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Saturday, February 25, 2012

Food For Thought

钱,靠边站

遥遥

天南地北

  华人的成语充满智慧,区区四个字、几滴墨水,就道出一个情景、一阵现象、一种状况。比如,水落石出、惊天动地、兵慌马乱, 等等。

  有一句,严格来说,应该不是正统成语,却常被引用,即:“见钱眼开”。是否真的有“见到钱而瞳孔增大”的生理反应,不得而知,但看到了钱会下意识里多看一眼,倒是有可能——无论是因为想占为己有或想送去警局。所以,对于钱,最好还是“眼不看为洁”,否则看到了,要“戒”也难。

  不久前,19岁的外甥女问她母亲,一个人要怎样才会知足?她母亲我老姐,不知到哪里耳濡目染,学会“闪”功,建议她不如请教婆婆。外甥女最近超爱购物,去到哪里买到哪里,已被封为shopping queen。之所以有此一问,猜想大概是因为她自己也开始担心,所以想请教前辈如何节制。

  这原本是一个教育晚辈的良机,哪知那婆婆竟语气深长、开门见山的回道:“唉,很难的了!人都是不知足的,有了小房要大房,有了小车要大车……”我没好气的抢过电话,对外甥女说,你应该问你阿姨,我。我很满足现有的房子、车子,从没想过要换“大号”的;我不追崇名牌;没用顶级护肤品;没上Spa;我环保,家里穿的T shirt可以一穿五年、再穿十年。非常的有纪律、节制。

  外甥女问我钱花在哪里,我开始有点心虚……喔,食物我会信赖品牌,也注重环境的卫生,太脏的小贩不敢去,我也馋嘴,偶尔喜欢品尝较高档次的餐馆。还有,音响系统不可太马虎,因为陶冶性情极为重要,总不能以沙沙声的音乐来减压……

  要说的是,再有纪律者如我,只要曾经提升过生活,要完全倒回零点,的确是不容易。一旦试过、经历过,的确是要一番挣扎,才能放弃。所以,务必防的,是别过分提升物质的拥有,不曾经拥有,也就没所谓的放弃。(大)钱别去接触它、别去认识它,教导有方的父母,绝不会用金钱来奖励儿女, 以免孩子拜金。

  看不见钱,眼睛半开,也并非坏事。迷糊一点,开心为贵,知足常乐!


轉載自聯合早報


不曾经拥有,也就没所谓的放弃, first heard sth along the line in the movie Love!
initially i find that it can be a good food for thought..
but i now find it to be a rather passive thinking..

i know that the author is referring to material possession, but even in this regard, i still find that it can be a good thing to have the hunger/desire for better things.
jus tt where do you draw the line and prevent it from becoming obsessive..
plus also e ability to differentiate needs and wants and training up your resistance to succumb to wants

for larger aspects, can having this mindset hampers human from progressing?? one example will be improvement to welfare of human being, i will be e first to shudder thinking tt if Edison Thomson had this mindset and hence did not invent e lightbulb etc