天鵝湖的愛情故事

王子救起公主,愛情終於戰勝了邪惡

成人芭蕾課堂隨筆

我樂在教學, 也樂在欣賞那一張張認真的臉孔、 在汗水中所散發出的美麗光彩!

dance house舞者之家發表會

您們的參與將是我們最大的支持與鼓勵, 9月21日6:00pm,在民生活動中心四樓集會堂s.

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2013年9月13日 星期五

走了半途的夢想......(學生舞蹈心路分享)





國中時一股腦兒的投入對舞蹈藝術全部的熱情,


就像和情人一見鍾情般,也忘了是如何愛上它。


到現在為人妻、為人母,依然對它有永無止盡的追尋...

因為起步晚,


從沒機會穿著那屬於芭蕾伶娜的粉色硬鞋,


真切的站在舞台上,和芭蕾藝術從容靠近,


真實的表現那愛舞的我。


只能夢想著哪一天能夠翩翩輕巧起舞,


臉上充滿舞者所有的自信與神彩。

從老師還沒確定舞碼前,


我就如同等待送子鳥般引頸期盼,


到了開始排練,我的身體精神是一刻也不敢鬆懈,


看著鏡子裡的自己,不純熟的技巧,


無法進入舞碼的情緒,


我只能用更堅定的眼神告訴自己,再一次,再來一次...,


指尖的幅度,臉的仰角……變成我追求夢想的完美堅持與偏執。

誰知,老天在這時送了我一個大大的禮物---我懷孕了!!!


這是第三個孩子,我是又欣喜,又擔憂...左思右想,


不管了,就大著肚子上台,


帶著這個和舞蹈有特殊緣分的baby去完成夢想吧!


初期,我還勉強靠著那不肯輕易放棄的意志力死撐著,


只是,懷孕的害喜,常讓我劇吐到幾乎昏到,


終於,我認清事實,不得不暫緩圓夢的計畫。

即使如此,我還是默默祝福其他舞者,


感謝取代我位置的舞者,


她們算是幫我圓了一半的舞台夢。


發表會這天,我會坐在台下,


看著大家,用心用支持,一起圓夢。



作者:儀 接觸舞蹈有 8


 


寫於Dance house第二屆發表會之前





2013年5月27日 星期一

God wants us to know that ...





 




joy will
come when you pass on the love you have received.










 




 





If you hoard love, it melts away. If you lock love, it breaks free. If you
grab on to love, you end up holding an illusion. When you let love flower in
its own way, it stays to support you. When you pass on love, it multiplies
beyond measure.




 





2013年5月22日 星期三

顛覆慣性的人生教練





 




墨高君/文字工作者

基督徒很倚靠禱告,不過,真正有益處的改變,不盡然是瞬間的神蹟。神常使用不同的方式回應禱告,給我們一些即時的力量和啟發,也留給我們一些很花時間的作業,因為很多事情還是得學習自己努力,才是長久之道,這是神與人彼此的合作。

慈繩愛索

神要我們本身的參與,意志的投入,以及無可避免的時間和付出,透過這樣的參與,我們的心靈豐富了起來,也塑造出新的品格和智慧、毅力、習慣等不同的特質。

就好比神可以帶你直接到目的地,但這樣做對你的腳力、耐力、毅力和認路找路的能力沒有益處。

又好比追求疾病的醫治,我們都渴望得到超自然完全的醫治,有時神醫治,但祂也常常做的是透過醫療管道和保健方式,給予恩典和保守,要我們操練敬虔的生活,長期建立好的習慣。

你求祝福,或許祂先給你品格和智慧,以俗諺來說,與其給魚,不如給魚竿, 或是教會人釣魚,層次不太一樣,但有點類似的意味。

不過,品格塑造也不一定是為了實用目的,再打個比喻,我們的眼光在一件認為可以為自己加值的時髦衣服上,而神希望我們本身成為一位真正美麗的人,觀點有別,但是哪個是真正更有價值的?

神常常把我們帶回生命的本質上。

在祂那正直而真實的眼光中,我們看到自己長期習以為常的習慣、情緒、思考、言語、溝通、優先順序、價值觀、對人與自我的觀感,在關係中的模式
,如同一把變形的尺被放在一條完全沒有偏差的準繩旁。

接受鍛鍊

敬畏耶和華是智慧的開端。

真智慧就是接受我們是需要調整的人,相信神的美意,堅定地按神的引導,耐心地、堅持地信靠神、順服神,在對的事情上勇敢地努力,把我們的執著放在對的方向上。

不要對於找不到捷徑而過於失望,至少不要失望太久,改變眼光,把必要之力,必要之時間,必要之忍耐,必要之學習,必要之節制,當成人生的禮物,聖經的應許是萬事是互相效力,叫愛神的人得益處。

把偏執轉化成堅持,一種溫柔的堅持,或者說堅持溫柔,謙卑承認自己的有限,走出一人稱王的想像世界,面對真理也是面對真相,人生才有徹底並大幅改善的可能,因為跟隨神,我們不是無定向的、無導航的迷途小舟。

神的眼睛看著曠野中的以色列人,白日雲柱、夜間火柱,堅持四十年,祂的目光正直、誠實又帶著慈愛的堅持,祂也像在運動場跑道旁守望著氣喘吁吁的孩子跑完全程的父親,在人生跑道上,眾人的身影都褪去時,祂是守護、教導、保護我們、為我們打氣的人生教練,也如同詩篇所形容,白晝與黑夜在祂都一樣,黑夜、獨處都不能使我們隱藏,神允許黑夜,白晝卻信實而不延遲,祂永不離開我們。




最後修改於 2013-05-21 ,
週二 16:55





2013年5月20日 星期一

Sarah Kay: 如果我有個女兒





專家指出,廣島那片被輻射污染的土地,將會有75年的時間無法長出任何東西....但就在那年春天,有株新芽破土而出。當我遇見你的那一刻,我就不再是你未來的一部份了,而是成為你的過去,但在那瞬間,我分享了你的現在,而你,你也分享了我的。這就是最棒的禮物...如果你告訴我我可以做出些不可能的事,我可能會笑你。我不知道舞能不能改變世界,因為我對她的瞭解並不透徹,但如果你能讓我不停的大笑,那會讓我忘記我現在身處的世紀....我正努力嘗試讓這段人生沒有白費...







http://www.ted.com/talks/sarah_kay_if_i_should_have_a_daughter.html





 


幸福的密碼:人的幸福感取決於什麼?





