Today: Cheerful Mind

Be of good cheer. 

Do not think of today's failures, but of the success that may come tomorrow. 

You have set yourselves a difficult task, but you will succeed if you persevere; and you will find a joy in overcoming obstacles.

-- Helen Keller (1880-1968) American Writer

You have the power to choose. 

Chose love, health and happiness. 

You can choose to be friendly. 

Choose to be cooperative, joyous, friendly, lovable, and the whole

world will respond. 

Use your mind to bless, heal, and inspire all people everywhere.

This is the best way to develop a wonderful personality.

Dr. Joseph Murphy (The Power of Your Subconscious Mind)
www.dr-joseph-murphy.com

from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIYl6lK1c50

Saint Theresa 's Prayer

Saint Theresa's Prayer

May today there be peace within.

May you trust God that you are exactly where you are meant to be.

May you not forget the infinite possibilities that are born of faith.

May you use those gifts that you have received, and pass on the love that has been given to you.

May you be confident knowing you are a child of God. Let this presence settle into your bones, and allow your soul the freedom to sing, dance, praise and love.

It is there for each and every one of us.

Irish Prayer
May the road rise to meet you,
May the wind be always at your back.
May the sun shine warm upon your face,
The rains fall soft upon your fields.

May green be the grass you walk on,
May blue be the skies above you,
May pure be the joys that surround you,
May true be the hearts that love you.

And until we meet again,
May God hold you in the palm of his hand.
http://islandireland.com/Pages/folk/sets/bless.html
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Carrots, Eggs & Coffee

A carrot, an egg, and a cup of coffee...You will never look at a cup of coffee the same way again.

A young woman went to her mother and told her about her life and how things were so hard for her. She did not know how she was going to make it and wanted to give up, She was tired of fighting and struggling. It seemed as one problem was solved, a new one arose.

Her mother took her to the kitchen. She filled three pots with water and placed each on a high fire. Soon the pots came to boil. In the first she placed carrots, in the second she placed eggs, and in the last she placed ground coffee beans. She let them sit and boil; without saying a word.

In about twenty minutes she turned off the burners. She fished the carrots out and placed them in a bowl. She pulled the eggs out and placed them in a bowl. Then she ladled the coffee out and placed it in a bowl. Turning to her daughter, she asked, ' Tell me what you see.'

'Carrots, eggs, and coffee,' she replied.

Her mother brought her closer and asked her to feel the carrots. She did and noted that they were soft. The mother then asked the daughter to take an egg and break it. After pulling off the shell, she observed the hard boiled egg.

Finally, the mother asked the daughter to sip the coffee. The daughter smiled as she tasted its rich aroma. The daughter then asked, 'What does it mean, mother?'

Her mother explained that each of these objects had faced the same adversity: boiling water. Each reacted differently. The carrot went in strong, hard, and unrelenting. However, after being subjected to the boiling water, it softened and became weak. The egg had been fragile. Its thin outer shell had protected its liquid interior, but after sitting through the boiling water, its inside became hardened. The ground coffee beans were unique, however. After they were in the boiling water, they had changed the water.

'Which are you?' she asked her daughter. 'When adversity knocks on your door, how do you respond? Are you a carrot, an egg or a coffee bean?

Think of this: Which am I? 
Am I the carrot that seems strong, but with pain and adversity do I wilt and become soft and lose my strength?

Am I the egg that starts with a malleable heart, but changes with the heat? Did I have a fluid spirit, but after a death, a breakup, a financial hardship or some other trial, have I become hardened and stiff? Does my shell look the same, but on the inside am I bitter and tough with a stiff spirit and hardened heart?

Or am I like the coffee bean? The bean actually changes the hot water, the very circumstance that brings the pain. When the water gets hot, it releases the fragrance and flavor. If you are like the bean, when things are at their worst, you get better and change the situation around you. When the hour is the darkest and trials are their greatest do you elevate yourself to another level? 
How do you handle adversity? Are you a carrot, an egg or a coffee bean?

May you have enough happiness to make you sweet, enough trials to make you strong, enough sorrow to keep you human and enough hope to make you happy. 

The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the most of everything that comes along their way. The brightest future will always be based on a forgotten past; you can't go forward in life until you let go of your past failures and heartaches. 

