Never regret a day of your Life

One day I decided to quit...

I quit my job, my relationship, my spirituality...
I wanted to quit my life.
I went to the woods to have one last talk with God.

"God", I said. "Can you give me one good reason not to quit?"

His answer surprised me...
"Look around", He said. "Do you see the fern and the bamboo?"
"Yes", I replied.
"When I planted the fern and the bamboo seeds,I took very good care of them.
I gave them light. I gave them water.
The fern quickly grew from the earth.
Its brilliant green covered the floor.
Yet nothing came from the bamboo seed.
But I did not quit on the bamboo.
In the second year the Fern grew more vibrant and plentiful.
And again, nothing came from the bamboo seed.
But I did not quit on the bamboo. He said.

"In the third year, there was still nothing from the bamboo seed.
But I would not quit.

In the fourth year, again, there was nothing from the bamboo seed.
"I would not quit." He said.

"Then in the fifth year a tiny sprout emerged from the earth.
Compared to the fern it was seemingly small and insignificant...

But just 6 months later the bamboo rose to over 100 feet tall.
It had spent the five years growing roots.
Those roots made it strong and gave it what it needed to survive.

I would not give any of my creations a challenge it could not handle."
He said to me.

"Did you know, my child, that all this time you have been struggling, you have actually been growing roots"

"I would not quit on the bamboo. I will never quit on you."
"Don't compare yourself to others." He said.

"The bamboo had a different purpose than the fern.
Yet, they both make the forest beautiful."

"Your time will come", God said to me. "You will rise high!"
"How high should I rise?" I asked.
"How high will the bamboo rise?" He asked in return.
"As high as it can?" I questioned.
"Yes." He said, "Give me glory by rising as high as you can."

I left the forest and bring back this story.
I hope these words can help you see that God will never give up on you.

He will never give up on you.
o Never regret a day in your life.
o Good days give you happiness;
o Bad days give you experiences;
o Both are essential to life.
o Keep going....

牵一只蜗牛去散步

上帝給我一個任務，叫我牽一隻蝸牛去散步。


我不能走得太快，蝸牛已經盡力爬，每次總是挪那麼一點點。


我催牠，我唬牠，我責備牠，蝸牛用抱歉的眼光看著我，
彷彿說：「人家已經盡了全力！」


我拉牠，我扯牠，我甚至想踢牠，蝸牛受了傷，牠流著汗，喘著氣，往前爬。
真奇怪，為什麼上帝叫我牽一隻蝸牛去散步？


「上帝啊！為什麼？」天上一片安靜。
「唉！也許上帝去抓蝸牛了！」


好吧！鬆手吧！反正上帝不管了，我還管什麼？


任蝸牛往前爬，我在後面生悶氣。


咦？我聞到花香，原來這邊有個花園。


我感到微風吹來，原來夜裡的風這麼溫柔。


慢著！我聽到鳥叫，我聽到蟲鳴，我看到滿天的星斗多亮麗。


咦？以前怎麼沒有這些體會？


我忽然想起來，莫非是我弄錯了？


原來上帝叫蝸牛牽我去散步！



后记：

不同的心胸，不一樣的人生；人生擁有的，是不斷的抉擇。

端看您是用什麼角度，去看待這些有赖您決定的無數機會。能夠綜觀每件事情、每個問題的正反兩面，您將發現，內心最深沉的恐懼，也在所有狀況明朗了解之後，將會自行化為烏有。

也許神安排一隻不同的蝸牛在你的身邊，也許可以從這「牽一隻蝸牛去散步」裡頭，重新整理自己的心緒、以不同的心胸放眼世界，活出一個不一樣的人生。