19884月,霍華德金森24歲,是美國哥倫比亞大學的哲學系博士。他畢業論文的課題是《人的幸福感取決於什麼》。為了完成這一課題,他向市民隨機派發出了一萬份問卷。問卷中,有詳細的個人資料登記,還有5個選項:A非常幸福。B幸福。C一般。D痛苦。E非常痛苦。




歷時2個多月,他最終收回了5,200多張有效問卷。經過統計,僅僅只有121人認為自己非常幸福




接下來,霍華德金森對這121人做了詳細的調查分析。




他發現,這121人當中有50人,是這座城市的成功人士,他們的幸福感主要來源於事業的成功




而另外的71人,有的是普通的家庭主婦,有的是賣菜的農民,有的是公司裡的小職員,還有的甚至是領取救濟金的流浪漢。這些職業平凡生涯黯淡的人,為什麼也會擁有如此高的幸福感呢?




透過與這些人的多次接觸交流,霍華德金森發現,這些人雖然職業多樣性格迥然,但是有一點他們是相同的,那就是他們都對物質沒有太多的要求。他們平淡自守安貧樂道,很能享受柴米油鹽的尋常生活




這樣的調查結果讓霍華德金森很受啟發。於是,他得出了這樣的論文總結:




這個世界上有兩種人最幸福。一種是淡泊寧靜的平凡人,一種是功成名就的傑出者




如果你是平凡人,你可以透過修煉內心減少欲望來獲得幸福。如果你是傑出者,你可以透過進取拼搏獲得事業的成功,進而,獲得更高層次的幸福。




他的導師看了論文後,十分欣賞,批了一個大大的




畢業後,愛德華金森留校任教。一晃,二十多年過去了。如今,愛德華金森也由當年的意氣青年成長為美國一位知名終身教授。20096月,一個偶然的機會,他又翻出了當年的那篇畢業論文。他很好奇,當年那121名認為自己「非常幸福」的人現在怎麼樣呢?他們的幸福感還像當年那麼強烈嗎?




他把那121人的聯繫方式又找了出來,花費了3個月的時間,對他們又進行了一次問卷調查。調查結果回饋回來了。




當年那71名平凡者,除了兩人去世以外,共收回69份調查表。這些年來,這69人的生活雖然發生了許多變化(他們有的已經躋身於成功人士的行列;有的一直過著平凡的日子;也有的人由於疾病和意外,生活十分拮据。)但是他們的選項都沒變,仍然覺得自己「非常幸福」




而那50名成功者的選項卻發生了巨大的變化。僅有9事業一帆風順,仍然堅持當年的選擇——非常幸福」。23人選擇了「一般」。有16人因為事業受挫,或破產或降職,選擇了「痛苦」。另有2人選擇了「非常痛苦」。




看著這樣的調查結果,霍華德金森陷入了深思,一連數日,他都沉浸在自己的思緒當中。




兩周後,霍華德金森以《幸福的密碼》為題在《華盛頓郵報》上發表了一篇論文。在論文中,他詳細敘述了這兩次問卷調查的過程與結果。論文結尾,他總結說:所有靠物質支撐的幸福感,都不能持久,都會隨著物質的離去而離去。只有心靈的淡定寧靜,繼而產生的身心愉悅,才是幸福的真正源泉。




無數讀者讀了這篇論文之後,都紛紛驚呼:「霍華德金森破譯了幸福的密碼!」這篇文章,引起了廣泛關注。《華盛頓郵報》一天之內6次加印!




在接受媒體採訪時,霍華德金森一臉愧疚:20多年前,我太過年輕,誤解了幸福的真正內涵。而且,我還把這種不正確的幸福觀傳達給了我的許多學生。在此,我真誠地向我的這些學生致歉,向幸福致歉!




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2013年3月11日 星期一

Story 2 - An Adult Dancers Pursual Of Her Passion





Every time I drove through town, I looked at that studio and
thought that I should probably go in. Finally one day I said to myself that if
I wanted to dance in this lifetime, I needed to get started.
















 








My first memories of wanting to dance go back to about the age of 4. I
don't remember specifically how I found out about ballet other than from the
beautiful picture of a scene from Swan
Lake that always hung
in our living room. All I know is that I loved to spin. I'm sure I drove my
father mad with the spinning to a song called "Hi Ho" as he tried
to read his newspaper each night.


 

I also remember watching Baryshnikov's Nutcracker every Christmas on TV.
I thought that Gelsey Kirkland was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen.I
remember asking my mom once or twice if I could have ballet lessons. She told
me that only stick-thin girls would be accepted at dance studios. This seems
really odd to me now considering that until the age of about 12 I was a
pretty normal, healthy, and not overweight child. It's hard to remember, but
I have the pictures to prove it. I was not a rebellious child, and basically
I took what my parents said as truth.



I did not continue to bring up the subject of dance after my mom said
she did not believe in dancing. In her defence, she was a great mom. I think
she just did not understand why I was interested in ballet, and she really
knew little about it.