When you were born, you were crying and everyone around you was smiling.

Live your life so at the end, you're the one who is smiling and everyone around you is crying.

You might want to share this message to those people who mean something to you (I JUST DID); to those who have touched your life in one way or another; to those who make you smile when you really need it; to those who make you see the brighter side of things when you are really down; to those whose friendship you appreciate; to those who are so meaningful in your life. 
May we all be COFFEE!!!

No-Sweat Composters

http://www.journeytoforever.org/compost_make.html

http://www.organicgardening.com/subchannel/0,7513,s1-3-79,00.html

Q. What is compost?

A. Gardeners love to say compost happens, and it's true. When formerly living things (leaves, grass clippings, and so on) die or animal manures break down, they decompose into compost?a dark, moist, crumbly type of earthy-smelling organic matter.

Q. Why should I bother composting?

A. It's an easy way to reduce your contribution to the waste stream.

It slowly releases nutrients to plants when they need it.

Compost improves clay soil, making it easier to work; helps sandy soils hold more water; and increases plants' ability to withstand drought.

Compost feeds the soil microorganisms that release nutrients and help plants grow strong and healthy.

You can use it as a soil conditioner, mulch, potting mix ingredient, and fertilizer.

http://www.hopemarket.com.tw/?p=8178

喜歡園藝家裡又種菜 種花的人,常常需要買肥料...肥料長期使用,需要花不少錢喔

一般人家裡如果有開伙的..一定會出現許多挑剩的菜葉或是剩菜...或是水果皮等等
何不自己來做堆肥呢...可以消化這些廚餘
又可以減少肥料金錢的支出
重要的是..這些做出的堆肥..用在種花..種菜..樹木上面..非常棒的肥料喔!

<http://tw.knowledge.yahoo.com/question/question?qid=1507062201825#>

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704107204574471330808326984.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_sections_realestate#articleTabs%3Darticle

Quick and Not So Dirty: No-Sweat Composters

Cutting-Edge Composters

We tested four different composters that promised to make the process faster and easier.

Cascade Manufacturing Sales

Worm Factory 360

Systems Trading Corp. (composite: WSJ)

Ecomposter

Sustainable Community Development

Happy Farmer Kitchen Composter

NatureMill

NatureMill Automatic Composte

Classical Chinese Dance Dancer - Yang LiPing

from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_isAcLgO28I&feature=related

Moon - Solo Dance by Yang LiPing

Spirit of Peacock - Yang LiPing

千手觀音Buddha with 1000 Hands from China Disabled Peoples Performance Art Troupe. On German TV (all dancers are hearing impaired)

Bach Air on G-string

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOVwokQnV4M&feature=related



J.S. Bach - Air on the G String, Sarah Chang

From Algebra to Calculus online learning resources

Mathwords: Terms and Formulas from Beginning Algebra to Calculus

http://www.mathwords.com/

Online learning: The Khan Academy is a not-for-profit organization with the mission of providing a high quality education to anyone, anywhere. http://www.khanacademy.org/index.html

(from elementary school to advanced calculus in college plus physics, chemistry, finance, economics and SAT & GMAT reviews)

Algebra

Review and Worksheets

http://www.mathmax.com/ (elementary to algebra)

http://www.superkids.com/aweb/tools/math/ (elementary)

http://www.superteacherworksheets.com/ (grades 1-4 )

MathTV.org http://www.mathtv.org/ (K-8)

MathTV.com http://www.mathtv.com/ (5-12)

Calculus

Calculus I & II or AP level

Calculus video course
Free videos from university of Houston, covering a complete college calculus course.
online.math.uh.edu/HoustonACT/videocalculus/

Visualizing an Infinite Series
An on-line tutorial illustrating geometrically how an infinite series can have a finite sum.
math.rice.edu/~lanius/Lessons/Series/infinite.htm

Notes on first-year Calculus
Free college level calculus text in PDF form. Good for refreshment or for concise notes but not for first time learners.
www.math.umn.edu/~garrett/calculus/

Calculus III (Multivarable)

http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Mathematics/18-02Fall-2007/CourseHome/index.htm

Wolfram Math World http://mathworld.wolfram.com/

^MathWorldTM is the web's most extensive mathematical resource, provided as a free service to the world's mathematics and internet communities as part of a commitment to education and educational outreach by Wolfram Research, makers of Mathematica.

