An email about Nanking massacre came my way today. The pictures in it have changed me for good. That’s why I have to write about it.
I don’t intend to stir up anger. I want to write about how this email and the pictures have changed me as a person dramatically.
After I finished reading the email, the message that came into my mind was this is not the past. This is going on each day and will get worse. It’s not in Nanking any more, but in other parts of the world.
So, what can I do about it? I might not be able to change the world, but I could change the people around me. If these photos could change me, I could change the people around me.
I can not let that kind of massacre happen again if I could stop it. What can we do if we face people who are heartless? I hope that most people are still human and are not blood thirst. There is a lot of evil going on these days.
I could write, in case someone might read. I could also use my actions to affect people around me, to bring them to Christ. That’s the …
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Sometimes the choices we make are so important. Here is an example:
“Our choices are often influenced by others. But in some instances we are given the wrong advice. On September 11, 2001, 600 innocent people put their trust in the wrong advice, and innocently suffered the consequences.The true story goes like this:
One man who was on the 92nd floor of the south tower of the World Trade Center had just heard a jet crashing into the north tower. Stunned by the explosion, he called the police for instructions on what to do. “We need to know if we need to get out of here, because we know there’s an explosion,” he said urgently on the phone.
The voice on the other end advised him not to evacuate. “I would wait ’til further notice.”
“All right,” the caller said. “Don’t evacuate.” He then hung up.
Shortly after 9:00 A.M., another jet crashed into the 80th floor of the south tower. Nearly all 600 people in the top floors of the south tower perished. The failure to evacuate the building was one of the day’s great tragedies.
Those 600 people perished because they relied on the wrong information, even though it was given by a person …
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For marriage, dating, or any relationship:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eM3mlgLAlMs&annotation_id=annotation_618514&feature=iv
For hardships:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVNYhcYEwIE&feature=channel
The best musical performance of Amazing Grace:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyIyelCTfJE&NR=1
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There has to be changes in the way we think and behave as we grow and progress. The goal of growing is to build up this brain power to we can control our behavior to the expectations of God.
Not to mention names, I know people who haven’t grown much all their lives. It’s sad to see old people arguing and getting unhappy with each other for little things. I was like that just a few months ago. If someone got angry at me for something, I’d continue to think that they shouldn’t treat me like that.
Not long ago, I finally realized one day that most things in our lives are insignificant. I realized this while I was sitting on an airplane looking down. I thought the earth was huge and I couldn’t even see the tiny little houses clearly, let alone the people and what they do on earth. Everything is like nothing. There is probably no need to be even concerned with little things in life any more.
Growing older means not to care about what other people did to me. Growing older means being able to withhold anger or negative emotions when I got blamed for things unfair. Growing …
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This is still the best title.
First of all, you need to know the word by studying scriptures. Secondly, you need to remember the word by singing songs and studying the scriptures. Thirdly, you need to do it. This is the hardest part.
Why obey the commandments? Two reasons. One, you fear God and respect His authority. Two, you love Him and don’t want to upset Him.
How to learn to fear God? Read scriptures again. How to learn to love God? By singing songs and learn to be grateful.
How to harbor grateful feelings? By listening to songs and singing songs.
Father and Child
When the child was young, he depended on his Father and loved him. He also feared his Father and obeyed him.
As the child grew older, he found some of the commandments his Father gave him were very hard to follow:
Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you.
For if you forgive men their trespasses, your Father will also forgive you. But if you forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. Of you it is required to forgive all men.
For sure, this life is not always going to be easy. The longer you live, the more you’ll know. Sometimes, trying to be happy just won’t solve the problem. Situations like these are means to teach us to be humble, so we’ll know that we don’t have the power to solve the problem alone. Neither our parents nor our relatives/friends could help. And sometimes it’s not a simple thing that you could just forget or escape, for if you don’t deal with it, it will just get worse and you still have to face it later. This is the time that we need bend our knees and bow our heads, acknowledging that we can’t deal with the situation without help from above. Yea, millions of people throughout history have done so. Why not try it next time when you are in a case like this?
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Happiness comes from love and love means sacrifice sometimes.
To make life easier, put a smile on your face when you see people. And don’t be too concerned with most things in life.
Here is what you need to do in order to be happy.
You need to love, and care about others. If you care about others, do something to make someone happy each day. Then you’ll see the difference. The more you do, the more people you do for, the happier you are. Start with simple things, if you want to make someone happy:
Smile at people.
Ask them how they are doing.
Tell a joke to make someone laugh.
Guide them to discover the true meaning of life if they don’t reject.
Give them a hug when appropriate.
There are many other things that can be done if money can be involved. But be careful not to spoil children because material things can do evil.
Sometimes it might be hard to smile when burdens get heavier. As we were walking from our car to the church building this morning, I felt obligated to teach my daughter to smile. I told her that when she smiles at people, people will smile at her and they’ll be nicer. So she …
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In my favorite thrift store, there is this one lady worker whom I’d try to avoid. Sometimes she would rush through like a whirlwind, putting clothes on the rack. Once she accused customers for messing up the clothes. Another time, she ordered a lady customer to go to the dressing room instead of holding clothes next to her in front of a mirror.
I’m wondering what it would take for her to change?
First of all, in order for a person to change voluntarily, the individual has to be able to see her own imperfection.
How could an unhappy person become a happy person? Anyone who is easily irritated, or too sensitive to what other people did, could not maintain the state of peacefulness or happiness.
An unhappy person usually doesn’t see her own imperfection. She concentrates on how what other people did made her feel unhappy. So if she doesn’t see her own imperfection, doesn’t confess her own wrongs, there will be no chance for a change, for she is blind in a sense.
Again, even though a person is aware of her imperfection, in order to make corrections, there has to be an opposite force that’s much stronger in motivation for the person to overcome her shortcomings. Whatever that’s difficult …
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I lived many years without questioning what this life is all about. I loved to play when I was a child. A couple of times, I worried about if I was going to disappear and not knowing anything happening in this world after I die. Later, the goals of life were more focused on finishing school and establishing a career.
I saw people getting married, having children, moving into homes, all seem to be very happy. Everyone wants to be happy and tells each other being happy right now is the most important thing. We look away from old folks suffering in nursing homes and people sleeping in the street, anything that brings the state of happiness down. We show sympathy momentarily to those caught in disasters, but life goes on and the main thing is to be happy right now.
I’ve also heard or seen people devoting their lives serving others. Now I wonder to what degree one can serve others and feel good at the same time. I’d really like to hear that the more we serve, the happier we are.
We all have problems one way or another that prevent us from being happy all the time. Personality issues and …
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