As I became a young adult, I was commuting into the city of Chicago by train every
weekday for work. The dance studio in my town was right across the street
from the train station, and I would constantly look over to that studio and
wish that I could go there. However, the remembrance of mom's words kept me
away.



Fast forward many years to the age of 37. By this time I had long since
graduated from college and was working as a computer programmer. I had moved
to a rural Illinois
town that had a dance studio. Every time I drove through town, I looked at
that studio and thought that I should probably go in. Finally one day I said
to myself that if I wanted to dance in this lifetime, I needed to get
started. So I did! I attended the school's Nutcracker performance, and then I
enrolled at the beginning of the next session.



Since I was an adult, they started me in an intermediate class with the
kids. Even though this is a good-sized school, there was not an adult class
(for which I will be forever grateful). It was pretty challenging at first. I
remember there was this sisonne combination they were doing that I just could
not get. What a struggle! I just stuck with it, and during the Summer session
I was able to participate in the Summer Dance Camp performance at the studio.



The next December I got to be in the Chinese dance in The Nutcracker on
a real stage at a real theatre!I should pause to mention that just like many
adults I had put on quite a bit of weight over the years, so I definitely did
not look like anyone's idea of a ballerina. However, I was a fast learner and
after about a year was authorized by my studio to start wearing pre-pointe
shoes. After another year I was able to get real pointe shoes. After a while
I decided to check out some of the other studios in the area as I could tell
that I wasn't getting the best training at the studio where I was. I also
started attending the Adult Dance Camps program in Richmond , Virginia ,
during Summers, and this is where I really understood what was lacking in my
training.



I finally discovered a pre-professional ballet school about an hour from
my house and started studying there. In pointe class, we were required to do
very slow rises for what seemed like a very long period of time. My feet
finally rebelled, and I suffered ongoing pain in my left foot that eventually
ended my dancing on pointe. I believe it is probably something like a
Morton's neuroma, and it gives pain in the ball of the foot when balancing on
demi-pointe or pushing up to pointe.



I stopped dancing for about three years and tried every treatment I
could find to solve the problem. Physical therapy, aquatherapy, massage, NET,
orthotics, and chiropractic care were tried as well as some other therapies,
but nothing really helped. I finally decided to go back to ballet and just
dance in soft shoes until such time as I could find a cure, lose weight, and
go back onto pointe.



Today I'm back dancing at my original studio one day per week and have
still been hoping to find a cure for my foot. I just purchased an inversion
table about a week ago, and it really seems to be helping more than anything
else has in fixing my foot. I've continued working with a chiropractor, and
over time we discovered that I'm a few millimeters shorter on the left side.
After learning this, I realized that the muscles in my left leg and foot
probably became twisted due to the stress of the pointe work. I now use a
heel lift, and as I mentioned, the inversion table is helping as I can relax
upside-down and let everything rebalance.



The next theatre performance for my studio will be in March. I have the
option to dance on pointe in one of the dances I've been cast in. I know that
thinking I can get back on pointe that fast is very optimistic, but I am much
more motivated to do the work to get back on pointe if there is a good
reason. Now I have one. I have had the Perfect Pointe book for quite some
time, and am now using it to help myself prepare to go back onto pointe.
Whether it happens for this show or not, at least now I have hope that with the
proper preparation my ballerina dreams of dancing on pointe are not
necessarily over.



Incidently, I recently started a ballet T-shirt line, and all that I
have learned about ballet over the years has allowed me to accomplish that.
I'm also very hopeful of having my own studio one day. I believe that I have
a lot to offer students. I'll just have to see where life takes me from here!



And by the way, that picture of Swan Lake
still hangs in my living room to this day to continue to inspire my deep love
of ballet every time I look at it.



Anonymous.






2013年3月7日 星期四

George Balanchine quotes





 




“I don't want people who want to dance, I want
people who have to dance. ”

George
Balanchine




“Why are you stingy with yourselves? Why are you
holding back? What are you saving for—for another time? There are no other
times. There is only now. Right now.”

George
Balanchine




 




See the music, hear the dance.”

George
Balanchine




 




“Someone once said that dancers work just as hard as
policeman, always alert, always tense. But i dont agree with that because
policeman don't have to look beautiful at the same time" * ”

George
Balanchine




 




 “Dancing is
music made visible.”

George
Balanchine




“God creates, I do not create.I assemble and I steal everywhere to do it from
what I see, from what the dancers can do,
from
what others do...


George
Balanchine




 




“The choreographer and the dancer must rememberthat they reach the audience through the eye.It's the illusion created which convinces the audience,much as it is with the work of a magician

George
Balanchine




 




 “What are you
waiting for? What are you saving for? Now is all there is.”

George
Balanchine




 




“Your eyes is camera and your brain is a file
cabinet.”

George
Balanchine




 




“Dancers are instruments, like a piano the
choreographer plays.”

George
Balanchine


 


 





George Balanchine


born



in Saint
Petersberg , Russian Federation




January 22, 1904


 




died




April 30, 1983






website





http://balanchine.org/balanchine/index.html





genre





Biographies &
Memoirs
, Music, Arts & Photography





George Balanchine, born
Giorgi Melitonis dze Balanchivadze in Saint Petersburg, Russia, to Georgian
parents, was one of the 20th century's foremost choreographers, a pioneer of
ballet in the United States, co-founder and balletmaster of New York City Ballet:
his work created modern ballet, based on his deep knowledge of classical forms
and techniques. He was a choreographer known for his musicality; he did not
illustrate music but expressed it in dance and worked extensively with Igor
Stravinsky, his contemporary.








2013年3月4日 星期一

Story 1 - A Young Girls Story of ......