MathWorld has been assembled over more than a decade by Eric W. Weisstein with assistance from thousands of contributors. Since its contents first appeared online in 1995, MathWorld has emerged as a nexus of mathematical information in both the mathematics and educational communities. It not only reaches millions of readers from all continents of the globe, but also serves as a clearinghouse for new mathematical discoveries that are routinely contributed by researchers. Its entries are extensively referenced in journals and books spanning all educational levels, including those read by researchers, elementary school students and teachers, engineers, and hobbyists. http://mathworld.wolfram.com/

Advanced English Learning Grammar Blogs

Language Log

Linguistics professors Mark Liberman of the University of Pennsylvania and Geoffrey Pullum of the University of Edinburgh started this blog in the summer of 2003, and have each written hundreds of posts since then. The professors and the blog's other contributors often touch on popular culture and current events in their discussion of language.

http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/ ((old )

http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/ (new)

GRAMMAR BLOG (for more learning resources, read grammar friends list)

http://www.grammarblog.co.uk/

Do you grind your teeth when you pass "Martins Kebab's"? Do you think people who don't know the difference between "your" and "you're" should be strung up by their gonads? You do? Welcome to GrammarBlog.

GrammarBlog approaches language oddities and mishaps with a lighthearted, irreverent tone. Gez Daring, Daniel Gray and Tom Knowles started the blog as a continuation of the linguistic gibes they shared during their time at University of Newcastle upon Tyne, in England.

Motivated Grammar

Mr. Doyle's posts reads like a self-contained grammar lesson, posing a question, discussing the issue and arriving at a conclusion. http://motivatedgrammar.wordpress.com/

Brain Muscle Workout

The Brain Workout Videos & website
http://www.thebrainmuscleworkout.com/id69.html

Brain Muscle Workout Kids, part 1/8. Fox News & Oprah Mag
from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLhBL48uZ_g&feature=PlayList&p=4CDBCC0DF8CC1F3B&index=5

Ava Maria

from : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3imMJrs-IxI
Ava Maria by Bruckner (Wiener Sängerknaben Ave Maria Anton Bruckner)


Jesse Norman - Ave Maria
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maZHi4C6Cf0


Pavarotti - Ave Maria - Schubert
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uYrmYXsujI&feature=PlayList&p=E12BA95A3D315009&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=129


Ave Maria- Celtic Woman
from: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsTJU27a1uc&feature=related


Caccini Ave Maria by Andrea Bocelli
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqBJFDbE2ZI&feature=related


Notre Dame de Paris song 21 Ave Maria Paien
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UY30Qgj6LJM

Garden of Praise Websites

Garden of Praise is an educational website created in 1999 by a veteran classroom teacher with 35 years experience. Our purpose is to provide free online and printable teaching materials. You are free to print material for your own use at home and in the classroom, but you may not reproduce it for profit.

http://gardenofpraise.com/index.htm

Net Bible Learning Environment

http://net.bible.org/home.php

Welcome to the beta release of bible.org’s new NET Bible Learning Environment™ featuring the NET BIBLE® translation including 60,932 translators' notes.

The NET Bible ™ Learning Environment leads the way for a new generation of online Bible study and research tools. It offers a vast and growing library of trustworthy content all integrated into an easy-to-use online environment. This puts high quality Bible study tools and resources within reach of the whole world without charge - a price all pastors, missionaries, Bible teachers and individuals can afford.

The NET Bible ™ Learning Environment offers the most comprehensive set of free resources available online, including commentaries, articles, word studies, original biblical languages and cross references all integrated into a system that empowers you to carefully study the Word of God and to prepare your teaching lessons quickly.

Bible Gateway (online bible text and audio: http://www.biblegateway.com/versions/)

http://www.biblegateway.com/

The Online Bible North America

http://www.onlinebible.net/links.html

A special recommendation for a paper bible:

http://greenletterbible.com/

聖經查詢閱讀系統(第二版)

http://springbible.fhl.net/Bible2/cgic201/index.html

One Year Devotion (每日靈修 )

http://www.glorypress.com/devotional/faithandlifeOneYearBook.asp

Love Peace Mercy Favor & Faith 心安平安 擁抱幸福

Affirmations & Prayers:

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life. Psalm 23.6

Your beauty and love chase after me every day of my life. Psalm 23.6

Believe God’s blessings are going to chase you down and overtake you.

