St. Francis answered him, “When we arrive at Santa Maria degli Angeli, soaked by rain, and frozen by the cold, and befouled with mud, and afflicted with hunger, and knock at the door of the Place, and the doorkeeper comes in anger and says, ‘Who are you?’ and we say, ‘We are two of your friars,’ and he says, ‘You are not telling the truth; rather you are two lewd fellows who go about deceiving the world and robbing the alms of the poor. Get you hence,’ and he doesn’t open to us but makes us stay outside in the snow and rain, cold and hungry, until nightfall. Then, if we bear such great wrong and such cruelty and such rebuffs patiently, without disquieting ourselves and without murmuring against him and think humbly and charitably that that doorkeeper really believes us to be what he has called us and that God makes him speak against us: O Friar Leo, write that here is perfect joy.
(from The Little Flowers of St. Francis of Assisi)
冠中 2009-11-28 05:01
ceceliad 2009-11-26 05:06
幽默並不是諷刺,它或許帶有溫和的嘲諷,卻不傷人,它可能是以別人,也可以用自己為對象。
..................................................nickyliux2 2009-11-25 02:15
影2009-11-25 21:24
印度聖雄甘地有句話不知算不算傻:Be the change you want to see in the world.
alexiak 2009-11-24 02:50
丫虎 2009-11-22 04:30
天空的翅膀 2009-11-20 04:08
waiyan 2009-11-14 00:46
hey Collin~~ 愛的確其實好簡單! 我剛剛有首新歌released at YOutube! http://bit.ly/3UxTmV 就是講好簡單的關係好簡單的愛! Hope u like it! Enjoy! Blessings* =D
影2009-11-25 21:26
我聽咗好幾次啦!音樂確實係妳恩賜,繼續發光散熱。
娃娃 2009-11-13 16:59
鼓勵一下哦!
雲妮 2009-11-12 23:48
影2009-11-25 21:34
Hi Winnie,
Allow me to quote Dr Schweitzer (a doctor and philosopher who devoted his life to practiced medicine in Africa ), for his words motivated me a lot when I was at your age.
“To the question whether I am a pessimist or an optimist, I answer that my knowledge is pessimistic, but my willing and hoping are optimistic”
He spoke my mind. But he refused to yield to pessimism. On the other hand, take notice of the following quote as well.
“Never say there is nothing beautiful in the world anymore. There is always something to make you wonder in the shape of a tree, the trembling of a leaf.”
: )
Collin