Story 1 - A Young Girls Story of How Dancing Brought Her Friends and Helped Her Through Difficult Times


 


At the end of 2009 and the start of 2010
i had very few friends and nothing that i wanted to do, I had given up on
everything as worry had taken over. I was very close to my two cousins but in
the summer of 2008 they moved to Hong Kong
due to their fathers work. This had really upset me at first but i got over
it as i was able to see them at Christmas and over the summer. In October
2009 my older cousin became anorexic. I was distraught with them being out of
reach, all i wanted to do was see them both for myself and see that she was
ok.



Over Christmas i only got to see them for a few hours instead of the few
days i had originally thought i had. Leaving them when i knew how ill my
cousin was tore me to pieces. I pushed away my friends and each break and
lunch I would sit on my own and pray that she would be ok.I had done dance at
a church hall in Lincoln for a little while before i moved house (2007), so
in January 2010 my mum thought it would be a good idea for me to start dance
again. I wasn't so sure. I went to the stage at lunchtime anyway and met the
dance teacher. She started a new routine and put me near the back, I didn't
expect to like it but after the first club i was hooked. I went back every
time it was on and I found myself being placed further towards the front for each
performance.



I slowly started to forget what I had been like earlier on and focused
more and more on dance. Just before Easter my teacher came to me and asked if
I wanted to come to her class after-school in Grantham. I was thrilled, I
started after the holidays and I loved it. I had to choose my options for
what I wanted to study for GCSE not long after we came back after Easter.
Dance was my first option, I couldn't wait to start in September. In the
summer show of that year one of the year 11's did a ballet routine en pointe
and I remember thinking it was the most beautiful thing i had ever seen. At
that moment I made a promise to myself that I would be able to dance like
that before I left in 2 years time.



September 2011 came around very quickly and I started BTEC dance along
with my other GCSE subjects, I was really shy at first, all the others doing
the subject had known eachother since year 4, and there was me... I had never
even spoken to them before. Eventually I made friends with them all and we were
able to start working as a group more, Even though I had not been doing dance
for very long I wanted to stand out from the rest of the group. I was very
competitive and determined to be the best I could possibly be, so I did what
I had to do to give me an edge. Still with the promise I had made to myself
the year before fresh in my head I started looking for dance schools. I found
one that wasn't too far away - The Bingham
School of Dance - It
was perfect. I told my mum about it and she said she would phone them and ask
what grade ballet I should do. They said I should go into Grade 4 as I have
not done any ballet before, It would be challenging but I should be able to
cope. They then said I was welcome to start in January.



So that's were it all started, I went to my first lesson and I had no
clue what I was doing. I was in a class of about 25 people who had all done
ballet for more than 5 years, also they had all started grade 4 in September so they all knew the
exercises. Some girls had even started Grade 4 in January the year before. The first few weeks
were very hard I will admit, but i stuck with it, and slowly I started to
improve. By the end of the school year I knew almost all of the exercises and
was able not only do them, but do them well.



3 girls had taken their exam after starting in January the year before
me. They all got good results which made me determined to do just as well. In
September 2012 i started at a second dance school - The Elite Academy
of Dance - In Grantham. Here i told them i was going to be taking my Grade 4
exam soon, they decided to put me into Grade 5 Ballet and Intermediate (Grade
7). Grade 5 to help build up my strength, and Intermediate to be with people
my age and to stretch me even further. I started pointe in September so i was
over the moon, as ever since that show when i was in year 9 pointe had been a
dream of mine.



I also continued Grade 4 at Bingham and took my first exam in November
after only 10 months of doing ballet. I was one of 3 taking the exam, The
ballet teacher there said i had done extremely well to be ready after so
little time. I am still waiting for these results. At Bingham i am moving up
to Grade 5 and starting pointe there too.I have progressed a lot with dance
and i have a summer school in London
planned for this year. Urdang academy's dance theater workshop will last for
a week and i am so looking forward to it. Next year i will also be doing the
Youth academy, so one Sunday a month i will go down to Urdang and have a full
day of classes.



In September 2013 I will be going to college, Here I will be doing Level
3 Extended Diploma in Dance, After completing this course I intend to go to
University and do a BAHons in Dance followed by a teaching qualification. In
the future I hope to perform for a few years and then go into teaching dance
in a mainstream school to help other children like me discover how amazing
dance can be.



So that is how I got into dance. Dance helped me through a rough time
dealing with what had happened to my cousin (she has made a full recovery by
the way) It helped me to find something I love, and now I just can't get
enough. I come home on a Monday night after classes exhausted, sore and my
feet are usually bruised and covered in blisters. My friends ask me why I put
myself through it all. Honestly I can't explain why, all I can say is that
its a small price to pay for the freedom of just letting go.



I love dance and I always will. At the moment I am still not satisfied
with the amount of dance I am doing, I always want more, even when I can
hardly walk down the stairs due to the stiffness in my legs, I still carry on
and give every lesson as much as I can. Dance has changed my life and I am so
grateful to my dance teacher at school for introducing the wonderful world of
dance to me. She really is an inspiration and some day I hope to give other
children the opportunities that she has given to me.



Anonymous.





 





2013年2月25日 星期一

很棒的影片!!