Declare, Believe in, Receive and Act upon God’s all mighty favor everyday…

Take God as your life partner, nothing is going to be able to keep you down.

Stay in an attitude of faith and start declaring God’s favor.

One touch of God’s favor can turn everything around in your life.

Everywhere you go; things are going to change in your favor.

Have faith in God. God has the best life plan for you.

Love, opportunity, favor, peace & harmony are with me at all times.

OUR HEAVENLY FATHER,
WALK THROUGH MY HOUSE
AND TAKE AWAY ALL MY WORRIES AND ILLNESSES;
AND PLEASE WATCH OVER AND HEAL MY FAMILY
IN JESUS ' NAME. AMEN!

"Peace Begins With Me"

I choose to live a peaceful way of life. Peace begins with me. If I want to live in a peaceful world, then it is up to me to make sure I am a peaceful person. No matter what others may say, do, or even believe, I can keep peace in my heart. I declare peace and harmony all around me. My thoughts of peace go to every part of the world -- past, present, and future. I connect with like-minded peaceful people, and together we march into the day knowing that all is well.

Give no one in all the world the power to deflect you from your goal, your aim in life, which is to express your hidden talents to the world, to serve humanity, and to reveal more and more of God’s wisdom, truth and beauty to all people in the world. I see the perfection in all of Life.

Love is the answer to getting along with others. Love is understanding, goodwill, and a respect for the divinity of the other.

A circle of love & peace is drawn around me. I sleep in peace, I wake in joy, and in him I live, move and have my being. I choose harmony and loving communication wherever I am. I am a shining example of Love & light. Opportunities, peace, love and favor are chasing me down. In name of Jesus, Amen.

心安平安，你就是力量！ 〈人間淨土系列〉 作者：聖嚴法師 ISBN：9789575984762 出版社：法鼓文化 版次：初版 出版日期：2009年8月

http://www.ddc.com.tw/PrtShow.asp?Series=37&ClassType=1&CommId=3120#4

心安平安，你就是力量 (聖嚴法師)

祈求平安不如練習心安。平安生活，由你自己來創造！

前途未卜，如何面對？紛亂的社會，如何自處？
只要心安，就有平安──這就是「求平安」的根本之道。
在這本小小的書中，聖嚴法師以一生修行的智慧，
與你分享最精華的安心原則與方法。
隨時隨處運用書中的觀念、練習書中的方法，
必能豐收甜美的平安果實。
平安不求人，「你」──已經擁有這份力量！

從逆境中，淬煉生命的智慧與力量

「我這一生似乎也沒做什麼壞事，但卻也遇到戰爭、水災、荒旱，以及各種各樣的挫折。
我是從災難之中走過來的，災難使得我有今天，災難使得我堅強，
即使我已經這麼大的年齡了，仍然要面臨許多災難。」

