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当郭祐铭还是个孩童时，妈妈注意到他走路不稳，常常跌倒。他的状况愈来愈糟，直到7岁时医生诊断出他患有肌肉萎缩症。这个诊断使得祐铭的父母万分震惊沮丧，又发现那是不治之症时，让他们感到极度内疚和悲伤。祐铭说，这个消息也让他十分绝望。可他了解如果他这样做的话，那只会使得父母的生活更为艰难痛苦。因此，他拒绝让身体的状况限制他，正如他所说的，决心“尽力而为，勇敢地微笑”。当他9岁时，他变得无法走路，必须坐轮椅。他的肌肉持续萎缩，四肢丧失了所有功能。今天，他那位不屈不挠的妈妈协助他吃饭、如厕、洗澡和其他基本日常生活事务。

虽然佑铭需要依靠妈妈推轮椅送他上学，他却坚持从来不缺课。他积极开朗的态度，令他深受老师和同学的爱戴，他们赞赏他身体状况虽然每况愈下、却仍保持得胜的人生观。

当佑铭26岁时，他只能喝流质，而且每天都需要依靠人工呼吸器才能存活。他迅速下降的体力，甚至无法让他撑过自身的整个毕业典礼。然而他以优秀杰出的成绩通过口试，取得中国文学硕士学位。他热爱中国文学，他的毕业论文就是他的诗和其他作品的汇集。这份论文总共有十万字，对他来说是一项巨大的成就。因为他只能躺在床上用滑鼠在一个特别的键盘上打字，以每分钟打10个字的速度，每天只能打10分钟。佑铭希望将来能通过公务员的考试。

“我们无法选择自身的命运，”佑铭说，“却能选择如何面对它。如果生命看来没有意义，我们必须赋予它意义。无论我们哀伤或喜乐地度过一天，还是要度过当天，那么我们何不快快乐乐地生活呢？只要我不自暴自弃，上帝和别人是不会放弃我的。”

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寡妇与法官的比喻: 故事和着色页 - Parable of the Widow and Unjust Judge: Story and Coloring Page

5/27/2019

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One day Jesus told his disciples a story to show that they should always pray and never give up.

“There was a judge in a certain city,” he said, “who neither feared God nor cared about people. A widow of that city came to him repeatedly, saying, ‘Give me justice in this dispute with my enemy.’ The judge ignored her for a while, but finally he said to himself, ‘I don’t fear God or care about people, but this woman is driving me crazy. I’m going to see that she gets justice, because she is wearing me out with her constant requests!’”

Then the Lord said, “Learn a lesson from this unjust judge. Even he rendered a just decision in the end. So don’t you think God will surely give justice to his children who cry out to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off? I tell you, he will grant justice to them quickly!

耶稣讲了一个比喻来教导门徒要常常祷告，不要灰心。

祂说：“某城有一位既不敬畏上帝也不尊重人的审判官。那城里有一位寡妇常常来哀求这位审判官，说，‘求你为我申冤，惩办我的对头。’ 审判官总是充耳不闻，但后来心里想，‘虽然我不怕上帝，也不在乎人，可是这寡妇一直来烦我，还是替她申冤好了，免得她再来烦我！’”

主接着说：“你们听，这不义的审判官尚且这么说，难道上帝听到祂拣选的人昼夜呼求，不替他们申冤吗？难道祂会一直耽延不理吗？我告诉你们，祂必很快为他们申冤。

Images by Didier Martin.

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绝不放弃！

3/8/2019

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Automobile genius Henry Ford once came up with a revolutionary plan for a new kind of engine which we know today as the V-8. Ford was eager to get his great new idea into production. He had some men draw up the plans, and presented them to the engineers. As the engineers studied the drawings, one by one they came to the same conclusion. Their visionary boss just didn’t know much about the fundamental principles of engineering. He’d have to be told gently—his dream was impossible.

Ford said, “Produce it anyway.” They replied, “But it’s impossible.” “Go ahead,” Ford commanded, “and stay on the job until you succeed, no matter how much time is required.”

For six months they struggled with drawing after drawing, design after design. Nothing. Another six months. Nothing. At the end of the year Ford checked with his engineers and they once again told him that what he wanted was impossible. Ford told them to keep going. They did. And they discovered how to build a V-8 engine.

When we don’t quit, anything is possible.

汽车界天才亨利•福特提出过一个创新计画，要发明一种新的引擎，就是今天为人所知的V-8引擎。福特渴望把这个伟大的新点子投入生产。他让画图员起草了计画，交给汽车设计师。汽车设计师们逐一研究图样，得出同样的结论：他们这位有远见的老闆对汽车设计的基本原则瞭解不多。他们必须温和地告知他：他的梦想是不可能实现的。

福特说，“无论如何都要生产它。”他们回答说，“可这是不可能的。”“还是去做吧，”福特命令道，“不管需要多少时间，就是要继续研究下去，直到你们成功为止。”

花了6个月时间，他们绘画又再绘图、设计又再设计，结果什么也没完成。再过了6个月，也是一事无成。到了年底，福特与他的汽车设计师们研讨状况，他们再次告诉他，他渴望的引擎是不可能制造的。福特告诉他们继续研究下去。结果他们做到了，发现了如何制造V-8引擎。

当我们不放弃时，任何事情都有可能发生。