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2012年4月17日 星期二

張淳淳:人生賺那麼多錢,只是讓你住到頭等病房

 


撰文/燕珍宜




一場大病,讓女強人張淳淳遇上無藥可醫的怪病,兩度輕生,從鬼門關走一遭,目前仍與病魔對抗的她,對生命與財富有了深刻的體悟,本刊取得她的獨家告白,看她如何勇敢面對病魔與人性最大的挑戰。



● 地產女王大病後的生命體悟


「你可以買陀飛輪,但買不到時間。你可以買下帝寶豪宅,但買不到家庭的溫暖。你可以買下一家醫院,但妳買不到健康。」


寫下這段話的,就是因病而沉寂一年多的舞蹈老師兼房地產達人──張淳淳。


生病前,多才多藝的張淳淳,一刻都停不下來,完全奉獻於工作。


各項事業都經營得有聲有色,


不但是李玟、S.H.E等大明星的專任舞蹈教師,也為鄭秀文、許茹芸等歌手的唱片填詞。


熱愛舞蹈與創作的她,還成為運動商品公司、出版社的老闆,因為比別人更認真打拚,當她跨足房地產,也立刻成為房地產達人,成績耀眼。


● 棘手 對抗史上最頑強病菌


相信認真就會有收穫,相信只要努力打拚就會成功的張淳淳,萬萬都想不到,奮發向上、開朗樂觀的她,會有想要輕生的一天。


台大醫院古色古香的長廊裡,一位女孩,坐在輪椅上,她在二十歲豆蔻年華時,因為受到一種罕見病毒感染,而住進台大醫院,從此就再也沒有踏出台大醫院,現在她已經二十八歲了。


不幸的,張淳淳所感染的正是這種目前全世界都無藥可醫的怪病。


張淳淳在二○一○年七月去做了腿部微調手術,其後發病,「張小姐,這是一個很棘手的疾病,這種病毒非常頑強,


是病毒裡面的陳進興,你可能一輩子都要跟它抗戰!」醫師對張淳淳說道。


「我會這麼幸運嗎?」


當下張淳淳如晴天霹靂、不可置信,她所感染的正是NTM非結核分枝桿菌(non-tuberculous mycobacteria),


全台灣只有前述女孩一個病例,張淳淳是第二例。


一直被外界定義為女強人的張淳淳,沒想到自己除了打拚事業外,還得對抗史上最頑強的病菌!


每天下午兩點半,是喝下午茶的時間,


但對張淳淳而言,卻是打嗎啡的時間。


「每天下午兩點半,是我最害怕的時候。」


張淳淳所感染的怪病,會在她的腿上,長滿大大小小的膿瘡傷口,「最多的時候,高達九十九個」。


因此,每天她都必須一一清創、消毒。


清創時必須擠出受感染的血水,清創的劇痛,必須依靠打嗎啡才有辦法進行。


她每天光是清創傷口,要兩個小時,而打嗎啡就要六個鐘頭。


「這是合法的打嗎啡,」


張淳淳自我消遣地說道,「但是我一點都high不起來,而是感到莫大的恐懼與痛苦。」


● 咬牙 靠意志力撐過清創劇痛



有一次,張淳淳聽到護士的藥車正在一步一步靠近她的病房,她竟然害怕到連滾帶爬地衝下床,下意識地收起行李,就想要逃跑。


「我嚇到躲到廁所,護士們喊道:『張淳淳呢?』


我竟回說:『她不在』。」


打嗎啡的夢魘,張淳淳連回想都害怕。


「我打嗎啡打到手都硬了,血管根本打不進去,一直換部位,最後,全身的血管也都僵硬無比,無法再注射了。


不得已,只好在脖子的大動脈部位插管,然後等到脖子也硬化之後,就改插鼠蹊部,鼠蹊部硬化之後,再改插腳底。」


打嗎啡原是為了止清創的痛苦,但是,卻又帶來另一個災難,它的副作用就是「每天上吐下瀉至少二十次」。


扣掉清創與打嗎啡的時間,剩下的時間,張淳淳得拚命吃東西。


「一天要吃八個小時,一直吃東西的原因是,你才有東西可以吐與瀉,每天就是不停的吃、吐與瀉。」


因為上吐下瀉身體會虛脫,所以張淳淳須一直補充食物與能量。


雖然張淳淳每天不停地吃,但是體重卻還是直直落,「每周都至少瘦一點五公斤,一個月就瘦了快要五公斤。」


張淳淳的心情更加沉重,「瘦,原本應該是每個女孩子求之不得的事情,但當時我卻害怕得不得了,因為我覺得我的生命和我的健康,一點一滴的在遠離我。」


因為打嗎啡對健康傷害很大,堅強的她,最後咬牙告訴醫師:「我不要嗎啡。」


後來每次清創時,不再有嗎啡止痛的張淳淳,就會拿著《聖經》、一邊唱詩歌,靠著自己的力量撐過清創的煎熬與痛苦。


「《聖經》外面厚厚的書皮,都被我的指甲抓破了。」


於是,在打了八個月的嗎啡後,張淳淳靠著自己的意志力,撐過清創的劇痛。


「每次上洗手間,竟然就要花兩小時!」


因為傷口處處,讓張淳淳的雙腿無力,打嗎啡則讓她的體力越來越虛弱,原本又唱又跳的她,生病之後,五公尺不到的距離,竟然要走上半個小時。


生病之後,對一般人而言,再簡單不過的事情,如走路、甚至洗澡,對張淳淳而言,都是莫大的奢侈,因為怕傷口感染之故,她甚至長達九十天無法淋浴,只能擦澡。


頭髮也因不斷嘗試各種治療藥物而掉光了,現在慢慢長出來當中,許久未對外公開露面的她,看起來臉部明顯消瘦許多。



● 黑暗 版權爭議與詐騙接踵而至



身體上的折磨,張淳淳都能夠咬牙撐過,但是最讓她感到灰心的是──人性的黑暗面。


在她正在鬼門關與死神掙扎搏鬥時,竟然還有人對她落井下石與惡意攻訐。


「一般人最不想去的就是醫院與法院,我生病的時候,還得去想法院的事情。」


因為與旗下一位作者的版權爭議,張淳淳幾乎心力交瘁。


「我命都快沒了,怎麼還可能去和作者計較版稅的事情?」


張淳淳生病的消息見諸媒體之後,就常常有各路人馬上門,提供各式各樣的偏方、設備,能量床、健康襪等等,相信人性本善的她,就在生病最脆弱的時候,被詐騙高達一千萬元以上。