我告訴他們：「我並非喜歡災難，不過既然發生了，就該平心靜氣接受它，
然後繼續努力，保持活下去的勇氣，能夠如此，災難對我們來說就是一種成長了。」

看見希望，創造快樂，擁抱幸福

祝福大家：年年快樂、健康、幸福、平安！ 這是聖嚴法師最衷心的祝福。 聖嚴法師在這裡提出幾個安心的方法。 心不受外境影響 實際上，不安是心理的一種感覺，是我們的心受到外在環境影響，覺得沒有安全感、沒有安定感，所以浮動不安。但是反過來，如果我們的心是安定的，內心有安全感，則外在環境再怎麼變動，我們的生活還是可以不受影響。 就像是外面下大雨了，明明知道心急沒有用，我們可以做的是因應處理。比如房子會漏水，就要想辦法把漏水的地方補起來；雖然下雨天濕淋淋的，還是要想辦法出門辦點事、想辦法種出作物來、想辦法還能夠有一些娛樂。 雖然下雨天不是好天，但是只要心安，我們的生活就可以不受影響，而過得很快樂、很幸福，這即是「心安就有平安」。 用「心五四」來成長自己 我們在十年前（一九九九年）推出一項「心五四運動」，內容是「四安、四它、四要、四感、四福」，這些觀念到現在還是普遍地被運用，其中用得最多的是「四它」——「面對它、接受它、處理它、放下它」。 人生有不如意的事是正常的，遇到問題的時候，要面對問題，接受問題，想辦法處理問題，而處理以後就要放下；如果處理以後，問題還是無法解決，也還是要試著放下。用「四它」的觀念，可以幫助我們有智慧地處理事情。 此外，被廣泛運用的還有「四要」——「需要的不多，想要的太多；能要該要的才要，不能要不該要的絕對不要。」實際上，我們真正需要的東西是不多的。人基本的需要是吃飽、穿暖，有個地方遮風避雨，這就夠了。尤其在不景氣的時候，如果大家能把欲望降低一點，而把希望放大、放遠一些，就能夠知足快樂。 用「心六倫」來保障平安 另外，我們在前幾年更陸續推動「心六倫」和「關懷生命——防治自殺」運動，其實「心五四」、「心六倫」和「關懷生命」運動都是相關聯的，同樣源自「心靈環保」，目的是為了護心、安心。 「心六倫」是家庭倫理、校園倫理、生活倫理、自然倫理、職場倫理和族群倫理，乃是一種新思想、新社會運動。過去傳統的「五倫」，已經不太能適應現代社會的需要，因此我們推出「心六倫」來充實「五倫」。 「心六倫」的核心價值，是盡責盡分、奉獻利他，這是放諸世間皆準的價值，不會只局限華人社會使用，而是我們奉獻給全世界人類一種新的全球倫理運動。 永遠抱持信心與希望 我們對自己要有信心，對未來要有希望，若能如此，就算是物質條件減縮、外在環境不安定，我們的心都還是踏實的。心踏實，就有平安。平安是可以相互影響的，我們自己平安，也把自己對未來的希望和作法告訴別人，那麼心裡的踏實感會更堅定。 有一位企業總裁自殺了，他的自殺讓我很震驚，也很遺憾。事實上，他在自殺前曾經來看過我，說他活得很辛苦。我勸他要把心照顧好，將心安定下來，事情一樣一樣地處理。但是，很可惜我沒能幫上忙，沒有讓他把觀念轉過來。其實只要調整一下觀念，認知逆境、順境都是過程，一時間無法處理的事，不代表永遠不能處理，只要再等待機會，隨時可能會就有轉機。 人最重要的是生存，只要還留有一口呼吸，就有無限的希望。事實上，沒有必要自殺。自殺多半是因為恐懼、害怕，對未來沒有希望、沒有安全感所致。 我自己也是從艱困的環境中走過來的，我小時候家裡窮，曾經窮到連一口飯也沒得吃，於是我吃樹皮、樹葉，還是一樣走過來了。我想，現代社會大概不至於有人生活窘迫到沒有飯吃吧！ 我希望大家都能夠記住這句話：「心安就有平安。」外在環境的改變是正常的，人生遇到挫折也是正常的，當我們面對挫折、面對困境，不必往最壞的地方想，而要朝最好的方向看。 大雨天，你說雨總是會停的；大風天，你說風總是會轉向的；天黑了，你說明天依然是會天亮的，這就是心中有希望，有希望就有平安，也就有未來。 再一次祝福大家天天、年年快樂。很踏實的面對很有希望的一年，只要我們有信心，就可以在失望之中看見希望，在艱苦的環境下創造快樂，在不景氣的年代裡擁抱幸福。 平安語：只要我們有信心，就可以在失望之中看見希望，在艱苦的環境下創造快樂，在不景氣的年代裡擁抱幸福。 POSITIVE QUOTE OF THE DAY ----------------------------- Attitude determines altitude. -- Unknown 聯強國際總裁杜書伍 http://www.businessweekly.com.tw/webarticle.php?id=38061 「少年得志不好」，是警告年輕人不要成功得太快太早。應該在前期注意所有的事情都該做得非常踏實，像累積金字塔一樣，到後來就會成為牢靠的成功，而不會只是一時的成功，然後到後面栽下來。 「當你自視很高，能力又不錯，往往沒有耐心；因為你想得很快，但做事很花時間，所以腦筋動得快的人往往不務實，因為沒有耐心做。我也會這樣，」杜書伍說，「這句話就會穩住我，比較有耐心把事情踏實做好，不會躁進。」 POSITIVE QUOTE OF THE DAY ----------------------------- Don't bother about genius. Don't worry about being clever. Trust to hard work, perseverance and determination. -- Sir Frederick Treves (1853-1923) English Surgeon Have Faith!

