的生活状态:很单纯、很从容,也很充实,但没有太大压力。
          明天,我们各自的命运依然在继续,她会回到国外追逐她未完成的梦,而我也将在校园的象牙塔内继续学业。或许,下一次碰面可能又是几年后,但身为一个女孩走向女人成熟的过程我们都正在经历着。
     
     
    July 19

    女人的谏言

         你必须找到除了爱情之外,能够使你用双脚坚强站在大地上的东西。你要找到谋生的方式,现在考虑不晚了。我从来不以为学历有什么重要,天才都不是科班,但,不是科班,连龙套都跑不了。这只是你要知道的一小部分,做被人赞赏的女孩不容易。
         你必须把那些浮如飘絮的思绪,渐渐转化为清晰的思路和简单的文字。华丽和漂浮都不易长久,你要知道,给予文字阅读快感不够的,内容、思想、境界、灵魂、精神和智慧,这些才重要。
         我要你相信温暖、美好、信任、尊严、坚强这些老掉牙的字眼。我不要你颓废、空虚、迷茫、糟践自己、伤害别人。我不要你把自己处理得一团糟。 你要有强大的内心。要有任凭时间流逝,不会磨折和屈服的信念。不是因为在象牙塔中,才说出我爱世界这样的话。是知道外面的黑、脏、丑陋之后,还要说出这样的话。好好去爱,去生活。
         青春如此短暂,不要叹老。偶尔可以停下来休息,但是别蹲下来张望。走了一条路的时候,记得别回头看。时不时问问自己,自己在干么。  
         伤心和委屈的时候,要嚎啕大哭,哭完洗完脸,拍拍自己的脸,挤出一个微笑给自己看。不要揉,否则第二天早上会眼睛肿。给自己一个远大的前程和目标。记得常常仰望天空,记住仰望天空的时候也看看脚下。
         看看一个男人的朋友们是什么样的,注意他的朋友们对待女人的态度。还有,千万别相信一个不准备将你介绍给他的朋友圈子的男人。一个男人只肯喊你“宝贝”的时候,坚持要他喊你的名字。一个男人不再来找你的时候,就不要再去找他。不要相信在恋爱上用手段的人。分手时不要口出恶言。吸取教训,但不要后悔。后悔没有用。别干撕照片、烧信、撕日记这样一类三流爱情电视剧中才有人干的事。相信爱情,相信好男人还存在,还未婚,还在茫茫人海中寻觅你。别说“男人没一个好东西”这样使别人误以为你阅人无数的话。答应我,永远不要去做那种午夜背着行李,从一个男朋友家,流落到另一个男朋友家的女人。
          爱物质,适当地。永远知道精神更重要。比那些名表、名牌、时装,更加美丽的是你自己。
          别瞧不起劳动人民,不要为劳动羞耻。土地不脏,汗味不难闻。请尊重那些似乎生活状况不如你的人,因为这样才是尊重自己。永远体恤那些生活在底层的人们,因为我们的亲人就是在这些人群中。我们不娇贵。
          不要小看一分钱。不妨自己去挣挣看。    
          被朋友伤害了的时候,别怀疑友情,但提防背叛你的人。原谅,但并不遗忘。做人存几分天真童心,对朋友保持一些侠义之情。 
          要快乐,要开朗,要坚韧,要温暖,这和性格无关。我担心你太低调,有时要强悍一点,被欺负的时候,一定要讨回来!但是不要记恨。小人之见,随他们去好了。怜悯,会使你高贵。   要原谅这世界和自己。要告诉自己,我值得拥有最好的一切。