加上莫名的流言蜚語,以及永無止境的劇痛清創,讓張淳淳數度想要一死了之。


她曾經想過跳樓自殺,但醫院的頂樓都有管制,她上不去。


後來「我就每天偷藏一顆安眠藥,有一天,算一算共藏了二十顆,我就想應該夠了吧,當晚把所有遺言都用錄音錄好了之後,就把藥吃下去,沒想到因為那藥的效力太低,我只是多睡了六、七小時而已。」


冷靜下來的張淳淳,開始面對現實,「那一天是聖誕節,我找律師來,想寫生前遺囑,我不想要什麼都沒安排好,就突然的走了。」


沒想到,這個動作,卻讓一旁張淳淳的母親悲從中來,一度消失。


擔心媽媽想不開,已住院一年多還未痊癒的她,辦了出院手續,她到叔叔在基隆的一塊山坡地找到媽媽,她告訴媽媽:「我一定會勇敢,一定會好起來!」


好言相勸媽媽和她一起回家。


「我才發現,棄械投降的消極態度,對我的母親和孩子,傷害很大。」


從此,張淳淳改變態度,決定與病毒和平相處。


「我現在每天唱聖歌給傷口聽、和傷口講話,我會說:『你要乖喔,你要穿迷你裙喔』。」


她現在也會告訴小孩:「媽媽一定要做一個奇蹟。人家說不會好,我就一定要好。」


「這個病教會我,要懂得抗壓。」


張淳淳發現,每次她只要情緒不好,壓力大時,傷口就會發作得更嚴重。


「如果前一天法院要出庭,隔天就一定會長出來。」


現在的張淳淳抱著無與倫比的樂觀,


「再大的挫折也影響不到我,踩到狗屎,都會說我太幸運了,連狗屎都會愛上我的鞋。」


這場大病,也改變張淳淳對金錢的態度。


過去的她,以為認真工作賺錢,是成功的象徵。


但是,生病之後,常常有人衝進來,向她兜售各式各樣的產品。


一直到被詐財一千萬元,還遭到對方恐嚇,「那一刻,我突然覺得,『錢財是萬惡的淵藪』。


我開始痛恨,我這麼努力,結果擁有的卻是會吸引別人作惡、讓人嫉妒的東西。」



● 改變 學會抗壓、不用生命換財富



「人生賺那麼多錢,結果只是讓妳住頭等病房。」


白手起家的張淳淳感觸良多地表示,生病期間,她最羨慕的人,竟然是她的看護。


「看到她輕輕鬆鬆就可以出去幫我買便當,我當下淚流滿面,好羨慕她。」


她發現,原來做一個平常人,可以走路、睡覺、吃飯、洗澡,是多麼幸福的一件事。


「四十歲以前你折磨你的身體,四十歲以後,身體就會折磨你。」


張淳淳從台大醫院窗戶往下看,捷運來來往往的人,讓她深深體悟,「若有機會好起來,不要再瘋狂的工作,不要再用生命換財富。」


出院後,她改變工作的方式,以前一天工作十五小時,現在一天只花二小時,把所有事情集中起來,一次開會解決,工作更有效率。


雖然金錢讓張淳淳差點失去健康、面對人性醜陋,但是她還是保持樂觀。


「我希望將我賺來的財富變成好的東西,我想用它去幫助人。」


因此,第一個她想幫助的對象,就是第一位得到NTM的女孩,她想送她助聽器,讓她可以重新聽到天籟之音。


此外,張淳淳還著手成立病童圓夢協會,要幫助生病的小孩圓夢。


其中有個小孩的願望,讓張淳淳很心疼。


「他的願望不是玩具,而是希望爸爸打媽媽可以輕一點。」


為此,單親的張淳淳還特地去拜訪這對父母,告訴他們:「你們還可以吵架,其實很幸福,不像我,連吵架的另一半都沒有。」


張淳淳還送這位爸爸一副拳擊手套,「你要是生氣時,就打沙包。」


得知這對夫妻常因為經濟問題吵架,張淳淳也教他們工作的方法,幫助他們找尋工作機會。


這場大病,除了讓張淳淳學會寬容,也學會珍惜簡單的幸福。


好友兼生意夥伴徐文斌表示:「她以前是工作狂,別人下班,她卻還繼續工作。」


現在的張淳淳,希望把時間留給小孩、家人與朋友。


「現在只要可以幫孩子準備早餐,我就覺得很幸福。」


出院後,靠著練自發氣功與心情調適,張淳淳的膿瘡傷口已經從九十九個降到五個,她每天自己清創。


採訪當天,她帶著iPad播放清創的影片給我們看,當膿包與血水從傷口流出來的剎那,令人不忍卒睹,從她的有色絲襪中,隱約可以看到大腿上傷口的疤痕,但她卻泰然自若,顯然,她已學會與疾病和平共處。


「我很幸運,上帝讓我體會死亡,更幸運的是,它讓我沒死,還可以有機會看林書豪打籃球。」



採訪末了,我們對她說「要加油哦!」


她微笑說:「我一定會的!」


病魔雖未遠離,但她已有一顆勇敢奮戰的心!