張成秀 在黑暗生命中救出自己

http://www.cw.com.tw/article/index.jsp?id=3564

張成秀 在黑暗生命中救出自己 作者：王曉玟 　出處：天下雜誌 384期 2007/11 相關關鍵字：張成秀.google 壓傷的蘆葦，祂不折斷。將殘的燈火，祂不吹滅。——以賽亞書四十二章三節 聖經裡的短短字眼， 道盡Google台港業務總經理張成秀的青春歲月。 現在頂著Google亮麗光環的張成秀，負責台灣、香港業務， 看似天之驕子，卻非幸運之神的寵兒。在形塑人格的關鍵十年，變故接踵而來：父親跳樓、二哥是 精神病患……命運讓張成秀很早就學會，在黑暗中尋找光明。

十一歲時，父親自殺。張成秀還記得，那天晚上，她在老師暖烘烘的家中補習，正和 同學打打鬧鬧時，二哥忽然一身濕淋淋出現在門口，只說一句，「成秀，家裡出事了。」 一路上又濕又冷，她和二哥悶著頭走回家，像兩條小魚在深海漁船的漁獲中，一路僵 在透明冰塊裡。這是她這輩子最漫長的回家路。 我要考上最好的學校 生命中的黑暗提早降臨。在父親的葬禮上，她和哥哥們站在父親遺體旁邊，盯著他的 遺體一直看，無法相信她心中的巨人、安全的靠山，居然就這樣倒下了。失去經濟 依靠後，母親盡心盡力拉拔三個小孩長大。每天，張成秀的母親硬撐著日漸羸弱的 身子，從清晨四點忙到晚上兩點，還要去河邊洗衣服。孩子吃新鮮的，她吃剩菜； 孩子過年買新衣，她穿舊衣。唯一的希望，就是呵護孩子長大。 面對父親驟逝，積極開朗的母親鼓勵她，不能放棄自己。當她聽著母親哼唱「讀書 郎」，「只怕老師罵我懶呀，沒有學問，無臉見爹娘！」那時就讀國中的張成秀，腦海 裡就清楚浮現要追求的目標：考上她聽過最好的學校。她寫了「北一女」、 「台大外文系」兩張字條貼在案頭，提醒自己，不敢或忘。念書念累了，就打嘴巴、 捏大腿，晚上不睡覺，累了只在桌上小趴一下，夜以繼日、日以繼夜的讀書。 就在考上北一女那年的暑假，她為了籌措學費，去當生產線的裝配女工。那正是灰 色存在主義盛行的年代，她每天抱著《少年維特的煩惱》、《野鴿子的黃昏》、卡夫卡 的《蛻變》去上班，一有休息時間就看，一上工就拿起銲槍燒化錫，將電視內的一些元件 焊起來。刺鼻的味道，讓張成秀再次發誓——絕對要好好念書，再也不要當女工。 後來，張成秀 果然考上第一志願台大外文系，研究所也申請到史丹福大學ＭＢＡ。她的大哥 張成華寫道，要是依照社會約定俗成的看法，張成秀本來會陷入結構性貧窮：去念商職 的夜補校，幸運的話，嫁一個保險公司的經理，下班後夫妻倆一起去賣健康食品； 不幸的話，就該嫁個酒鬼老公，作電焊女工，生一堆孩子，然後沒事去公立醫院拿 驗傷單。 從女工到擔任Google台港業務總經理，張成秀要撞破多少塊牢不可破、 有形無形的社會階層天花板？ 叩門的，就給你們開門 為什麼她屢屢能戰勝心中的敵人、克服外在的環境？張成秀自言，她是一個認真 的尋道者。因為，聖經應許過：「尋找，就尋見。叩門的，就給你們開門。」 她 勇敢的尋找，她勇敢的叩門。你呢？ (本文由王曉玟摘錄及改寫自《從女工到 Google台港業務總經理：媽媽教我的生命智慧》，張成秀著，大好書屋出版) 從女工到Google台港業務總經理：媽媽教我的生命智慧(附贈專訪光碟) 作者：張成秀 出版社：大好書屋 出版日期：2007年08月20日 語言：繁體中文 ISBN：9789866823275 裝訂：平裝 不只轉折，更要轉化！張成秀的人生驚嘆號 【文‧陳歆怡】 從陽光下踏入咖啡館的張成秀，一身便服與神清氣爽的容顏一如往常，只是開口的自我介紹改為：「你好，我是張成秀。抱歉，我現在還沒有（印）名片。」 