May May Yang's

       In the following poem, I am especially fond of the last four lines. To be honest, I feel depressed quite often when I am confronted with the challenges in life. Sometimes, I don’t even know how to keep moving forward. At such moments as this, what I do is to encourage myself, to inspire myself, to tell myself that I can always make it as long as I believe in myself. How about you? How do you adjust yourself to the challenges occurring in your life?

Most of us seem to fall in the habit of complaining what we are short of or grumbling out excuses for missing a good opportunity to success. We repeat these now and then, in public or in private. Yet, we fail to remind ourselves to count our blessings -- which is the only pathway to great joy.

The poem below may refresh you and lead you to evaluate your life in a whole new perspective.

The Chinese New Year is around the corner. These days, most people are busy in cleaning their houses. In addition to having their accommodation cleaned and decorated, people buy new shoes and clothes in reward for their own hard work. While beautifying our appearance, however, we should never forget to cleanse our thoughts and mind.

Read the following article, and you may have a different idea on the New Year's resolutions you'll make this year.

我的第凡內早餐

PChome電子報 [品藏‧王文華] 2008.01.31

第凡內早餐

我最喜歡的電影之一，是1961年的《第凡內早餐》。你也許忘了這部片子，但一定記得它的主題曲《Moon River》：

"Moon river, wider than a mile, I'm crossing you in style some day……"

片中，奧黛莉赫本飾演從鄉下搬到紐約、天真浪漫的拜金女郎。一心想嫁入豪門，真愛的卻是住在隔壁的窮作家。她一天最快樂的時光，是徹夜跑趴後，大清早站在 紐約第五大道的Tiffany(第凡內)珠寶店外，看著櫥窗中的寶石，然後從手上的紙袋中拿出……麵包，來啃。是的，這，就是她的「第凡內早餐」。

對我來說，「第凡內早餐」，象徵著人在虛榮和真心間的拉扯、奢華和樸實間的掙扎。

我最近也吃了一頓「第凡內早餐」，但不在繁華的紐約，而在寧靜的花蓮。

如果要問我，我最感恩的人是誰？答案必定是我的母親。母親對我最大的幫助，是她鼓勵我閱讀。閱讀是不分階級、貴賤，只要你願意，每個人都可以掌握的，所以有時候我們會說："You are what you reading." 你是一個什麼樣的人，跟你所閱讀的書籍有關，你看到的東西跟你腦子裡組成的東西事實上也有絕對的關聯，"You see what you think."。