Auntie Sha-Li is an animal-lover and often sends us interesting articles about dogs. The email I got from her today is especially inspirational.
Faith was born with three legs - two healthy hind legs and one abnormal front leg which had to be amputated. His first owner didn't think he would survive, so contemplated putting him to sleep. But his current owner decided to keep him and teach him how to walk by himself. After only 6 months, Faith learned to balance his two hind legs and jumped to move forward. Now he is able to walk like a human being.
What I learned from Faith is that as we appreciate our health, we need to also remember that even if one day we lost our health or our ability to walk, we will still be smiling and enjoying life with everything we have.
Everyone is born with imperfections. Instead of focusing on our shortcomings, what can we do to focus on accepting ourselves and to live a happy and fulfilling life?
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6 comments:
當我生下我家小鬼的那一刻，我只問醫生一句話"小孩完整吧!?"很像我會問的話吧?!但是醫生也很妙，他答"現在外觀看起來是正常的"
前年底，我一個很親密的朋友她的第二個女兒出生時不會哭，到了脖子該硬的時後仍然軟趴趴，到了該坐該爬該走的年紀也都依舊 像告嬰兒般躺在床上四肢不動，連脖子也抬不起來。我為了她們擔心了好久好久一直到現在。我把小鬼生得健康，真是我的幸運。說真的，當我陪著我朋友在一天內帶小孩去看了四個醫生，每個醫生都無法解釋也無法給建議，我回家傷心得哭了好幾次，我更無法想像我那位朋友她的心有多堅強到可以承受這一切。我們都是從小就幸運的人，其實我朋友也是，她不論家境或是工作念書都很好，但是就在她二女兒出生後，把她原本的生活通通攪亂了。她也不在認為自己是幸運的人，整個人受到很嚴重的打擊，原本跟妳一樣整天嘻嘻哈哈笑的人已經被失眠與痛哭給擊垮了。但是我卻無法幫上忙...這個讓我也很難過
說多了.我朋友的二女兒給了我很多想法。但是我還是不認為我自己能夠像我朋友一樣堅強。
I know your friend will be okay. What is happening to her is to teach her who she is, and to help her grow and become the person she is meant to be! She is meant to help her baby and to raise her to become a strong and happy person despite her imperfections. Her job as a mom is so much more challenging than a mom with healthy babies. I still believe she is a lucky person with everything she has! And she will be the best mom to this child, and her daughter will become a wonderful person because her!
In many ways, animals are stronger than humans. Our pets have hearts so big that they love unconditionally and let go of judgement.
Being the mother of a 3 year old myself, it breaks my heart to read about the baby of Fion's friend. Life is full of uncertainties and trials of faith but they also bring forth the finest qualities in people.
Very well-said, Miss LK! Life's challenges will either bring forth the beauty in people or make some people give up. And we can make the choice..
this was a nice post.. faith helps, if you are capable of it!
taking the content of the story out of metaphoric context, animals can teach so much, yet we are so caught up in our dominant all-known role. I will pay more attention to that starting right now, with my awesome dog!!!
Yes, Denis! I feel I learn something everyday from Scraps. I really believe dogs know more than human do, and they are intelligent enough to rise up from all the human pettiness.
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