一年前，她的頭銜是Google台港業務總經理，兩年來領導著一組優秀的團隊，將Google的關鍵字廣告市場從無到有建立起來，也使得當年前3季的業績比前期成長了59%。然而，就在事業起飛的階段，在眾目睽睽面前，她的人生突然大轉彎…… 職場上始終「無往不利」的張成秀，資歷排開來就像一串珍珠：天下雜誌廣告業務主管、台灣微軟負責人、美國 Handspring 公司國際產品行銷部負責人、台灣大哥大總經理特助及資深處長，最後來到網路產業超級巨星家族：Google。 Google全球副總裁李開復稱讚她有「極強的敬業精神，超群的商務拓展能力和出色的領導力」，「從面試第一眼，就被她的自信與天分深深打動。」 曾與她共事過的思科市場部資深協理程文燕，則對媒體形容：「不管遇到什麼問題，從沒看她透支過，每天總是笑臉迎人。」 除了作風平易近人，她的裝束也很「務實」，身為高階主管又具進步思維，她每天背著超過5公斤重的背包出門，裡面裝滿簡報資料、電腦及2瓶礦泉水。 張成秀自承：「我很喜歡Google這個充滿研發能量的團隊，也相信它所推動的開放式網路平台，會是帶動台灣產業升級的新契機。」然而，沒有在生涯的頂峰停留多久，一場突然降臨的「意外」，卻迫使她離開原本的快線道人生，進而根本地轉化了生涯計畫。 Time to say good-bye 那是去年8月的某一天，張成秀以「逆境求生術：網路行銷雙效戰略」為題，在一個近500人的場子上演講。當她站在講台上口沫橫飛，突然感覺自己的臀部有一股暖流泊泊流出，接著逐漸浸濕了黑色外褲，還沿著大腿內側、膝蓋窩、小腿腹流下。 「痔瘡已經十餘年，平時也會不舒服，然而我都壓抑下來沒去治療。」回憶起當時，她率直說「很丟臉，也擔心會不會像恐怖片場景，血水一路漫開在講台地板上？」 她當時鎮靜地撐完全場，接著還聽取了半小時的客戶證言，然而，一回到辦公室卻忍不住哭了，跟同事匆匆交代完，才趕往醫院檢查，結果是痔瘡最嚴重的第四期導致的血崩。 開刀及復原的過程，她飽嚐身體的反挫，「原來小傷口也可以痛到齜牙咧嘴，」血糖不足及貧血的症狀則持續困擾，直到6個月後才恢復元氣。 「躺在病床上，心裡是很掙扎的，捨不得在Google一起打拚的團隊，因此只先辦理留職停薪。然而，看到另一個同事不久前動過同樣手術，卻在半年內又動了第二次，我才終於下了決定──it's time to say good-bye。」先生及家人也都非常支持她。 「卸除」超強成就動機 過去，張成秀「拚命三娘」的行事作風在業界是出了名，她曾在2年前出版的自傳《從女工到Google台港業務總經理》中，描述自己從小得了「成就強迫行為症」，典型的症狀是：「考試要考全校前3名」、「一做起事來，就朝思暮想，不可終日，連刷牙都會想」、「一天平均要開6次會」、「上廁所的路上習慣同時做6件事」等等。 為什麼要這麼拚命？這跟張成秀原生家庭遭逢的變故有關──1970年代兩次石油危機，讓她從事玩具外銷的父親一夕破產，甚至鋃鐺入獄，出獄後3年抑鬱終日，最後跳樓自殺──那年張成秀11歲。為了照顧3個子女，母親做過家庭代工、洗碗工、清潔工、保母，她也因此立志：有朝一日要讓母親過好日子。 「我妹妹沒有被貧窮帶來的羞恥感擊倒，甚至反過來把『窮人沒權利做夢』的龐大社會壓力嚴拒、頂住，再遠遠地往後扔，這是她最值得喝采的地方，」張成秀的大哥張成華如此評論。張成秀則自承，身上同時遺傳到父親的創業家精神，以及母親堅強樂觀的個性，也因為生於困頓，使她很早就接觸基督教信仰。 只不過，人生路上一直用盡力氣長跑，邁入45歲的她承認：「的確是太over了，直到這場病痛，我才真的了解所謂『過猶不及』、『中庸之道』的智慧。」 更深層的體悟則是來自信仰。