Harvard的幸福課


猜猜看,哈佛大學最受歡迎的是哪一堂課?答對了嗎?
最夯的選修課是「幸福課」,聽課人數超過了王牌課《經濟學導論》。
教這門課的是一位名不見經傳的年輕講師,名叫塔爾賓-夏哈爾(TalBen-Shahar,Ph.D.)。
塔爾.班夏哈
哈佛大學哲學與心理學博士。
他在哈佛開設的「組織心理學」與「領導心理學」的課程,分別獲選「最受歡迎課程」的第一與第三名,每學期選修人數高達1,400人,超過學生總數的20%。許多學生向學校反應,這兩門課「改變了他們的一生」。
班夏哈的教學及思想,引起美國主流媒體的爭相報導,包括《波士頓全球報》、《紐約時報》,以及CNNCBS、美國國家公共廣播電台。
塔爾賓-夏哈爾,自稱是一個害羞、內向的人。
「在哈佛,我第一次教授積極心理學課時,只有8個學生報名,其中,還有2人中途退課。第二次,我有近400名學生。到了第三次,當學生數目達到850人時,上課更多的是讓我感到緊張和不安。特別是當學生的家長、爺爺奶奶和那些媒體的朋友們,開始出現在我課堂上的時侯。」
我們來到這個世上,到底追求什麼才是最重要的?
他堅定地認為:「幸福感」是衡量人生的唯一標準,是所有目標的最終目標。
「人們衡量商業成就時,標準是錢。用錢去評估資產和債務、利潤和虧損,所有與錢無關的,都不會被考慮進去,金錢是最高的財富。但是我認為,人生與商業一樣,也有盈利和虧損。」
「具體地說,在看待自己的生命時,可以把負面情緒當作支出,把正面情緒當作收入。當正面情緒多於負面情緒時,我們在幸福這一『至高財富』上就盈利了。」
「所以,幸福應該是快樂與意義的結合!一個幸福的人,必須有一個明確的、可以帶來快樂和意義的目標,然後努力地去追求。真正快樂的人,會在自己覺得有意義的生活方式裡,享受它的點點滴滴。」

塔爾賓-夏哈爾,希望他的學生學會接受自己,不要忽略自己所擁有的獨特性;要擺脫「完美主義」,要「學會失敗」。
塔爾賓-夏哈爾,還為學生簡化出10條小貼紙:
1:遵從你內心的熱情。
選擇對你有意義並且能讓你快樂的課,不要只是為了輕鬆地拿一個A而選課,或選你朋友上的課,或是別人認為你應該上的課。
2:多和朋友們在一起。
不要被日常工作纏身,親密的人際關係,是你幸福感的信號,最有可能為你帶來幸福。
3:學會失敗。
成功沒有捷徑,歷史上有成就的人,總是敢於行動,也會經常失敗。不要讓對失敗的恐懼,絆住你嘗試新事物的腳步。
4:接受自己全然為人。
失望、煩亂、悲傷,是人性的一部分。接納這些,並把它們當成自然之事,
允許自己偶爾的失落和傷感。然後問問自己,能做些什麼來讓自己感覺好過一點。
5:簡化生活。
更多並不總代表更好,好事多了,不一定有利。你選了太多的課嗎?
參加了太多的活動嗎?應求精而不在多。
6:有規律地鍛煉。
體育運動是你生活中最重要的事情之一。
每週只要3次,每次只要30分鐘,就能大大改善你的身心健康。
7:睡眠。
雖然有時「熬通宵」是不可避免的,但每天79小時的睡眠,是一筆非常棒的投資。這樣,在醒著的時候,你會更有效率、更有創造力,也會更開心。
8.慷慨。
現在,你的錢包裡可能沒有太多錢,你也沒有太多時間。但這並不意味著你無法助人。
「給予」和「接受」是一件事的兩個面。當我們幫助別人時,我們也在幫助自己;當我們幫助自己時,也是在間接地幫助他人。
9:勇敢。
勇氣並不是不恐懼,而是心懷恐懼,仍依然向前。
10:表達感激。
生活中,不要把你的家人、朋友、健康、教育等這一切當成理所當然的。
它們都是你回味無窮的禮物。記錄他人的點滴恩惠,始終保持感恩之心。
 


 


2012年1月30日 星期一

母親的放棄





【作者/三秋樹】




從湖南安化縣高明村到安化縣城,然後從安化縣城到長沙,再從長沙到大連,將近三千公里的路途,羅瑛坐了兩天一夜的車。本來,大連方面讓她坐飛機,可是一聽價錢,她覺得還是能省就省吧。沿著兒子韓湘上學的路,最遠只去過鎮上集市的羅大媽東問西打聽,總算上對了車。

坐在座位上,汗還沒擦乾,羅瑛的眼淚就掉了下來不出來不知道,世界這麼大。她的湘兒從那個窮鄉僻壤走出去,真是太不容易了。

兩年前,鄉親們在村口敲鑼打鼓地給湘兒送行,囑咐他:「好好讀書,將來接你媽去城裡享福。你媽一個人把你拉扯大,不容易。」

兩年後,鄉親們在村口含著眼淚給羅瑛送行,告訴她:「一定不能放過那個撞人的司機,他把你們這個家都給毀了!」

鄉親和親戚有要陪羅瑛去大連的,可是,她想了半天,還是拒絕了。她怕人一多,她的心就亂了。



到了大連火車站,湘兒的老師、同學,還有公車集團的長官以及那個肇事司機小傅都來接她。公車集團和校方都為羅瑛安排了賓館,可是羅瑛卻要求去司機小傅家看看,讓其他人先回。

對於羅瑛的要求,大家唯一能做的就是滿足。公車集團長官對小傅說,不管人家怎麼鬧,你都受著。人家唯一的兒子沒了,怎麼鬧都不為過。

羅瑛去了小傅的家。 五十平方公尺 不到的房子,住著一家五口小傅的父母和小傅一家三口,孩子剛上幼稚園。就在小傅的媳婦不知道該跟羅瑛說什麼好時,羅瑛說:「你們城裡人住的地方也太擠了吧。」

