俗话说：远亲不如近邻，有时候朋友望你好，亲戚望你倒。朋友·父母和兄弟姐妹们给我的是莫大的帮助，而我的“亲戚”给我的是恐怖的白眼、鄙视。
我今天很开心，因为收到了我的一个朋友的圣诞祝愿。。
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My Christmas Message
Perceptions influence attitudes. Attitudes effect actions and actions create results.
I know that some have had some major challenges this year and it is your perceptions of these challenges that will ultimately have a profound influence on the outcome.
A wonderful example of someone who kept their perceptions positive through their adversity is Terry Fox. If you don’t know of him, he was someone who, at 19, had bone cancer, and had to have his leg amputated. Yet, even through this his perception was that he had to make this a better world. So he decided to run a marathon every day until he ran across Canada. Terry didn’t make it. He had to stop in Thunder Bay because his cancer had spread to his lungs and 9 months later, he died. Now you might think that this is the end of the story, but in fact the story continues. You see, in September of that year, the Terry Fox Marathon of Hope was started and 300,000 people participated. It is 30 years later and this Marathon of Hope is now held in over 60 countries around the world, and over ½ a billion dollars have been raised for cancer research. All of the people who have participated have been inspired by Terry’s perception, attitude and ultimately his actions.
My prayer for you is that no matter how difficult you perceive your challenges to be, that you will always see hope. I pray that you are able to look at your co-workers, your children, your families and yourselves and not see deficiencies, but potential. Not let improbabilities control your thoughts, but have possibility be your guide. If you can to that, you won't have to run across the country, but you will have a fulfilling life.
May the Lord bless you and your loved ones this Christmas season.
To you xx Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
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有些朋友雖然不常聯絡．．．卻常常寄一些 E-mail 給您，一些笑話，溫馨小品，或是小遊戲給您，這就表示他们一直在關心著您的一種表達方式，他们將您放在心裡．．．一種特殊的存在情感。因此，要時時 ? 心存好念！腳走好路！身行好事！