「要放下物質或社會地位給我的安全感，的確不容易，然而，我在病床上一再讀〈出埃及記〉，了解到自己的處境需要轉化：從被人伺候的『貴族』，變成服侍他人的使徒；從物質上的一無所缺，到心靈上的一無匱乏。」 這段期間曾有幾家企業前來詢問她的意願，她都予以婉拒了。今年5月，張成秀與兩位同為史丹佛大學MBA出身的老友──普訊創投公司總經理王秀鈞及旺能光電資深副總經理張原偵──共同創辦了「中華綠色經濟發展協會」，協會以「培養綠領專業」及「帶動綠色創業」為宗旨，目前還在籌備階段。 「誠實地說，我選擇投入非營利組織，是希望同時給自己及社會帶來『轉化』的機會，因為我在企業界20年，看盡了資本主義因為不斷追求利潤最大化所帶來的負面後果；即便目前方向及策略都還在摸索，我卻感到充滿盼望。」近期張成秀也陸續拜訪了數家企業的執行長，獲得的迴響更鼓舞她繼續耕耘下去。 「我終於懂了父親」 其實，張成秀能正面迎接巨變，並且對於告別昔日生涯展現無比豁達，也跟6年前母親發生重大車禍成為植物人、從而有機會「重新面對父親」有關。 「長久以來，我都不能諒解父親當年拋下我們，讓母親獨自承受那麼多磨難，我一直把他的逃離視為懦夫的行為。」直到母親車禍，在醫院陪伴的期間，張成秀有機會與大哥深聊，才知道「原來爸爸要自殺的那天早上，還陪著大哥一起到公車站，希望在人生的最後旅程與大兒子共乘一段，其實他對家人是如此不捨。」 幾十年的傷口兜入這塊關鍵拼圖後重新癒合，張成秀也才終於「懂了父親」：「當年父親會選擇走上這條路，有很大部分的原因是他知道自己不可能東山再起，且有肝病在身。而即使他最後選擇結束生命，還是想盡辦法為我們留好後路：他刻意選在美國總統福特出訪大陸的時刻走，並且留下抗議美國背叛台灣的『死諫』遺書，好讓妻小可以申請政府撫卹金……」 提起這段往事總是讓張成秀哽咽，也因此往後遭遇再大風雨，她都能樂觀以對，「父親寧可選擇犧牲自己，也沒有拋下我，我又怎麼有權利對生命悲觀呢？」 反璞歸真後的張成秀，已經用前半輩子把淚水化為珍珠；如今她站在人生下半場的開端，更將自己完全交託出去，順服靈性的指引，不變的是她永遠保持的謙遜與開朗，以及相信世界可以更好的盼望。 （本文節錄自台灣光華雜誌2009年09月號） 當她站在講台上口沫橫飛，突然感覺自己的臀部有一股暖流汩汩流出。 As she stood at the podium blazing away, she suddenly felt a warm stream running down her hip. ◎ blaze away　原指連續射擊，後引伸為激烈急促地講，或是賣力做 He blazed away at his opponents in the Senate. 躺在病床上，心理是很掙扎的，捨不得在Google一起打拼的團隊，因此只先辦理留職停薪。 Laying in my sickbed, I was really torn over what to do. I couldn't bear to leave the team at Google, so I just took a leave of absence without pay. ◎ 留職停薪：　leave of absence without pay ◎ 擅離職守：　absence without permission ◎ 無薪假：　　unpaid leave ◎ 曠職：　　　absence without reasons 非計畫的停頓狀態，讓事業女強人張成秀終於有機會抽離慣性、沈澱放鬆，選擇從企業界轉到非營利組織，現在的她正經歷一段精彩的「人生轉化」。（莊坤儒攝）

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