羅瑛的話讓小傅媳婦的眼淚一下!
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就下來了,她藉機訴苦:「從結婚就和老人在一起過。都是普通工人,哪買得起房子? 一平方公尺 一萬多的房價,不吃不喝兩輩子也買不起。」羅瑛驚呆了:「一萬一平方公尺,就這跟鴿子籠似的樓房?」小傅媳婦說:「可不是。小傅一個月工資兩千不到,一個月只休三天,沒日沒夜地跑,跑的公里數多就多賺點,跑的公里數少就少賺點。從當公車司機那天起,就從來沒有睡到自然醒的時候,生生落下一個神經衰弱的毛病。這些年,他也沒跟家人過過一個團圓的節日。現在可好,又出了這麼大的事故」小傅媳婦乾脆放聲大哭起來。

羅瑛見狀,趕緊對小傅媳婦說:「姑娘,大媽想在你們家吃頓飯。」小傅媳婦趕緊擦乾眼淚,忙不迭地讓小傅出去買菜。可是,羅瑛堅決不同意,她說:「家裡有啥就吃啥。」

吃完飯後,羅瑛要去湘兒的學校看看。從進門到走,關於湘兒的死,羅瑛一個字都沒提。



湘兒的同學領著羅瑛,把湘兒生前上課的教室、睡過的寢室等有過湘兒足跡的地方都走了個遍。校方為羅瑛組織了強大的律師團,主要目標有兩個,一是嚴懲肇事司機,二是最大限度地爭取經濟賠償。

羅瑛沒見律師團,只是把湘兒的系主任叫了出來,跟他說:「湘兒給你們添麻煩了。我還得繼續添個麻煩,幫我聯繫把湘兒的屍體早些火化了。再派一個和湘兒關係最好的同學,領著我和湘兒把大連好玩的、他沒去過的地方都轉轉。其餘的事,我自己來解決,不能再給你們學校添麻煩了,也不能再讓孩子們為湘兒耽誤學習了。」系主任還想說什麼,羅瑛說:「湘兒昨晚托夢給我了,孩子就是這麼說的,咱們都聽他的吧。」

羅瑛把湘兒的骨灰盒裝在背包裡,像抱著一個嬰兒那樣,用一天的時間把濱海路、金石灘和旅順口都走了一遍。

一天下來,湘兒的同學把眼睛都哭腫了,可是,羅瑛一滴眼淚都沒掉。湘兒的同學對她說:「阿姨,你就哭出來吧。」羅瑛說:「湘兒四歲沒了爸爸,從那時開始,我就沒在湘兒面前掉過眼淚。孩子看見媽媽哭,那心得多痛



第二天,校方四處找不到羅瑛。原來,她一個人去了公車集團。對於她的到來,集團做好了各種準備。他們已經將公司按交通傷亡慣例賠償的錢以及肇事司機個人應賠付的錢裝在了信封裡。家屬能接受就接受,接受不了那就走法律程序。

為了不使氣氛太激烈,集團長官沒讓小傅露面,幾個長官帶著一個律師來見羅瑛。長官們做好! F羅瑛痛不欲生、哭天搶地的準備從下車到現在,羅瑛表現得過於平靜,他們知! 道,這是暴風雨來臨之前的平靜反正他們人多,每個人說一句好話,也可以抵擋一陣。有些事情,磨,也是一種辦法,尤其是這樣的惡性事故,就更需要用時間來消解。

羅瑛和公車集團長官的見面沒超過十分鐘,掐頭去尾,真正的對話不過五分鐘。羅瑛說:「我請求你們兩件事。第一件,希望你們別處分小傅司機;第二件,小傅司機睡眠不好,你們幫我轉告他一個偏方把豬心切成片,再加十粒去核的紅棗,拌上鹽、油、薑煮熟,早晚熱著吃,吃一個月左右,肯定管用。」

集團長官一時反應不過來,羅瑛頓了頓,說:「湘兒給你們添麻煩了。」

羅瑛走了,對集團長官非要塞給她的錢,她怎麼也不肯收:「這錢我沒法花。把小傅司機的那份兒還給他,其餘的你們給司機們吧。城裡車水馬龍的,行人不容易,開車的也不容易。」 !



羅瑛走了,比來時多了一件東西,那就是湘兒的骨灰。她小心地把湘兒抱在懷裡,看上去像一尊雕塑。

公車集團上上下下全震驚了。不久,集團出資,買了整整兩卡車的米、麵、油向高明村進發。儘管走之前,他們知道那是湖南一個偏遠的農村,可是,到了目的地,還是被那真實的貧窮驚呆了破敗的房屋與校舍,孩子們連火腿都沒見過;羅瑛家的房屋由幾根柱子支著,搖搖欲倒。

羅瑛帶著公車集團的人,挨家挨戶送米送麵送油。她說:「你們看,我說得沒錯吧,這些人的心眼兒好著呢。」

一行十五人,走的時候除了留下回去的路費,把其餘的錢全拿了出來,大家恨不得把年的吃穿用度都給準備好。

時至今日,那場車禍已經過去五年了,但依然有大連人絡繹不絕地來到高明村,不光是公車集團的人,還有對此事知情的其他人。他們不光去看望年歲漸長的羅瑛,也為那個村莊做著力所能及的事投資、修路、建新校舍

湘兒是寡婦羅瑛這輩子最大的驕傲但正是這位母親的放棄,讓一個悲劇有了昂揚的走向,有了最出人意料的後來。