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Positivity Makes a Difference

Positivity makes the difference between Heaven and Hell. There is a Korean story that illustrates this. Once upon a time there was a little boy who used to pray to God for an opportunity to see Heaven and Hell so that he could make up his mind on where to go.

One day his prayers were answered. God deputed an angel to guide the boy on his excursion to Heaven and Hell. He was taken, first, to Hell. What he saw there was different from all that he had Heard about Hell. He found a huge dining table piled up with excellent food and people sitting around the table looking famished and miserable.

The reason for this was that they had to eat their food with chopsticks and they were given chopsticks bigger than walking sticks, with which they could not feed themselves. So they were all sitting in front of tasty and appetizing food, tortured by hunger but unable to eat.

The boy decided then and there that Hell was not the place for him. So he was taken to Heaven. On arrival there, what he found truly astonished him. He found the same enormous table, the same fabulous menu and even the same huge chopsticks. But there was a glorious difference; the people sitting around the table were looking visibly happy.

This surprised him no end. Then, in a moment, the difference dawned on him. Unlike the people in Hell, these men and women were feeding each other across the table with the long chopsticks. In simple terms, they had the capacity to respond positively to each other and to the given problem. The huge chopsticks were a problem only in respect of feeding oneself, but they were a blessing in respect of feeding their neighbors sitting at a distance.

Heaven, in short, is a place where people respond positively to each other. As a matter of fact, there are many “huge chopsticks” in our way to success. Only when we react positively to them can we transform the problems into driving force and finally achieve success. So you see, positivity also makes the difference between success and failure.

[2010-11-16 13:58:03] Joyce: Hi, Madam Margaret

[2010-11-16 13:58:15] Joyce: I am ready

[2010-11-16 13:58:55] AET Margaret: Hi

[2010-11-16 13:58:59] AET Margaret: Good afternoon!!

[2010-11-16 13:59:07] *** 來自 AET Margaret 的電話，通話時間 1:04:15。 ***

[2010-11-16 14:00:19] AET Margaret: grade two

[2010-11-16 14:00:27] Joyce: My daughter is studying in grade two in Elementary school.(in the second grade)

[2010-11-16 14:00:58] Joyce: My husband takes her to school by motorcycle in the mornings and I pick her up from school by car at noons or in the afternoons.

[2010-11-16 14:01:11] Joyce: drive my daughter home from school

[2010-11-16 14:01:23] AET Margaret: get down to the business/ get to the point

[2010-11-16 14:01:55] AET Margaret: illustrate – show, explain, demonstrate

[2010-11-16 14:02:13] AET Margaret: Once upon a time – long time ago

[2010-11-16 14:02:20] AET Margaret: prayer – something the boy said to God

[2010-11-16 14:02:49] AET Margaret: depute – give someone else the authority/power to represent you or do something for you

[2010-11-16 14:02:53] Joyce: depute sb to do sth…

[2010-11-16 14:03:08] AET Margaret: excursion -- journey

[2010-11-16 14:03:35] Joyce: make up one’s mind on sth /to do sth => decide on sth /to do sth

[2010-11-16 14:03:57] Joyce: pile up 堆疊 be piled up with..

[2010-11-16 14:04:25] AET Margaret: famished – very hungry

[2010-11-16 14:05:09] AET Margaret: miserable – poor, pitiful

[2010-11-16 14:05:43] Joyce: chopsticks 筷子

[2010-11-16 14:06:22] AET Margaret: appetizing – flavorous, savory (savoury) food smells or looks attractive; making you feel hungry or thirsty

[2010-11-16 14:07:23] Joyce: torture 折磨

[2010-11-16 14:07:42] Joyce: They were tortured by hunger.

[2010-11-16 14:08:23] AET Margaret: On arrival there, what he found truly astonished him.

[2010-11-16 14:09:41] AET Margaret: On arriving there, what he found truly surprised him.

[2010-11-16 14:10:56] AET Margaret: When he arrived there, what he found truly astounded him.

[2010-11-16 14:11:30] AET Margaret: “astonish” It emphasizes/stresses the second syllable.

[2010-11-16 14:11:50] AET Margaret: enormous – huge, large

[2010-11-16 14:13:13] AET Margaret: fabulous -- unbelievable

[2010-11-16 14:14:22] Joyce: there was a glorious difference 可觀的差異

[2010-11-16 14:16:27] AET Margaret: visibly shocked, visibly nervous

[2010-11-16 14:17:42] AET Margaret: Her face visibly/obviously/plainly caught the sun while traveling to South-East Asia .

[2010-11-16 14:19:58] AET Margaret: phonetic symbols

[2010-11-16 14:21:33] Joyce: no end => a lot => very much

[2010-11-16 14:21:38] AET Margaret: no end -- on and on for a long time

[2010-11-16 14:22:37] AET Margaret: It upset me no end to hear the bad news from them.

[2010-11-16 14:23:17] AET Margaret: There is no end to his attempts at winning a scholarship.

[2010-11-16 14:24:49] AET Margaret: There seems to be no end to his grumbles.

[2010-11-16 14:26:15] Joyce: We had no end of trouble getting them to agree.

[2010-11-16 14:27:06] Joyce: We got no end of trouble having them agree.

[2010-11-16 14:29:09] AET Margaret: We have no doubt about his success.

[2010-11-16 14:30:13] AET Margaret: There is no doubt that he will achieve success.

[2010-11-16 14:30:38] AET Margaret: No doubt He will win this lawsuit.

[2010-11-16 14:31:13] Joyce: complex => complicated

[2010-11-16 14:31:34] AET Margaret: simplify

[2010-11-16 14:31:35] Joyce: 簡化

[2010-11-16 14:35:40] Joyce: dawned on him 頓悟

[2010-11-16 14:37:04] Joyce: The boy realized the difference

[2010-11-16 14:37:25] Joyce: understood

[2010-11-16 14:37:56] AET Margaret: become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions

[2010-11-16 14:38:58] Joyce: consciousness 意識

[2010-11-16 14:40:58] Joyce: in simple terms => in simple words => in a word => in short

[2010-11-16 14:42:32] Joyce: capacity 能力

[2010-11-16 14:42:40] AET Margaret: they had the ability to respond to…

[2010-11-16 14:43:08] AET Margaret: wisdom

[2010-11-16 14:43:51] AET Margaret: they were capable to respond to…

[2010-11-16 14:44:05] AET Margaret: get the access to the internet

[2010-11-16 14:54:09] Joyce: in respect of...

[2010-11-16 14:54:38] AET Margaret: as for

[2010-11-16 14:54:59] AET Margaret: as to

[2010-11-16 14:56:12] Joyce: in respect of =>as for / as to => about

[2010-11-16 14:57:27] AET Margaret: as a matter of fact -- in fact

[2010-11-16 14:59:35] AET Margaret: Only when we transform the problem into driving force can victory be won.

[2010-11-16 15:01:36] AET Margaret: =Victory can be won only when we transform the problem into driving force.

[2010-11-16 15:02:14] AET Margaret: reverse, invert, turn around

[2010-11-16 15:02:36] AET Margaret: driving force -- a power to push sb forward

[2010-11-16 15:03:10] AET Margaret: transform into – change to

[2010-11-16 15:03:24] Joyce: Our next class is at 2-3pm this Thursday on the 18^th of Nov.

[2010-11-16 13:03:26] *** 通話結束 ***

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